Twins, time turner, the same person?

[meriaugust]

No: HPFGUIDX 91098

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lizvega2" <lizvega2 at y...> 
wrote:
> I've been thinking a lot about Fred and George lately. 

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> I'm re-reading all of the books right now looking for evidence and 
> clues about Fred and George's identities. I wonder if there are 
> really two of them. A time Turner could allow a future and former 
> self to interact couldn't it? I'm still forming this theory, but 
has 
> anyone got any theories about what role Fred and George will play 
in 
> the upcoming books? Or, what it would mean if there wasn't really 
a 
> Fred and George, but just one brother? I don't know what I'm 
trying 
> to say here. My head hurts. 
> 
> LizVega, who knows something is wrong with the twins.

Just a couple of points. 
1: Time turners are highly regulated by the MoM. Professor McGonagal 
had to go through quite a bit of paperwork for Hermione to use one 
for her classes, and even then she was sworn to secrecy. I doubt 
very much that the tiwns could be using an unregulated time turner 
without ANYONE knowing anything about it. It doesn't seem like the 
kind of thing left lying around in a junk shop, does it? In fact, if 
I remember correctly, there is (or was) a whole cabinet full of them 
in the DoM. This is probably where all time turners come from. And 
for Fred and George to use it so recklessly (ie: to win a bet) is 
almost out of character. They may be trouble makers, but don't seem 
to be into anything illegal. 
2. It is very easy for a parent to mix up the names of their 
children, even after more than thirteen years. I have been called by 
my sister's name for a good bit of my life and we are not identical. 
It happens sometimes, especially in a family of that size. 
3. I don't know how Molly could give birth to one baby and then all 
of a sudden have two identical kids there without any rational 
explanation. Even Arthur isn't henpecked enough not to notice that 
sort of thing, and Bill and Charlie would at least have some memory 
of the infant twins. 
Meri (who is sure something is up with the twins, but that illegal 
time travel is not involved, and that it is probably something more 
to the tune of comic relief)