[HPforGrownups] Chapter Discussions - Chapter One, Dudley Demented

[Irene Mikhlin]

No: HPFGUIDX 68487


Wendy St John wrote:

> (Wendy)
> Good questions - I'm not sure I see a difference between wanting to "get
> back" at Dudley and Harry actually bullying Dudley himself. A bit of the
> victim becoming the bully here. I think in this scenario Dudley shows more
> restraint, but it's because he's afraid of Harry, not because he's morally
> superior or anything like that <g>. This particular scene concerns me just
> a bit, because Harry's behaviour did surprise me - we've seen him be cheeky
> before, but this was the first time I actually saw him being mean spirited
> without being specifically provoked. (I'm not saying he's never been
> provoked by Dudley, obviously. Just that Dudley hadn't done anything to
> provoke him on this particular occasion). This was the first instance of
> Harry's anger coming out in a not-so-pleasant way, which culminates with
> the Cruicatus he casts at Bellatrix. 

There was a bit in GoF - after the grapefruit breakfast he teases Dudley 
about being really full and I didn't enjoy the pleasure Harry got out of it.

Irene