[HPforGrownups] Re: Rule-breaking--James and Sirius vs. Fred and George

[devika261 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 22117

In a message dated 7/7/01 1:09:15 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
absinthe at mad.scientist.com writes:


> I think the Weasley twins are exceptionally intelligent; however, they 
> use their intelligence for mischief making rather than grades. The 
> Twins figured out how to work the map and (most importantly) they 
> figured out all their Weasley's Wheezes joke items. That takes skill 
> and intelligence, imo. Grades are a so-so indicator of intelligence, 
> imho.
> 

I agree with you there.  The twins are definitely intelligent and ambitious 
as well.  All of the Weasleys are, IMO, but it's not always as obvious as it 
is with Percy.  What I meant to say was that the fact that Fred and George's 
grades are not exceptional may be what has prevented them from becoming 
prefects.  I say this because James was probably a prefect, and he had as 
much of a reputation for making mischief as the twins do, but he had top 
grades along with that.

>>Snape might 
have been a prefect. Sirius' description of Snape always lurking 
around, spying on them sort of reminded me of Percy's vigilance.
>>


I hadn't thought of that, but it's a good point.  If Snape was a prefect, he 
certainly would have been able to come up with a reason to spy on the 
Marauders (enforcing school rules, etc.)

I wish that we could find out about the entire histories of these characters, 
but somehow I doubt that the details of their lives at school will be 
integral to the plot.  I could be wrong, though (I hope I am).

Devika

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