JKR changing story (was:Gender balance/strong women/victims

[Rita Winston]

No: HPFGUIDX 15093

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., love2write_11098 at y... wrote:

> I disagree with that. JKR has said on numerous occasions that she 
> WON'T change the books to suit her fans. She's had this story (and 
> the characters) planned for some time.

That is what JKR has said, but she has also admitted to changing the 
books to suit herself or her publisher: 

that HP and the Goblet of Fire had been supposed to be titled HP and 
the Doomspell Tournament 

that the DADA teacher in GoF was supposed to be Davey Gudgeon with 
his magical eye. In PoA, Lupin tells us that the kids used to play 
with the Whomping Willow until a boy named Davey Gudgeon almost lost 
an eye -- in this context, I can guess that 'almost lost' means he 
DID lose it, and putting it back gave it all those magic ability 
we're familiar with -- and when Harry has to answer Lockhart's fan 
mail in CoS, one letter is from Gladys Gudgeon "One of my most 
loyal fans", whom I would guess to be Davey's mother or grandmother. 
All that careful background wasted just by changing a character's 
name!

that Ron was supposed to have a cousin named Icicle who would appear 
in Book 4

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