*Dudley is of course the leader due to being the biggest (more fat!) and stupidest.
It does seem like Dudley's quite athletic even at this point. How did that happen, if all he ever does is loaf about in front of the TV? I would say "good genes," but look at his parents. =]
Maybe it's all that healthy Harry-chasing he's doing. See, never say that Harry doesn't give anything back to his adopted family - Dudley's physique and social life would both suffer if he hadn't had a mobile exersise machine around all his life. =]
I’m guessing we’re supposed to be outraged at the fact that Dudley is going to an evil school where they allow kids to hit each other in order for training in life.
Makes a lot more sense than inflicting upon Dudley a school where he isn't allowed to hit people, and inflicting Dudley upon a school where the students aren't already used to the likes of him and might reasonably have learned to defend themselves by now... =]
I wonder if wizards have a device that lets them know where anyone they want to send a letter is at any given time.
I always took it as some kind of magical computer thing - it automatically finds everyone who's due to start their first year and sends them a letter. If they don't open it, the magical computer thing senses that and sends even more letters. Only if that goes on for quite a while and the letters stay unopened do actual, living people get called in.
Now, the question "why the piles and piles of letters?" comes to mind, but it might suit the wizard mentality. If you have a problem, the proper way to solve it is through trying brute force first. ;)
Who’d want to blow up aliens on their computer when they can watch wizarding pictures blink at them?
Rowling wouldn't think computer games were so uncreative if she got to watch one good World of Warcraft roleplaying session, methinks. :)
Or not. Given her track record, I suspect Rowling holds to the "roleplayer = sad loser very likely to end up as a serial killer" view of things. =]
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Date: 2006-10-28 06:12 pm (UTC)It does seem like Dudley's quite athletic even at this point. How did that happen, if all he ever does is loaf about in front of the TV? I would say "good genes," but look at his parents. =]
Maybe it's all that healthy Harry-chasing he's doing. See, never say that Harry doesn't give anything back to his adopted family - Dudley's physique and social life would both suffer if he hadn't had a mobile exersise machine around all his life. =]
I’m guessing we’re supposed to be outraged at the fact that Dudley is going to an evil school where they allow kids to hit each other in order for training in life.
Makes a lot more sense than inflicting upon Dudley a school where he isn't allowed to hit people, and inflicting Dudley upon a school where the students aren't already used to the likes of him and might reasonably have learned to defend themselves by now... =]
I wonder if wizards have a device that lets them know where anyone they want to send a letter is at any given time.
I always took it as some kind of magical computer thing - it automatically finds everyone who's due to start their first year and sends them a letter. If they don't open it, the magical computer thing senses that and sends even more letters. Only if that goes on for quite a while and the letters stay unopened do actual, living people get called in.
Now, the question "why the piles and piles of letters?" comes to mind, but it might suit the wizard mentality. If you have a problem, the proper way to solve it is through trying brute force first. ;)
Who’d want to blow up aliens on their computer when they can watch wizarding pictures blink at them?
Rowling wouldn't think computer games were so uncreative if she got to watch one good World of Warcraft roleplaying session, methinks. :)
Or not. Given her track record, I suspect Rowling holds to the "roleplayer = sad loser very likely to end up as a serial killer" view of things. =]