Twins, time turner, the same person?

[lizvega2]

No: HPFGUIDX 91103

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "meriaugust" <meriaugust at y...> 
wrote:
> 
> 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. 

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LizVega now:

Illegal? Fred and George? How about flying the car to pick up Harry 
in COS? How about the marauders map that they STOLE from Filch's 
office? How about buying something disgusting, and illegal, from 
Mundungus Fletcher? (I can't remember what it was, but I think Molly 
would've been upset by it.)Or, how about in OOP when they shoved 
Montague? into the vanishing cabinet? And, never told anyone where 
he was. Or all of the mayhem they did 'for dumbledore' before they 
left. I think that, in the current WW, there's a vast difference 
between what is RIGHT, morally so to speak, and what is legal. The 
ministry traded with Willy what's-his-name to get info. about the 
DA. Is that right? No, but it was legal. 

> 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.

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LizVega now:

I understand what you're saying about being called by a siblings 
name. I was called everything from my sister, brother, to the family 
dog! But, the instance that I referred to is not the same 
as 'accidentally' being called by a different name. Molly calls, the 
one she assumes to be Fred, Fred. She apologizes when they tell her 
she was wrong, but after that, when 'fred' goes through the barrier, 
and tells her he was only joking...she still doesn't know the 
difference. If my mum was looking at me and my sister, she might 
call us by the wrong name, but if she was looking at us while she 
said it, she would know she made a mistake. Molly didn't know the 
difference. And, what did George say to her?, "And you call yourself 
our mother?" How odd that he says that!  
> 

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. 

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LizVega now:

I'm not saying that the Weasley's aren't aware of it. If my theory 
has even a drop of truth to it, then Arthur and Molly would have to 
know about it. If there is something different about the twins, 
though, it might explain why Molly forgets about them, and seems 
more strict with them than the other children. I don't even 
necessarily believe that they are one person, but I definitely think 
they're using a time turner. And, their father works for the 
ministy, as does their brother, and Harry and the others proved that 
it really doesn't take more than a smile to get into the dept. of 
mysteries. It's not that unlikely that the twins could have knicked 
one. 


> 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)