Cho

[Kelly L. <kethlenda@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 50255

Petra and Maria were discussing Cho Chang and why people 
dislike her--a snip of the conversation:

> Petra: 
> > In other words, what choices has she made
> > that led you to dislike her so?
> 
> Maria: 
> > Cho didn't make any choices. That's part of why
> > I don't like her. She's just this neutral
> > character in the background that for some
> > reason occupies Harry's thoughts and *this
> > annoys me*.

Personally, I've always liked Cho.  Admittedly, we don't know her 
very well yet, but everything I've seen of her has been good.  We 
don't learn very much at all about her during PoA, but during GoF 
we get a couple of glimpses of her.  What do we see?  A girl who 
doesn't wear the mean-spirited "Cedric Diggory/Potter Stinks" 
badges, even when all of her friends do.  Even though it's 
possible that she and Cedric were dating even then.  A girl who 
doesn't giggle at Harry when he tries to ask her out, even when 
her friends do.  And a girl who is polite to Harry as she turns him 
down.  She has a sort of independence and dignity that I like; 
many teenage girls are much more swayed by the crowd than 
she is.   

Kelly L.