‘Huge missed opportunity’: Enchanting Potterheads Discuss The Potential of a Plot Where Dudley Has a Magical Child of His Own

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Sep 26, 2024 11:30 AM EDT

The fact that Harry Potter is one of the most popular series in the world of fanfiction says a few things about what fans feel about it. For one, it is always a good sign that people enjoy a series so much they want to read and write more about it, and it is a testimony to how good the original piece is. Another point one can make is that if a series has a lot of fanfiction based on it, then fans find there is a lot they would change or expand on, so they attempt to do that in their own writing.

When it comes to the Harry Potter world, while there might be many things fans would want to change, there is also simply a lot to explore beyond the words written on the actual pages of the books. Take this interesting premise from a Reddit discussion for example, in which Potterheads shared what they think would happen if Dudley had a magical child of his own.

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    Imagine Dudley's kid going to Hogwarts and learning the whole history of Harry vs Voldemort and coming home to tell Dudley about what uncle Harry did. While Dudley was busy bullying Harry for no good reason Harry had bigger problems
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    This is a HUGE missed opportunity c'mon
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    "Rowling once considered having Harry helping Dudley with a magical child of his own on Platform 9 3/4 in the epilogue of Harry Potter and the Do thly Hallows, but later changed her mind, stating that "any latent
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    wizarding genes would never survive contact with Uncle Vernon's DNA." Having Dudley finally coming to terms with the magical world and Harry having to explain everything to him would've been an AMAZING ending.
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    I get that they wanted uncle Vernon to be horrible but..this really would've been nice to see. Dudley would've realized how bigoted and awful his parents were and his parents might even have put the
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    past behind them and learned to love their magical grandchild. Just making uncle Vernon and his family mean awful people without any chance of reconciliation and
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    "growing up" just feels like poor writing. Huge missed opportunity for a plot twist.
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    WelcomeRoboOverlords Gryffindor Imagine Dudley finding out Harry's whole story as an adult. He obviously knows a tiny bit from Harry's parents ed instead of a car crash being mu (Hagrid's info) and then that this big bad psycho comes back to finish off
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    Harry when he's 17 so they had to leave their house, etc. But I seriously doubt he knew Harry was the chosen one and just how important he was. Imagine Dudley's kid going to Hogwarts and learning the whole
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    history of Harry vs Voldemort and coming home to tell Dudley about what uncle Harry did. While Dudley was busy bullying Harry for no good reason Harry had bigger problems like k¨¨¨¨¸ Slytherin's legendary monster with a sword, duelling the most
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    powerful dark wizard of all time a few times, becoming the wizarding world's most wanted and then it's his return to Hogwarts that sparks the battle of Hogwarts where he goes and sacrifices himself to protect everybody
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    there and still wins the duel against old voldy again. I wonder if he'd ever realise who Cedric was and why he dd and how he teased Harry about it...
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    I'm kind of glad she didn't add in Dudley's kid being magical but it is interesting to think about what that would mean for Dudley and Harry's relationship.
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    TheOthersKnowLove It would have been some sweet irony, that's for sure. It would have furthered the progression we saw in Dudley's character near the end, and seeing Big D start to humble himself and not only want to, but need to connect with Harry would have been interesting to read.
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    pet_genius I agree. And the reasoning that Vernon is so non magical that he could never have a magical child is so antithetical to the books. Isn't the whole idea that anyone could have a magical child and they'll be just as worthy?
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    Forsaken_Distance777 I think it was that magic kids could pop up anywhere because you never know when an ancestor was a squib. Lily and petunia had the same squib ancestor and magic showed up in one not the other. So Dudleys kid has the potential to be magical too
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    sephrisloth It's not quite the same and I wish she mentioned it in the the epilogue but she did say on pottermore they have an alright relationship that's a bit awkward but overall positive and they visit each
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    other once or twice a year for holidays and so their kids can see each other and have some family to visit even though Harry's kids don't really like going over there.
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    Classic World4805 I think it also implies that Vernon's hatefulness and horrid nature is genetic, when it's not.
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    Grovda I'm with Rowling on this one actually. Not even mentioning the fact that it would take away from the focus on Harrys kids it also feels very fanfiction like. Especially that once again the Dursleys and Potters have a child at the exact same age
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    Robcobes Hufflepuff I'd prefer it to be Dudley's grandchild. Vernon and Petunia don't deserve the ego boost of having a magical grandchild.
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    Zephs I prefer a world where Dudley doesn't have magical children, but is instead an AWESOME muggle uncle to Harry's kids. Like keep Harry having a tense relationship with one of his kids, and make Dudley the kid's safe adult that he reaches out to. It would make for an interesting dynamic.
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    Late-Lie-3462 Sometimes people are just mean and don't change
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    sumthingstewpid • 5d ago • I think it would have been a tacky choice, but I would have 110% eaten it up
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