Being a prefect/the analogy F&G - J&S

[alshainofthenorth]

No: HPFGUIDX 59321

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jillily3g" <jillily3g at y...> wrote:
> Something that occurred to me as I re-read the books is that James 
> was Head Boy in his day, according to Hagrid, but he and Sirius were 
> also said to have been as much trouble as Gred and Forge. 

> Beth

(Re: James as a prefect)
In the case of James & Co, we have to consider the full moon -- I
don't think James would have abandoned Remus, prefect, Head Boy or no,
regardless of Sirius and Peter. We don't really know what else they
were up to, but James might have been able to rationalise when it came
to being there for Remus during the werewolf transformation. 
 
The situation when James & Co went to school was slightly different --
Voldemort had been steadily gathering power during the seventies,
probably recruiting his cohorts when they were still in school. "All's
fair in love and war" might've held some appeal (as long as the
mischief was aimed at the local Death Eater Youth Group.)

Now going off in a slightly different direction, sorry...

(Re: James & Sirius = Gred & Forge?)
Is there anyone else who has trouble taking Hagrid's words in PoA to
mean that James & Sirius are 100% Gred & Forge - this assumption
bothers me no end when I'm reading M,W,P & P fanfiction.

The thing is I see James & Sirius' troublemaking as a result of
boredom rather than disinterest. Everyone probably remembers the kids
who caught on to the teacher's point ten minutes into the lesson and
then had nothing to do for the rest of the time except for fidgeting,
asking bothersome questions and disturbing the others. The bad thing
with being top of the class is that you run out of competition. I can
easily see the Wizarding Wunderkinds turning to greater challenges
such as starting the Animagus project as twelve-year-olds and
completing it three years later.

With the twins, I don't know. They're obviously bright enough (Ron
says in PS they usually get good marks) but Molly was upset with them
for not getting more OWLs, and I love them dearly, but
fifteen-year-old Animagi they ain't. They've decided what they want to
do with their lives and They're Just Not Interested in School. Playing
Quidditch and planning pranks is more fun.

My two Knuts or whatever this is worth,
Alshain