I'm really, really pleased that you like this. The story I originally intended to remix was "Conversations with Lady Lazarus," but I eventually decided it was just too complete in itself for me to mess with. But your Dudley drabble kept tugging at my mind, too, raising all kinds of fascinating issues.

a tiny (if not *quite* so evil) flash of manipulative, 37-birthday-presents Dudley

Yay! I'm glad it came through that Dudley isn't a completely different person from who he is in canon--he's just not been spoilt all his life.

Thanks so much for your feedback!