Not All Weasley's are Weasley's
snow15145
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Fri Jun 18 16:16:46 UTC 2004
No: HPFGUIDX 101911
It has about driven me mad thinking about the Weasley twins comments
to Molly such as: SS pg.92 "I'm not Fred, Im George," said the
boy. "Honestly, woman, you call yourself our mother? Cant you tell
I'm George?" "Sorry George, dear." "Only joking, I am Fred
"
This statement in itself could be passed by as just another joke on
the part of the twins but when you see again the questioning
relationship with this statement:
OOP pg. 163 "I don't believe it! I don't believe it! Oh, Ron, how
wonderful! A prefect! That's everyone in the family!" What are Fred
and I, next-door neighbors?
You have to ask yourself why Molly would have said that's everyone in
the family unless Molly isn't the twin's biological mother. Then her
statement would be correct, and understandable. The twins aren't
neighbors but they could be Prewett's.
I am not sure how Molly was related to the two Prewett brothers (OOP
pg. 174) Gideon and Fabian, but when they were killed in the first
war one of the two may have left three-year old orphan twins behind
that Molly and Arthur raised as their own. Molly may have changed the
boys' last name so they would never know that Voldemort killed their
father and possibly seek vengance for their father's death. Molly
would have done this to protect the twins and her from not having to
further recall the horror that happened the night their biological
father/her brother? died.
JKR said in her web site under Extra stuff about the Weasley's:
Before her marriage Mrs. Weasley was Molly Prewett. As you will note
from chapter one, Philosopher's Stone, she has lost close family
members to Voldemort.
I have been unable to find such referencing in the Sorcerer's Stone
version and would very much like to know what is quoted in
Philosopher's Stone version about this statement. The relevance to my
theory that Molly had "close" family members who died would allow for
such an undertaking by Molly to adopt the twins as her own. It would
also make the two conversations of the twins and Molly's much more
understandable.
As to what this could mean to the plot as a whole, I don't think we
have been given enough information, yet. There are, however, a few
questions about the twins and their shenanigans like in SS pg.
140 "Another Weasley, eh?" said Hagrid, glancing at Ron's
freckles. "I spent half me life chasin' yer twin brothers away from
the forest."
Hagrid must be exaggerating here when he says he has chased the twins
away from the forest for half his life but what are they always doing
trying to go to the FF?
And at Harry's first feast when DD warns pg. 127 "First years should
note that the forest on the grounds is forbidden to all pupils. And a
few of our older students would do well to remember that as well."
DD's twinkling eyes flashed in the direction of the Weasley twins.
This is twice in thirteen pages that it has been mentioned about the
twin's curiosity with the FF and yet I do not recall a specific
instance of seeing the twins in the forest or them even talking about
the forest.
I have a feeling the twins are going to learn that they are Prewetts
in book six and Molly's fear of them attempting to avenge their
fathers death will become reality.
Snow
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