Luna Lovegood and the Monster Butler

[kressel]

BS"D

I don't know if any of my fellow Luna fans are still lj friends, but this may be of interest. As it's about Hollywood-inspired crime and we're in the wake of the Aurora shooting, it may be of interest to many people:

Comments

[carlalute]

With the media link I'm surprised the book did not also point out that many serial killers, particularly those with sexual aspects to their crime, are also heavy into porn and often started building their fantasies through violent pornography.

I tried watching Clock Work Orange once, couldn't get past the first five minutes...it's essentially violence porn with a more intellectual than average plot thrown in.

Th irony is I think you could make a case for Luna being a functional sociopath (Voldemort is a dysfunctional one).

I'm happy to see Evanna keep acting...not so sure about movie. It really depends on if they treat the Monster Butler as a villian or as the anti-hero. Evanna is on twitter, maybe you can link your review to her and see if she has any thoughts?

[kressel]

I put it on "her" Facebook page. Who knows who reads it? But the main thing is to reach the fans, girls who need to be
warned about the Alex-identifiers of the world.

"Functional sociopath"? That's a contradiction in terms.

[carlalute]

Not really. Most sociopaths/psychopaths are not violent, they simply process information differently from "normal" people. It's more like a personality type

[kressel]

Defition of sociopath from dictionary.com: "a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience."

Social awkwardness is NOT the same as sociopathy. A sociopath considers society the enemy. Like a psychopath, he has no ability to empathize with others. Luna's out of step with society, but she has tremendous insight into people. I completely agree with your description of Luna, but "sociopath" is not the word for her. Whatever the opposite of a sociopath is, she's it. So are the rest of Dumbledore's Army for that matter.