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Post by Jane on Jul 22, 2007 21:17:29 GMT -5
Dudley  , he wasnt such as ass after all. I sat there with my mouth open when he shook Harry's hand in Chapter 3, he actually cared about him, how amazing was that ? From that you know I half expected to see Dudley with his muggleborn wizard child to go on the train to hogwarts with harry/ginny's and ron/hermione's kids, that would have been cool. LOL Of course that didnt happen, but it so would have been good if it did. |
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Post by Sala on Jul 23, 2007 3:05:50 GMT -5
Yeah, that was great. Dudders has finally grown up and, on the whole, is much more understanding and accepting than his parents. I never thought that he might have a witch or wizard for a child, but that would have been a great twist in the tale, Jane.  |
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Post by whosrab on Jul 23, 2007 6:00:02 GMT -5
Yea, after what, 16 years of total fear of magic, being scared of Harry, lolz.......I felt that Harry did not appreciate dudley's act of remorse 'Where's he going to go?' ' I don't think he's a waste of space' enough... lol
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Post by chrohno023 on Jul 23, 2007 13:33:41 GMT -5
That whole Dudley scene... it seems he finally came to his senses although I was so confused that I read that scene over and over again to make sure I read it right lol! The reactions of the other two from the OOTP that came to escort them were hilarious I thought lol!
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Post by Leigh on Jul 23, 2007 15:52:19 GMT -5
I read that part in the car on the way back home. I was ahead of everyone, so when I gasped, they all turned to me and started asking questions that I couldn't answer because I didn't want to spoil it. Still, that part was just about awesome... This book seemed to make me like a lot of people I had hated at first.
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Post by nutz4hpotter6 on Jul 23, 2007 21:29:50 GMT -5
Before I even started reading the book I had looked at the titles of all the chapters. When I had seen the title for Ch. 3 I knew that something was going to happen. I was glad to see Dudley growing up and seeing Harry for what he truly was, a friend, brother, cousin, what ever but most of all a person that he cared about.
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Post by RoxyRocks on Jul 23, 2007 22:11:21 GMT -5
he just said that he wasnt scum and nothing else but eeryone took that as "YOU WERE AN AMAZING PERSON AND I LOVE YOU AND I AM SO SO SORRY FOR HURTING YOU BEFORE" but he never said that!!!
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Post by Sala on Jul 24, 2007 3:16:21 GMT -5
he just said that he wasnt scum and nothing else but eeryone took that as "YOU WERE AN AMAZING PERSON AND I LOVE YOU AND I AM SO SO SORRY FOR HURTING YOU BEFORE" but he never said that!!! No, I don't think any of us do. The old dislike that Dudley has for Harry is still there, but it is less. Dudley has finally seen that Harry's life is not all a bed of roses. He has experienced first hand what Dementors are like and I am sure that inside his piggy brain, he would have wondered what other horrors Harry has to face. |
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Post by RoxyRocks on Jul 24, 2007 13:58:59 GMT -5
he just said that he wasnt scum and nothing else but eeryone took that as "YOU WERE AN AMAZING PERSON AND I LOVE YOU AND I AM SO SO SORRY FOR HURTING YOU BEFORE" but he never said that!!! No, I don't think any of us do. The old dislike that Dudley has for Harry is still there, but it is less. Dudley has finally seen that Harry's life is not all a bed of roses. He has experienced first hand what Dementors are like and I am sure that inside his piggy brain, he would have wondered what other horrors Harry has to face. I agree that he is different towards Harry but when Harry saed him he didnt know that he was being attacked he didnt know and then at first he said it was Harrys fault so i dont think that involves him saying that he had a huge dramatic change |
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Post by Leigh on Jul 24, 2007 14:12:17 GMT -5
I don't know... I don't take it as this whole big thing, but it does show that Dudley cares for Harry in some way, no matter how small. For Dudley, the statement that he didn't think Harry was a waste of space WAS big, because that's how he acts towards Harry in all of the books.
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Post by Michelle on Jul 24, 2007 22:20:22 GMT -5
Dudders GREW UP! gosh darn it who knew that the boy would grow out of being such a bully. I was so proud of him. I jumped around my room going "Finally he grew some *insert word here* and became a man!"
I thought it was huge for him i wish i knew how his father reacted to that later on. in my imagination i bet he never lets him live it down that he came to like a wizard.
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Post by Siriusly Rosemary on Jul 26, 2007 16:47:42 GMT -5
Yes that scene was surprising I was expecting silence from dudley. Or a rude remark...
I was really proud maybe he even lost some weight.
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Post by daniellover1014 on Jul 29, 2007 11:03:23 GMT -5
Yea, after what, 16 years of total fear of magic, being scared of Harry, lolz.......I felt that Harry did not appreciate dudley's act of remorse 'Where's he going to go?' ' I don't think he's a waste of space' enough... lol maybe but i think that he was just so shocked because of the ways that his aunt and uncle acted that Dudley would act this way instead of with them... i think that he didnt know how to react to this treatment by him.... |
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Post by nutz4hpotter6 on Jul 29, 2007 19:07:26 GMT -5
Well since this thread also mentions Epilogue I figure I can post this in here. Some people have been wondering what jobs Harry, Ron and Hermione had at the end. I just watched Dateline and they interviewed JK Rowling. She commented on what the trio would be doing now. She said that Harry and Ron would most likely be working in the Auror's department. Harry most likely in charge and that it is clean. Now Hermione would be in charge of the Magical Law Enforcement Department. I don't know if anyone else watched her interview but it was heartwarming to hear what she had to say about writing certain chapters and the deaths that she had chosen in the book.
She also delved into her personal life and I found that very heart warming too.
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Post by hUfflEPUff ♥ PRidE on Jul 31, 2007 13:28:04 GMT -5
i was reading the begining so fast i had to reread the majority of chapter three just to let it all sink in. my mouth was wide open and then i just started laughing. i knew that some part of dudley had to like harry just a little. but it still came as a bit of a shock for me when i read it.
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, he wasnt such as ass after all. I sat there with my mouth open when he shook Harry's hand in Chapter 3, he actually cared about him, how amazing was that ?
