While reading DH, I could not help but noticed the way Dean and Luna interacted with each other. Do you suppose this is a relationship in the making? Why or why not?

I mean, if not Harry, why not Dean? =]

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I'd say they're definitely compatible. Although any guy that would get involved with Luna needs to be a special guy . We don't know a ton about Dean from the books, but I liked the way Jo put him with Luna in DH. If I remember right, there was even some hand holding at Shell Cottage, right?

The only problem is that Jo was recently interviewed about the Neville/Luna ship and said that she was dead set against it at first, but after a while it kind of grew on her because of all the fan support. So I don't know for sure which she has in mind.

I can't even decide myself who I'd like to date Luna.

Hate to sound like a "wet blanket", but I do believe JKR may have debunked a potential Dean/Luna ship this past Monday on the TODAY morning show where she commented about Neville and Luna possibly getting together. I paraphrase because I don't know her exact words. NOW she thinks it's OK for Neville and Luna to get together where in a past interview she debunked that pairing!

Oh no, I would hate it if Neville and Luna get together. It would be so cliche having the two "outcasts" gravitate towards each other and hook up. No, no, I hope JKR isn't going towards that direction because I kind of actually do like the idea of Dean and Luna (although I kind of get the feeling that JKR only did that because she wanted a way where all of Ginny's ex-boyfriends end up happy with someone else, especially Dean who was hit hard by Ginny's break up and establishment with Harry). At first, DEan seemed sort of weirded out by Luna's very eccentric thoughts, but just like Ron, she appears to be growing on him and yes, there was quite a bit hand holding going on. So I guess your right LoveIsGood, if not Harry, which I was really hoping for, why not Dean? He does seem okay even if we don't know that much about him.

And as for not knowing much about him, Jo said that she plans on writing an encylopedia on the books, right? I think I read somewhere (don't quote me on this, please, I'm not at all sure) that Jo said something along the lines of, "Dean Thomas has a much more interesting history than the books show..blah blah blah...he has a nice life story...blah blah blah.." I dunno. Maybe we'll find out someday. We can hope.

Oh yes, I heard about that. JKR does say that Dean Thomas has a very interesting background that we never got to discover about in the series. I'm guessing that it has something to do with his father who divorced his mother when he was very young. Maybe he was some famous wizard and Dean isn't muggle-born, but half-wizard himself. Or something of that sort....I can't wait for the encyclopedia to come out! And maybe in there we will find out if it truly is Dean and Luna or Neville and Luna instead.

Yeah this definitely deserves it's own thread, as it's practically a canon ship from DH....


Yes, Dean's father was a wizard--JK says this on her site.

I've been growing to like this ship more and more as I've waded into the fandom after finishing DH--first I noticed a few signs in DH (him taking her hand, them spending so much time together at Shell cottage--I wondered...), then the more I've read people's ideas of what they're doing (since they weren't in the epilogue), the more I've considered it a solid ship--they are both artists after all, and Dean is quite the polite gentleman--he may be a bit confused and bewildered at first by Luna and her theories, but he doesn't dismiss them out of hand, just listens politely. I like to think that 19 years later they're living the Bohemian life as the toast of Wizarding Art society, painting nudes to support their love-child, and all around acting too "scandalous" to be included in the prim and proper epilogue!

I also really hope JK doesn't go back to N/L, b/c I'm tired of her deciding on ships because of what fans say--she's the creator, she should figure it out. I especially loathe that idea b/c even though she dismissed it outright as not happening, it was so widely shipped by those who hypocritically criticized the HHr ship when it had been all but dismissed in interviews by JK--for example Emerson in his ridiculous book predicted N/L (not to mention Dumbledore coming back) even though JK specifically said it wouldn't happen, and then called those who still thought HHr might happen after JK essentially dismissed it in the IoD delusional. I would hate to think of JK then reconsidering N/L because Emerson and co. think it's a good idea! Besides, I like what was developing b/t Dean and Luna in DH (which she wrote into there!!!), and I definitely think they're compatible, given what a polite, tolerant gentleman Dean is, and given that both Dean and Luna are artists--they have a big thing in common....

Also, Dean deserves a nice girl who will like/want him for who he is and respect him, after the poor guy was used and abused by Miss Ginevra in her quest to land the Boy-Who-Lived. And Luna deserves someone as well, bless her....

Personally i think she also fits well with Neville (which the fifth film also surgests).

but as the 7th revealed :

No....

Luna was best with Ron... as Harry was with Hermione.....
But not everything is possible. I think Luna and Ron would be great because he was starting to like her...

I know that Dean and Luna interacted a lot, but that was because they were hiding in the same place... with not much company to talk to. But when they were heading to the Great Hall, that Dean holds out his hand to give it to Luna and she takes it sounded suspicious.

But we dont know.

Oh no, I don't much like the idea of Ron and Luna. It's the same problem that I have with him and Hermione, I don't think that Ron would be able to fully appreciate her for who she (Luna) is, even if she is growing on him. No, no, I like the idea of her and Dean best. Just like Sherrilina says, he is a tolerant gentleman and he definately deserves someone better this time around.

I think Dean would treat Luna like Harry-a bit bemused at her oddity, but accept it all the same. They seemed compatible in DH, and i think they make a good team. They seemed like it.

I think we're seeing this because they were in hidding together, interacting together, protecting each other. The only people they had for company was each other, so of course Luna's going to go about Crumple-horned snorcacks. Lol.

Who knows? Maybe they will get together in the end. A lot can hapen in the 19 years between the last chapter and epilogue.

Well sadly it seems like JK didn't like this ship either--although

Not even Dean and Luna? Why JKR? Why? Every ship that I like gets sunk. This is starting to get really depressing. There were even hints! And it's not like it would have mattered that much just to have the two together.

Haha, who knows? There's always a chance that Dean becomes a Naturalist and is related to Newt Scalamander ... Lol.

The more i think about it, the more it seems sweet. Luna has to be with someone, and way not Dean? I always pictured Luna with neville, but now i don't really mind-it can go either way for me.

But Dean/Luna is always going to be sweet in my eyes.

ya it does become a bit suspicious in the book that they warm up to each other but jk rowling says that later on in lunas life she goes off to do other things alone and she never mentions anything aobut dean but this wuld be a good realtionship

I cannot believe that Luna would let such a....conformed lifestyle. She was eccentric, and now....she's not even looniful anymore.

My ships seem to always get sunk. >_<

WHY JK? WHY?!

Meh, I was kind of disappointed in Luna and Dean - nothing happened. Not surprised it didn't last.

I've really been against many people with Luna. For some odd reason, the only people I can see her with is either Harry or Ron. Dean was nice, and I was cool that he got to know her better and all (considering how everyone views her as an oddity), but ultimately I didn't suspect it would last. Or, at least, I would have been put out if it did.

Sorry, not seeing the Dean and Luna thing as a lasting relationship. For the sort term it was nice, but in the long run... I think her quirks work best with one of the two boys in the Trio.

What will happen in Harry Potter 7 had 4 other authors other than Emerson. In the Love chapter under Neville and Luna said that they weren't a certainty, but a possibility pg 84-85. As for saying Dumbledore is alive "We hate to say it, but Dumbledore is without a doubt, no longer among the living," pg 46.
JK Rowling plotted the books out long ago, and for the most part she's stuck to her original plan, as said in the Dateline interview. No one, including Emerson, or Melissa, or the Pope, decided what happened in the world she created, but JK Rowling.

As for Dean and Luna, I'm having trouble picturing her with him. Dean is a good guy, he believed Harry after all in OotP, even when Seamus, his best friend, didn't. But good guy+ good girl doesn't equal relationship. As far as I know Dean isn't related to Newt Scalamander.
I never really got attached to the idea with Luna being with anyone. I'm practically ship-less when it comes to her.

no way dude! neville and luna yes, dean and noone yes, but not dean and luna! have you lost your minds!? just kidding, but it deffinatly wouldent work!

Er... Aren't you both saying the same thing? Sorry, it's a bit off the beaten path, but we agree that we hope that J. K. Rowling didn't consult outside advice, ne? I think that having Dean and Luna have an apparent relationship or one that was short highlighted this point clearly. She chose what she wanted. Doesn't mean that outside influences couldn't have nudged her writing one way or another, consciously or not, but she did take the initiative and put two people together that we didn't expect. Kind of nice for a change, when you think about it.

TheHarryinMe, I was saying that JK Rowling has stuck to her plans, and that it's highly doubtful she considered Emerson's opinion of what the last book should be.
Oh course if JK thinks that Dean is Luna's other half, I'm completely cool with that, cause I'm shipless when it comes to Luna, I think her and Neville would of been cute, but JK debunked them on her site long ago ::shrug:: I'm just not sure Dean could fully apericate Luna's worderful craziness, though the hand holding seemed incourging. I just wish we knew all that happened there.

I love this ship! I thought it was really cute in DH, even if a little unexpected. It hadn't been hinted at before, but was quite a lot in this book! Even if it is true that JKR has said this ship doesn't exist, it won't stop me loving it!

I know, when Dean called for Luna when they are getting ready to fight and he grabbed her hand it was a bit weird. I never imagined them together but there was definitely something there romantic or not.

It just goes to show that if you get to know Luna and not judge her on appearance then you will find out what a nice person she is!

I kind of think this ship is cute, but I still believe that Neville and Luna should have got together. My sister was obsessing over the fact that Dean held out his hand for Luna hehe. I guess it is a sort of sign. xxx

LOL

I wanted Luna and Neville to happen for a long time now. They looked sweet together. But then, in the DH, Dean and Luna were quite cute. They spent some good moments in the book, and I actually wanted with all my heart that they get together. But meh, JK thought otherwise. Who cares? I really support Dean and Luna, now though.

haha!definitely there is a chance!I also noticed it in the 6th book!Dean and Luna may go well...they are both nice ppl...

Well, you can tell from my avatar who I think Luna would be best with, but that is neither here nor there. The point is that Dean and Luna, however brief it was, did "happen" in a sense during Deathly Hallows.

I think, as relationships go, it was under-developed, so it was no surprise to me that it didn't last. In fact, I think I'd be upset if it did, because there would have been little to no explanation for it. Besides, I don't see Luna as quite Dean's type... She would work well with precious few people, but he doesn't seem to be one of them.

I thought I saw something going on between the two in DH, but apartently not, cause in an interview J.K. said Luna got married to Newt Salamander's (author of fantastic beasts and where to find them) son. So I guess this shipping is out. I think it's possible they might have had a fling though...

When Luna came into the series, I thought that her and Harry would have been very compatible together, but wait...nope, he had Ginny . And then I thought, well her and Ron seem to be getting along and growing on eachother, but no, wait...he had Hermione, duh! And then, in the seventh book, when it seemed like Luna and Dean was the way JKR was going (even if it was just to pair all of Ginny's ex-boyfriends up), I absolutely LOVED the idea, but nope, nope, and nope! Luna just had to go and marry some boring naturalist. Grrr, JKR just wants to destroy all my ships doesn't she? And Luna and Dean was so harmless of a ship too, that there was nothing and nobody standing in the way, yet it just didn't work out....

Ginevra_hena, good to know I amuse someone.
TheHarryinMe, I agree with you. That D/L was underdeveloped and that's why it's hard for me to shallow, I want to understand JK's purpose of stolen moments between them, to have it come to nothing, because Luna marries someone else. And I also agree that Luna works with very few people, the only people I can see in Harry and Neville, and to an extent Ron, she seemed to have a bit of crush on him in OotP.

It's funny...I was waiting to find this ship.

In the Deathly Hallows, Dean and Luna were in the Malfoys' basement jail cell together, where their relationship could have developed. And if I don't recall, in Chapter 30 of Deathly Hallows, it says -


'Come on Luna,' Dean called as he passed, holding out his free hand; she took it and followed him back up the stairs.
Look, now they're holding hands! Something could actually be happening between them!

Not really I always thought it would be Neville/Luna, seeing that they're so similar. We don't know a lot about Dean, except that he loves drawing, so I don't really picture Luna with Dean. So, just Neville/Luna

I know, I thought that was a good one. We don't even know . If not Dean, it could have at least been a character whose name we had skimmed past while reading a paragraph back in Chamber of Secrets. Whoever is, I hope he gets hit by a golf cart.

I never pictured Luna and Dean together. It wasn't until DH that the thought even crossed my mind. Like others mentioned, I took the whole talking and hand holding as hints from JKR that they were destined to be together.

I have to say, it was a bit of a shock that she would end up with someone that we had never heard of. But, I guess everyone can't end up with someone mentioned in the books. Some of the characters would have to branch out to unknown people. Still, I would have felt a little better if she, considering I really love her character, had ended up with someone we knew. Would have been more like closure. Now I'm left with-who's

Wow, Iiaria...a golf cart, that sounds like it'd hurt.
I agree with Insomnia. Luna is a pretty imporant character, to just then end up with some stranger...it's like, I don't care about Luna's marriage that much, because JK paired her with someone we have no idea who he is. I'm glad that she, Luna, is happy and married and has a job she loves, but I don't see why she couldn't have that with someone we knew, like Dean. But what ever, not my chocie ::shrug::
What was the point of Dean and Luna getting close then? Unless they ended up great life long friends, but JK hasn't even told us that.

I don't really think they'd look good together. I've always got the impression that Dean's a down-to-earth person, and Luna not.

I noticed it too, but I dunno... I'm not sure Dean would know how to handle Luna.

When Harry and co were at Shell Cottage, i think harry descirbed Dean looking bemused or something at the oddness of Luna. Surely it may mean he thinks she's a little out of it, but that doens't mean they arn't compatible.

Ok, sure. I agree i'd rather Luna with dean than this Rolf guy. Not many people actualy do end up marrying people they met at high school, but Luna and Dean, i see as kind of fitting ... like Luna, a semi-important character, with a secondry character ... maybe that's just a good combination that works? I dunno what i'm on about really.

I'll always love other ships (CoughNevilleandLunaCough) but Dean/Luna i don't see as being the end of the world.

Well given recent interviews I don't really think she did plot out EVERYTHING long ago as she claims--there are two many contradictions: first saying Ron worked at the ministry, then saying twice (with NO reference to the ministry job) later that he worked in the joke shop, saying Snorckacks don't exist then saying merely that Luna hadn't found one yet, implying they could be out there, saying first that she hadn't intended to kill Lupin but only did so in Arthur's place, only to later say that she had intended ALL FOUR Marauders to be dead and present in the suicide cheerleading squad in "The Forest Again"--how can you say she "planned it all out" with things like THAT?! Or how about saying stuff like Ginny will show some "impressive stuff" in DH, only for her to....what, steal a sword along with two others and er, do one well-aimed jinx? Not to mention her then denying she had ever said such a thing and implying the fan was just remembering wrong....And things like Rolf marrying Luna and Neville marrying Hannah sound like things she made up on the spur of the moment--like "hmmm, which random female characters in the books is free to pair Neville off with?" So while I think there were several major elements planned from the beginning, I think she overstates it a bit....[/rant]

And yeah, I was only hoping that she would NOT be influenced by fans, as TheHarryinMe pointed out....though didn't she at least admit she came up with R/T from fansites?

And I don't care if they didn't say it was a certainty, only a possibility, it's still blatant hypocrisy for them to have said N/L was possible at all after JK had directly stated it would not happen, given their attitudes towards Harmonians who still believed in HHr when JK had said it would be RHr....

Back to D/L....yeah, we're not imagining things, there were SO many people who jumped on board this ship (when it was only a random ship before) after DH, thinking JK had meant them to be together (I know when I was reading the book I as thinking, "Ah, so it's going to be D/L then?"), based on all the specific interaction between them that JK went out of her way to include, especially the hand-holding thing--which often is a romantic gesture! (There's not a Beatles' song called "I wanna hold your hand!" for nothing!)....I don't know why on earth JK bothered to do all that for her to then turn around and marry Luna off to a random guy named Rolf....honestly, when I first saw Rolf's name anyway I just thought she was joking and saying ROFL! It's just stupid and doesn't make sense....D/L was such a nice couple as established in DH, and we saw then from Luna's room that she too is an artist, like Dean--so they have a common interest, as well as compatible personalities! I used to inactively ship Ron/Luna (I did think Luna had a crush on him and liked how she was growing on him, etc, though I wasn't too passionate about it), but now I'm definitely D/L ftw! Until Rolf is in an actual book, I say it's not canon and Dean did marry Luna someday... Or at least got together with her and lived together--who knows if a free-spirit like Luna would want to marry, don't you know it's all a government conspiracy?!

I agree with you sherrilina. NevilleHannah and RolfLuna just seemed so random to me, i figured "Why why why would she pair them up with such ... random people?"

I think it was because she had publically stated that NevilleLuna wasn't happening, and so that had sunk that (Though i still ship it) and once she said she was pulling towards it, i think she placed them apart, so as not to go against her origonal annoucement.

But then that brings the DL shippers back to why she would place all the signs there, and not have it happen. If She's going by the Neville theory, then why couldn't she have put Luna with Dean? She would be away from Neville like she wanted, and we'd get DL and Luna wouldn't have to marry a complete stranger with "Rolf" as his name ...

Ok, ramble over.

I quite agree, I mean where on earth did Rolf come from, I was sorely disappointed when i found out, it was like whahey?! What?! Where's dean Thomas. I was a Luna-Dean shipper after reading the deathly hallows, they had special moments after Malfoy Manour, especially as the battle of Hogwarts was about to take place, I gasped when I read that part, so there I am doing Romeo and Juliet for english, get bored, go on Wikipedia, search random stuff, so I typed in Luna lovegood and absolutely buckets full comes up, so I read through it and then I saw Rolf. Rolf? ROLF?! I was really upset when I saw this, what happened, when?! How?! We don't even know what happened to Dean, it's like come on J-Kay you know they're meant to be together, but obviously like always you have to be awkward, I mean it took you long enough to make Ron get with Hermione, I was just saddened, but in the end I guess it's not real, but still, Luna/Dean is perfect.

If Dean can't handle Luna, then Neville surely can't. The poor guy was terrified when he first met her and still kind of is.

But Rolf? Rolf? First of all, what kind of name is Rolf and secondly who in the world of HP is he? Couldn't JKR have had Luna marry somebody whose name actually was mentioned in the books? I mean Neville got Hannah. Although it was very random, it's comforting to know that it is someone who I have least heard of. I became a big Dean/Luna shipper when I thought that that was the direction JKR was headed, but then it just didn't happen and it kind of makes me mad that JKR would mislead us like that. It's sort of like what she did with H/Hr. Eventhough she had made it clear that it wasn't going to happen, she still included some very nice moments between them up until the epilogue.

Aw I know,

Luna and Dean would have been beyond cute together but no *makes strange face* but like you said it at least could have been someone we know, when I think of 'Rolf' I think of that dude from the sound of music who turns 'Nazi' at the end

Luna/Dean rox(is this considered 'netspeak'?) my Sox (<-Ditto)

<3 Jill

This is my favourite Luna/? ship, mainly because the Luna/Neville ship was a bit like sticking the two weirdos (I mean this in the nicest way possible. They are both very nice weirdos) together to make everything as neat and tidy as possible, a bit like the Harry/Ginny ship. Plus Neville always seemed to be very slightly embarrased of Luna all the time. Anyway-back to Dean. They're wonderful together, and there was that beautiful little bit in the book when Luna and Dean held hands like somebody else just mentioned...Yeah, it is a bit like J.K Rowling had a long list of eligible female charactors in the book and picked them out for the guys...but then Rolf and Asteria come along, and everyone is thrown out- when Dean was so perfect! I have to admit, I'm a huge sucker for all the perfect pairings: everybody paired off nicely with people we know.

This is exactly as I feel! Because having Harry be with anyone else but Ginny or Luna without Neville (which is how it basically ended anyways) would have left too many people without a 'soulmate'. But Neville got Hannah and Luna has Rolf (whoever he is). But back on topic! I really would have loved to see Luna and Dean get together. They had so much potential as a couple and some nice build-up unlike some other ships. ahem! It made no sense not to bring them together, but oh well.

Hey does anyone know who Dean ended up with, or did JKR not bother to mention him?

I strongly support the D/L ship... after all the cute little moments on the DH... I was like, whoah, somethings brewing up between these two. There's something unspoken yet expressed thing going on..But I really wonder why they didn't end up together? They would really make a good couple, though...

Excuse me, but the name is not quite familiar, who again is Rolf?