Martin Miggs The Mad Muggle and other burning questions

[potioncat]

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>   kchuplis:
>   Well, I didn't really mean to imply it was canon. I really do 
realize changes of ideas occur and plots and subplots are dropped. I 
guess to me it seems Dean's back story in a way does still exist 
though since her intention was for him to *eventually* find out that 
his father was a wizard and died fighting Death Eaters, but dropped 
when she was worried it would take away from Neville's importance. I 
mean, it could have been something found out in Book 7. Since it is 
not even touched upon, it just means that Dean still thinks both his 
parents are muggles. I'm always interested in back stories. Even 
unimportant ones, because it is interesting to see how it "colors" 
important ones.


Potioncat:
This is a tough one. In my mind, without having actually sat down to 
work it out, I thought the back story was still valid. That is, Dean 
and his mother do not know the truth....nor does the casual reader. 

Because JKR told us herself that she's dropped some back stories, we 
can consider them as part of her creative process, but not part of the 
HP "reality." So Malfada didn't get killed off, she never existed. 
Dean's story line seems different.

When I have a bit more time, I'd like to go back and see what exactly 
JKR said about Dean's parents. To me it was a heartbreaking story and 
one that gave a good idea of what the first war was like. Dean's 
father just dropped out of their life! Dean's mother knew nothing 
about the wizarding world. Here, he was actually a hero or at least a 
courageous man. Someone upthread wondered why no one has told Dean, 
what if no one knows?