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Dudley/Cho
| Pairing | |
|---|---|
| Pairing: | Dudley Dursley/Cho Chang |
| Alternative name(s): | Chudley, Cho/Dudley, DD/CC |
| Gender category: | het, m/f |
| Fandom: | Harry Potter |
| Canonical?: | no |
| Prevalence: | rare |
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Dudley/Cho is the het rarepair of Dudley Dursley and Cho Chang from the Harry Potter fandom.
The pairing surfaced after J.K. Rowling's post-DH comments about Cho having married a Muggle.[1] People speculated that the Muggle may have been Dudley, opening up many possibilities for fic and headcanons about their children and life together.
Common Tropes in Fanworks
- Many fics feature their first meeting as at Harry and Ginny's wedding.
- Their relationship is usually used as part of a redemption arc for Dudley.
- Almost all fics take place post-canon.
Example Fanworks
Fanfiction
- This Calls For A Toast, So Pour The Champagne by tinyporcelainehorses: Dudley Dursley reluctantly and somewhat awkwardly accepts an invitation to his cousin's wedding. While there, he meets Harry's friends, discovers some fascinating wizarding adult beverages - and meets Cho Chang, who has her own reasons to find herself out of place and drinking heavily at the wedding of Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley.
- The Dursleys' Worst Nightmare by picascribit: 2002: At Harry and Ginny's wedding, Dudley discovers that every girl in the Wizarding world wants to meet the famous Harry Potter's cousin, but there is only one woman Dudley is interested in getting to know.
- My Parents Mistakes by xanihil: Nearly a decade after the fall of Voldemort, Dudley Dursley is happily settled in his muggle life. That is, until his girlfriend, Cho Chang, announces that she's pregnant. Oh, and also, she's a witch. Now he has to come to terms with his new situation and try to mend the long-broken relationship between himself and his magical cousin, Harry Potter.
Fanart, Graphics, &c
- Moodboard of Dudley Dursley x Cho Chang plus their dog by aesthetics-for-harry-potter
- ship aesthetics | cho chang x dudley dursley by witcheschess (2021)
- Untitled Cho/Dudley Edit by siriusbookworm (2013)
Archives and Links
- Cho Chang/Dudley Dursley works at Archive of Our Own
- Cho + Dudley works at Fanfiction.net
- chudley tag on Tumblr