Who Framed Fred and George?

[dicentra63]

No: HPFGUIDX 43093

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "malady579" <Malady579 at h...> wrote:
> 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.  
> 
Melody:
> 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
> important in the plot, Scabbers perceived as innocent pet till PoA,
<snip> 
> 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.  

Ah, but the fact that they may become three-dimensional later doesn't 
prevent them from *functioning* as Toons in Books 1-4.  Harry giving 
them the galleons happens at the very end of GoF.  They might very 
well become just as important as Sirius became, but that doesn't 
change the fact that they have been, up until now, Comic Relief.

--Dicentra, who hopes they do change status