History Characters / HarryPotterRavenclaw

'''[[Characters/HarryPotterDeathEaters Death Eaters]]''' ([[Characters/HarryPotterLordVoldemort Lord Voldemort]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterDeathEatersInnerCircle Death Eaters (Inner Circle)]])\\

'''[[Characters/HarryPotterOrderOfThePhoenixMembers Order of the Phoenix Members]]''' ([[Characters/HarryPotterMarauders Marauders]] [[[Characters/HarryPotterSiriusBlack Sirius Black]]])\\

[[Characters/HarryPotterTheWeasleyFamily The Weasley Family]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterMinistryOfMagic Ministry of Magic]] ([[Characters/HarryPotterDoloresUmbridge Dolores Umbridge]])\\

'''[[Characters/HarryPotterHogwartsStudents Hogwarts Students]]''' ([[Characters/HarryPotterGryffindor Gryffindor]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterSlytherin Slytherin]] [[[Characters/HarryPotterDracoMalfoy Draco Malfoy]]] | '''Ravenclaw''' | [[Characters/HarryPotterHufflepuff Hufflepuff]])\\

'''[[Characters/HarryPotterTheTrio The Trio]]''' ([[Characters/HarryPotterHarryJamesPotter Harry James Potter]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterRonBiliusWeasley Ron Bilius Weasley]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterHermioneJeanGranger Hermione Jean Granger]])\\

* MeaningfulName: ''Luna'' is Spanish/Italian for moon, which carries associations with madness.

* TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest: Cho dates Harry for a time, but the relationship is ruined by the pair's totally different ways of handling their trauma over her deceased boyfriend, Cedric Diggory, with Harry trying to avoid it completely, and Cho ([[WomenAreWiser much more healthily]]) trying to talk about her grief and get closure while ignoring that Harry is very uncomfortable about it.

* RunningGag: Her hysterical overreactions to Ron's jokes, Ron being awkward around her, her BrutalHonesty, her belief in Nargles and Crumple-Horned Snorkacks, her belief that Fudge is persecuting (and eating) the Goblins, and thinking [[RightForTheWrong Reasons Sirius Black is innocent because]] he's [[EntertaininglyWrong just the alter ego of musician Stubby Boardman]].

* CharacterDevelopment: An off-screen example. Rowling states Luna learns to be more sceptical as an adult.

-->'''Portrayed by''': Sharon Sandhu and Afshan Azad

-->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone Philosopher’s Stone]]'' | ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets Chamber of Secrets]]'' | ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' | ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire Goblet of Fire]]'' | ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Order of the Phoenix]]'' | ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince Half-Blood Prince]]'' | ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Deathly Hallows]]''

* PluckyGirl: Mr. Ollivander refers to her as "a light in that dark place" after [[spoiler: the two of them are dragged off and locked up by Voldemort]]. It sounds like rather than being crushed and destroyed, as the trio feared, she was helping other people to keep hope alive.
* ThePollyanna: This is what makes many characters and fans admire her. After discovering that [[spoiler: she's been kidnapped by the Death Eaters]], Harry quickly says that Luna's probably acting as this for the others. [[spoiler: He's right]].

* NiceGirl: Cho is popular, and it's easy to see why- she's friendly, cordial, also quite gently lets Harry down when he asks her to the ball. She even forgives [[spoiler: Marietta]], seeing why she did it from her POV.

** The last three turn out to be completely accurate InUniverse: Voldemort sent [[spoiler:Barty Crouch Jr., disguised as Mad-Eye Moody]] to ensure that Harry won the Tournament, Voldemort has Imperiused high-ranking members of the government with orders to capture/kill Potter, and in the end, Voldemort kills the Minister of Magic and installs a puppet leadership under his control with the majority of the Wizarding world none the wiser. Makes you rethink the nargles a little, doesn't it?

* RunningGag: Her hysterical overreactions to Ron's jokes, Ron being awkward around her, her BrutalHonesty, her belief in Nargles and Crumple-Horned Snorkacks, her belief that Fudge is persecuting (and eating) the Goblins, and thinking [[EntertaininglyWrong Sirius Black is innocent because he's just the alter ego of musician Stubby Boardman]].

* AwesomeButImpractical: Unlike in the other three houses, the door of the Ravenclaw common room doesn't demand official passwords, but answers on the fly to randomly generated philosophical questions. Naturally, this makes one's chance to enter heavily dependant on luck and personal factors, to the point that, according to Luna, students sometimes remain trapped outside, puzzled by particularly difficult questions, until someone else comes up with a valid answer. Also, as Ms. [=McGonagall=] demonstrates, this has the additional consequence that any person external to the house can enter the room if they happen to be brainy enough.

* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: She is something of a LovableAlphaBitch who appears to be a typical GirlyGirl that {{Squee}}s over cute Valentine's Day decorations and is often surrounded by a GirlPosse. She's also a big Quidditch lover - supporting the Tutshill Tornadoes since she was seven, and plays as Seeker for the Ravenclaw team.

* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: She appears to be a typical girly girl but is a big Quidditch lover and is Seeker for the Ravenclaw team.

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