Luna Lovegood

Name:	Luna Lovegood
Occupation:	witch, student, (eventual) naturalist
Title/Rank:	Ravenclaw House
Location:	Hogwarts (Britain) Ottery St. Catchpole (Britain)
Status:	pureblood or half-blood; alive
Relationships:	Rolf Scamander (married) Neville Longbottom (possibly dated)
Fandom:	Harry Potter
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Luna Lovegood is a character in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series who first appears in Order of the Phoenix. She becomes part of the fan-coined "Silver Trio" with Ginny Weasley and Neville Longbottom, the "secondary" trio to Harry, Ron, and Hermione's "Golden Trio."

Canon Background

Luna is introduced as one of Ginny's classmates when Harry and his friends meet her on the train to Hogwarts. She is depicted as a rather odd person, and is shown to be an outcast who is called "Loony" by her peers. Luna is in Ravenclaw, and is thus assumed to be intelligent, though she is much more whimsical than book-smart like Hermione. She is known to hold strange beliefs and occasionally seems out of touch with reality, though she is shown to be quite capable and clever in her own way.

J. K. Rowling has stated that Luna eventually marries Rolf Scamander, a magizoologist and grandson of Newt Scamander. They have twin sons named Lorcan and Lysander.

See also: Luna Lovegood at the Harry Potter Lexicon.

Fan Response & Interpretation

Luna fanart by M. Starling.

Fan response to Luna's introduction in Order of the Phoenix was generally very positive. Many fans identify with her and admire her for her independence and bravery. One fan writes:

Her character just mesmerized me, everything about her was just astonishing; she was so caring even though she got teased by those who didn't understand her, but she never would let it get to her, showing just how strong of a character she was.

Luna remains a popular character to cosplay, and it is common for fans to make fancrafts from knitted Ravenclaw scarves to Luna's raddish earings and bottlecap necklace.

In fanfiction, Luna is often featured as a secondary character, often serving as a plot device that helps two other characters get together. Stories that feature Luna as a main character often deal with experiences as an outcast at Hogwarts or her childhood and the death of her mother.

Essays, Meta, & Discussion

• The Expansion of the Core Trio: Ginny, Neville, and (especially) Luna by mickawber (2004)
• Outsiders in the Harry Potter Series: Luna Lovegood and Severus Snape by kaskait (2006)

Shipping

Neville/Luna art by ggns.

Ginny/Luna art by uppuN.

Luna is a popular character to ship in all kinds of relationships.

Popular het pairings with Luna include:

• Harry/Luna
• Ron/Luna
• Neville/Luna (see copper_pennies and govt_stole_toad)
• Dean/Luna (see deanlovesluna and luna_dean)

Other het Luna pairings also exist, such as Snape/Luna (see snuna) and George/Luna (see georgeluna), but are less common. Luna/Rolf fanworks are also relatively uncommon.

A variety of femslash pairings are also popular -- especially Ginny/Luna (see ginnyxluna) -- as are threesomes, including Harry/Hermione/Luna and Harry/Ginny/Luna (see flamingnargle).

Notable Fanworks

Fanfiction

• Tea with the Dark Lord by cranberry_crash. Gen. Luna Lovegood is good at telling stories. (Written for the Femgenficathon, 2007.)
• Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast by delicfcd. Harry/Luna. Being a true (for a given value of 'true') account of events preceding breakfast in a (slightly atypical) day in the lives of Luna Lovegood and Harry Potter. (2005)
• Hermione Granger and the Amazing Outfits of Luna Lovegood by likeadeuce. Hermione/Luna. (Written for the Femslash09 ficathon, 2009.)

Fanart

• Luna Lovegood, an art/animation by moonchildinthesky

Reclists

• April - The Month of Luna at Pants to Match - recs by a number of reccers plus links to Luna sites and archives.
• Pre-HBP Luna Lovegood Reclist by ashesofautumn - Luna recs organized by pairing: Gen, Harry/Luna, Ron/Luna, Neville/Luna, Ginny/Luna, Luna/Other.

Resources & Communities

• Loony Lovegood, a defunct Luna archive
• LunaFans.net, a Luna fansite
• Quite Extraordinary, a Luna fanlisting
• Fuck Yeah Luna Lovegood, a Luna Tumblr
• Lunarock, a deviantArt group

InsaneJournal Communities

• dreamyeyed_luna, a general fan community

LiveJournal Comuntiies

• loonylove, a general fan community
• loonynews, a short-lived newsletter community
• luna100, a drabble community
• luna_exchange, a fic and art exchange
• lunalovegoodnow, general community and home to the Luna Fest
• lunatics_asylum, a general fan community