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Player Information:
Name or Handle: Nym
LJ: Jolee mf Bindo
Email: blue@milk
AIM/ MSN / Plurk name: acediatheory / rockswithewoks
Any current characters here?:
Severus Snape | doeswhathecan
Azula | gtfothekitchen
Jaina Solo | abovetwinsuns
Character Information:
Character Name: Luna Lovegood
Age: 16
Canon: Harry Potter
Appearance:
In a word? Stoned. Luna Lovegood is frequently described as having a dreamy or vacant stare, a slight swaying motion to her posture, and large eyes that gaze thoughtfully at rather mundane things for excessively long periods of time. Her hair is long, pale blonde, and wavy, and in combination to her thin build and large grey eyes she looks rather waify. Her voice is lilted and often almost sing-songy in cadence, and she is typically wearing an expression of profound confusion, giving the impression of absent-mindedness despite her actual intelligence. Luna is also a girl that loves her accessories, and she makes lots of jewelry out of common place items such as radishes or Corellian brandy bottlecaps and then is very, very certain that they hold magical qualities.
Here is an awesome picture of her.
Personality:
At first glance, Luna appears to live up to the nickname her classmates have given her -- Looney Luna Lovegood. She's distant, seemingly absent-minded, and her dazed expression coupled with her lilted voice and non-sequitur conversational cues seem to portray less than the picture of sanity. To say she's a bit odd is an understatement. Luna is very abstract in her thinking patterns, not only looking outside of the box but wondering what the box is made of and whether or not it's actually a box or a circle.
However, this odditiy and estrangement from conventional behavior has its advantages for Luna. She is incredibly perceptive, and also empathetic. She can pick up on the slightest observations, and it's clear that even if the eyes have been staring at a rock for twenty minutes, her mind is always at work. In the novels, Luna was sorted into the Ravenclaw house, one which holds its strengths in logic, wit, and learning. She is vastly intelligent and clever, with one of the most open minds that the series has presented. She picks up on things easily, but the most important thing that Luna seems to gain from her mind is the ability to believe.
Luna holds many bizarre and unorthodox views on the world, and while this may earn her scorn from her peers, it also allows her to hold faith in the impossible and overcome any societal impediments. If Luna believes something is right, she will support it wholeheartedly, and her imagination doesn't limit that in the slightest. JK Rowling has stated that Luna is the most likely to 'think up ten impossible things before breakfast', and her creativity and ingenuity know very weak, if any, bonds. Luna goes into things feet forward, and knows that logical and bizarre aren't mutally exclusive terms.
In terms of temperament, Luna is very calm, almost airy about most things, and doesn't get frustrated or stopped by setbacks or obstacles. She is an open hearted girl who never lets what others say bring her down. Frequently while in school Luna has been bullied, but her attitude towards it implies that she is not even aware of said bullying. Things are always taken in stride for Luna, she hardly gets angry, and her very zen temperament has been a subtle pillar of support for her friends. Luna doesn't let herself become affected by the darkness that surrounds her growing up, instead she continues to be a positive personality clad in ridiculously bright clothing.
That is not to say that Luna is never offended or bothered. While rare, Luna clearly has a few sets of principles that she adheres to. There is next to nothing she won't do for her friends, don't insult her father's beliefs or newspaper or she will speak less dreamily (perhaps even crossly), and those who wish to do harm need to be stopped. Luna's modus operandi is almost simplistic, but effective, and she has never been shown to compromise it.
On the whole Luna is one third zen, two halves imagination, and one fourth absurdity. And if you complain about that adding up to be more than one, well, she would tell you that you simply aren't paying attention.
Background:
Luna's Wiki page.
Canon point:
I am taking Luna from the end of Deathly Hallows, mainly because I want to try playing out her experiences post canon
Special Abilities:
Like the rest of the HP cast, Luna is a magic user and witch. While only a sixth year by the canon point I am taking her, she is very gifted in several areas of magic, and especially knowledgeable in magical creatures and nature. Luna is shown to be very skilled in dueling, and mastered the Patronus charm extremely fast. She does best with abstract logic and is intensely perceptive to people and situations.
Sect: Jedi!
Job: Consular
Samples:
First Person:
[ Luna sits by the fountain, her sparkly booted feet kicking idly where they don't quite reach the ground. She tilts her head and smiles ]
This is...not exactly what I believed would happen after the battle. Though I suppose that makes it all the more interesting. Events are rather complacent if they let themselves happen just as we'd imagine them.
Though I must admit, I was hoping to see Daddy before I disappeared again.
[ she waves at the feed ]
Hello again everyone, it seems I've been away for some time. Though part of it was because of the trip Deadpool and I made together, which was quite an eye opening experience.
Third Person:
Log sample ahoy!
Anything Else: Nada!