Chapter Thirty-Two -- The Elder Wand

[gehayi]

Today's spork is by quinby.

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Chapter Thirty-Two -- The Elder Wand

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[rainfletcher]

I cheered when Luna, Seamus and Ernie saved the trio's bacon. (Hooray for a significant action by a Hufflepuff! More!)

Then I melted when Luna and Harry had their moment immediately afterward, when she gave him hope by reminding her that they were still there, and still fighting.

And then I got really, really pissed off. We have these flashes of wonderful character interaction that hint at how good it could have been, but that's all they are - flashes and moments, fleeting and ephemeral.

I could go off on several other rants about the way romance has been treated in the latter books of this series, but let me just say this. If Ginny was to be his One Twu Wuv, would it have killed JKR to give the above scene to Ginny instead of Luna? Mind you, I love that it was Luna, because I adore the little nutball, but why not have it be the Hero's Twu Wuv that has this touching moment with him in the middle of the chaos?

Then again, I've seen touching moments with Harry and Luna for a while now. There was their talk at the end of OOTP, their Just Friends date in HBP, and the twin Rushes Of Affection he had upon seeing her at Dumbles's funeral and seeing the, um, inside of her bedroom.

I would list all the Touching Moments he has had over the years with Hermione as well, but I don't have that long.

Where were the Touching Moments with Ginny? With the rearing of the scaly thing? With the feelings like firewhiskey? With the hours spent staring at her dot on the Marauders' Map? With the years that he more or less ignored her?

What a waste.

I agree - Luna and Neville were the heroes of this book. Wish they could have been in it a little more.