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Lovander is the het ship between Rolf Scamander and Luna Lovegood from the Harry Potter fandom.
Canon[]
After Luna Lovegood finished her education at Hogwarts following the war, she became a famous magizoologist and a naturalist. She met Rolf Scamander, the grandson of Newt Scamander (author of the famous Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them) and they fell in love. They spent much of their time together globetrotting and looking for weird creatures.
The two got married at some point before 2014, but later than Hinny and Romione. During the wedding, Luna was wearing a dress decorated with rainbows and spangles and a tiara of silver unicorn corns. According to Rita Skeeter, Rolf was shocked when he saw Luna's dress. The couple had two sons: twins called Lorcan and Lysander.
Luna and Rolf attended the 2014 Quidditch World Cup finals, while Luna's father Xenophilius was taking care of their sons. Due to Luna being a member of Dumbledore's Army, the couple got to sit in the second best VIP box. During the final, Rolf held Luna's hands, which might have been to prevent her from putting on one of her special event hats.
Children[]
LORCAN AND LYSANDER
Lorcan and Lysander (born between 2008 and 2014) were the twin sons of Luna and Rolf. While their parents went to the 2014 Quidditch World Cup, the twins stayed home with their maternal grandfather, Xenophilius Lovegood.
Fanon[]
Due to the pairing not being in the books, it isn't as popular as other Luna ships such as Huna or Nuna. There is not a lot of information available on Rolf Scamander, making it difficult to establish the dynamic between him and Luna. Some fans were disappointed by Luna being paired with a character with no appearances in the books. However, it still has some support. Some fans liked the idea of Luna being paired with a magizoologist, thinking the couple compliment each other well.
The ship is often developed more in fanfiction or fanart. Rolf's appearance isn't descibed in canon, so fanartists are more imaginative. Sometimes depicting him with ginger hair like his father, or long hair or a POC Rolf. A popular fanart depicted Rolf as a German. A lot of fanwork often depicts thier life as magizoologists, exploring the world looking for beasts. Many fans also tell the story of how they met, fell in love and their life as parents to Lorcan and Lysander. It is often a background pairing in a lot of fanfiction, especially ones that are canon compliant. on AO3, there are over 400 fanfics in the Luna/Rolf tag, and on a a filtered search: 99 of these have Luna/Rolf as the central pairing.
There is also a DeviantArt group for the pairing, founded in 2011, though it doesn't have much fanart. There are a few names for this ship, including Lovander, Rona, and Runa. On the now defunt website Fiction Alley, the ship was known as 'S.S. Natural Attraction'. For fanfiction, Wandering Wonderer by seori is a popular Lovander fic with over 2000 hits on AO3.
There is some hopes by fans that Luna and Rolf may appear in the Fantastic Beasts film series. Rolf is related to it's main protagonist Newt Scamander, and some fans theorise that Luna and Rolf could appear in an epilogue.
Fandom[]
FAN FICTION
- Luna/Rolf on FanFiction.Net
- Luna/Rolf tag on AO3
TUMBLR
- luna x rolf tag on Tumblr
WIKIS
