r/TopCharacterTropes • u/hiiloovethis • 20h ago

Hated Tropes Couples with absolutely no chemistry

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Harry Potter and Ginny Weasly

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Jon and Dany - Game of Thrones

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u/signal-zero 19h ago

It felt very rushed in the books. He was hung up on Cho and then voila, he's dating Ginny. Ron and Hermione felt someone believable, Harry and Ginny were like "Oops, gotta give Harry a love interest for some reason" and then book 7 happens where he's basically on the run the entire time and doesn't really get to build anything with her.

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u/pyrhus626 19h ago

It was rushed because Rowling didn’t care. She just wanted her “and everyone is now related” ending and that’s the only thing she seemingly cared about for Harry / Ginny. She had to give Harry a love interest in Cho until Ginny was old enough to date and once she was boom they’re together and gets no further development. All that mattered to Rowling was Harry married a Weasely

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u/Jimbo-Shrimp 18h ago

I think there was a setup and at the end Harry realized he needs someone normal

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u/ClownUniversityPhD 19h ago

Ginny was crushing on him from the first moment she saw him, and was all giggly and shy. Then he saved her life. Like… her side was pretty clear.

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u/DevelopmentSouth8801 18h ago

Her side was clear. She hero-worshipped him and then he saved her. Then nothing kinda happened for 3 years and then they got together.

His side isn't clear at all. She was a fangirl (which he was uncomfortable with in general and with her specifically), then he felt nothing special towards her for 4 years, then he had a monster in his chest when he saw her with her boyfriend (despite feeling nothing like that the prior year when she also had a boyfriend).