Why is Luna Lovegood a Great Character in Harry Potter?

So what helps luna Lovegood to be that person that brings comfort to people when they are there, when they are in distress? And how has she developed that ability? A part of this goes back to luna love good's own life history. When she was about nine her mom died accidentally. And she witnessed that death. Anytime somebody witnesses death, in the Harry Potter world, they become people that can see the thestral until then they cannot see the thestral.

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Brahms Requiem - Promising Purpose through the Pain

The language of music is the language of the human psyche. Genius artist are one who have a deep grasp of how the work of art, born authentically out of human pathos can speak authentically to the universal human condition. I think some where in the mystical realms between Movement II and Movement III was teleported into the timeless realm of my own conscientiousness and experienced a shift that resolved some deep angst within, helping me reemerge a more grounded individual with a deeper faith in, "the word of the Lord (that) endures for eternity," promising purpose in spite of the pain. 

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