Fred and George - Prefects?

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 125281



 "Shaun Hately" <wrote:
> 
> In the situation that seems to me to possibly apply in Order of 
the 
> Phoenix, Fred and George's activities to disrupt the school 
(either 
> as their primary purpose, or as a cover for other things) are 
> certainly visible and potentially inspirational to others. Any 
> authority they have to do this, does not need to be visible if the 
> results are.

a_svirn:

True, but would they behave any differently, if they were NOT 
appointed prefects? Chances are they would have done exactly the 
same even without any additional incentive. So what would be the 
point in appointing them? On the other hand, suppose DD did make 
them secret prefects in hope that they would contribute to the task 
of maintaining order, keeping students safe and providing them with 
some sort of additional leadership. But that would only mean that 
they failed their task miserably, because they were too busy 
wrecking havoc instead of maintaining order (moreover they even 
undermined the authority those official prefects who actually TRIED 
to bring some measure of control into the Gryffindor common room); 
they also endangered their fellow-students' health making first-
years testers for their "skiving snackboxes" instead of ensuring 
their safety and, finally, they fled the scene leaving all concerned 
without benefit of their leadership.