SHIP: Harry and....Susan?

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No: HPFGUIDX 131924

Neil asks:
> Did JKR when she first wrote SS have parts in mind for every student she  
> sorted or did she just sort names and then later give those names bit parts in  
> the story.  I tend to think the latter.  She could hardly just sort  Harry, 
> Ron, Neville and Hermione.  It would have looked like everyone went  to 
> Gryffindor.  

Princess Sara answers:

  I can't remember the source now but I know I saw something about JKR's notebooks full 
of backstory for almost every character in the book around the release of OotP. There were 
a couple of pics of them too, including student charts and other fun tidbits I wish I could 
leaf through. So, in answer to the question posed, I think that every sorting we've seen so 
far has been for a reason, whether we find out that reason in the books or not. It's kind of 
like how Dean thinks he's a muggleborn but he's actually half blood and the man he thinks 
is his father is really his stepfather. JKR wrote the back story and writes the character 
according to this story but has pretty much said it won't show up in the books. Every 
character written, from Susan Bones to Harry Potter, had a backstory before showing up in 
print.

- Princess Sara