Dudley Demented (???)

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No: HPFGUIDX 107004

Snow:
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> Hey, even Neville who's family thought he may be all-muggle until he 
> was eight, didn't react to a dementor as badly as Dudley. Dudley 
> couldn't move, had to be drug home and when he got there was throwing 
> up. Don't know for sure but it looks pretty conclusive to me along 
> with the pampered spoiling from his mother who knows a bit about 
> Wizarding life. Dudley appears to be a hidden wizard to me. 
> Snow

Antosha:

There's another possibility. Professor Lupin points out to Harry that the reason that he 
reacts so strongly to dementors, and the reason they are so drawn to him, is that his worst 
memory is particularly horrible, and therefore delicious to the creatures.

Perhaps Dudley's worst memory is, in fact, also quite traumatic, so that a) one of the 
dementors sent to attack Harry is drawn instead to his cousin and b) the dementor has a 
particularly chilling (if I may use that word) effect on Dudley.

My memory is that there was some discussion of this issue, speculating about what 
Dudley's worst memory might actually be, around the time I joined this list, some months 
back.