DH reread CH 4-5

[hickengruendler]

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> Montavilla47:
> 
> I'm not so sure that it's about the author's desire to take revenge as it may be about 
> the author's desire to build up to that Horcrux scene.  The problem is, it wasn't really 
> very well done.  

Hickengruendler:

I offer a third explanation. I think the problem is, that Ron and Hermione basically don't matter in book 6 (compared to othe rbooks, where they are more important for the plot) and JKR wanted them to have some screentime, so she repeated the Quidditch storyline for Ron.

We know for sure about one change JKR made during the course of the series, sparing Arthur Weasley and killing Lupin and Tonks instead. And while I'm glad that Arthur survived, I do wonder, how his death would have changed Ron's development. It certainly would have meant more important scenes for him, than Quidditch or a romance subplot with Lavender Brown. Maybe she had plans for him in book 5 and 6, which had to change, because Arthur's fate changed as well (for the better). And actually, that might be true for the other Weasley children as wel, especially Ginny.