Snape Theories, Petunia's knowledge of the WW, Cho

[mkaliz]

No: HPFGUIDX 73388

Lynnette said:

> While I am at it, I think I'll have a go at Cho Chang as well...  I 
> understand that they are young teenagers, BUT, why would she feel it 
> is OK for her to yammer on about Cedric and his death, but get so 
> jealous whenever Harry mentions Hermione who is his friend and never 
> has been his girlfriend)?  The whole thing with Cho was a bit 
> aggrivating and kind of silly with all the "problems" they had.  Was 
> the whole part about Cho just to give Harry a memory (their kiss) to 
> be so protective of when having Occlumency lessons?

I'll admit that I was rather disappointed with Cho too. I found her
comments about Cedric to be a bit...insensitive, and I really couldn't
figure out why she believed Hermione was such a threat. Then, I
remembered that even Molly Weasley got suckered in by Rita Skeeter's
articles about Hermione "breaking Harry's heart" (or some such...don't
have the books handy, so I can't give an exact quote). 

Perhaps Cho (and maybe many other students) *also* believed the bogus
articles, and therefore she thought that Harry still had (unrequited?)
feelings for Hermione and was all too willing to say "How high?"
whenever Hermione asked him to jump. 

--kai