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Post by ForeverLost on Nov 22, 2005 17:51:36 GMT -5
The infamous Weasely twins. They crack me up! I loved when they flew out of the school. Down with Umbridge! lol. They are so funny in all of the movies and books.
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Post by ForeverLost on Nov 22, 2005 18:21:41 GMT -5
Fred and George are sons of Arthur and Molly Weasley, falling between Percy (who is two years older) and Ron (who is two years younger). They are both very clever magical inventors. They are also very clever practical jokers. In fact, their ambition (from at least their sixth year onward) was to open a joke shop to sell some of their inventions, upon leaving Hogwarts. They entered Hogwarts in September, 1989, and were sorted into Gryffindor.
Fred and George are very similar in personality. The two find themselves at odds with their mother quite frequently, partly because she doesn't think they take things like school work seriously enough and partly because they just enjoy pestering and teasing her. They greatly enjoy badgering Percy as well, whose personality is completely opposite from theirs. They like to be the life of the party and the center of attention. Once they force-fed a Filibuster Firework to a salamander in the Gryffindor common room, for example, just to see what would happen -- and to create a scene. They are also very sneaky and spend a lot of time breaking rules and exploring areas of Hogwarts castle and grounds that students aren't supposed to enter. They have a knack for finding secret passages; they found one their first week at Hogwarts, behind a statue of Gregory the Smarmy on the second floor.
Their frequent escapades and shenanigans get them into plenty of trouble. Argus Filch has an entire file drawer devoted to the rule-breaking of Fred and George, and Hagrid says he's spent half his life chasing the twins out of the Forbidden Forest. When the Goblet of Fire was charmed with an Age Line so that no one under the age of 17 could enter the Triwizard Tournament, Fred and George took an Aging Potion to try to fool it. The attempt failed, and they were left with long white beards for their trouble. They tend to be disrespectful to teachers in general, even going so far as to throw snowballs at Quirrell's turban.
Early in their career at Hogwarts, Fred and George were in trouble as usual and were in Filch's office when they noticed a drawer marked "Confiscated and Highly Dangerous." That was all the incentive they needed. They grabbed the first thing they could from the drawer and in that way discovered a most unusual map of Hogwarts. It was the Marauder's Map and they considered it to be the secret of their success over the years. In 1993 [Y13], they gave the map to Harry Potter, saying that they didn't need it anymore.
The twins played Quidditch for the Gryffindor team until being given a lifetime ban after the first match of their seventh year. They are such good Beaters that they have been described as being almost like human Bludgers themselves. Their best friend, Lee Jordan, announced the matches.
In June of 1995 [Y15] Harry gave all his Triwizard winnings (1,000 Galleons) to Fred and George for their joke shop. This allowed the twins to purchase ingredients (Venomous Tentacula seeds, etc.) for research and development, launch a mail order business and to advertise in the Daily Prophet (OP6). They called their fledgling company Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes. Their last year at Hogwarts testing products they had invented on first year students and anyone else gullible enough to go along.
GALLONS OF GALLEONS! Pocket money failing to keep pace with your outgoings? Like to earn a little extra gold? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact Fred and George Weasley, Gryffindor common room. for simple, part-time, virtually painless jobs. (we regret that all work is undertaken at applicant's own risk) (OP12)
"Give her hell from us, Peeves." The twins' departure from Hogwarts is the stuff of legend. In a final gesture of defiance against Dolores Umbridge, the twins summon their brooms, announce the launch of their shop at 93 Diagon Alley and offer discounts to students who pledge to "get rid of this old bat." Then "Fred and George wheeled about to tumultuous applause from the students below and sped out of the open front doors into the glorious sunset." (OP29)
Weasley's Wizard Wheezes Shop opens By the summer of 1996, Fred and George had moved out of The Burrow and were sleeping in an apartment above their shop. They even have a shop assistant named Verity. Molly concedes that they have a "flair for business."
Fred and George's birthday is April 1 -- April Fool's Day (JKR). They have red hair and are stockily built.
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