Even in PS, it bothered me, personally. I found the movie change interesting, where Dudley brings it on himself so to speak by eating Harry's cake (it's like the film-makers couldn't quite justify it the way it was in canon) but Hagrid punishing Vernon by hurting his son seemed, if anything, a Death Eater style vengeance (Moody hurting Draco as well as Voldemort threatening him; Snape's attitude towards Harry; Lucius threatening to curse the families of the governors in CoS.) I'm probably Rowling's definition of humourless, though! ;)
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Date: 2005-09-08 07:41 pm (UTC)I'm probably Rowling's definition of humourless, though! ;)