Cho and first love, Chapter discussions

[Simon J. Branford]

No: HPFGUIDX 2812

Penny (welcome back - hope you has a good time away) wrote: "Uh . . . puppy
love, first crush & all that comes to mind immediately.
If JKR's statement that all 3 main characters fell for the "wrong" people is
to be believed, then Cho is Harry's Ms. Wrong.  I assume it's just as true
in the wizarding world as in the muggle world that people rarely marry their
first crush."

I think the statement about the wrong people has to be taken very carefully.
We were told that the person to die would be someone we cared for but I
would argue that it was only through reading GoF that we got to know, and
ultimately care for, Cedric. If this is applied to the first love idea, then
it may be taken that Cho was the wrong person for Harry in the context of
book 4. Hence she may not be the wrong person for him in the context of
future books.

Also the wrong person tag could be an indication that he was chasing after
her and never got her. I could also argue that JKR said that they would end
up with the wrong people in book 4. Harry ended up with Pavarti in book 4
and not Cho. So this could also indicate that Harry/Cho is still a
possibility.

People may rarely end up with their first / puppy love, but the word rare
indicates that it is still a possibility.

Penny also wrote: "I think she's largely served her purpose (as has
Cedric) -- so I wouldn't be surprised if she doesn't figure much at all in
the last 3 books.  On the other hand, it's also possible that we'll learn
more about Ravenclaw folks through Cho (which would be nice since we don't
know any Ravenclaws really)."

I see Cho drifting like Ginny has to be a character that is around
occasionally but is not really that important. Which is basically the same
role she had in GoF.

Joywitch wrote: "hat has happened to our chapter and character discussions?
They seem to be losing steam.  I know that I dont usually respond to them
but I really enjoy reading them, and I have been re-reading GoF one chapter
per week in conjunction with them."

Are we still going to continue with these? I am happy to be involved with
the discussion if the people whose turn it is to kick off the discussions
get them going.

Simon