Character Development/Mafilda and how the novels could have been different

[potioncat]

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 career advisor wrote: 
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> Aside from that, there are a few things I would have liked to have 
seen in the final battle. Just one mention of Susan Bones throwing a 
Death Eater across the hall, so we know for sure if the Amelia 
Bones's neice even had the courage to be there. Why did JKR mention 
the Bones's family as being a family that fights the dark almost as 
hard as the Weasley's yet never show us their courage, even in a 
passing way? 

Potioncat:
The MTMNBN version of SS/PS and CoS tricked ito thinking that Susan 
would have an important part later on. At the sorting, everything 
sort of comes to a standstill as she takes her place. In CoS she sits 
with Hermione in one of the classes. It wasn't until later that I 
realised the actress was the director's daughter.

But, I did expect Susan and her Auntie Amelia to have a larger role 
in the books.

>Career Advisor:  
> Also I would have liked a mention of what happened exactly to 
Lavender. She leaves us a bit of a cliffhanger there. You'd think at 
least one of the trio would have asked after her, at least or been 
relieved to see her sitting at the table. 


Potioncat:
I like having so many characters with their own personalities, but 
they come and go like bit actors in a mini-series. "Sorry, Lavender 
can't come for this episode, she's under contract with Snicket."

Career Advisor:
 And then they came when Neville summoned them with the coin. 
Although why the Carrows didn't guess at the coin; I couldn't 
understand, as surely Draco would have mentioned it at one point.I 
think that's a wide plot hole (Although JKR could say that Draco 
purposely hid the fiact somehow from Voldemort.)

Potioncat:
I can't quite get my mind around DH!Draco. One moment he seems to be 
protecting Harry and the next he's back to his old self. But given 
that he doesn't seem too happy to be a DE, he may have simply avoided 
offering any information that wasn't asked for. And, well, I don't 
think the Carrows had much ability to guess at anything. 
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