Gred and Forge Are At It Again (was New Acronym)

[Nicole L.]

No: HPFGUIDX 45089

Lilac said:

> On page 240, Harry escapes the common room that
> night partly because Fred and George keep singing
> "His eyes are as green as a fresh pickled toad" over
> and over again. They weren't there to hear the
> valentine in the hallway, but they know it enough to
> sing it over and over again.  Granted, someone could
> have shared the info with them, but I think this is
> their way of reveling in their joke, especially
> since they weren't there to see the actual delivery.
>      
> 
> Okay, so now Harry thinks, because of what Malfoy
> said and his knowledge of Ginny's crush, that Ginny
> sent that awful valentine.  So, Ginny's chances of
> having a future date with Harry is now slim at best.
>  So, I submit to you...
> 
> FAT CHANCE AT BALL
> 
>  Fred and Twin Concoct Harrys Abhorrent Note,
>  Causing Everyones Attention Towards Blusher As
>  Loving Longingly. 
> 
> 

I am now waving my FAT CHANCE AT BALL flag
enthusiastically.  When I first read this scene, I
laughed heartily but I didn't think too much about it.
 However, when Lilac proposed this theory to me, it
really got me thinking and I've concluded, as she has,
that Gred and Forge were likely behind this prank. 
There are many reasons from this.

For one, we know from canon that Ginny is not the
boldest of creatures around Harry, especially at this
point in time.  That summer is the first time Harry
stays at the Weasley house and Ginny spends most of it
blushing deeply every time she sees Harry, not to
mention the elbow in the butter.  I do not think she
would be so bold as to send him a Valentine.

Secondly, I remember what it was like to be a
love-sick 11 year-old experiencing one of her first
crushes and I know that I would never have written a
poem likening my crush's eyes to "fresh pickled
toads."  Instead, I would have written something like,
"His eyes are as green as emeralds" or something like
that.  The whole poem seems suspiciously un-Ginnylike
to me.

Thirdly, as Lilac has pointed out, Gred and Forge are
very familiar with the poem, even though they were not
there to witness it first-hand.  We know that Gred and
Forge are quite the practical jokesters, as evidenced
in the book when they walk down the halls clearing the
way and declaring that a "seriously evil" wizard is
coming through.  What's more, the silly wording of the
poem just sounds to me like something a boy would
write, especially a boy of Gred and Forge's age. 

Lastly, again as Lilac has pointed out, Malfoy is the
one who suggests that Ginny sent the Valentine.  We
already know how trustworthy and honest our good
little Draco is.  We know he's vicious towards the
Weasleys and that he's extremely antagonistic towards
them.  Why not kill two birds with one stone and
suggest that Ginny's the one who sent the Valentine? 
How could Draco possibly know that Ginny sent it
anyway?  It's Ginny's first year and she's younger
than Draco so I sincerely doubt he's on friendly
enough terms with her for her to confide in him that
she was going to send Harry a singing Valentine.  No,
I think our boy Malfoy was just being mean to both
Harry and Ginny and accomplishing it with one fell
swoop.

~Nicole, who admits that Gred and Forge's charms will
only increase for her it was indeed them who sent the
Valentine to Harry.

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