"the saints shall rejoice at the punishment of the impious"
Ha! This is what Draco Dormiens Nunquandum Titallundus (I'm gonna have to look up how to spell that, aren't I?) really means.
if Snape really cares about the Malfoys he must be evil, because no good guy in the history of the world ever found himself opposing his friends in a war.
If Snape gets along with the Malfoys, he might influence them to good (I think lack of active evil would be the best to hope for in Lucius' case, but hey, he's not harming anyone now!) and then Snape wouldn't be the Only Decent Slytherin Who Ever Lived, and the snottier Snape fans wouldn't feel smart. Plus he wouldn't be a friendless outcast underdog who's perfect for Harry. (...Post OOTP, some Snarry shippers got scary.)
Is there any other evidence that Ginny hangs out with Luna and talks to her, as opposed to occasionally defending her against teasing?
I can't really buy it, just because the whole point of writing Ginny in the last two books has been to assert how cool she is (ideal for Harry Stu!) and if she was actively friends with Luna, she'd be less discerning than Harry, Ron and Hermione, who seem to only tolerate her when she's useful to them. Ginny's got to have standards, yo! Otherwise it might cast into doubt her taste in men, for one thing...
I could see Ginny, as one of the biggest bullies on the playground, appointing herself Luna's bodyguard without actually ever spending time with her, and JKR thinking that's a good enough friendship for a weirdo loser like Luna.
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Date: 2006-06-24 03:19 pm (UTC)Ha! This is what Draco Dormiens Nunquandum Titallundus (I'm gonna have to look up how to spell that, aren't I?) really means.
if Snape really cares about the Malfoys he must be evil, because no good guy in the history of the world ever found himself opposing his friends in a war.
If Snape gets along with the Malfoys, he might influence them to good (I think lack of active evil would be the best to hope for in Lucius' case, but hey, he's not harming anyone now!) and then Snape wouldn't be the Only Decent Slytherin Who Ever Lived, and the snottier Snape fans wouldn't feel smart. Plus he wouldn't be a friendless outcast underdog who's perfect for Harry. (...Post OOTP, some Snarry shippers got scary.)
Is there any other evidence that Ginny hangs out with Luna and talks to her, as opposed to occasionally defending her against teasing?
I can't really buy it, just because the whole point of writing Ginny in the last two books has been to assert how cool she is (ideal for Harry Stu!) and if she was actively friends with Luna, she'd be less discerning than Harry, Ron and Hermione, who seem to only tolerate her when she's useful to them. Ginny's got to have standards, yo! Otherwise it might cast into doubt her taste in men, for one thing...
I could see Ginny, as one of the biggest bullies on the playground, appointing herself Luna's bodyguard without actually ever spending time with her, and JKR thinking that's a good enough friendship for a weirdo loser like Luna.
Ginny/Luna = Harry/Neville.