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I think Fred came across as the more reckless, daring twin and George tempered that a bit. When Ron speaks of the more unkind things the twins have done, it's usually Fred who has instigated it - Fred gave him an Acid Pop when he was little, Fred turned the teddy bear into a spider. Plus, it was Fred who dropped the Ton Tongue Toffee for Dudley. When it came to the plan to get their money from Bagman, Fred was determined to send the letter, while George seemed to be more the voice of reason - "if we put that in a letter, it's blackmail". I think this is the only disagreement we get to see between the twins, and I think it shows a difference between them. In OotP, it was Fred who declared "I think we've outgrown full-time education". It may have been agreed on in advance - they may have been planning quitting school anyway. Or it may have been an impromptu decision on Fred's part, as they probably hadn't anticipated getting caught after planting the swamp. They got away with the fireworks, after all. While I think the twins are very similar, and share a sense of humour and enjoyment of life, I do think that Fred is somewhat a leader and more rebellious than George. George seems to have a little bit more of a sense of boundaries than Fred.
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I do agree wholeheartedly with what you say. After reading about George losing an ear in the Deathly Hallows, I immediately dropped the book, and went back to the previous ones to check the character separation between the twins. I noticed, too, that Fred takes on the persona which you have described, and George is more the voice of reason (which in hindsight makes George the obvious choice for the 'which twin should live' dilemma). However, the very fact that I had to go back and check struck me! I had never considered before then the possibility that they might be different people. I hope that's clarified what I meant to say - that although evidence to their differences existed from the beginning, it took George's loss of an ear to make me realize it, which for me made the twin's plotline even deeper and more fascinating. I was amazed at how easily Rowling had manipulated me. As usual, giant congratulations to that fantastic woman. ![]() [Also, thank you for that comprehensive list of evidence regards Fred's reckless nature - it's nice to see it all in one place ![]()
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I didn't want Fred to die! I didn't want any Weasley to die. And poor Molly, always having trouble telling each one apart. Wasn't it Fred who told Ron that they would have to wrestle a troll before being sorted?
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I love the twins and their pranks (which were never cruel), their humour, their courage. The way they fought against Umbridge, for example, combines both humour and courage. I'll forever love the scene of their departure from Hogwarts. I wonder how George fared after the loss of his twin. Whether marriage to Angelina helped him over his grief and the loneliness he must have felt so deeply. |
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In agreement with the above! I predicted one of the twins dying in the final battle - presented with such a case, it's difficult to see how an author could resist that kind of sacrifice in the name of poetic license.
And in comparison, the loss of Lupin and Tonks, leaving their only child (remarkably like Harry's original position) is far greater. I'm glad we didn't have to see the result of Fred's death over a longer span of time than the Battle itself. I think it would have impacted George horribly - not in the outward way that one might expect, though. I can imagine him putting on a brave face, continuing to run the joke shop in the name of his brother, but becoming quite insular, so that only very few people know the true pain that he's in. His marriage to Angelina interests me, too. But I can see her helping him with his loss a great deal - not just as a source of comfort, but also a voice of strength and on occasion, demand. I don't think she would shy away from telling George that it's time he got up and bloody well stopped moping, or something like that (after the appropriate time had elapsed, of course). I think he'd need someone like her to get him out of a long depressive rut.
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I can see that happening. I can see Angelina refusing to tip-toe around George as others might have done. She certainly showed that she didn't tip-toe around others when she was Quidditch Captain. However, how she reacts to George depends on how Angelina herself was coping after Fred's death. I can also see George and Angelina being a source of comfort to each other - I think that might be how they drew together. I think they would both have been in a rut after Fred's death. I wonder if Fred and Angelina stayed together for long after their date at the Yule Ball. For some reason, I imagine them dating on and off until Fred's death. Hopefully we'll find out more on Pottermore.
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Probably been mentioned before but this is almost certainly the twins wand wood
Spoiler: show Interesting that Ron's wand wood is well known for being very good at non verbal spells while the twins wand woods can't do non verbal spells at all. |
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Fred's death was so heartbreaking because of the thought of George trying to go on afterwards, having had the most important person in his life-- and arguably, half his identity as a Weasley twin-- taken away. I can't imagine how guilty and horrid Harry must have felt about not turning himself in earlier and how responsible he must feel for Fred's death. |
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Did George ever realized that his and Fred's misdeed with the Vanishing Cabinet gave Draco the idea to use it?
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The twins have always been seen as jokers, but I have always thought that there was a darker side to them ,I felt that they were capable of hurting anyone who truly crossed them. look at teenage boys blackmailing an adult who stiffed them on a bet . Some of their joke or gag candies were really dangerous if not used correctly .
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