[HPforGrownups] Harry's type of girl (SHIP)

[Laura Ingalls Huntley]

No: HPFGUIDX 92417

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

Erin:
> 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.

Well, I guess I wasn't really being clear enough.  By "interest" I was 
speaking of more than just a passing thought that a female was "pretty" 
or "striking" -- I meant an active desire on Harry's part to have a 
relationship with someone.  By your criteria, we could say he's shown 
interest in Hermione.  He *did* think she was "pretty" during the Yule 
Ball (even if he didn't recognize her at first).

Erin:
> I'm not a shipper.  I could care less if Harry ends up with Ginny or
> with, say, Draco.

Long live H/D!! *silly smile*  Just kidding.

Erin:
<SNIP>
> 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.
<SNIP>
> 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.
<SNIP>
> 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?

I disagree with the assertion that Harry thought anything of Pavarti 
and Bellatrix other than that they were physically attractive, which he 
also has thought about Hermione and Fleur (these are just the examples 
I could think of off the top of my head).  However, I'll give you that 
you may be on to something about the long, dark hair -- I mean, he was 
*really* attached to Sirius, wasn't he? ^_~

Laura