Twins and Duddley/Snape as an abuser

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 145533

Magpie:
> 
> Yes, I get that he is now the one being tormented and that he is 
fat fat fat 
> (a crime in itself, apparently). The DEs Magically torment Muggles 
they are 
> not personally annoyed with.

Ceridwen:
Wasn't Dudley on a diet that year?  If he was, then the temptation 
was probably far out of his hands.  Sneaking a candy when his mother 
wasn't looking?  A gift from heaven!

I've been on diets.  Ugh!  The worst was when I had gestational 
diabetes.  The husband and son sat there eating M&Ms and cupcakes, 
while I had nothing until the appointed time.  Water and carrots just 
don't cut it when it's sweets you crave!

And, Dudley wasn't on a diabetic diet, IIRC.  It was just to get his 
weight down.  Having been on non-diabetic diets, I know that if you 
don't 'cheat' once in a while, you end up going overboard and off the 
diet completely.  I actually felt sorry for Dudley in that scene 
(though he did have some comeuppance due!).  The twins played to a 
failing and a forbidden craving.  I don't think it was nice.

I also don't think they thought ahead very much at all on it.  But, 
they've probably never had to diet, so what the heck, in their 
opinions.

Ceridwen.