Board 8 > Best Harry Potter Character Semi-Final 2: Luna Lovegood vs. Harry Potter

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Rules:
There may be spoilers for all seven books and 8 movies
Each match will last for exactly 24 hours. Any votes after that point will not count.
Discussion is encouraged but not required.
Make sure all of your votes are obvious. I should know who you are voting for, basically don't bury your vote in the middle of a paragraph.
No alt-voting.
Ties will be replayed the next day with the rest of the matches.
No vote-saves or rallying for specific characters. Telling people to vote is encouraged but don't tell them how to vote!
Don't complain about the seeds, they were the result of a save-my.
Because matches can overlap, results will be in this topic.
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/61327435

Road to Quarter-Finals:
(1)Luna Lovegood defeats (16)Winky 15-1
(1)Luna Lovegood defeats (8)Aragog 17-2
(1)Luna Lovegood defeats (4)Lily Potter (née Evans) 27-5
(1)Luna Lovegood defeats (2)Rubeus Hagrid 27-12
(1)Luna Lovegood defeats (1)Remus John Lupin 15-12

(1)Harry James Potter defeats (16)Penelope Clearwater 19-3
(1)Harry James Potter defeats (8)Peeves 17-5
(1)Harry James Potter defeats (4)Bill Weasley 23-2
(1)Harry James Potter defeats (3)Lord Voldemort 20-8
(1)Harry James Potter defeats (1)Minerva McGonagall 15-15 (23-19)

Today's Match:
(1)Luna Lovegood
(1)Harry James Potter

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Harry James Potter SO easily

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Harry, obviously.

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Harry

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(1)Harry James Potter

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Luna

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You know, I think I've voted against Luna in every match but the first.

Harry James Potter

luna lovegood

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(1)Harry James Potter

I'll save my Harry is awesome rant for the final (should he make it).

Luna is a character who it'd have been nice to have around early on. If only because we needed more characters from other houses around. But Harry is still Harry freakin' Potter.

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(1)Luna Lovegood

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Luna

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Luna

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Luna

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Luna Lovegood

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(1)Luna Lovegood
(1)Harry James Potter

This is not even a question to me. I've dressed up as Luna for Halloween. She's my personal pet character in the books.

And sure, sometimes I should go for objectivity over personal leanings. If Harry Potter were an objectively incredible character on multiple levels, I might vote against Luna here, or at least abstain. But Harry tends to be more frequently "bland" than "incredible". He has his moments, but he also spends a lot of time being the "everyman". The guy who's there partially just to be a pair of eyes through which to tell a story about more outlandish and colourful characters. He has his moments where he really stands out as a distinct character, both in badass ways (flying) and in obnoxious ways (his book 5 puberty) and distinct ways (orphan obsessions). But these are the exception. If you put these all together, I'm still not sure he matches Neville Longbottom for character development. Not that this is damning by any means, but I just don't feel it's "final two" material.

Luna Lovegood, on the other hand, is solid gold.

"Oh no, I'd love to go with you as friends! Nobody's ever asked me to a party before, as a friend! Is that why you dyed your eyebrow, for the party? Should I dye mine too?"



"The Aurors are part of the Rotfang Conspiracy, I thought everyone knew that. They're working from within to bring down the Ministry of Magic using a combination of Dark magic and gum disease."

"She's tough, Luna, much tougher than you'd think. She's probably teaching all the inmates about Wrackspurts and Nargles."

Also, I like how Loser's Lurgy has its own wiki page:

http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Loser's_Lurgy

Don't get me wrong, she's not a serious character, but she is just flat-out the best-executed character of her archetype I have seen in any piece of fiction, period. Whereas Harry's execution is...decent, some bright moments, some dull moments. Good but not fantastic as far as main characters go. I'll take a best-of-her-type character over him.

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Luna. this is pure preference - she's not better.

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luna lovegood

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(1)Luna Lovegood

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Luna.

I'm really confused at both of these characters being in the final 4 though. Dumbledore and Snape both definitely deserve top 4 (probably top 2 tbh) but these two absolutely don't. Looking at the bracket it looks like the top was stacked while the bottom had mostly less popular or not as well liked characters.

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Luna

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This is the real finals... both of these characters would easily get my vote over Snape or Dumbledore. I'll have to think about this one more.

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Luna!

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Kaxon posted...
This is the real finals... both of these characters would easily get my vote over Snape or Dumbledore.

JJH777 posted...
I'm really confused at both of these characters being in the final 4 though. Dumbledore and Snape both definitely deserve top 4 (probably top 2 tbh) but these two absolutely don't.

I love how completely opposite these two posts are.

For what it's worth, my ideal top 4 would be (in no particular order) Snape, Luna, Dumbledore, and Hermione. And Harry being top 4 over Hermione is...pretty reasonable; not my personal choice, but it doesn't bother me to see a decently-executed main character in the top 4 of a book. (When the main character has completely awesome execution, they tend to be an unambiguous #1 for their book with a huge gap to #2. Harry's not that good, but he's certainly not bad).

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Harry, Luna, Dumbledore, and Hermione would be a great top 4. Snape's the one who doesn't belong here.

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Snape's the one who doesn't belong here.

You are craaaazy.

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Luna

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Snape really is the one that doesn't belong. I doubt Snape would make my Top 10.

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Luna Lovegood
HP can be an angsty douche.

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Luna

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Luna

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Not today

Luna

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Enjoy the silence.

Harry James Potter

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Cloud and Squall posted...
Snape really is the one that doesn't belong. I doubt Snape would make my Top 10.

And yet, Snape winning the whole tournament seems reasonably likely at this point.

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Based on the last poll, I have to say it: SNAPE KILLED DUMBLEDORE!

That said, my vote:

Luna Lovegood

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Falcon120 posted...
Based on the last poll, I have to say it: SNAPE KILLED DUMBLEDORE!
All part of the plan®.

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Harry

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Luna

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Luna, by far :-)

Luna, no contest.

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Cloud and Squall posted...
I'll save my Harry is awesome rant for the final (should he make it).

Luna is a character who it'd have been nice to have around early on. If only because we needed more characters from other houses around. But Harry is still Harry freakin' Potter.

The people have spoken and they prefer snorkaks and nargles to the driving force of the story. Best prepare your rant now.

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Harry, although I'm upset he won his last match.

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Luna.

I've literally voted in 2 matches now, because the only 2 Harry Potter characters I care about are Luna and Snape. Looks like my two favorites are going to the finals. Yay.


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