James, Lupin, and the Head Boy Badge (was: More Questions.)

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 85180

Abigail wrote:

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Whether or not Headship is an academic distinction, I find 
> it hard to believe that it would be bestowed on a trouble-maker - if
that were 
> the case, why didn't Fred or George become Head Boy?  They're both 
> prodigiously talented wizards, as we can see from their ingenious
methods 
> of resistance at the end of OOP. 

They're prodigiously talented but not academically inclined. Note that
they drop out before they take their N.E.W.T.S. and receive only three
O.W.L.S. apiece as compared with Percy's three, so they're not
candidates for Head Boy even if it's an appointed position and not
automatic, as I suspect it to be. And even if they were inclined in a
direction other than mischief, I think they'd have been passed over as
Prefects because either one twin would be chosen over the other
(imagine the jealousy of the twin who wasn't chosen and the breach in
their till then nearly frictionless relationship) or there'd be a
duplication of office. (Does this mean that Lee Jordan was the prefect
for their year? Can't be. We never see him in that capacity. There
must be some other Gryffindor boy of their age who's not mentioned.)

Carol