My first meme - I mean, the first meme written by me!

[mary_j_59]

Good Twins/Evil Twins/Random Twins!

As Professor Granger has pointed out, Rowling's books are full of twins and twinning - there are all sorts of pairs, trios, comparisons . . .but it isn't at all clear, yet, what she means by this. Good twins, evil twins, neutral twins? Does every character in the books have a twin? Here iit is - the twin meme!
For every character, write the character you think is their twin. You can add a sentence or two about why. Here goes:


Harry Snape. No question. Since Voldemort is Harry's evil twin, Snape must be in there for another reason. But these two are very alike, and the constant comparison must mean something.

Hermione Percy

Molly Vernon Dursley. I'm not kidding! They are both concerned with status, conservative, judgmental, and rather hot tempered. Obviously there are differences, but the similarities are surprising.

Arthur Luna. These two are the 'free spirits of the wizarding world - happy in their eccentricity.

Fred and George Two possibilites here: James and Sirius or Crabbe and Goyle. James and Sirius fit best so far, as popular bullies. I don't see Crabbe and Goyle as having the leadership capacities the other two pairs show.

James Draco! I know that is shocking, because the differences are as striking as the similarities. But both James and Draco are spoiled single sons and heirs of wealthy families - and popular bullies while in school.

Dumbledore Voldemort. Just because there is no other match for either of these two - and both are heads of orders, and the two most powerful wizards in Britain.

We are meant to see Ginny as a twin to Lily, but I'm not convinced, since we don't have enough information yet. Petunia may well be a twin to Narcissa. Again, we don't have quite enough information. Of the major characters, I can't really find twins for Ron, Lupin and Pettigrew. And Hagrid is fairly unique, as well. Feel free to add to this or come up with twins for these characters. Have fun!

Comments

[greenwoodside.livejournal.com]

Interesting meme. Though I tend to think of Harry as being a quadruplet - his brothers are Snape, Tom and Hagrid. I'd tend to twin Vernon with Lucius, because one of my favourite ironies of the series is that the Malfoys seem to double the Dursleys. Dumbledore is an only child - Voldemort is too far from being his equal to be able to count as his twin, I think. None of the bigwigs in the Ministry can come close to matching him either.

And apart from that, I absolutely agree with you!

[nemesister.livejournal.com]

I see Harry, Snape and Voldemort as a trio. I think the trios (also Harry, Ron and Hermione) are supposed to be different sides of one whole person. The twins are probably two sides of a coin or sometimes just variations of a theme?

Sirius and Bellatrix are mirror images

Draco Regulus: Sensitive little pure blood boys joining the Death Eaters and changing sides because they have a conscience. This is another reason why Draco has to survive when Regulus died, because this war is going to have a happier ending.

[mary-j-59.livejournal.com]

Oh, you are so right about Sirius and Bellatrix - how could I have forgotten that! Interesting about Draco,too; he seems to have as many twins as Harry does. Draco/Dudley, Draco/James, Draco/Regulus and perhaps even Draco/Severus. Yet, up till HBP, he seemed a very minor character. Are all these possible pairs a hint that he is more important than we have imagined? It's true that Draco does seem a lot like Regulus, but I didn't think of it because we don't really know anything about Regulus except second hand. He is directly compared to Severus, at least in Harry's mind, and I think that's misleading. I think Harry is to Severus as Draco is to James.

It's also true that there are lots of trios in the series. Jodel points to Harry, Severus, Voldemort and also Harry, Severus, Hagrid. And - as Greenwoodside and Jodel point out - all four are apparently fatherless boys with a personal connection to Dumbledore. Hard to know what to make of that!

Thanks for your additions!

[jodel-from-aol.livejournal.com]

Professor_Mum, Swythyv and I were mulling over just how much Ginny seems to be reflecting the more public image of young Tom Riddle.

And I don't think we've been priviliged to hear her say anything nice about anyone but Harry for the last three books.

One has to admit that her "recovery" from the trauma of her first year seems suspiciously complete.

[mary-j-59.livejournal.com]

Oh, what an interesting idea! I couldn't stand Ginny in HBP, actually; the only thing that redeemed her in my eyes was that she was presented as a friend to Hermione and Luna, both of whom I like. But you're right that we never saw or heard her doing or saying anything genuinely friendly. She's a very aggressive, competitive and intolerant young girl, and I wasn't at all sure I liked her effect on Harry. One good thing I saw in the relationship was that she was able to stand up to him - but otherwise it didn't feel real to me.

However, she can't be a horcrux, can she? Voldemort wasn't actually there to do that to her; on the contrary, his horcrux was using her death to gain life. So what do you think happened to her?

I'd be very interested to know, because I love all your theories!

[jodel-from-aol.livejournal.com]

No, she can't be a Horcrux. But there may be "possession" hooks left in there for Tom to use.

After all, as Swythyv put it; here the revenant is, almost solid, even able to pick up Harry's wand and keep it from him, steadily drawing Ginny's life force from her and getting stronger all the while.

Then Harry sticks a fang through the book and desrtoys its function as a Horcrux and all that life force gets sucked right back into Ginny. Oops?

After all, we know where it's been...

[mary-j-59.livejournal.com]

Oh! That's creepy!

I do wonder what will happen to Ginny in DH. Somehow I can't see her surviving, but then, I have the same problem with Harry.