Dean Thomas: Re: Well, don't want to upset the other list so I'll post here

[va32h]

> 
> > Doddie:
> > I dunno..this was no surprise to me..and secretly I'm kinda glad 
> > that DD is gay seeing as one of her black characters (Dean Thomas) 
> > had a father that ran out.(although not in the book....it also is 
> > part of the realm that the "DD is gay" resides in..many in the 
> black 
> > community did not appreciate this aspect of one of Harry's 
> > contemporaries--why Dean and not Seamus?!? Why does the black kids 
> > father run out as opposed to the white so many proclaimed...perhaps 
> > this is why the Lupin incident in DH?)...
> > 
> 
> 
> Potioncat:
> This was one of the little moments in the book that really spoke to 
> me. But it only works if you know the whole story---and most readers 
> wouldn't. It's one of JKR's "what war does to families" moments.
> 
> JKR gave us some back story on Dean Thomas's family several years 
> ago. It may be on her site, I'm not sure. Dean's mother didn't know 
> he was a wizard. He was killed by DEs because he wouldn't join them. 
> From his wife's point of view, he just walked out. I'm not sure if 
> his name was Thomas, or if Dean was given his step-father's name.
>

va32h:

Yes the backstory on Dean is tragic - not only did his family not know
he died heroically, they don't even know that he was a wizard (thus
making Dean *not* a Muggleborn and not in need of running for his life. 

As for Seamus - we never hear about Seamus' dad after we learn that
his mother never told him she was a witch until they were married and
that he wasn't happy about it.  So maybe he isn't around either. 

va32h