Could the twins turn bad?

[blpurdom]

No: HPFGUIDX 34596

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Eric Oppen" <oppen at c...> wrote:
> It occurs to me that they _might_ be prime candidates for the role 
> of Next Evil Overlord.  [snip]

> They're also anxious to get ahead, and not too worried about how---
> if my dad had caught me gambling at the age they were at at the 
> QWC, he'd have gone up like Mount Krakatoa.  Once they're out of 
> Hogwarts and not under the parental thumbs, they could just as 
> easily turn evil---maybe using a "joke shop" as a cover for 
> selling Dark Arts-related material and brewing up new evil hexes 
> to do things like rob wizard banks.
 
Oh, I wouldn't trust the twins as far as I could throw them if they 
were offering me food, a place to sit down, etc.  And I could 
totally see JKR using them as red herrings, making us think they 
were up to no good when they were really doing something else.  
Hmmm...that sounds familiar.  I think I know why: JKR has already 
DONE this with the twins!  In GoF, they were blackmailing Bagman, 
and the Trio already had the impression that they were up to no 
good.  It turned out to be Bagman who was dealing with a gambling 
addiction and indebtedness to numerous goblins.  Since JKR has 
already done this once with the twins, IMHO, she will not be 
repeating it.  Bagman, for my money <snerk> is the one to watch for 
veiled evil.

Plus, if pranks were a sign of basic inner rottenness, it is 
doubtful that JKR would have related Sirius' youthful indiscretions, 
which make him look far worse than the twins (Snape could have been 
killed).  And yet, he's just a peach of a guy now.  If anything, 
it's folks who carry grudges to the nth degree that consistently get 
painted as evil in the HP books, not pranksters.  Harry clearly is 
separated from the grudge-holders when he spares the life of the man 
who betrayed his parents; anyone else would have gladly seen him 
dead if they'd been in his shoes.

--Barb
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