The twins

[flying_ford_anglia]

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From: flying_ford_anglia
Subject: The twins
Date: 8/10/00 2:32 am  (ET)

I've been planning to say something about the twins and Ch 5 all week,
and still haven't got my act together. Well, here are a few rambling
thoughts in lieu...

In the chat room on Sunday, we were talking about 'who might die' and
I was proposing Neville or Arthur, mainly because of the likelihood
that they would face up to V in some way in future plotlines. However,
my theory [not original] on the death that will "crucify" JKR, is that
it will be Fred or George.

I saw a very interesting documentary recently about twins who had lost
their 'other half' and were haunted by that. Some identical twins are
so close that they feel and live as a single entity, living together,
sometimes working together, finishing each other's sentences, feeling
each other's pain. It's not always so - some identical twins strive to be
different and react against the assumption that they are, metaphorically,
joined at the hip.

I see Fred and George as tending towards the first type. They are
close enough to be interchangeable, with only slight evidence for any
differences in other people's eyes, even at the age of 16. They play
Quidditch as a pair and are rarely seen apart from each other. Now,
they are planning to set up shop together when they leave school....

If one of them dies, the other would, doubtless, feel like half a
person, and I think the tragedy of such an event would make very
interesting reading [it's upsetting me just thinking it now]. I also
hope that confusion over which twin is which will come into play a bit
more in future books. That's not something that's been explored much
so far. Perhaps a double date with the Patils would be a bit obvious
though. Besides, William K Shakespeare would issue a lawsuit.

Neil, being a bit serious for a change