Linny

Linny is the femslash ship between Luna Lovegood and Ginny Weasley from the Harry Potter fandom.

Canon
Luna and Ginny were in the same year at Hogwarts, though in houses Ravenclaw and Gryffindor respectively. They likely shared lessons together at Hogwarts. At first, Ginny found Luna odd, even referring to Luna by the nickname "Loony Lovegood". However, after time they become more friendly. She introduces Harry to Luna on the Hogwarts Express, and they share a compartment together. They engage in polite conversation. Ginny asks how her summer has been, and Luna replies that it was enjoyable. She also quotes Ravenclaw's motto, and Ginny supresses a giggle. They also take a carriage to Hogwarts together. Before the sorting ceremony, Luna admits to thinking Hagrid isn't a good teacher. Ginny disagrees believing he is.

Later in the year, they both sign up for Dumbledore's Army, and from this become close friends.

Ginny starts to become more defensive of Luna, telling others not to call "Loony". During the Gryffindor-Hufflepuff Quidditch match, Ginny plays as a chaser and Luna is the commentator. Luna mentions that Ginny was nice and she liked her. Along with Neville, Luna and Ginny led the re-formed Dumbledore's Army while Hogwarts was under Voldemort's control. Ginny was also one of the five portraits — along with Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville — that Luna painted and hung from her bedroom ceiling, with the word "friends" joining them together in gold writing.

The two are opposites, in that Ginny is an in-your-face, temperamental quidditch player and Luna is a quiet, contemplative and open-minded girl. Despite this, they got along well. Along with Harry, Ron, Hermione and Neville, the girls endured many challenges together as Voldemort returned and attempted to terrorize the world once more.

Many years later, Harry and Ginny remained close friends with Luna long into adulthood, and they named their daughter, Lily Luna Potter, after Luna, considering Luna a "dear friend."

Quotes
"There's room in this one, there's only Loony Lovegood in here — Don't be silly, she's all right."

- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

""We’ve got to get out of here," said Harry firmly. "Luna, can you help Ginny?" "Yes," said Luna, sticking her wand behind her ear for safekeeping, then putting an arm around Ginny’s waist and pulling her up. "It’s only my ankle, I can do it myself!" said Ginny impatiently, but the next moment she had collapsed sideways into Luna for support."

- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

"Ginny's been nice though, she stopped two boys from calling me 'Loony' the other day..."

- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

"I do like her, she's very nice."

- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Fanon
This is generally considered to be the most popular femslash ship in the Harry Potter fandom, with over 3,000 fanfictions on AO3. As of 2022, on AO3, Linny is the second most written ship for Ginny and the most written for Luna.

Due to them being the same age and in the same school year, as well as their close friendship during the turbulent events which unfold at Hogwarts following Voldemort's uprising, many fans have paired Ginny and Luna together as a couple. Many perceive Ginny as being the more dominant person in the relationship, due to her headstrong and impulsive nature as well as her protectiveness over Luna. On the other hand, others see Luna being a leader in their relationship, with her eccentric and curious but calm and innovative personality inspiring Ginny to be more reflective and relaxed in various situations, allowing her to develop and mature.

Ginny/Luna have also been within the top 100 femslash pairings on AO3 since 2015, ranking 58th in 2015, 63rd in 2016,, 48th in 2017, , 32nd in 2019, , and finally 29th in 2020.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Ginny/Luna tag on FanFiction.Net
 * Ginny/Luna tag on FanFiction.Net

DEVIANT ART

FORUMS
 * ginny ♥ luna @fanforum

TUMBLR

LIVE JOURNAL
 * GinnyxLuna on LiveJournal

WIKIS

Variations

 * Hinuna refers to the ship between Harry Potter, Ginny, and Luna