Who Framed Fred and George?

[malady579]

No: HPFGUIDX 43090

Dicentra wrote:

>> People have asserted that Fred and George aren't the most
well-developed characters in the series, and I concur.  I think they
must be Toons.  They function as Toons.  They do things because
 they're funny, and for no other reason.  The Dursleys are also Toons,
 as are Draco and his buddies.  (I remember an excellent post by
Elkins in which she expresses her disappointment in Draco as Harry's
nemesis for the simple fact that Draco is two-dimensional.)

 As Toons, they Don't Get Hurt.  They're merely props for JKR's own
brand of physical humor.  This is, after all, a woman whose favorite
TV show is "The Simpsons."  Most of the jokes on that show are Danger
Averted jokes; that is, if what happened on "The Simpsons" happened in
real life it would be genuinely tragic, but because it's not real and
no one gets hurt, it's a scream.  <<

Me:

First, I must say that I love the way you argued the case for
secondary "toon" characters.  No author, no matter how brilliant, can
fully develop over 200 characters over a series of seven books.  Some
must be atmosphere characters.  The only problem I find with this is
that JKR loves to throw wrenches into common accepted rules of
plotlines.  Hence we get Black and Figg mentioned in PS/SS yet are so
improtant in the plot, Scabbers perceived as innocent pet till PoA,
even Bill and Charlie have roles that are growing in more important by
each book beyond giving the Weasley's reasons to travel and be
multicultural.  This creates paranoia with the reader base in try to
guess the writer's next move and thus you get this yahoo group picking
apart the few words written on names mentions maybe in passing...don't
know...must figure this puzzle out...must be the informed Potter
reader. (AS Arthur would say, "bless us")

I guess I cannot see Fred and George as "toon" characters because you
do not give sixteen year old prank-prone wizards a 1000 galleons and
expect them to just be good for comic relief.  ...Oh all is so bad,
DE's torturing everyone, of wait Fletcher just turned into a canary
how funny ha ha ha...  Please.

Melody
Hopeing the twins actually buy Ron a good set of dress robes and not
ones that are jinxed to shrinkwrap him everytime a girl comes around.

:)