It's even worse than that, to me. Okay, grant for the sake of argument that maybe Cho and Cedric would have realized in a few months or years that their love was not as strong and amazing as they thought, more of a passing teenage fancy. So what? Would that make him dying not traumatic somehow?
I mean, suppose Ron had died and Harry grieved. Would it be fair to tell Harry that well, they were only teenage school friends and their friendship was based more on shallow things like living in the same dorm and liking sports, and they would have much deeper and truer friendships as adults, so really he should just get over it already? Oh hell no.
Here in Muggle-land, we send grief counselors to schools when a kid dies in some horrible and unforeseen manner, and not just for the kid's best friends and love interests. Because we recognize that even the kid's casual acquaintances might be freaked out and traumatized, and that this is a normal and expected thing.
So to me, the question of precisely how in love Cho and Cedric were is barely relevant. Her grieving and being confused and angry and scared and just about anything else is totally legitimate and understandable regardless. Cedric's friends and dorm-mates and Quidditch teammates might well be going through similar processes, just as fairly. And I don't see why this is such a hard concept to grasp!
Well, look at Harry's grief for Sirius. He's more or less over it by the end of summer. Under 3 months. In fact, we don't even hear much about it once Albus comes to get him after after 2 weeks at #4. Not once he's at the Weasley's - unless I'm remembering it wrong. Of course Harry doesn't actually know Sirius very well, but we only hear about his grief when he is reminded by the presence of Remus, Tonks barely corporal patronus or Snape showing up.
Okay, grant for the sake of argument that maybe Cho and Cedric would have realized in a few months or years that their love was not as strong and amazing as they thought, more of a passing teenage fancy.
That does make it way worse. She died right when her emotions were strongest. I'd equate that to crashing right in the middle of a dizzying high instead of coming down slowly. I mean, it's just such a shock to the system.
I'm glad Hermione at least attempted to scratch the surface of what Cho might possibly have been feeling, even if it was just a glance. The audience could do with a little more "think about how this person is feeling".
I mean, suppose Ron had died and Harry grieved. Would it be fair to tell Harry that well, they were only teenage school friends and their friendship was based more on shallow things like living in the same dorm and liking sports, and they would have much deeper and truer friendships as adults, so really he should just get over it already? Oh hell no.
Here in Muggle-land, we send grief counselors to schools when a kid dies in some horrible and unforeseen manner, and not just for the kid's best friends and love interests. Because we recognize that even the kid's casual acquaintances might be freaked out and traumatized, and that this is a normal and expected thing.
So to me, the question of precisely how in love Cho and Cedric were is barely relevant. Her grieving and being confused and angry and scared and just about anything else is totally legitimate and understandable regardless. Cedric's friends and dorm-mates and Quidditch teammates might well be going through similar processes, just as fairly. And I don't see why this is such a hard concept to grasp!
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That does make it way worse. She died right when her emotions were strongest. I'd equate that to crashing right in the middle of a dizzying high instead of coming down slowly. I mean, it's just such a shock to the system.
I'm glad Hermione at least attempted to scratch the surface of what Cho might possibly have been feeling, even if it was just a glance. The audience could do with a little more "think about how this person is feeling".
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