FF/SHIP: PoU and Harry/Cho (was Harry and Cedric)

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 13234

Hi --

naama_gat at hotmail.com wrote:

> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer <pennylin at s...>
> wrote:
> > Gwen said:
> >
> > > It's also ironic that Cedric's death means Harry will probably
> never get Cho. Regardless of how "in love" or "not in love" she was
> with Cedric (and personally I think not so much), her feelings toward
> him will always remain > unresolved. She will not be able to
> distinguish how she felt before he died> from how she felt when he did
> not come back, and Harry did. IMO, they will> probably become friends,
> and maybe down the line lovers, but nothing will happen on that front
> for a while.
> > >
> > I said: I'm wondering how you square your first sentence with your
> last point. I'm in the camp that believes that there's too much
> tragedy for any Harry/Cho romance now, so I agree with your first
> point.  But, it seems> unlikely to me that they would be lovers down
> the road ... the "too much tragedy" thing will always be there.  I do
> think they might become
> > friends though.
> >

Naama said:

> Hmmm... too much tragedy to become lovers down the road ... because
> girl's first love and boy's friend died ... strikes a chord.. familiar
> in a lop-sided kind of way.. . Por.. no..Par ..yeah - Paradigm of
> Indeci.. no.. Uncertainty maybe?. Thats it - Paradigm of Uncertainty!
> Its quite a well-known fan fiction, Penny, you should read it. Who
> knows - you
> might like it.. <wink>

There are some fairly profound differences between PoU and a Harry/Cho
fling down the road.  First, "girl's first love and boy's friend" -- is
that all Ron is to Hermione & Harry?  I was under the impression that he
was a *best* friend of them both.  Cedric, by contrast, is possibly
Cho's "first love" but he's really not Harry's "friend" at all.  Harry
regards him as a rival for most of GoF.  They've reached an uneasy
truce/compromise and then Cedric dies -- Harry will blame himself for
that.  Cho may, on some level, also blame him for that.  I won't give
away PoU plot details (although it's in Ch 1) but there is a similarity
of guilt reactions.  However, the *huge* distinction is that Harry &
Hermione are also *best* friends (in canon and in PoU).  They just
continue to solidify an already-existing friendship in PoU.  Cho is in
no way a friend to Harry.  They would have to develop a friendship, and
it would need to progress to the "best friends" level for there to be
similarity to PoU.  Cho becoming a part of the Trio and a "best friend"
to Harry seems pretty unlikely to me.  If they'd had something more than
a passing acquaintance when Cedric died, it might be possible.  But, I
don't see how they can, at this point, establish much more than a better
friendship -- a friendship that may grow slowly over the years (but a
friendship that will probably always have a slight reserve due to the
guilt factor IMO).

Sorry, Naama -- I don't see any real similarities.  :--)

Penny



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