JKR has written the Twins as meting out Prank Justice to those who objectively deserve it. Dudley and the Dursleys. Do we deny that... We don't? Good.
I wondered if you could just clarify something please? I'm not quite clear on whether your argument is that JKR is purposely writing the twins as never hurting (in her own view) 'innocent' victims; or that every character the twins have 'teased' is inarguably deserving and evil.
What I get from Fred and George is the uncomfortable feeling that they have inbuilt Evil Detectors, and that their tricks are unerringly directed towards Those That Deserve Them.
There seem to be a lot of parallels drawn in the books between MWPP and the Twins. So I guess perhaps this would apply to them - their 'inbuilt Evil Detectors' was set off by Snape and his interest in hexing and gang of friends who eventually became DEs? And yet JKR presents this as very definite bullying...
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Re: Devil's Advocate Time
Date: 2005-03-18 08:11 am (UTC)Dudley and the Dursleys. Do we deny that... We don't? Good.
I wondered if you could just clarify something please?
I'm not quite clear on whether your argument is that JKR is purposely writing the twins as never hurting (in her own view) 'innocent' victims; or that every character the twins have 'teased' is inarguably deserving and evil.
What I get from Fred and George is the uncomfortable feeling that they have inbuilt Evil Detectors, and that their tricks are unerringly directed towards Those That Deserve Them.
There seem to be a lot of parallels drawn in the books between MWPP and the Twins.
So I guess perhaps this would apply to them - their 'inbuilt Evil Detectors' was set off by Snape and his interest in hexing and gang of friends who eventually became DEs?
And yet JKR presents this as very definite bullying...