DD=H B P

[alora]

No: HPFGUIDX 104009

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "snow15145" <snow15145 at y...> 
wrote:
> DD=H B P=Dudley Dursley is the Half Blood Prince
> 
>  Support for Dudley being the H B P. 
> 
> "What we know" about Petunia to this point:
> (a)	Petunia is upset that her sister is a witch
Why?
> (b)	Petunia knows quite a bit about the WW
How?
> (c)	Petunia took Harry in as a baby
Why?
> (d)	Petunia has spoken with DD in the past
When?
> (e)	Petunia's surgically clean kitchen is mentioned numerous 
> times
You don't have to hit me over the head JKR
 I get it you 
want 
> us to see the very, very clean kitchen
Why?
> 
> Using "what we know" I set forth the following theory:
> 
> Petunia is a mere squib that becomes quite jealous of her precious 
> sister, whom their parents are so happy with, who is actually a 
> witch. Petunia becomes as hateful towards the WW as to her sister 
> because of her jealousy. Petunia decides to get as far away from 
the 
> WW as possible and finds the perfect man who also detests these 
types 
> of people but for a different reason. All the same they are both 
> happy to share in this common resentment. Petunia being a squib 
can 
> learn to do some magic, via her miraculously clean kitchen. 
Petunia 
> has a son whom she never even thinks to be in danger of becoming 
> magical until she receives a letter from DD about taking Harry 
when 
> he's dropped off at her doorstep. Petunia is under no obligation 
to 
> take Harry so something pretty convincing was in that letter from 
DD. 
> What convinced Petunia to take Harry unless DD included a little 
> bribe per se along with the information that the school's quill 
has 
> indeed registered her son as magical at his birth. DD informs 
Petunia 
> what triggers a small child's magical talents and ensures her that 
if 
> she takes precautions and accepts Harry, that Dudley will be 
> overlooked when sending out the Hogwarts letters. Petunia agrees 
to 
> take Harry.
> 
> Let's move on to Dudley
 the pampered little prince of the half 
squib 
> blood half muggle blood Dursley couple. What do we know about 
Dudley?
> (a)	Dudley is exceptionally spoiled
> (b)	Dudley is beyond spoiled when he gets upset
> (c)	Dudley had his eyes covered during a Dementor attack
> (d)	Dudley even blinded describes better than Mrs. Figg the 
> details of a Dementor attack
> (e)	Oh and Dudley's aunt is a witch
> 
> Skipping over the obvious treatment of Dudley and the quite likely 
> reasons as to why, I will move on to what Dudley could have seen 
when 
> the Dementor attacked.  The first thing that comes to mind would 
be 
> what happened to him at the zoo. It isn't as much what happened to 
> him but what he thought happened to him and why. The second would 
be 
> Hagrid bursting into the hut on the sea, which startled Dudley 
awake 
> and asking where is the cannon, along with more magic that 
directly 
> attacks him giving him a pig's tail. The third would be the bit of 
> magical candy that was so graciously left for Dudley by the twins 
> that again caused Dudley some definite nightmares. The last and 
best 
> would be little Dudley walking in to see mommy cleaning the 
kitchen 
> magically. This last one about mommy cleaning the kitchen along 
with 
> Harry threatening Dudley right before the attack by the dementors 
is 
> my favorite. Dudley is as scarred if not more so than his father 
of 
> magic. Just look at all the reactions from Dudley about magic 
> throughout the books but add to that Dudley's latent fear that his 
> own mother may be magical.
> 
> What would be more ironic than to have the very person that is 
afraid 
> of magic become magical?

Very interesting theory, and I like it.  But how does the "Prince"  
part fit into all this?  How would Dudley come into that title?  I 
guess what I am fishing for is WHY HIM?  And if he is magical, I 
would think that at some point, somewhere, someone would tick him 
off enough to do a bit of magic.  Maybe we just haven't seen that 
part of the story, I don't know.  It's a good idea, I just don't see 
how....but then, I am no good at theorizing!  I do like the idea, 
though

Alora :)