Gred and Forge
maneelyfh
maneelyfh at yahoo.com
Thu Jul 24 02:05:09 UTC 2003
No: HPFGUIDX 72709
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mtwelovett" <mbush at l...> wrote:
> Karen wrote:
> <snip>
> I haven't seen much come up on our
> > favorite twins, Gred and Forge--is the general consensus that
they are
> > nothing more than comic relief or will their jokeshop contribute
to
> the eventual
> > downfall of V? I keep getting this image in my head of a mob of
> DE's being
> > slipped a bunch of Nosebleed Nougats or Fainting Fancies ---or
> Canary Cremes--- and
> > bursting out in feather or dropping like flies in the middle of
some
> crazy
> > battle<G>....I think it's interesting that Hermione at one point
> comments on the
> > uselessness of what they do, yet later shows some interest in how
> complex the
> > things really are <SNIP>[and] their actions leaves me looking
> foreward to their
> > role in the next two books...or do you think I'll be disappointed?
>
> I really hope you aren't disappointed, since I want to see more of
> them too. I found myself wondering as I was reading OOP the first
time
> even, what their magic will do to contribute to the greater goood of
> the wizarding world. Let me explain. While they gave one of the
> chasers the wrong part of a nosebleed thing during Quidditch
practice,
> if the other end works not only for their created nosebleeds, but
for
> "real" nosebleeds (or other bleeding perhaps) as well, that could
be a
> very useful MEDICAL discovery. Just as other (of their) charms could
> have other practical, non-joke uses, even if they
haven't "discovered"
> that part yet. They applied themselves to create jokes but have come
> up with some pretty impressive things that could be very useful.
Isn't
> that how a lot of discoveries are made, trying to accomplish
something
> else, and happening to come across something else? It will certainly
> justify their career to Molly, and give her something SHE will think
> to be really proud of. I'd love to see the deatheaters suddenly
> turning into canaries... Sounds like a Bugs Bunny cartoon doesn't
it?
>
> Mtwelovett
My 2 knuts:
I think the twins will join the Order as they have actually wanted to
do in book 5, and open another joke shop in Hogsmead, maybe run by
Lee Jordan???. I think they will distract the DE with some of their
fireworks......
Fran
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