Harry's sexual preference

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 78786


> How she's the surest indication that something's up with Harry is 
> more the fact that she exists, as they say. She pops up out of plot 
> point nowhere, as if there were no pretty, ethnic-exotic, Quidditch 
> playing girls with established personalities for Harry to fall in 
> love with. 

I really don't follow this point, but I'll take a running start at it.

So, Harry is gay because there were no other girls he noticed before 
Cho and that somehow makes Cho his beard? 


Ron's hormonal angst is described in an easy, natural way. 
> Harry's "crush" on Cho, on the other hand, is handled so awkwardly 
> that it's downright creepy. Even Hermione, the other woman, feels 
> sorry for Cho.

Hermione was only the other woman in Cho's jealous eyes. Harry 
treated Hermione as a friend and has shown no interest in her as 
anything but friends. If Cho had half an ounce of security, she might 
get that.

Cho's failings do not make Harry gay.

 I'm sorry, but guys who treat girls like that almost 
> invariably turn out to be gay or priests or both. How is she a 
> jealous bitch if a guy asks her out on a date, and dumps her to 
meet  another girl? 

So wait. Guys who treat girls as WHAT exactly? Guys who have enough 
moral character to say, "OK, I know this is heading to a serious 
makeout session if I play my cards right, but damn it, I promised my 
friend I'd show up" and then actually keeps the appointment?

Uh-huh. But all those guys turn out gay. So much for women 
appreciating a guy with a sense of honor.

And he didn't dump her. He invited her along. She ditched him. LATER, 
she is all gooey and icky about how brave he was to give that 
interview. I wish Harry would have said, "Yes, Cho, and THAT'S what I 
was doing with Hermione. She set it up. Bet you feel stupid, huh? Now 
get out of here and seek some professional help."


> Speaking as a person who actually was a teenage girl decades ago, I 
> have to *hope* Harry turns out gay -- I wouldn't wish that drama on 
> my worst (female) enemy.

Cho is the drama queen. She's the one with unresolved issues for 
Cedric. There is no way the next guy she hooked up with could deal 
with the baggage she was lugging around. An experienced guy couldn't 
deal with it, let alone a kid in his first relationship. 

Talk about creepy. Going out with the guy who watched your boyfriend 
die with at least one motive being to pick his brain about how Cedric 
died? 

And I won't even get into Cho defending her rat-bitch friend whose 
actions drove away Dumbledore and consolidated Umbridge's power over 
the school.

And because Harry doesn't handle all that drama just perfectly, he's 
hopelessly inept at dealing with women, and therefore, most likely 
gay? Give unto me a break.

 
> PS: Ron isn't gay. Snape is. Everybody else is reader's choice. I 
> have spoken.

I'll let you know when I think you're right.

Darrin