F & G -- Time-Turner? Cheaters? (Re: another wacko theory)

[lorelei3dg]

No: HPFGUIDX 108591

>> Lorel:
Do Fred and George have a time-turner? How did they know the outcome 
of the World Cup ahead of time?
 
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The MoM regulates the whole Time thing way too closely, so I doubt 
it's a time-turner per se, but maybe they've invented something else? <<
 
> chinaski <chinaskinotes at s...> wrote:
My problem with this is that F&G are pretty fair players- they have a 
sense of fairness and honesty (well, not-cheating honesty, at least-
even when Slytherin cheats at Quidditch, they don't cheat to 
retaliate). Peeking ahead with a time turner or otherwise would be 
cheating, and thus putting them on the same level as Bagman. I can't 
see them doggedly pursuing Bagman (who WAS a cheater) if they were 
guilty of a similar offense. Besides, they wouldn't have much of a 
case against Bagman if it came out that they cheated. F&G may be a 
lot of things, but not cheaters. <



Now Lorel:
You may have a point, but I'm not so sure. I adore F&G and would 
rather believe the best about them. You're right that they do have a 
sense of fair play, but it seems to be one that they define 
themselves. As they even discussed, their pressure on Bagman to pay 
up could amount to blackmail; they stole the Marauders' Map from 
Filch's office; they even most likely slipped Hermione a Sleeping 
Draught in the Gryffindor common room so that they could test their 
wares on the other students (OotP, American Hardcover, page 276): 

"'She's there,' said Fred... Hermione was dozing ... her drink 
slipping precariously in her hand...

'Let her sleep,' said George hastily. It was a few moments before 
Harry noticed that several of the first years gathered around them 
bore unmistakable signs of recent nosebleeds."

Again, I love the Twins, and would never consider them ESE, but their 
own code of conduct does not always mirror the strictest conventional 
morality.