Harry Potter should have ended up with either Cho Chang or Hermione NOT Ginny? Read on and discuss?

[Anonymous]

[SPOILERS AHEAD]

CHO CHANG

In the books, from the moment he first saw her, Harry's stomach does backturns for Cho. IT ALWAYS DOES. He clearly likes her and she clearly displays interest in him. It is not about his fame, she is attracted to him. She is nice to him from the moment they meet and wishes him well in Quidditich. In the fourth book, she also is pro Harry after he is selected as a champion, wishing him luck and not joining in in all the anti Harry behavior of others. Harry wants to ask HER to the ball. She is also genuinely sorry at not being able to say yes to go with him to the Yule Ball. Harry doesn't even think about Ginny at all in book 4. She might be upset about Cedric, but she clearly likes Harry a lot in book 5 and even in book 7 where she wants to help him against the bad guys. Harry also clearly likes her. Note in the books, she only is confused in book 5 after having lost someone. It is not awkward once she has accepted what happened (when they next meet in 7). In addition, Cho does not betray Harry and it is only owing to his anger issues in book 5 (being singled out as a lunatic by the wizarding press and many people) that they get into an argument. Ginny is not on Harry's mind in any way whatsoever. Ginny tbh likes him for his fame in book 1 and 2 and also having been saved by him. She is like his sister. And any interaction is based on being essentially part of the Weasley family. There is literally no chemistry compared to Cho Chang at all! It feels so poor. Ginny also is clearly possessive preventing him from going with Cho in book 7. And Cho Chang was much more fun, cool, nice (e. g. didn't make fun of Fleur) and hot than Ginny. If he is to end up with someone from school and not meet and settle with someone else he meets after Hogwarts, then Cho is Harry's girl.

HERMIONE GRANGER

If Harry doesn't end up with Cho and has to end up with someone from school, then it has to be the girl who has always been loyal to him (unlike others). His friend, his companion. Hermione is caring, she always stays by him. He clearly cares about her. Others (Dumbledore, Ron, the press, his year group in book 2, Cho) assume they are together. Unlike Ginny, there is chemistry from the early days. She is also not judgmental like Ginny. They click. Otherwise, Hermione clearly points out how Cho likes Harry back.

In the books and the films, Ginny is so random. There is no set chemistry unlike the others. It's not love spontaneous, just so WRONG! It should be Cho Chang, not Ginny.

Discuss?

[Anonymous]

I see Harry and Hermoine as having a very platonic relationship. All of the romances are a bit forced, IMHO, as most people don't end up with their school crush. I think Harry's attraction to Ginny started later because he saw her as kid at first though, not because there was no chemistry. You see guys do it a lot - she's an irritating, affectionate or invisible tag along at first then one summer she grows some curves and he's full of lust and guilt. I can count dozens of guys I know who end up crushing on a friend's sister or vice versa.

They also had a similar sense of humor and viewpoint on life. Plus, she didn't try to overprotect him and accepted his role. So that part was a good match.

But Cho is cool, too.

[luvstoned4him]

I agree. I can't even picture him with Ginny. Hermione or Cho would so soo much better but somehow I love Hermione and Ron together. I mean looking back from book one till now, the disagreements, the heat... awwwh they are cute now. I couldve seen that coming.

[Asker]

THIS IS SO TRUE.

Well said! It's so hard to see it, it seems so artificial and fake. I like how in the end of book 4, hermione kisses his cheek for the first time which gives a hint at the possibility. Agreed, Hermione works with Ron given the build up. But that's the whole point. Ginny with Harry is so out of place. So random, and somehow, so... disappointing.

If Harry was going to end up with anyone from school (and not meet someone outside it) then it had to be Cho. There was ALWAYS chemistry from day 1 with those two from book 3 all the way to the end.

Harry and Cho would have been the perfect way to end the series, don't you think?

[luvstoned4him]

so true

[Asker]

Exactly. And Harry and Cho had chemistry!

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[BellaCullen]

realy yes. Harry and Ginny? uh! I liked Harry and Hermione together

[DarkHumorRUs]

I feel like having Hermione and Ron end up together was just to enforce the stereotype that "opposites attract". But I don't think they were really very compatible...

If Harry hadn't been occupied by all the sinister happenings that were behind-the-scenes to all of his friends, he would've been much closer to Hermione. And I think that's the another reason they didn't end up together.

I also don't understand how he didn't end up with Cho though. Cho was there throughout the whole series, and Harry only really realized he kinda liked Ginny pretty late in the books, right? 4 or 5? And it was totally just infatuation.

[Asker]

Yeah I see your point about Hermione and Ron. Tbh, Ron did not deserve Hermione as a girlfriend, nor Harry as a friend. He was a ship humper, disloyal and in it for the popularity. He was possessive and jealous. He wasn't truly a loyal friend to Harry - clearly in book 4 he demonstrates his true colours as well as in book 7.

Hermione was a much better friend, indeed the best friend to Harry. Also Neville was staunchly loyal to him. In terms of falling for Hermione, it would have been interesting. She always was closer to him than others and at book 4's end, she randomly kisses him on the cheek, which might have been written as Rowling was making up her mind I guess.

I completely concur on Cho though. If Harry was going to end up with anyone from school, Cho was his girl. There was CHEMISTRY. It was there. With Ginny it's so random and forced. Ginny is his family. With Cho, his stomach flips all the time, since book 3 to 7.

[Asker]

Even Ginny realizes it, and tries to prevent them rekindling their relationship in book 7. Hermione notices that Harry likes Cho as well.

Clearly with Cho, there is chemistry, they match and he LIKES HER. Ginny is his family. And he doesn't even look at her till the forced and artificial/fake introduction in book 6. BOOK 6. Be serious. How does he like Ginny?

All the way through 3, 4, 5 and even in 7, he likes Cho. He only wants to ask Cho to the Yule Ball. Ginny isn't even a backup fall back option. He asks Padma out of desperation, and even then he'd probably have chosen Padma over someone he considers family (Ginny).

You can tell he likes Cho. Thoughts?

[Asker]

Agreed right?

[DarkHumorRUs]

Yes. Too lazy to type more.

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[DarkHumorRUs]

Jesus Christ why do you care so much.

[Zorax]

Well, Hermione and Luna are my favorites... but Cho Chang is cool too...

[Asker]

Yeah. I think Luna was also an option. He also asked her out didn't he.. so he was thinking about Luna too right?

Yeah Cho Chang was either number 1 or 2 for him. Ginny wasn't even on the list right? So random.

[Zorax]

I agree, Ginny was not on the list, at least in my opinion...

[Asker]

agreed!

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[DaisyM23]

Well yeah he does like cho for basically 3 books and his attraction to ginny does just pop out of nowhere in the 6th one but remember that harry and cho fell apart in 5 when they argued about hermione and after marietta betrayed them and I doubt they would’ve worked out, too much guilt in both sides. Plus there’s literally NO sign of love love between hermione and harry and she definitely becomes like an older sister and the reason why he survives. I think jkr just put him and ginny together because she loved gryffindors and is biased but also because we know that ginny crushes on him for the entire time so it’s like a ‘wow, you’ve always been there but i just noticed you’ love

[Dandeus]

Cho is a necessary experience with heartbreak for Harry, it was never meant to be, just schoolboy infatuation.

Harry is oblivious to Ginny for a long time, but she falls in love with him in the second book when he saves her life in the Chamber of Secrets. From then on she's always flustered around him, it's slowly developed that she's crushing on him and he's unaware. But they have lots of little interactions, lots of little funny moments together. It was developed slowly. The fact that it's not so storybook generic makes it a better pair in my opinion.

[Zooooooooom]

I wanted hermoine and harry to end up together... though I don't like cho that much but she had a good chemistry with harry... and if not them then I think luni love... I mean luna lovegood was also a good option... But Ginny just dropped out from nowhere!!

[BruceJender]

Ginny is prettier than Hermione, at least for me.

The fact that she got with Ron is perfect. Ron, although brave and loyal, isn't the brightest. Hermione, on the other hand, doesn't like to take risks and break the rules, but is incredibly bright.

You can actually read and see their relationship developping. Hermione starts to break rules and Ron makes more intelligent moves and assumptions.


The relationship between Harry and Ginny is almost instantaneously obvious from the onset. Ginny is the kind of girl who loves attention (in a good way of course), whilst Harry doesn't.

I think Rowling made the right choice... I really couldn't see it any differently.

[Asker]

Personally, Hermione is way prettier. Also she seems so pretty in the films, it's surprising that she's not the hottie in the year lol. I guess her and Ron make sense, though Ron doesn't deserve her nor Harry given his disloyalty over the series. Hermione was a much better friend. Also she kissed Harry on the cheek randomly in book 4. Was this written as a just in case the writer put them together later? At least Harry and Hermione would make sense.

Harry and Ginny from the onset? No way pal. Are you sure you read all the books? Ginny is his family. She was infatuated by the FAMOUS Harry when she saw him. Harry never even looked or thought about her, let alone fancied the pants off her. It was so artificial/fake and random for Harry to suddenly like her and desire her in that way. Too forced.

[Asker]

With Cho, there is instantaneous chemistry. They clearly like each other. Harry CLEARLY likes her. All the books from the moment she enters the scene in book 3 is about how much he likes her, and doesn't want Snape, etc to reveal how he feels. Even in book 7, Ginny realizes this and tries to stop them meeting each other. Why do that if Harry really likes her?

In book 3, Harry likes Cho. In book 4, he dreams about her. He wants to ask her to the Yule Ball. He is distraught when she is taken, why he delayed. He never even thinks about Ginny as a fallback let alone real date. He goes for Padma. Even though Ginny was taken, he couldn't care less. There's no chemistry. He sees her as a family member, since he has become part of the Weasley family. In book 5 he really likes Cho. He's full of anger though given the whole Ministry manipulation thing.

[Asker]

And in book 6, he's hardly thinking about girls, just doing stuff for Dumbledore. In book 7, he clearly likes Cho given his attraction to her when she walks in. And she still likes him, given she tries to help him and go on a walk with him.

If Harry was going to end up with someone from school, it had to be Cho. Chemistry, contact, rapport, attraction, and it's not forced, it's natural and it's development.

Ginny is forced, random, undoes all the development of 6 books and let's someone who doesn't deserve Harry (given her possessive behavior) have him. She also mainly liked him originally for his fame. Harry got on far better with Cho in the brief time they had together (and he wasn't angry at Umbridge). Cho was loyal to him as well. In book 4 she was never against him being a Champion.

Thoughts?

[BruceJender]

Harry is infatuated by Cho. She is beautiful and he really likes her, but it's INFATUATION.

Ginny always loved Harry... it just took Harry longer to realise that he loved her too.

The fact that you, and many here, think that Hermione and Harry should together shows childish naivety. They were never in love, but had a very, very strong friendship.

I mean the love between Harry and Ginny had been there from the onset - not obvious at first, clearly, but as the books go on it becomes more and more apparant.

I've read the books at least 12 times over.

[Asker]

So have I. I don't think Harry should have been with hermione. The point I'm making is that even that would have been better or made more sense than Ginny! Read them again.

There is no love for Ginny until the forced introduction in book 6. Feels so fake. Funny is infatuated with Harry who never thinks about her. I'm not even sure she loves him, it seems more like idolizing a hero.

Harry is not just physically attracted to Cho INSTANTLY, but develops genuine unforced rapport and chemistry with her over time. She also clearly reciprocates such feelings from the onset. She is attracted to him and genuinely sorry about not being able to go the ball with him. She is not part of the anti Harry brigade in 4. In 5 she really, and I mean really likes him. Harry does not think twice about Ginny.

And the chemistry between Cho and Harry deepens, even by book 7 it is there. The stomach turns, the dreams about her. That means he likes HER!!

Cho is so much better?

[BruceJender]

You're the one who needs to read them again, the love for Ginny starts in book 5. By that time Ginny is already heads over heels for Harry.

Anyway, let's agree to disagree before you go all Ad Hominem on my ass.

[Asker]

Dude like you (respect by the way) have read them many times. I don't think the love (which came out of nowhere) starts in book 5 for Ginny. No way! If anything he starts to develop even more for Cho in that book.

My whole point is not Hermione. The point is that if Harry ends up with anyone from school, it has to be Cho. There was such a build up. There was instant attraction by BOTH people. There was development. There was CHEMISTRY which was there throughout every book since Cho was introduced - i. e. all the way to the end. It wasn't forced.

Did you read my opinions in response to you? Cho Chang and Harry Potter fit. It just works. Not to mention as a reader, you are willing Harry on, feel part of his struggle to be with her. And you want them to succeed. If not for his anger in book 5 and geopolitical wizarding events, they might have even hit it off sooner. By book 7, you still feel the love between them.

Harry and Cho are better than Harry and Ginny ANY DAY.

[Ginnyweasley97]

EXCUSE YOU HOW YOU CRITICIZE MY AND MY HUSBANDS RELATIONSHIP? I WAS POSSESSED BY VOLDEMORT AND WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE THAT CONNECTION!!! AND TRUE LOVE IS NOT ALWAYS AT FIRST

[Anonymous]

Maybe if they picked a hotter actress to play gunny you'd be OK with it. Like say margot Robbie or Emilia clarke or even Anna Kendrick.

[BertMacklinFBI]

he should've banged Luna.

anyways, maybe he should have ended up with hermoine, I don't see whats so special about ginny.

[Asker]

Lol on Luna. Tbh I thought there was more chemistry between him and Luna than with Ginny! And he at least thought about asking Luna out to a party.

Agreed, nothing special and NO chemistry between him and Ginny.

Yeah maybe Hermione, but if there is the friends argument, and it's gonna be someone from school, then he should have ended up with Cho Chang. She was the ideal woman, at least from what the books suggested. He was smitten from the start?

[zell0is0my0name]

Hey, he saved Ginny in the chamber of the secrets :/

[Asker]

@zell0is0my0name If you read the Cho description, i mentioned that. But that's cos, she had been taken and she was part of his family (the Weasley's were essentially a family to him). It wasn't down to fancying Ginny! Harry didn't even think about her at all. It didn't ever come across his mind to ask out Ginny to the Yule Ball, he wanted Cho Chang. And even in book 6, he asks out Luna.

And in terms of saving someone, Harry saved Fleur's sister Gabrielle in book 4. That doesn't mean he fancied her! In any case, he didn't want anything to happen to Hermione or Cho (he cared about Hermione and fancied Cho).

Thoughts?

[zell0is0my0name]

Okay, fine. He should've ended up with Hermione :P @asker

[Asker]

@zell0is0my0name Glad you see it! by the way comment separately so this person doesn't constantly get notifications lol. Also you can get individual upvotes.

Yes I think Hermione is a good choice, why her over Cho?

[BruceJender]

LOL there was ALWAYS more chemistry between Harry and Ginny.

[Asker]

@BruceJender No way... how? When he met Ginny, he didn't like her that way. He always saw her as part of his family. I mean he had way more chemistry with Hermione and was much closer to her.

And the chemistry between him and Cho from first sight was 100 times more than what he had with Ginny ever. The stomach flips from book 3 all the way to the final book. Ginny realized this (she tried to stop him going with Cho for a walk in book 7).

It just seems so wrong. I mean frankly, Hermione would have been better.

[BruceJender]

Chemistry DEVELOPS! Of course he didn't feel that way with her at first.

You're telling me he had no Chemistry for Ginny (which he eventually does, because he discovers it), but he has NONE WHATOSEVER with Hermione - EVER. They are best of friends, and remain that way.

There wasn't any Chemistry with Luna either, so your theories are flawed.

[Asker]

@BruceJender agreed that chemistry develops. But that with Ginny was as a family member or friend. He was much closer to hermione than Ginny in friendship. Hermione was always loyal to him versus Ron as a true friend. She stuck by him.

With Ginny it was more about Harry having someone to talk to. He didn't see her in that way and it came across as very forced. Funny was infatuated with him partly down to his fame and then started talking to him. When it came to the two, up until the point we suddenly had this forced fake sudden liking of her, he clearly preferred Cho over anyone else (Ginny wasn't even a backup choice).

Chemistry with Cho developed and was there. From instant attraction seeing her in a quidditch line up to seeing her in a train, in school, in person with the flirting and banter, on dates and even in book 7 seeing her again, it was there for all to see even the jealous Ginny

[Asker]

@BruceJender There was no chemistry with Ginny at all till the random intro in book 6. At no point in book 5 does Harry fancy Ginny. At no point before that does he even look at her in that way or like her in that way. She's just a friend. In book 5, clearly when Cho walks in on him in the train carriage, he is embarassed and wants to look good for CHO.

Even in book 7, Ginny is clearly worried about them reuniting and possessively interferes in the course of natural events by stopping Cho from escorting Harry to the Ravenclaw common room. She is not as nice as Cho Chang either in other books - she makes fun of Fleur. She is more like Harry's family given how he essentially becomes Harry Weasley.

Harry and Cho are what the readers want.

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