Comments on: Luna Lovegood

By: dalida

dalida — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:45:40 +0000

sorry for the double post but I meant all in the end:)

By: dalida

dalida — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:44:43 +0000

HentaiTashi I thought about that and the only thing I could come up with is that the chamber of secrets myth was based on real facts(taken from Hermione) and “The tale of the three brothers” was in a Childrens book and thats why she didn’t believe the hallows existed. Also when Harry and Luna where outside Ravenclaw common room(sorry if it’s spelled wrong) Luna gave an answer that wasn’t related to the question given to them and still ended up with being allowed to enter the common room, for some reason I think Hermione would try to answer the question that was given and not think about something clever as Luna did. I don’t know if that made sense at al:)

By: HentaiTenshi

HentaiTenshi — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:30:26 +0000

Yeah that makes sense. I forget that the Sorting Hat places family as part of the decision. And I agree with your opinion on Hermione because she does come off like that most of the time, but wasn’t she the first one to get them started on the myth of The Chamber of Secrets? No one believed that existed (Binns got outright angry about it and told her off for it, right?) but she was positive there was something more to that. Which brings us the Polyjuice Potion adventure. lol.

By: Dalida

Dalida — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:41:57 +0000

HentaiTenshi Percy was sorted into gryffindor because the rest of his family was sorted into the house as well, and I think the reason hermione didn’t get sorted in to ravenclaw is because she didn’t think in a logic way(if that makes sense) she only believed something if it has been proven right.remember in deathly hallows she refused to believe that the deathly hallows existed even though they did, just because a few people had seen them. Just my thoughts to the subject.:)

By: HentaiTenshi

HentaiTenshi — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:19:30 +0000

I agree with you David, but i think of the housing debate a little bit differently. Hermione DEFINITELY has the requirements for Ravenclaw, but I think her bravery, or rather her determination/stubbornness (another side trait of Gryffindor) shows as well. There’s a glaring example in “The Midnight Duel” imo. To me a Ravenclaw would just be like “You shouldn’t do that, you’ll get us in trouble, etc, etc.” and be done with it. She does all that, but after she gets locked out of the tower what does she do? She FOLLOWS them, constantly reprimanding them and saying how she won’t be apart of it. We also see her quick temper from time to time especially when Ron is involved later in the books. Yes, she has Ravenclaw in her, but at times she follows EMOTION before logic. Setting Snape on fire, her crush on Lockhart in the beginning, arguing (and hexing) Ron constantly, punching Malfoy, setting up the DA. That’s how i think of it anyways. But that makes me think of something else to. How was PERCY a gryffindor?

By: david

david — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:20:41 +0000

@ reagen

Regarding Cedric, I think Cedric, whilst brave, more strongly represented the qualities for Hufflepuff (Prior to this book where the hat says its for all the rest) from PS the says Hufflepuffs are “just and loyal”, which is shown when he tells Harry what to do with the egg, takes Harry’s advice on what to do with Krum during the maze and then wanting to give Harry the cup as Harry saved his life twice during the third task, from GoF the hat says Hufflepuff chose “hard workers”; to be able to come up with a plan to defeat a dragon in a day he must have been a hard worker and in the end he chose “what is right” instead of “what is easy”.

Regarding Cho, I think there is little to show her courage, returning to Hogwarts after Cedric’s death displayed a strength of character but not the courage the hat looks for. In terms of loyalty it is questionable considering harry says something about Hermione one day to make her decide he is not for her. So intelligence (and so Ravenclaw) was her strongest characteristic.

In terms of the Sorting Hat’s choice for Hermione, I think the courage needed for the events in book 7, instead of sticking to the academic life of returning to Hogwarts (I know as a muggle-born she couldn’t have returned anyway, but she had already chosen to drop out of Hogwarts to help Harry at the end of Book 6) prove she was more brave than intelligent. Which says something considering how intelligent she is!

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:59:29 +0000

Didn’t Hermione at one point say the hat did consider putting her in Ravenclaw? Besides that, one can be brave in many ways, and to me Hermione showed that.

About the national anthem, I just had some fun making up an anthem for the magic world. It would be nice if they had their own anthem.

By: Todd

Todd — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:48:48 +0000

To Blaire:

As I’ve mentioned elsewhere, I suspect that Rowling never thought of that question because she always had Harry travel to King’s Cross from somewhere in southern England (the Dursleys’ home, the Burrow, No. 12 Grimmauld Place, etc.).

Ah, Luna Lovegood. A welcome relief from the gloom that fills much of this book – and how like her to not realize that Harry won’t find her statement that he’s as sane as she is all that reassuring!

By: Casey

Casey — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 02:40:17 +0000

reagan, though I don’t have any opinion on the political aspects of your comment, I have something to add about the Sorting Hat sorting Hermione into Gryffindor. I’m of the belief (and I take this from an interview that was done with J.K. Rowling, though she didn’t say this herself, just merely thought it was an interesting theory) that the Sorting Hat’s “voice” is actually the subconscious thoughts of the wearer. This could explain why Peter Pettigrew was sorted into Gryffindor, though he didn’t much resemble any of Gryffindor’s qualities, and why Severus Snape was sorted into Slytherin (though he turns out to be one of the bravest characters in the series). Peter probably met James, Sirius, and possibly Remus, on the train ride in, and wanted to “ride on their coat tails” and be protected by these coolest of people. Snape, of course, went in thinking he should be a Slytherin because that’s what his mother was in. When it comes to Hermione, I’m really not sure. On the train ride in she was talking about liking the idea of being in Ravenclaw, and didn’t think Gryffindor sounded too bad. I can’t remember if the boys were talking about what House they would like to be in, but I think it’s possible she thought they were more likely to be friends with her (because I think that’s what she really wanted most). She did say the Hat seriously considered putting her in Ravenclaw, but put her in Gryffindor in the end. This makes me think those were her actual thoughts, that she was seriously considering Ravenclaw to be a nice House, but decided to go with Gryffindor instead (subconsciously, of course). She couldn’t have seen what House the other boys would go into, cause she went before any of them. I think this would also coincide with Dumbledore saying, “sometimes I think we Sort too early…” (paraphrase). Children seem to often have ideas of themselves and what they are that aren’t always quite right, and you never truly see what they’re made of until further down the road, when they begin to make choices for themselves. Just look at Neville! The Sorting Hat ended up being right about him, but he didn’t really start to flourish until the D.A. in fifth year.

By: reagan

reagan — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 02:14:55 +0000

Jen, I have always through Hermione should have been in ravenclaw. While she is brave, her first quality, and most expressive quality throughout all the books is cleverness. Cho and Cederic were also brave, so how does the sorting hat distinguish which traits “stand out” the most in an 11 year old?

As for the MOM, I wonder how far back this type of organized government goes. For one, it doesnt seem that the Minister is elected (I could be wrong, but this was my impression) so is this a form of government that has a peaceful change of power without the people’s vote (that would nearly be a first!) also, are all MOMs governed the same? Could one be a monarchy based on a pure-blood family, or one based around communism so that families like the Weasleys would have the same standard of living as the Malfoys? Being a politically-minded person, this is a very interesting topic for me!