Pretty Stereotypes, and some views on Fleur and Cho

[meboriqua at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 20481

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Julie aka Viola <viola_1895 at y...> wrote:

> 
> I liked Cho immediately - admittedly I'm not a
> die-hard shipper of any sort so I didn't have any
> emotional investment there - and thought she'd be an
> interesting addition to the story, because she seems
> strong and smart and all the things we're supposed to
> want in a female character. 
> 
> But the kinds of motives I've seen ascribed to her
> really blow my mind - everything from being in league
> with Malfoy over the Dementor stunt in PoA to knowing
> about Harry's crush on her and enjoying turning him
> down in GoF to being a Death Eater. And the only real
> evidence I've seen given to support these theories is
> along the lines of "well, she's that type - the sort
> who like to use boys." So, in that sense, I think it
> is about Cho personally.

I like Cho very much, and cannot understand why poeple bash her at 
all. I have seen no evidence that she is one of *those* pretty, 
vacuous popular girls.  In fact, she is quite nice to Harry - she 
doesn't giggle like her friends when he approaches her, she doesn't 
wear a Cedric Diggory pin, and in PoA, after Ravenclaw lost to 
Gryffindor, she still tells Harry good luck.  The Weasley twins are 
not nearly as nice to Cedric.  I also did not think Harry had any idea 
that Cho was popular when he first saw her; he realized that later.  I 
also don't think he cared.  

So what, BTW, if Harry is first attracted to Cho because of her looks?  
We all have to start somewhere.  Remember, he is not interested in 
Fleur at all, part veela and all.  Maybe he'll get to know Cho and 
find out that she's great.  Or maybe he'll see Ginny differently in 
OoP *crosses fingers*, and Ginny will look beautiful to Harry.

No matter how good looking someone is, once you get to know that 
person, it's hard to only see their looks.  I can't imagine that I'd 
find Lockhart handsome because I dislike him so much, and Sirius is 
running around with matted hair eating rats, yet many people here 
think he's as "dead sexy" as JKR wants us to!

--jenny from ravenclaw***********************