The Twins: Good or Bad? (was:Re: parental roles in HP books - Molly)

[phoenixgod2000]

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> Betsy Hp:

> 
> At the same time they're highly entertaining and Harry likes them 
> quite a bit.  So while I'm personally a bit disturbed by them (and 
> consequently have a lot of sympathy for Percy) I'm not sure that JKR 
> means them to be anything other than merry pranksters.  What strikes 
> me as a rather disturbing list of injured parties JKR may look at as 
> jolly good fun.  Honestly, I have no idea how I'm supposed to take 
> them.  Once again, I guess we'll have to wait for book 7 and JKR's 
> end game.

I think the twins would be a lot less sympathetic in the muggle world. 
The magical world has so many easy/quick fixes for most of the 
problmes they cause it mitigates their actions from dark to funny. 
Harry also breaks numerous bones but is fine after a night in the 
infirmary. Draco smashes Harry's nose violently and its fixed with a 
wave of a wand. The sheer ease of magic to fix problems leads to an 
escalation of problems that would, in the real world, be quite deadly, 
just because they can be safely escalated.

phoenixgod2000