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Note on Luna
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:date: 2020-04-07T09:39:17
:category: literature
:tags: review, harryPotter, blogComment, fromReddit
(my comments on `the thread`_ “Best Luna fics” by
`u/jasoneill23`_)
.. _`the thread`:
https://www.reddit.com/r/HPfanfiction/comments/fvrm8y/best_luna_fics/fmkxh45/
.. _`u/jasoneill23`:
https://www.reddit.com/user/jasoneill23
I like Luna in the `Northumbrian’s stories`_, but there she is
not very central to the story (perhaps, aside from `Yggdrasil by
Northumbrian`_, but it is not his best story). Actually, the
chapter 3 of `Tales of the Battle by Northumbrian`_, which is
from her perspective is really good.
Pretty good Luna in my opinion is in the series `Nargles and
Charms by Arpad Hunta`_, but for example in otherwise very good
`The Accidental Animagus by White_Squirrel`_, she seems to
be a bit too normal for my taste.
The problem with her (which JKR never attacked) is how to balance
her looniness with some authentic real person. Either you can
have somebody who is just weird, and not in completely pleasant
way, and unbelievable as a romantic partner, or you loose the
essence of Luna, and she is just normal boring girl. In the JKR
books, she never really gets close and personal with anybody.
Those great utterances like “it was like having friends” work so
well among other things, because she actually never **is** real
friend in sense sharing with others her true herself. We never
see Luna frightened, sad, disappointed or in love, because she
always keeps her perfect crazy poker face. Once we are writing
about Huna (or any situation where she needs to be true and
personal), the author must step up into the unknown: who is the
true Luna behind that facade?
.. _`Northumbrian’s stories`:
https://archiveofourown.org/series/103340
.. _`Yggdrasil by Northumbrian`:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/3540968
.. _`Tales of the Battle by Northumbrian`:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/1615616
.. _`Nargles and Charms by Arpad Hunta`:
https://archiveofourown.org/series/29673
.. _`The Accidental Animagus by White_Squirrel`:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/14078862
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