Who seems minor in OotP; but will be crucial in DH?

[gardclan2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 170720

> Anne Squires:
> Over at MuggleNet there is a link to "Aint It Cool News."  A 
reporter
> from the OotP press conference with the cast and crew is reporting
> that JKR strongly suggested that a character from OotP who was
> originally written out of the first OotP screenplay should be 
included
> or "their hands would be tied" for the seventh medium-not-to-named:
> 
> Aint It Cool News (quoting Heyman, who is quoting JKR):
> In the original draft of the screenplay Order of the Phoenix, they 
had
> decided to remove a character from the story. Rowling read over the
> screenplay and said "I wouldn't do that if I were you," that they 
were
> free to do whatever they liked, of course, but "if you make a 7th
> movie you'll have tied your hands."
snip
> Anne Squires now:
snip again
> I agree that it might be Grawp.  The SPEW storyline was cut from 
the
> GoF not-to-be-named-medium. (Gracias a Dios); so I wonder if the 
Grawp
> storyline had originally been cut from the screenplay?  There are
> other ways to get the Threstrals to come to the rescue, I have 
always
> thought.

My thought is because they cut the whole SPEW line, and Winky, that 
they were just going to continue with that line to cut out Kreacher. 
However, I think that somehow the house elves will play a line in 
the final revolt against Voldemort. In canon, we clearly see LV 
choosing which magical creatures are on his side- Giants, 
Werewolves, and so forth. So far, we really haven't seen which 
magical creatures end up on the Good Wizard's side. The thought in 
the back of my brain says the House Elves, for two reasons. 

First, we see Hermione's attempt at Spew. It seems like just one 
weird witch with ideas out of her time, but that idea re-emerges on 
the latest WOMBAT test! We see a date mentioned where an attempt to 
get House Elf rights fail, meaning that the time wasn't right before 
for the transition, but now maybe in the 2nd war, it will be. We see 
that House Elves have some impressive magic of their own, and 
getting them to fight with the Wizards would be a powerful asset.

Secondly, we also see Kreacher really resisting Harry's ownership, 
and something makes me think that if he truely got "liberation", he 
would willingly choose to serve the Dark Witch Bellatrix.

Shelley