Cho (Was: Hermione's Sigh)

[Hitomi]

No: HPFGUIDX 89446

> Hitomi wrote:
> Actually I think it marks how much Hermione approves of Harry
> dating Cho, that she would trust Cho to come along to see Rita and
> listen to Harry's story. 
> 
> Bookworm:
> You make an interesting point here that I hadn't picked up on 
> before. We are led to think we can't trust Cho because of her 
> defense of Marietta, but Hermione trusted her enough to encourage 
> Harry, and to meet with Rita - with the potential for "Harry's New 
> Girlfriend" headlines.
> 
> Considering the way Cho blushed when she saw Harry on the train 
> home, she is still interested in him. I wonder if her defense of 
her 
> friend was as strong as it was because she is jealous of Hermione? 
> If someone else, say Ron, had jinxed the list would she have 
reacted 
> as defensively?
> 
> When OoP first came out, I was upset about Cho's actions.  But 
there 
> is something there that keeps tickling my thoughts.  After 
building 
> up Harry's interest in Cho over 3 books, JKR seemed to dump her 
> pretty quickly. Teen romances can start and stop without warning, 
> but after they break up rather dramatically, Cho is still aware of 
> Harry, even when he didn't pay attention to her on the train. 
Under 
> other circumstances I think Harry would be conscious of Cho's 
> presence; the shock of the prophecy and Sirius' death that 
> preoccupies him so that he can't think about anything else.  IMHO, 
> Cho seeing Michael Corner is a rebound relationship that isn't 
going 
> to work out for long. The Ginny described it, Michael "ran off to 
> comfort Cho..." 

Hitomi now:
I always looked at Hermione's approval of Cho in general as a desire 
for Harry to be happy.  And I do believe Cho is trustworty to an 
extent, she just needs to pick better friends.  But she really knows 
next to nothing about Harry himself, except for the whole "Boy Who 
Lived" legend, unless you count Quidditch, and the depressing topic 
of Cedric.  In all honesty, I never liked Cho, and on that date, the 
whole time I was yelling in my head for her to stop trying to 
manipulate him for assurance, because Harry doesn't understand, and 
she just ended up hurting both of them.  He never assures her on how 
much he likes her, but how much did she really like Harry?  And I 
agree, too, Michael is definitely a rebound, but then... so was 
Harry.

That blush on the train, was in my opinion, one of embarrassment.  I 
don't think Cho is really interested in Harry anymore, I don't know 
if she could get past Cedric's death by being with him (one of the 
main reasons she wanted to date Harry was so they could talk about 
Cedric).  Harry needs someone with whom he can share things with, 
especially now; Cho still thinks Sirius is the evil once-Death Eater.
I just think there is entirely too much baggage there, and the end 
of Book 5 did it for me.  The things Harry wants after Sirius' death 
(as it says in the last chapter) are far-removed from the things he 
wanted before, including Cho.  Do I think this relationship is 
over?  Resoundingly yes, and if it wasn't, would it ever need to be 
over soon.  Do I think we've seen the last of Cho?  No, besides 
she's still in the DA.  Though, hopefully she won't be bringing 
Marietta Edgecombe again.


> On the train, Hermione was more worried about Harry's reaction to 
> Cho seeing someone else than she was angry at Cho.  ["I - er - 
heard 
> she's going out with someone else now," said Hermione 
tentatively.] 
> How often is Hermione 'tentative'? Is all the teen angst a 
diversion 
> to make us think Cho is untrustworthy when Hermione was right all 
> along?  She may not have the strength of character others have but 
I 
> don't think we should write-off Cho quite so quickly.

Hitomi now:
Like I said, I don't think we've seen the last of Cho, I just think 
we've seen the last of Cho dating Harry.  Hermione was worried about 
Harry's feelings of rejection, especially after Sirius, but after 
Sirius and learning of the prophecy, I think the last thing on 
Harry's mind will be dating.  I don't think the best pick up line 
would be "Oh, by the way, I could die in a couple of years, due to 
the fact that I'm the only one who can knock of Lord - Thingy, but 
how about you and me go out, and maybe in future, possibly fall in 
love?"  Uh, no.  Harry needs friends right now, and as much as I 
don't want her anywhere near him romantically, I would be delighted 
if Cho became Harry's friend.  He needs all the friendship and 
support he can get in the next two years.

~ Hitomi, who feels sorry for Cho, but empathizes far more with Harry