User blog comment:Corbierr/Characters as Story Devices (A Deeper Look Into Those Affected By THE PLOT)/@comment-25014978-20140812204902/@comment-25014978-20140812214739

Patricia didn't leave the original series until season 4 (or 7) though so there was a lot to for her. But as for Joy and Mara I think these are the reasons why their character were wasted in HoA. So yeah the other versions (especially the Dutch of course) did totally effect HoA directly.

Also I should point out that imho:

They used Season 1 (1/2) from HHA and turned it into Season 1 from HoA. So far so good. Then they used a bit of early season 2 (p3) and then skipped most of p3/4/5. Eventually they just merged 6/7 and then deleted the actual backstory. Then the Dutch community got a bit worried, because even though we did like season 2 we knew that they used up most of the material that they liked and therefore season 3 would be completely new and since the actualy story of the series had not even been mentioned.... Long story short: most people stopped watching after Frobisher was revealed to be evil and went to go cry in a corner. :3

But I am getting off-topic again. :P