Harry/Cho
| Pairing | |
|---|---|
| Pairing: | Harry Potter/Cho Chang |
| Alternative name(s): | Charry, Harry/Cho, H/C, HP/CC, HMS Celebrity |
| Gender category: | m/f, het |
| Fandom: | Harry Potter |
| Canonical?: | yes; broken up |
| Prevalence: | unpopular |
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Harry/Cho is a het pairing in the Harry Potter fandom involving Harry Potter and Cho Chang. The two characters had a short-term canonical relationship, but broke up.
Canon
Harry had a longtime crush on Cho beginning in his third year. He asked her to the Yule Ball in book four, but she was already going with Cedric Diggory. This was a source of jealousy for Harry. Cedric died at the end of book four and in book five, Cho and Harry bonded over their shared grief; however, Cho's unstable emotional state and Harry's lack of communication ended their relationship after only one official date.
Fandom
Fannish response to Cho as a character and her relationship with Harry in OotP was mainly negative, and Cho received much criticism for being "overly emotional" and a bad fit for Harry overall.[1] However, some fans defended her and pointed out that Harry hadn't treated her particularly well during their relationship, either.[2]
Cho/Harry is very uncommon as the sole focus of a work and is usually used as a minor or past relationship tag for Harry. Threesome or poly works with Cedric Diggory are fairly common.
Example Fanworks
Fanfiction
- Brilliant Difficulty (series) by basketofnovas(slashmarks). A canon divergence AU starting the summer before fourth year where Peter Pettigrew is arrested and sent to Azkaban and Sirius cleared at the end of Prisoner of Azkaban.
- The Stag and the Swan by White_Squirrel: Harry’s Valentine’s Day date with Cho goes a little better.
- Two Februaries by pauraque: The second time Harry and Cho sit down together on Valentine's Day is twenty-five years after the first.
Fanart, Graphics, &c
- Cho Catches Harry Offguard by endoftheline (2005)
- for my botm runner up, draco by obiwenkanobi
- Harry is the only one who really thinks that a Ravenclaw is incapable of holding a wand properly by mpaoshelle
- Harry Potter and Cho Chang by kimaii (2018)
- Random Harry and Cho picture by Glee-chan (2015)
Archives and Links
- Cho Chang/Harry Potter tag at Archive of Our Own
- charry_haven, a Harry/Cho LiveJournal community
- Heart Seekers, a Harry/Cho FF.net community
- cho x harry and harry x cho tags on Tumblr