[HPforGrownups] Re: Fred & George - Evil?

[Metylda]

No: HPFGUIDX 132644


> Britt:
> > Fred and George have been morally ambiguous during
> the entire 
> series.
>
 Nuri Wrote:
> I believe you are wrong here. I don't think they're
> morally 
> ambiguous. They're heavy pranksters, that's true,
> but they know what 
> lines not to cross. They don't play pranks on people
> like Neville, 
> for instance (I'm sure Neville would be very
> affected by them, and 
> I'm also sure Neville would be heavily bullied had
> he gone to a 
> muggle school). Neither do they joke about Percy
> around Molly, and 
> they show truly worried for Ginny in CS and Arthur
> in OP... 
> Moreover, they're *liked* by most people, so that
> gives you a good 
> clue that, while being troublemakers, their hearts
> must be in the 
> right place. 


bamf here:

Actually, I would point out that the twins DID prank
Neville with the canary cream. HOWEVER, it was
something that was not perminant and was when it was
just their house. 

Compare that to Draco in PS/SS who uses Neville as a
test subject for the Leg-locking curse and then leaves
poor Neville to fend for himself.  Neville had to drag
himself to the common room and have some one (Herm)
reverse the curse. (I wonder if I could get Herm. to
reverse the curse on the Cubs...)

I do agree with Nuri, however, that the twins are NOT
morally ambigious. Pranksters, true.  For them, Percy
crossed a line when he choose work over family. For
them, they, as they claim, never went over 'the line'
when DD was headmaster, most likely because he *was*
fair.  When "Ms. Ahem-Ahem-Toady" took power, things
became a lot less civil and unfair. That was when they
retaliated.

I also think it's hard to be the undesputed Loved
Prank Lords of Hogwarts if they went over the line
often.  Like Nuri said, they were liked by most of the
school. At the same point, though, they seemed to help
keep the balance of the school in check.  Look at the
mayhem that happened when they left and others
'competed' for the 'title'...

bamf, loquaciously...

Me t wyrd gewf


		
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