And I suppose I just elaborated unasked, didn't I? *cough* Sorry!
Aw, man, stop apologising for elaborating! Of course I want to hear what you think. You're making me feel terribly guilty for all the times that I elaborated unasked, not to mention all the times that I completely went off on a tangent, which seems to be one of my specialties. I hope I'm not annoying you with that, if it's worrying you so much when you do it yourself. I generally apologise for tangents; not for elaborating, though. :-) I love hearing people's opinions, so go right ahead next time, 'k? Besides, I'm always so much behind with my comments, I might never get around to asking if you don't do it immediately. ;-)
That's actually one of my pet Twins theories, the fact that all twins are different, and that should include Fred and George.
That's one of the strange things about the twins as JKR describes them. It always struck me as utterly weird when she described them as "identical to the last freckle". Because that's simply biologically impossible. Though I suppose she could just be describing them as Harry perceives them. Still find that weird. I once read the two first books trying to pay special attention to the twins' characters, trying to find a difference, but I couldn't really find one. At some points Fred seemed more assertive, at others George. Though I suppose they're more likely to be characterised slightly differently in one of the later books. Will have to reread and pay attention. :-) I've always wondered whether JKR is hammering so much on their similarity just to hit us with some differences between them later on. tillytilly wrote one of my favourite ficlets ever, in which she sort of analyses what it's like for the twins to be identical to the point in which JKR describes them. Which is really rather odd -- I can't imagine twins actually feeling this way, though perhaps they could, to a lesser degree.
I hope I'm not annoying you with that, if it's worrying you so much when you do it yourself.
Nonono, it's just that it's been a while since I've had anyone new to talk HP to, so I never know if I'm repeating myself or not, or if I'm boring you. :)
As for the twins, I don't think about them as much as I do about other characters and things, but it always struck me as odd that they never went through a phase where they wanted to be different, and not to be seen as one entity ("Gred and Forge") anymore. Pretty much every pair of twins I've ever known (of) went through a phase like that, and even the ones who didn't had their own identity and friends, at least to some extent. It really makes me wonder about Fred and George.
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Aw, man, stop apologising for elaborating! Of course I want to hear what you think. You're making me feel terribly guilty for all the times that I elaborated unasked, not to mention all the times that I completely went off on a tangent, which seems to be one of my specialties. I hope I'm not annoying you with that, if it's worrying you so much when you do it yourself. I generally apologise for tangents; not for elaborating, though. :-) I love hearing people's opinions, so go right ahead next time, 'k? Besides, I'm always so much behind with my comments, I might never get around to asking if you don't do it immediately. ;-)
That's actually one of my pet Twins theories, the fact that all twins are different, and that should include Fred and George.
That's one of the strange things about the twins as JKR describes them. It always struck me as utterly weird when she described them as "identical to the last freckle". Because that's simply biologically impossible. Though I suppose she could just be describing them as Harry perceives them. Still find that weird. I once read the two first books trying to pay special attention to the twins' characters, trying to find a difference, but I couldn't really find one. At some points Fred seemed more assertive, at others George. Though I suppose they're more likely to be characterised slightly differently in one of the later books. Will have to reread and pay attention. :-) I've always wondered whether JKR is hammering so much on their similarity just to hit us with some differences between them later on.
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Nonono, it's just that it's been a while since I've had anyone new to talk HP to, so I never know if I'm repeating myself or not, or if I'm boring you. :)
As for the twins, I don't think about them as much as I do about other characters and things, but it always struck me as odd that they never went through a phase where they wanted to be different, and not to be seen as one entity ("Gred and Forge") anymore. Pretty much every pair of twins I've ever known (of) went through a phase like that, and even the ones who didn't had their own identity and friends, at least to some extent. It really makes me wonder about Fred and George.