What's up with Cho?

bowlwoman bowlwoman at yahoo.com
Tue Jun 8 06:34:28 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 100362

I have a theory about Cho for the next 2 books, based on her past 
behaviors, friends and Rowling's website.

I think Cho is going to do a turncoat thing and betray Harry at some 
point. Why?

1) Cho (the Seeker for Ravenclaw) has dated the Seekers from two 
other teams, Cedric from Hufflepuff and Harry from Gryffindor. If 
this pattern continues, Draco is next. Dating the ringleader of the 
Slytherin house who just happens to have an incarcerated Death Eater 
father can't be good.

2) Cho invited Marietta to join her in the DA, and as we all can read 
from her face, she was the one who betrayed the group to Umbridge. 
When Harry argued with Cho about Marietta's issues, Cho DEFENDED her. 
That effectively caused the rift between Harry and Cho. She now has a 
precedence for backing the wrong side (betrayer's anonymous anyone?).

3) On Rowling's website, the butterfly is an interesting creature. We 
know that Cho means "butterfly" in both Japanese and Korean. What's 
interesting about the butterfly on Rowling's site is that during the 
day it's colored blue with yellow markings (Ravenclaw colors), but at 
night it's green with silver/grey markings (Slytherin colors). Could 
this be a clue from Rowling herself that Cho isn't to be trusted? We 
don't know as of yet if it's possible to change houses once you've 
been sorted into one, but could it happen? Could Cho decide to change 
from Ravenclaw to Slytherin her 7th year and actually do it? 

It might be interesting to see the administrators of Hogwarts take 
the Sorting Hat's advice and try to foster better relations among the 
houses. What if they decide to start an exchange student program, 
where they rotate some students and they live in a different house 
for a term (or a week, a month, etc)? This might provide some very 
interesting plot twists as we find out what the "other side" is like 
from the inside. If this happens, then Cho might be chosen to go to 
Slytherin and betray Harry and/or the DA.

bowlwoman





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