Identifying Enemies/Twins

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 140902

Betsy: 
> >And they *left* (didn't offer so 
> > they'd be around if Dudley ate it) a piece of candy that caused 
> > Dudley's tongue to swell to such a degree he couldn't breath.  If 
> > Arthur hadn't been there I think the only possible way Dudley 
> could 
> > have been saved is if someone had cut out his tongue.

Allie: 
> Again - it's only because Dudley's such a little pig that that 
> happens at all.  Has nothing to do with being a muggle.

Finwitch:

You know - Fred *dropped* it. (both he and Arthur know he did on
purpose, though, but that's beside the point) He *does* have a valid
point on it being Dudley's fault he ate it.

An honest person would have given it back to Fred (or Arthur if he had
already left) in which case Dudley wouldn't have been subject to the
Ton Tongue effect. It was, in effect, in nature of a theft.

Arthur's objection - 'you know he's on a diet...' - all the more
reason for Dudley NOT to eat a toffee, wouldn't you say? Dudley
probably began to follow his diet even when his Mommy wasn't there (in
fear of another case like that) and we see him in much better shape in
OOP than he was in GoF. It was actually good for him, in a way...

Finwitch