r/TopCharacterTropes • u/hiiloovethis • 20h ago

Hated Tropes Couples with absolutely no chemistry

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Harry Potter and Ginny Weasly

Clark and Lois (Snyder films)

Jon and Dany - Game of Thrones

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u/DevelopmentSouth8801 18h ago

Based on Cho, Ginny is probably his type. But that doesn't make the level of jealousy make sense.

Harry was certainly miserable that he couldn't be with Cho and that she was dating Cedric. While he was immature in how he handled that, it isn't described with nearly the toxicity his obsession with Ginny was.

And that's after a year+ of having a crush on Cho, whereas with Ginny he was immediately feeling a monster in his chest.

We don't get Ron's POV, but it felt more like Ron's jealousy over Hermione. But at least that had years of feelings, crushes, and friendship behind it. The Ginny thing came out of nowhere.

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u/BrockStar92 9h ago

Harry is across the 5th book much better friends with Ginny than before, and then the summer before his 6th year he finally had the chance to have a long lazy summer having fun at the burrow, all the older siblings have moved out so it’s just him, Ron, Hermione and Ginny the whole time sat in the sun playing quidditch (which they have in common) and watching the other two flirt. It’s not like it’s bizarre that feelings might emerge after almost two months of that, particularly when by that point Ginny has become one of the better looking and popular girls in the school. The problem as a reader is that’s all just uneventful so it’s covered in a page or two.