Harry's type of girl (SHIP)

[Erin]

No: HPFGUIDX 92350

 Laura Ingalls Huntley wrote: 
> Well, technically, Harry has showed ZERO amount of interest in 
Ginny Weasley (or anyone else except Cho). 


Erin replies:

This statement, one which is probably articulated a few dozen times 
each week on this group, for some reason caught my eye today.  
Perhaps it was the "technically".

Because, technically speaking, it's just not true at all.  Harry has, 
by my count, shown interest in 3 members of the opposite sex.  And if 
you put all three of them together, it becomes clear that Harry has a 
preference for a certain physical type of female.

 I'm not a shipper.  I could care less if Harry ends up with Ginny or 
with, say, Draco.  If you put a gun to my head and asked me who ends 
up together, I'd blurt out Harry/Ginny and Ron/Hermione just because 
those seem to me the most canonically sound.  But I don't really care 
one way or the other, and it's no skin off my back if I'm wrong.  So 
please understand that I'm not attacking anyone, or trying to sink 
anyone's ship when I say the following.

Ginny is not Harry's type.  Nor is Hermione. Or even Luna.

(Harry actually *is* Ginny's type, but that's another post)

Let's look at the three Harry has had any sort of reaction to.  

1. First, of course, there's Cho.  I don't think I need to say too 
much about her.  But she's mostly described as a very pretty girl 
with long black hair.

2. And next we have Parvati Patil, whom Harry took to the Yule Ball.  
Yes, yes, I know that Harry only asked her because he couldn't get 
Cho, but even so, he made a deliberate choice in doing so.  Let's 
examine the scene where he asks her to the ball.

**************************************************
But Harry had just seen Parvati and Lavender come in through the 
portrait hole.  The time had come for drastic action.

"Wait here," he said to Ron, and he stood up, walked straight up to 
Parvati, and said, "Parvati?  Will you go to the ball with me?"

Parvati went into a fit of giggles.  Harry waited for them to 
subside, fingers crossed in the pocket of his robes.

"Yes, all right then," she said finally, blushing furiously.

"Thanks," said Harry, in relief. "Lavender- will you go with Ron?"

"She's going with Seamus," said Parvati, and the pair of them giggled 
harder that ever.
**************************************GoF, "The Unexpected Task"

Erin:
Notice that although Harry sees both Parvati and Lavender come into 
the common room, Parvati is the one Harry chooses to ask.  And how is 
Parvarti described?  Also as a pretty girl with long dark hair.

I can expound on the Harry/Parvati relationship if anyone is 
interested, but I have to get to my job soon, so let me just skip 
straight on to:

3.  Bellatrix Lestrange.  Although Harry currently hates her for 
killing Sirius, I think most people will conceed that his previous 
feelings were somewhat... conflicted.  Harry seemed almost fascinated 
with her, like a bird with a snake.

And, (surprise, surprise!) Bella is *also* described as having long 
dark hair.  

I think we can safely conclude that Harry is attracted to women with 
long black hair.  Padma Patil, anyone?


Erin