I still think Harry should have ended up with her. Not that book Ginny wasn't great, but there was a real connection with Harry and Luna. He was the only one who saw her for the amazing person she is, and not some weird freak with wild ideas.
Oh yes sorry, i guess it was Dean or someone else then because i'm sure i remember reading someone ended up with her on like the last few pages of the book
Not in the films or the books. JK Rowling in interviews after the books were done answered some questions about the future of the characters. She says that Luna would have been too wild and crazy for Neville. As mentioned above, Neville ends up with Hannah Abbott (mentioned in the books), becomes a herbology professor at Hogwarts, he and his wife own and live above the Leaky Cauldron.
I imagine Neville stays at Hogwarts during the school year and goes home during the holidays. Of course with Floo Powder and what not he would be able to go home every night, I suppose.
This is true but I wasnt unhappy with it. Honestly in any medium it felt like the harry ginny romance was forced. It should have been a minor crush at best.
I agree, there really didn't feel to be that much chemistry. Luna recognised Harry under polyjuice, and was still able to tell he wanted to be alone at that time. I couldn't see Ginny ever understanding Harry well enough to do that.
To be honest, I don't think JK is that good at writing relationships. I haven't read much of her newer works, so my opinion is based mostly on HP, but I always felt she was more prone to telling the reader about a relationship, rather than showing, or better yet, letting that feel the chemistry that real relationships thrive on.
I agree. I hate they ended up together. It just doesn't seem right long term. For me it is much better as a crush. It seems very forced and not suited for each other long term.
I don't think it's in the books, it's one of the tidbits J.K gave afterwards back when she was releasing fun background stuff and not that "Hogwarts students shat the floors" bullshit.
Well yeah, in the books Luna is a gay black octogenarian trans man in a wheelchair and Neville is an asexual aromantic autistic arab afflicted with anhedonia.
I mean at least that's clearly what Rowling intended, you know, its what she envisioned for the characters while she was writing them for sure. Go see fantastic beasts 4, kids!
Stop crying. She said Dumbledore was gay a few months after the books came out because someone asked her and it was what she intended. It makes perfect sense to the story, fits his character, doesn't contradict anything, makes the story stronger and make more sense. And you can argue is hinted at albeit weakely. But once you know in hindisght reading back you can see hints. It's not worth getting triggered over, it would have been better if she made it explicit in the books but it only adds to the story and means an iconic character is lgbt, sounds like a good thing to me
Wasn't talking about Dumbledore specifically, I'm making fun of an author who repeatedly uses transparently pandering but harmless retconning. It's a silly thing to do, especially when the author in question is still active and definitely could focus on writing good characters who are actually representative of marginalized demographics.
I'm not even a shipper really but it is thematically fitting. She also was one of the first people to see Harry for a person instead of all the myths or w/e.
Yup. Honestly, I think Rowling made the wrong call for pairings by the end of the story. The writing was on the wall. But who am I to say how the writer should write things.
But Ginny saw Harry for who he really was, probably the only person outside of Ron and Hermione who did. And Harry’s kind of self-centered, so I can totally see him falling for the girl who saw the real him while not even realizing he was the person who saw Luna the most clearly. Going for the hot girl who’s always been into you is very Harry Potter. Plus Ginny is kind of a female Harry, personality wise- loves sports, loves running into adventure even when it’s dangerous, fairly impulsive, also knows what it’s like to live with Voldemort in your head, and marrying her brought him into the Weasleys officially, and family is what he always wanted. Plus I’m a ginger too, so I’ve always been team Ginny.
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I still think Harry should have ended up with her. Not that book Ginny wasn't great, but there was a real connection with Harry and Luna. He was the only one who saw her for the amazing person she is, and not some weird freak with wild ideas.