Linny

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

Canon
Luna and Ginny are in the same year at Hogwarts, though in Ravenclaw and Gryffindor respectively. While never being mean to Luna, Ginny did seem to find her odd at first, even referring to Luna as "Loony Lovegood". Luna became one of Ginny's best friends through Dumbledore's Army, and Ginny began telling others not to call Luna "Loony," prompting Luna to comment during her Quidditch commentary 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. Along with Harry, Ron, Hermione and Neville, the girls endured many challenges together as Voldemort returned and attempted to terrorize the world once more.

Ginny and Luna grew especially close as they remained at Hogwarts with Neville while Harry, Ron and Hermione searched for the Horcruxes. Together, the trio encouraged the remaining students to retain hope, despite the cruelty of the new deputy headmasters - the Death Eater Carrow siblings.

Many years later, Harry and Ginny remain close friends with Luna, 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
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 romantic/sexual 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.

On AO3, Linny is the second most written ship for Ginny and the most written for Luna. It is also the twenty fifth most written ship within the Harry Potter fandom tag.

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