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

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 108606

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.

vmonte responds:

Lorel, I never noticed this scene before.  I'm laughing right now!
They probably did drug Hermione!!!! I love Fred and George, but I 
think you are right about the flexibility of their moral conduct. I 
still have a lot of admiration for them though. 

vivian