Who the hell is Gary?
There has been no shortage of Harry Potter news in the past few weeks, much to the delight of die-hard fans.
So naturally people were pretty excited yesterday when J.K Rowling released a number of early sketches she had drawn when writing the hugely popular series.
She shared the images on the official website for all things Hogwarts, Pottermore.
She shared a sketch of a game of Quidditch.
This adorable image of the Weasleys:
And a sketch of Hagrid, Dumbledore and McGonagall holding baby Harry.
But the one image that people were most interested in is of a scene in the Philosophers stone, “Chap 7. Draco Duel”.
The image features Harry, Hermione, Ron, Neville and… Gary.
This had a lot of people wondering who the hell Gary was and where he disappeared to.
Gary @jk_rowling ?!!! Who is Gary?? What were his hopes, his dreams, his political affiliations? #imissgary pic.twitter.com/iE7FtPy1OO
— ˜”*°•.Chris Clarke •°*”˜ (@Clarkey9) August 23, 2016
In true Rowling fashion, the author responded on twitter to clear up any confusion.
Dean Thomas was called Gary in the first draft of Philosopher's Stone. I renamed him after a boy I knew! https://t.co/Aq8A6GZGvf
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) August 23, 2016
So it turns out, Gary wasn’t some mysterious character that never got to see the light of day, she just renamed him Dean.
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