April Prompt: Delightful Duos

[Prof. Tarma Amelia Black]

April is traditionally a month of mischief and we of Book Club celebrate Fred and George, the quintessential 'mischief makers'. Unlike our March 'Thriller' theme, April goes to the light side, and comedy.

Have you encountered a duo in other books, where they delight in 'lightening the woes' and add to the spice of life? People with a penchant towards jokes, games and mischief?

What instances of 'Fred and George' in the Harry Potter books reminded you of things that happened in other books (or vice versa)?

When I write that, I think of Tommy and Tuppence, in the Agatha Christie stories. They were a duo of quite lovely detective skills, but they also had a sense of humour and an enjoyment of life which reminds me of Fred and George.

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[Hannah Lovegood]

Max and Hope were a really good duo in A Pug's Tale. Max is an adorable pug and Hope is Max's pupsitter. The book was about them trying to find this famous painting that was missing from the museum where Hope works. She got Max to come with her and help solve the mystery. They worked really well together because Max could sniff around and smell stuff out of place. Hope could look around and try to find as many clues as she could.

One time Max was sniffing around and he saw the fake painting down in the department where Hope worked so he barked. Hope came over and asked, “What's this?” Then she took the painting over to her work station and she called up her boss and her boss could tell that it was a fake one.

Max could tell from bad people from good people and good people from bad people. Like at the beginning of the story, Max barked at the person who had stolen the painting but he didn't bark at Hope because Hope wasn't a bad person. Max also barked at the “private investigator” who was also working for the lady who stole the painting.

I fell in love with Max in this story and if I ever get a pug, I'll name it Max.

[Silvana Mandeville]

Legolas and Gimli from The Lord of the Rings. I really love their friendship.