That Puffskein incident (was: Why I like the Twins)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 43131

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Judy Shapiro <judyshapiro at e...> 
wrote:
> Catherine posted an excellant defense of Fred and George,
> but then added that she was concerned about a couple of
> things they had done:
> 
> > The Puffskein incident is not pleasant - I remember talking to
> > Amy about this once, when we both
> > hoped that Ron was joking.  This probably isn't the case,
> > but it isn't inconceivable.
> 
> 
> Like Catherine, I see the Twins as basically well-intentioned, 
so I too was  very bothered by the puffskein incident.  (It's in 
Fantastic Beasts, p. 34. 
> The margin notes read "I had one of them once." "what 
happened to it?" "fred used it for Bludger practice")   I hope that 
Ron was supposed to be  joking, or at the very least that Fred 
was young when it happened and  didn't realize the puffskein 
would be hurt.  Of course, it's also possible 
> that the puffskein wasn't killed, that Fred simply played too 
rough with it  and it ran away.
> 

We don't know that the puffskein *was* hurt.  Magical animals, 
like magical humans, could be unnaturally and/or supernaturally 
resilient. Maybe after that incident Molly and Arthur simply 
decided their home was not a suitable environment for a 
puffskein and found it a better one. That would have been a good 
lesson for the Twins and Ron, too.

animal and twin loving Pippin