Petunia's Dirty Little Secret

[mooseming]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Talisman" <talisman22457 at ...> 
wrote:
>
>
> 
> Talisman:
> 
> We are so burdened by that wretched late-bloomer business.  Like a 
> pebble in the old shoe, it keeps rolling back to spoil the scenery.
> 
> And Dudley is such a
 Dud
that I suppose it's only natural to want 
to 
> help him out.  
> 
> Give the poor putz a break and light up his wand, eh? You soft-
> hearted wench.
> 
> But our icy-hearted Goddess is having none of it:
>snip
> 
> Moreover she's pretty much quashed his chances of blooming 
anything 
> interesting:
> 
> Is there more to Dudley than meets the eye?
> "No. [Laughter]. What you see is what you get. I am happy to say 
that 
> he is definitely a character without much back story. He is just 
> Dudley."
> 
> (Edinburgh Book Festival, Sunday, August 15, 2004.
> http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2004/0804-ebf.htm ).
> 

Ratus Ratus!
Holed below the waterline and going down with all hands!
Unless it counts as Petunia's back story? Nah that's just a passing 
straw....

> Ol' Dudley Wysiwyg Dursley isn't likely to be the hub of an 
elaborate 
> magical suppression scheme.

so it would seem!

> > Squib-wise, we've already nixed Figgy...so, unless I'm over-
looking 
> someone...the winner is...must be...Filtch!

yep I guess it has to be
> 
> Talisman, crossing another subplot off the list.
>
Thanks er really.

Regards
Jo