Dean is Gary?

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 105242

 
> Alina responded:
> All the information is on her website at 
http://www.jkrowling.co.uk.
> 
> 
> Carol adds:
> Since JKR changed Dean's name, she may well have changed or 
eliminated
> the backstory, too. In other words, Dean may be the Muggleborn he 
is
> thought to be in CoS rather than a Half-blood who thinks he's a
> Muggleborn. 
snip
> 
> Carol, who will be very surprised if Dean is the HBP


Potioncat:
I just re-read that portion.  It sounds to me that Dean's backstory 
is still valid.  She is using present tense as she describes his 
backstory and then comments about it probably not getting into the 
books. Dean would have learned about his father as the series 
developed, but now he won't. And isn't that one of the sad things 
about war...people disappear and no one knows why. And Dean has this 
great heritage that he knows nothing about.
(quick, someone remind me that this is fiction!)
 
But, since she says his backstory most likely won't make it into the 
books, I don't think he will be the HBP.
Potioncat