Fred and George - Prefects?

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 125316



"Shaun Hately"  wrote:
 

> They seem to have some authority over the ghosts... there's real 
> powers.   
> 
> It seems to me plausible that being a Prefect at Hogwarts might 
> actually bestow powers on a student within the school. It may open 
> secrets and paths to them."  

a_svirn:

Funny, that you didn't quote the only episode that really gives SOME 
credence to your hypothesis about F& G being prefects and about 
Hogwarts' prefects wielding power over Hogwarts' ghosts. I mean the 
way Peeves seemed to take F & G's parting words to his heart. But 
then again, when it comes to wrecking havoc he WOULD be only too 
happy to oblige. Now, if we had any evidence that they could 
restrain him from doing so


As for the episodes you do quote
 Well, the Gringott's is neither 
here nor there, and as for Snape – not only he is NOT a prefect, but 
a Professor AND a Head of the House, but in the scene you quote when 
he does invoke his authority he only gets insulted for his pains. By 
the way it's not the first time he calls himself a Master. He did it 
in CoS when Lockhart bragged that brewing a restorative potion with 
Mandrakes would be a piece of cake for him, Snape reminded him that 
he was the "Potion Master in this School". 

Shaun Hately:


> But as for keeping their fellow students safe, which student at 
> Hogwarts is probably most in danger. Harry. Who is next - probably 
> the members of Dumbledore's Army.
> 
> And Fred and George are in the thick of that.


a_svirn:

Yeath, they and some 25 students besides. None of whom were 
appointed but invited by Hermione. A project that ultimately did 
cost DD his job by the way. 

Shaun Hately:

> 
> "Inspired by Fred and George's example, a great number of students 
> were now vying for the newly vacant positions of Troublemakers-In-
> Chief." (OotP, p.597)
> 
> In leaving the school, they caused more havoc than ever before. 
> They didn't deprive the school of their leadership - they left it 
> as their legacy.
>
a_svirn:

Do you really think that this is a kind of leadership DD expects his 
prefects to promote? 
a_svirn