User blog comment:WinstonMacdonald/Overrated character!/@comment-24245380-20140512021408/@comment-5956575-20140515225942

I see where Superdawnfan is coming from, but anybody's role could have been changed. Heather was chosen as main heroine in TDWT and played that role perfectly. Just like Duncan played the anti-hero role perfectly, Gwen's shift (TDI) from loner goth girl to actually acknowledging friends, and heck, even Lindsay's worth of actually being taken seriously and being intelligent. Heather was simply given main character potential because that's what the writers panned out, and it worked.