@Queen_Chocolate234 I know, killing Uncle Ted hurt—it wasn’t easy for me either. He’s always been that sunshine kind of character for me, pure Hufflepuff at his core, but brave like a Gryffindor when it really counted. That warmth of his made him so lovable, which is exactly why it was so hard to let him go.
But there was a reason behind it. As the story moves forward, we’re stepping into darker times—Voldemort’s return, the weight of war—and I wanted to capture the reality of how war takes people from us, sometimes the ones we least expect. From the start, I knew I’d change a lot from the original story, especially around who lives and who doesn’t. And while I wanted to save some characters, I felt like I had to lose others, because it wouldn’t feel real if everyone survived a war untouched.
So yeah, Uncle Ted’s death was painful, but it was also meant to honor who he was—bright, brave, and unwilling to back down when it mattered most.
