Attack on the Burrow

[Carol]

> Steph:
> 
> Well, given that the entire family are wizards, perhaps they can
just fix The Burrow with a combined "Reparo!" from six Weasley wands
plus Harry's. <snip> Also, IIRC, The Burrow wasn't actually destroyed
in DH, just the tent in the backyard. <snip>

Carol:
But still, the attack on the Burrow in DH by the combined DEs and
Ministry is a very big deal. They don't have to do any damage, just
scare everyone and fail to find Harry--and give HRH a reason to go to
Tottenham Court Road. Unless that gets cut, too..

But what exactly is the point of a DE raid on the Burrow in HBP when
Voldemort's focus is elsewhere? I don't like it and I can't be
persuaded to like it. 

Steph:
> it doesn't look like either Bill or Charlie will be in, and perhaps
not even Percy. Not that IMDB is always right, but I didn't see a
casting listing for Chris Rankin.  I wonder if they're going to do
anything with the Percy storyline or he'll just be back with the
family, or forgotten completely.  I'd hope they'd at least have him
back with the family as there's been no mention of the falling out
between Percy and the rest of the Weasleys.

Carol:
Actually, even though he doesn't have any lines that I recall, he's
quite clearly "Fudge's man through and through" in the OoP film. He's
pretty easy to recognize given his age and hair color in the scene in
Dumbledore's office where DD refuses to "come quietly" and exits in a
flash of flame with Fawkes. So the breach with his family has been
shown or implied, just not talked about.

>  I hope they just didn't dump him out of the final films.

Carol:
I hope not, too, since the brief reconciliation with Fred followed by
Fred's death scene and Percy's grief is one of the most touching and
ironic moments in DH. Percy was in the first three films; they only
cut him from the fourth. I expect he'll be in DH but probably not HBP
unless they have the scene at Christmas with the parsnips and
Scrimgeour. (Could Scrimgeour's presence be the reason for the DE attack?)

Carol, who did note a blonde patch as opposed to a white streak in the
online photos of Bellatrix and recommends the Bonham-Carter EW
interview for anyone who hasn't read it:

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20044270_20044274_20046035,00.html
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