[HPforGrownups] Fred and George: The Bullies You Do Know

[yr awen]

No: HPFGUIDX 43074

Oh, I thought of this when I was in the shower <g>

Cindy said:
> They get away with 
> *everything.*  Hey, who is to say that there isn't some bias in 
> favor of Fred and George and against Draco?  Fred and George sneak 
> all over the school, and nothing happens.  Draco is out of bounds 
in 
> PS/SS, and he is immediately trekked off to the Forbidden Forest, 
> where he meets up with the Dark Lord in Vapor Form.  Maybe Draco 
has 
> a *point* about disparate treatment after all.  ;-)

No, he doesn't, because there's nothing to suggest the twins get away with bloody murder every time they pull a prank. Molly mentions that she's gotten more irritated owls from school over the twins' behavior than Bill, Charlie, or Percy, indicating that some of the faculty are aware of F&G's behavior. Further, they discover the Map while waiting for Filch to pass down his sentence concerning the setting off of some dungboms (to which they confess unabashedly to Harry that they were responsible.) And finally, Ron tells Harry and Hermione by way of consolation for their collectively losing 150 points in PS/SS that "Fred and George have lost loads of points in all the time they've been here, and people still like them" (PS/SS15, US.)

If F&G were mean, nasty, and generally undesirable characters given to bullying and harassing the weak, I don't think anyone in Gryffindor would have stood for it. No one in school would have, for that matter -- especially when it comes to losing House points. Additionally, wouldn't it go against the grain to have people of said description in Gryffindor, as "daring, nerve, and *chivalry*" is their major descriptor?

HF.


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