Broomsticks And Owls

by **gecko** » Saturday 28 June 2003 10:22:47pm

Does it strike you odd, that Luna's in Ravenclaw? Ravenclaws are supposed to be smart, and eager to learn, yet she didn't give the impression of being more intelligent than other students. Could she be intelligent in a different way? In what way remains to be seen of course ! : ) I hope we'll learn more about her in book 6 and/or 7.

by **Lizzy Bennet** » Saturday 28 June 2003 10:26:53pm

gecko wrote:Does it strike you odd, that Luna's in Ravenclaw? Ravenclaws are supposed to be smart, and eager to learn, yet she didn't give the impression of being more intelligent than other students. Could she be intelligent in a different way? In what way remains to be seen of course ! : ) I hope we'll learn more about her in book 6 and/or 7.

Rather than having raw facts at her disposal like Hermione (though, I think, she did correct Hermione at least once), I think Luna's smarts are of a more contemplative nature. She made a snarky remark to Hermione that Hermione didn't understand anything that wasn't shoved up under her nose (or something like that--if someone has the quote on hand, please post it!). Hermione seems well-read and has facts of all sorts at quick disposal, whereas Luna seems to have more exposure to various things in the magical world first-hand and seems to be more deliberating and introspective. Does that make sense? I hope it does and, of course, it's JMHO.

by **Shadow Knight** » Sunday 29 June 2003 2:08:41am

I thinkuna isd more 'steet smart' i guess and hermione is ' book smart'

by **Holly Golightly** » Sunday 29 June 2003 5:58:29am

Hrmm... Well, we actually dont' konw anything about Luna's class results, do we? Maybe she is really bright, but likes to hide it?? Or that people just don't notice, because she has all these strange ideas???

:???:

by **techjohn** » Sunday 29 June 2003 9:43:03am

Was Lily Evans (Potter) in Ravenclaw? is this an important connection? :???:

by **choki** » Sunday 29 June 2003 10:39:51am

Luna seems like those who are strange but bright, just like me :oops:

you know like ppl who doesn't study but able to score very well... :razz:

I thought Lily was from Gryffindor? It wasn't mentioned at all in the books

by **gecko** » Sunday 29 June 2003 11:17:05am

If Lily was in Gryiffindor, wouldn't it be strange that both Head Boy and Head Girl would be from the same house. I don't think the other houses would like that..

by **Fafnul Black** » Monday 30 June 2003 10:37:36am

Well, you do not necessarily need to be a genius to be in Ravenclaw. At least, not an ovious one. Look at that Michael Corner bloke :lol:

by **Fafnul Black** » Monday 30 June 2003 1:15:29pm

Er- Sorry about my last one ... Thinking about it, Michael might well be in Hufflepuff :-?

Anyway, you got the point :???:

by **techjohn** » Monday 30 June 2003 1:33:13pm

You're right - Michael is in Ravenclaw

Book 5 | Chapter 16 | Page 301 (Brit)

...three Ravenclaw boys he was pretty sure were called Anthony Goldstein, Michael Corner and Terry Boot

by **AccioNiffler** » Wednesday 2 July 2003 4:54:04am

I think that a lot of the ideas and thoughts that Luna has seems really out there to a lot of the students because as far as they know everything she says is poppycock. But maybe not all of it is, so because of that, maybe she has a better command on the world around her than others. And maybe that's her intelligence, and only the sorting hat has noticed that so far.

by **techjohn** » Wednesday 2 July 2003 11:30:52am

You're right - i read somewher about book smart and life smart, or something like that.

Just because she doesn't know everything like Hermione doesn't mean she isn't intelligent. She could just be wise in her choices and the stuff she does.[/b]

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