Trivia / Weasley Girl

• I Just Write the Thing:
  • Hyaroo has stated that he didn't know that Ronnie is a lesbian until she flat-out "told [him]" when he was trying for a plot point that ended up scrapped early on.
  • Same reason is given for Colin Creevey's Ascended Extra status. Apparently the original plan was for Colin just to make a few cameo appearances, but he "proved to be much too persistent to be satisfied with just a minor role" and kept inserting himself in scenes until he'd become a major character in Secrets of the Past.
  • The trope is discussed openly the very meta spin-off story Hermione Granger's Guide To Gender-Flip Fiction. Here, the moment when a character begins feeling so three-dimensional that they write themselves is explored from the point of view of the characters, and it's referred to as "the Happening".
• What Could Have Been:
  • The author was planned a slightly larger role for Fay Dunbar for the first story, including the revelation that she had never even seen a Muggle in her life, in order to emphasize world building and class distinctions. The scene never made it in, although it is slightly echoed with Lavender in the second story, when she briefly talks about Muggles.
    Hermione: Lavender, have you even met any Muggles?
    Lavender: Of course! Lots of them! Well, one or two. It's possible one of them was a Squib.
  • In Secrets of the Past, Word of God is that the original plan was for Slughorn to take over the role of Potions Master after Snape's resignation, as most people anticipated. During planning of the story, however, the author realized that Dumbledore - in his position - was a person who had many people looking up to him but few who he could speak to as equals, let alone as his own superiors. Thus, Roo decided to bring in Nicholas Flamel, who was Dumbledore's partner in alchemy and close contemporary despite being 500 years older in order to explore this facet of Dumbledore's character in-story. Flamel not destroying the Philosopher's Stone yet is justified due to the events of the previous story; most significant of all being Voldemort would be unable to use the Stone even if he did get it, thanks to the Immunity Potion that Snape used on him.
  • Way early into writing and planning the series, Roo intended for Ronnie to crush on Gilderoy Lockhart along with Hermione (and most of the girls, as in canon), but this didn't pan out because Ronnie told him there's no way she'd ever show interest in Lockhart because she's not interested in men. In hindsight, he admitted that said plot would not have made sense for her character anyway regardless of her sexuality.