[HPforGrownups] A Thought about Cho Chang

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 22356

> I just had a thought occur to me about Cho Chang and the last time
> we see her, crying as the school stands and raises their goblets in

> a final salute to Cedric Diggory.  I doubt that JKR mentioned that 
> _she_ in particular was crying just because she wanted to fill some

> blank space...I think there might have been more going on there.
> 
> ...what if Cho's feeling guilty because it WAS
> partly HER fault?_  I could easily see Cho getting Cedric to enter 
> the Triwizard Competition, and even promising him a "reward" if he 
> did, or him telling her he did it mainly because he knew it would 
> please her.  

I think Cedric was one of those "pride of young manhood" types who do
the things expected of themselves - do well in school, take part in
athletics, push themselves to excel - not for personal glory but to
better themselves.  It's an old fashioned almost 19th century POV but
Cedric's got it.  Had he lived he'd have eventually run for mayor of
his village and convened meetings about ensuring adequate playgrounds
for children.

Cho and Cedric were "going out"; at the very least they were close
friends.  Cho is crying because he was killed suddenly and horribly
and she knows better than anyone in the school what a fine young man
he was.  

I find the idea of a "reward" rather icky regarding a couple of 15
year olds and completely out of character from what we know of both
of them. 


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