OOP: Cho (was Neville, Cho (was OOP: Opinions?))

[David]

No: HPFGUIDX 62035

Jenny wrote:

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> Really, though, I am wondering if Cho is characterized as the kind 
of 
> girl who only dates the popular/strong/best athlete/most handsome 
> boys.

That doesn't stack up for me.  Cho was interested in Harry at a time 
when he was decidedly unpopular, and she seems uninterested in 
status generally.

  Cho seemed to be looking for validation from Harry - if he 
> found her attractive, she found value in herself.  I didn't like 
JKR's 
> characterization of Cho, but perhaps she went out of her way to 
create 
> a Cho we didn't like to drive home the fact that she and Harry as 
a 
> couple could never work.

Do you mean 'characterised as an unlikeable person' or that you 
disliked JKR's characterisation - ie Cho is inconsistently or 
implausibly portrayed as a fictional character?  I found her quite 
plausible myself.

I'd say that the OOP characterisation drives home what many fans 
predicted: that Cedric would hang too heavily over them for a 
relationship to succeed, at least for the time being.

David