DH!Neville/Luna

What did you think of Neville/Luna in DH?

From my perspective... well, it's funny, because (due to Neville's absence?) there wasn't actually a lot of scenes with the two of them together, and yet JKR could suddenly see N/L in this book. So I'm assuming the main thing behind her (almost-)change of heart would be Neville's development, you know?

There were some cute parts, though, I thought. Like you remember this scene in OotP?

I can kind of see it reflected in this part of DH:

And Neville and Luna have two scenes that kind of mirror each other, don't they?

There's also the whole "reforming the DA" thing (they spent the year sending secret messages to each other! =D), as well as the fact that after the battle, Ginny, Neville and Luna appear together to congratulate Harry... which kind of (if you're wearing your tinhat right!) makes it sound like Neville ended up with Luna after the snake pwning, doesn't it?

Anyway, what about you?

It's entirely possible that I missed this, but is it stated that Neville and Luna communicate via the same galleons that Hermione gave out during OotP? If so, I'm curious, because I thought that only the master coin (Hermione's) could change the dates and stuff.

On the other hand, it could be a different pair of Galleons, I suppose. Protean Charms are seventh year magic, I believe, so Neville might have learned them by now--or Luna, brilliant as ever, might have done so.

I wish JKR told us a bit more about the protean charm. Boo.

Neville makes it sound like they're the same ones?

And in OotP Hermione says this:

It's weird, though, 'cause the rest of the DA only turn up at the end, whereas this seems to say they should have been getting messages right throughout the year along with Neville, Luna and Ginny. So... I don't know. This feels vaguely like maths to me, somehow (maths + me = fail.)

If it makes you feel better, JKR can't do math either (aka ages of Weasleys, etc.)...But still, that really makes me wonder about the coins. Because as you said, if Neville and Luna were sending messages, wouldn't the rest of the DA be getting them too? But as Hermione stated:

So if Neville and Luna did anything to their coin, it shouldn't change anyone else's, because their coins were all charmed to change with Harry's coin, right? And messages with galleons? I imagine that could be slightly difficult...I mean, a date, okay. That can fit on a coin pretty easily.

Hm..

^ Oh, that would explain it! See, Hermione does make it sound like you could technically change the numbers on any coin and have all the others do the same, but I really can't think of any other way around the problem than your explanation...

The messages thing... I should imagine you could get an incredibly short one on there ("Hi Neville. Am okay. ILU xxx" ), since I assume the coin allows letters as well as numbers.

I would assume letters can be on the galleons, since there are serial numbers on the coins that the Goblins put on there.

As for the messages bit, I still don't know. Because Harry's coin is the one all the other coins emulate--and didn't they burn for a moment before changing? If that's the case, how did no one else in the DA notice?

they'd also all have to have their coins on them to get the messages. that was why only neville and luna responded in HBP. though they all would have had them at the end though...gorp.

I love how neville luna and ginny restarted the DA. I was disappointed they didn't continue it in HBP. They must have spent a lot of time together planning and scheming and such, even if we didn't see it.

^ I loved that, too! The Neville and Luna scene at the end of HBP always used to make me so sad, because it was so obvious that the DA meant more to them than anyone else... I'm just glad the secondary trio took matters into their own hands in the end. And you're right, they must've spent lots of time together up until Christmas - running a rebellion is hard work!

when Luna took.... who was it.... Deans hand? i lost all hope for Neville and Luna. But the good thing is they actually might be together you never know! and it might say in that encyclopedia jk Rowlings writing!

^ I saw hints of Dean/Luna, too, but I guess in the end she didn't marry Neville or Dean, so all that came to nothing (in canon, at least)... :/ I suppose she was making more friends?

Of course, it's always possible that they gave out MORE fake galleons and one of the secondary trio's was the head one.

The thoughto f Neville and Luna (and Ginny...) all plotting together makes me all fluffy inside. You know?

*grin* Yeah, I do. I love the secondary trio to bits, and it was so nice to see them come back in DH after Neville and Luna had taken such a step back in HBP. I had really hoped Jo wouldn't waste all that build up - Harry needed to let his friends make their own decisions, you know, he had to stop thinking he'd got to do things alone. I kind of loved Neville's verbal smackdown, as well as the "we're going to keep fighting" scene. Makes me want to 'ship Harry/Neville

Now that's a ship I haven't heard yet!

My goal is to invent a ship no one has yet created... But some might deem that impossible. -sigh- The shipping world is rather scary, isn't it? I'm glad N/L shippers are generally a peaceful tribe.

lol I just realized Luna holds hand with a lot of people. the harlot!!! jk, two/thirds of that was just in the movie.

It's funny you say that, since I remember coming out of the OotP movie thinking, "Wow, you could really 'ship Luna with anyone and have it work, couldn't you?" She's very 'shippable. It just so happens that Neville is awesome and so is she, I suppose :] Also, we have The Pull, heh (I AM NEVER GOING TO TIRE OF MENTIONING THAT. I promise it won't be at all irritating!)

Um... Luna/Bathilda? Theirloveissotextbooktastic!