[HPforGrownups] Harry/Cho is wrong

[Ebony Elizabeth Thomas]

No: HPFGUIDX 20838

Actively avoiding the rekindling R/H vs. H/H ship debate, but...

Richard wrote:
>I don't know if anyone has thought of this, but does anyone else feel
>uncomfortable with Harry having a crush on a Chinese person?

Nope.  I think it's pretty cool.  :-D

>I mean,
>it's not like anything good would come out of it. And plus she's
>older, so she might try to use him for whatever means. Harry has
>money, so she might use him for that, or even his great wizard powers.
>I just get a bad feeling with her being chinese and being older, it's
>not a good combo, and probably not something that he wants to get
>into.

Well, I-Think-Cho-is-Evil Syndrome is quite common amongst HP fans, but I 
haven't caught that dreadful disease yet.  There is nothing in canon to 
support that she is anything but a nice girl who happens to be pretty, 
popular, and good at Quidditch.  Then again, people have this tendency to 
resent so-called "total packages", those people who seem to be the walking, 
breathing epitome of Life's Not Fair.  As a non-total package who is totally 
against hatred of got-it-all girls and boys, I always tell people to get 
over it... when you're occupied with working on the details of your own 
life, there's little room for envy.

Granted, I do not know much about Chinese culture as it exists in the UK, or 
how traditional Cho's parents might be, but if they didn't have a problem 
with Cedric, there shouldn't be any problem with Harry on the grounds of 
race.  We also *do not know* how racial and ethnic issues work in this 
particular milieu, but so far we haven't seen anyone sneering at the notion 
of interracial dating amongst witches and wizards.

As far as Cho being older, she's only a year older.  Yes, that's a huge 
difference at 14 and 15, but I've seen older girl-younger boy matchups 
amongst high school students in adjacent grades that were quite successful 
and positive.

--Ebony AKA AngieJ

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