James and Oliver Phelps
| Name: | James Phelps and Oliver Phelps |
| Also Known As: | Phelps twins, JOP |
| Occupation: | Actors |
| Medium: | Films |
| Works: | Harry Potter |
| Official Website(s): | James and Oliver Phelps at Wikipedia James Phelps and Oliver Phelps at IMDb |
| Fan Website(s): | See §Fansites & Communities |
| On Fanlore: | Related pages |
James and Oliver Phelps are identical twin actors best known for playing Fred and George Weasley in the Harry Potter film series.
"Twins Against Twincest"
A now infamous photo of James and Oliver at Collectormania 4 with signs reading "TWINCEST IS WRONG" and "TWINS AGAINST TWINCEST" was first posted in several Harry Potter LiveJournal communities on October 5, 2003. The photographer, lumos_solem, wrote that she had been behind a group of girls who explained twincest to James and Oliver and gave them the signs to pose with.
The incident generated much controversy regarding appropriate fan behaviour and breaking the fourth wall. The photo has since been shared widely.
Reaction and controversy:
- Original post by lumos_solem (content later removed) at afamilyaffair (05 Oct 2003)
- Follow-up post by lumos_solem (06 Oct 2003)
- Photo and reactions at hp_rps (05 Oct 2003)
- Wank report at Fandom Wank (05 Oct 2003, archived link)
- Wank report at ljdrama.org (08 Oct 2003, archived link)
Fansites & Communities
- Twice As Nice (2005 – c. 2009)
- Double Trouble (c. 2003–2005)
- J.O.P Project (c. 2003–2006)
- Double the Flava Fanlisting (c. 2004–2008)
- Mischief Managed (2005–2007)
- Phelpsaholics (c. 2006–2010)
- Phelps Anonymous Message Board (originally at Invisionfree, c. 2007–)
- phelps_daily at LiveJournal (founded June 2004)
- phelps_graphics at LiveJournal (founded April 2007)
- phelps_love at LiveJournal (founded October 2007)
RPF
James and Oliver sometimes appear in Harry Potter RPF. There is also a small community of Phelpscest shippers.
- James Phelps (Actor) and Oliver Phelps character tags at Archive of Our Own
- Twinspiration, a LiveJournal community for James/Oliver and Fred/George twincest