Twins, time turner, the same person?

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 91125

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> Sawsan here:
> I have wondered about the twins a lot as well. I noticed at the
> beginning of OotP that they apperated every few feet to "save time"
> and "time is galleons." I wonder why they were always worried about
> time. When I reread GoF, I also wondered how they won the bet with
> Ludo Bagman, and it was never explained, as I remember. They are
> pretty mysterious, and their creations seem to be very advanced. I am
> interested to know what their secrets are as well. As for their mother
> never being able to tell them apart, that also got to me. My father in
> law is an identical twin, and it did not take me too long to tell his
> brother and him apart. They seem to function only together, in fact I
> don't remember a scene that had only one twin in it. They are usually
> never too far apart.

Carol:

I'm pretty sure that Molly can tell the twins apart with no trouble
and was just playing along with them on the Hogwarts Platform in SS/PS
She calls Fred by the right name first, he teases her by saying he's
George, she says "Sorry, George, dear," then Fred admits she was right
in the first place. Would it have made more sense to stand there and
argue with him? I think with Fred, going along with the joke is the
safest strategy. I can't think of any other instance in which she gets
their names wrong. OTOH, she definitely thinks of them together
(remember her boggart: "dead twins"?). I do see subtle differences in
their personalities (George is gentler and a *little* less inclined
toward illegal activitis that could get them in serious trouble, like
blackmail). I like George better, as I said, though he does seem to
have it in for Percy. (I was a lot happier for them all when they were
calling him Weatherby.)

I do remember one scene in which the twins are separated. It's when
Draco calls their mother names after a Quidditch match. Fred is being
held back by the three chasers, George is only being held back by
Harry, and when Draco insults Harry's mother, Harry lets go, so he and
George are pummeling Draco while Fred is futilely struggling to get in
on the action. So at first it's only Harry and George who are sent to
MacGonagall's office for a lecture and detention--until Umbridge
barges in, decides that they should both be banned from Quidditch for
life, and adds that "this young man's twin" should share the
punishment because he *wanted* to beat up Draco.(!) Hardly fair to
Fred, but in a way I think he'd feel left out if only George were
punished and perversely wish that he's been able to escape and be
punished, too. But for a moment, it was one Weasley twin in trouble
and the other one not. Wonder how George would have felt, and whether
Fred would have quit the team in protest or continued to play.

Carol, who doesn't see any need for time turners to explain the twins