Harry Potter Fans Shut Down The One Romance Some Said Should Have Replaced Ginny

More than a decade after the last movie, we are still arguing about who Harry should have ended up with. Not because we are bored, but because the films may have accidentally set up a better match than the books: Luna Lovegood. Yes, really.

Why Harry + Luna will not die as a ship

The franchise is still massive, and the "Lunarry" crowd (Harry + Luna) has only gotten louder across Reddit and X. The case they keep making is pretty straightforward: the movies nudged Luna into a version of the character who clicks with Harry in a way Ginny never quite did on screen.

• Daniel Radcliffe and Evanna Lynch have an easy, subtle rapport that reads as believable.
• Harry and Ginny’s moments often play stiff, rushed, or just awkward by comparison.
• Luna’s movie persona is gentler and more grounded than the book’s more eccentric take, which gives her and Harry a deeper emotional rhythm.
• They share specific, intimate beats (yes, the thestrals) that feel like actual bonding, not checkbox romance.
• Ginny, meanwhile, gets flattened in the films: limited screen time, a handful of beats with Harry, not much else.

Fans have receipts. A Reddit newcomer said flat-out that Harry and Luna should have ended up together. One viral post in April 2023 boiled it down to: film Harry and Ginny had no chemistry. And a 2025 tweet summed up the vibe a lot of people have been feeling for years:

"Should have been Harry and Luna. They bonded over thestrals and she would have understood his loss better than Ginny or Hermione."

The adaptation wrinkle that keeps fueling this

This is where the behind-the-scenes choices matter. The films sanded down Ginny into supporting beats and pulled Luna closer to Harry’s wavelength. Luna treats him like a person, not a legend. She respects his choices, he respects her courage to be exactly herself. That reads as honest. And honestly, it plays.

Harry is serious and grounded; Luna’s optimism and calm weirdness balance that out. On screen, that combo feels like comfort plus spark. The result: lots of viewers walked away thinking the movies made Luna the more convincing match.

Would Harry and Luna actually work, though?

Here is the nuance fans point out: this only tracks if we are talking about the film version of Luna. That softer, more emotionally intuitive Luna could work romantically with Harry. If the movies had stuck with her full, off-the-wall book eccentricity, their romance probably would not land the same. In that scenario, Harry and Ginny might actually feel like the more natural, balanced pairing on screen.

Why this debate still matters

The fact that people are still arguing about Harry’s endgame almost 20 years after Deathly Hallows Part 2 just proves how alive this fandom is. If enough viewers keep reading the films through a Luna-Harry lens, that can reshape how new audiences interpret the story. What fans are asking for is simple: chemistry with depth, not just a neat plot box checked at the end.

Where to watch

All Harry Potter movies are available to stream on Prime Video and Apple TV.

So, where do you land? Team Ginny-Harry or Team Luna-Harry? Drop it in the comments.