I agree with all this. Mai's got her own story far more than Ginny--which could have backfired, I guess, if that story didn't work. For some people it doesn't. But ultimately Mai's interest in Zuko is set in a certain context that she and Zuko have in common. And also given who Zuko is anybody liking him is going to have a different affect on him than it does on Harry--where you have this set up where Harry is uncomfortable with fangirls yet somehow the girl he wants is the biggest fangirl of all. Okay, he notices her when she pretends not to be, but it's not like he's bothered by that or is elsewhere turned on by girls who are indifferent to him.
But yeah, like you say, we're inside Harry's head a lot and since his attraction seems so separate from himself (even to him!) it's hard to integrate it into the character.
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Date: 2008-10-02 06:51 pm (UTC)But yeah, like you say, we're inside Harry's head a lot and since his attraction seems so separate from himself (even to him!) it's hard to integrate it into the character.