FF: Pretty stereotypes

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No: HPFGUIDX 20487

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> Amber wrote:
> 
> > Hrm, I thought the reason people usually bash Cho in fanfic is 
> because
> > they either want Harry to end up romantically with someone else in 
> the
> > canon or because they're *jealous* that Cho has captured Harry's
> > attention. Has nothing to do with Cho personally, the authors just
> > don't want Harry to end up with her. 
> 
> No doubt.  It's still not nice to deal in stereotypes, though.  

	Most of the FF authors are writing romances,  as strictly formal 
as haiku. JKR has already given us the Ms. Right and Ms. Almost Right 
characters (Ginny and Hermione respectively or counter-respectively <g>
) which leaves Ms. Scheming and Ms. Airhead to be filled. So poor Cho 
ends up with one of those parts. It doesn't neccessarily have to do 
with how  the author  feels about Asians, or prettiness or popularity 
in general. I'm sure, though, that there is some Revenge of the Nerds 
feeling involved in the Cho bashing. Who hasn't had the experience of 
being shunned by someone popular?
	
Pippin