[HPforGrownups] Re: Cho

[Maria Kirilenko]

No: HPFGUIDX 50261


<kethlenda at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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*.

~Kathryn
So far in the books, Cho isn't supposed to make
decisions...she's *not* a main character. So you don't
like her because of how JKR decided to write her into
the story?  That doesn't make sense.  You can say it
annoys you that we don't know her well enough to make
a judgement, But you don't know enough about her to
like her or not.  She hasn't shown poor character thus
far, so I don't see why anyone has a reason to not
like her.  And if anyone tries to say they don't like
her because she doesn't return Harry's feelings,
that's just sort of stupid because she doesn't know
that Harry has a crush on her because once again, he's
fourteen and has really kept it to himself.

 

Oh, dear... I seem to be under attack. :) OK, let me rephrase my I-don't-like-Cho moments. In my post you're all quoting, I said:

First off, I don’t dislike Cho because of what
> she is like – I don’t know what she is like. I
> don’t like her as Harry’s romantic interest.
> 
> You see, I hated to see Harry melt like ice
> cream in the sun as soon as he laid eyes on
> her. For two and a half years of his life we
> watched Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny and many
> other people grow and develop, we’ve grown to
> love some of them and dislike others *for a
> reason*, and here comes Cho Chang of whom we
> *and Harry* know *positively nothing* (at the
> moment) except that she is extremely pretty –
> and Harry falls for her like Romeo for Juliet.


First of all, I never wrote that I don't like Cho because she doesn't return Harry's feelings, I never even implied it, and I am *never* going to do it. C'mon, even I know that's stupid <g>.

I wrote that I don't dislike Cho Chang as a person. If anywhere else in that post I wrote "I don't like Cho Chang," it was to save space. I can even say this: I don't like Cho Chang as a character. 

I'm sorry for losing people on that particular point.

As for Cho being very decent in GoF (I am not arguing with that) - well, that was after Harry first got a crush on her. I was already very annoyed at it. I can't help myself - sorry.

Petra Pan asked: "Do you still hold Cho responsible 
for Harry falling for her at first sight?"

No. Moreover, I never did.


"So, do you dislike Harry for his 'love at first sight,'a physical reaction that he has no control over?"

No. But the fact annoys me.

"do you dislike JKR for writing that scene the way she did?"

No. I love JKR, but that scene irritates me. And I don't think I have anything else to say on the subject at this point.

Regards,

Maria,

who thanks Petra Pan for helping her to sort out her thoughts. :)



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