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-:¦:- Relationships
 This section goes into the nitty gritty details of the relationships in Twin Vice, both romantic and platonic. The story is more about friendship than anything else, so romance tends to take a back seat in the plot a lot of the time (this, er, has nothing to do with the fact that I'm rubbish at writing romance *cough* Nope. Nothing at all...)
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Fred Weasley & Nox Wolfe
Though very perceptive, Nox tends to watch people from a distance and is the first to admit that she finds it difficult to relate to other people on a personal level. The strict 'no-nonsense' side of her personality is one she had developed from a young age in order to protect her father and this tends to stop her warming up to people - or rather it stops people from warming up to her.
Initially Fred treats Nox as a spoiled child would treat a new toy. As with everyone else, he teases and mocks Nox relentlessly, nicknaming her 'Flatty', 'Noxy' and making up crude rhymes with her name.
As a Weasley and a Gryffindor, Fred is protective by nature and does not like the way George puts her in danger during their first case together. While happy to leap headlong into danger with George as they have always done, Fred does not like the idea of taking someone else along for the ride.
Fred's feelings for Nox are slow in the making as the major theme of the story is friendship rather than romance. Nevertheless, there is a lot of talk about characters and their 'most precious person' and it is strongly hinted many times by George that Fred and Nox are developing a strong bond, though they are quite unaware of it themselves.
'George sometimes toyed with the notion that Fred and Nox’s often severe dislike of one another was developing into genuine affection. It was understandable they were getting frustrated, having lived in each other’s pockets these past few months. Perhaps it was what Muggles sometimes called ‘cabin fever’. Of course, the other side of his brain (the side that didn’t tell blatant porkies), understood that the detective and his twin could have been standing at opposite ends of a Quidditch pitch and still get on each other’s nerves.'
It is Fred who gradually becomes aware of his changing feelings for Nox, but as the story stands he has not come to fully understand what they are. He is attracted to her passion for life and the things she loves, and has pondered what it might be like if her dedication to her job was aimed at a friend or even lover.
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George Weasley & Nox Wolfe
Despite appearances, it is perhaps George who warms up to Nox faster than any other character in the story. He is the 'middle-man' between Fred and Nox. While on the surface, George appears to be very like his twin. However, Fred's death changed George's personality somewhat drastically, though this is only obvious to his closest friends and family. He recognises Nox's grief for her absent father. Having both lost their most important person, Nox and George developed an unspoken, but very powerful bond of friendship and respect.
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George Weasley & Luna Lovegood
There are really two romances in the story that deserve being noted: first is FredxNox, second is GeorgexLuna. You might think it's a bit of a crack pairing, but it's one I love dearly for several reasons. First off, I've always seen Luna as a very strong character, certainly not slow or ditzy in the least. To me she is quite wild, she'd have to be - she's an adventurer; heck, she makes a living out of it in her job as a Magizoologist/Naturalist, and is very passionate about life and people, all traits I imagine George would come to admire - but not unless he was put in a position where he would have the time to notice and appreciate her as a real individual. Otherwise, she'd just remain 'that looney girl' to him forever.
JK describes Luna's post DH life as a series of globe-trotting adventures and it's one of the few post DH bits of info that I wholly agree with. Also, there is the more subtler aspects of George and Luna's personalities. Both are extraordinarily perceptive or their peers and generally the people and situations going on around them. It also could be argued that George, likely having grown up being Fred's safety net, needs a partner he can protect, but who is also very much their own person. Luna is a very detached character and while she counts Ginny, Harry, Neville etc. amongst her friends, she isn't really emotionally involved with them. I think it would take someone very passionate, like George, to make her open up enough to really fall in love.
Luna Lovegood & Rolf Scamander
There has to be a romantic antagonist in every romantic story, hasn't there? In Twin Vice, Luna is engaged to Rolf Scamander, the grandson of the great Magizoologist, Newt Scamander. Rolf comes from a wealthy background and is very well spoken i.e. very "Eee-nglish", but is so scientifically minded that he's not much good in social circumstances, least not without making an arse of himself. He's based on a few people I know at university actually lol! He's a nice character with a very kind heart, but sadly not suited to Luna at all. She's very fond of him, but she's not in love with him. Rolf, in turn, loves Luna, but he's definitely more in love with his work. The idea came from the interview JK Rowling gave STV, where it was hinted that Luna, despite her globe-trotting adventures as a Naturalist, may not have been truly happy.
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Nox Wolfe & Caithion Sidhe
Nox Gertrude Wolfe’s relationship with Caithion Sidhe is not unlike that of a mysterious black-sheep Uncle and his favored niece. As the only friend of her father’s that Nox met on a regular basis, Caithion became a sort of permanent addition to her life, even when she had long grown past the point of needing a ‘glorified babysitter’ (which had been Caithion’s function when she was a child). Though he is thorny and stand-offish with most people, Caithion treats Nox warmly, claiming that it was what her father wanted him to do. He is protective of her and her ambitions, and has been known to come to her rescue when the water gets too deep. On the flip side, Caithion has also been known to stand back and allow Nox to make her mistakes, believing that sometimes it is the only way she will learn. Nox has only witnessed Caithion angry once; she had nightmares for a week.
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Nox Wolfe & Luna Lovegood
Nox and Luna's friendship in the story is very important to me, not simply because they're both oddities of their communities, but because I've noticed that in many stories where there are two male heroes and a female heroine, the female rarely has a female friend. I didn't want Nox to be hogging all the limelight (and the twins) or posing as the ideal female character, because she's not and in addition I feel her character can learn a lot from someone like Luna. Nox feels very strongly for Luna (heck, if she were a bloke she'd probably be head over heels in love with her lol!), but Nox being Nox she doesn't know how to explain her feelings. Luna is the sort of character who doesn't need to be told things; she simply believes because her eyes are open to what most other people can't see. It's an odd friendship, but it works and besides, what friendship isn't a bit mad? haha!
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