[HPforGrownups] Re: Percy

[driveslucy at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 16601

Morag writes:

> Where Bagman is cynical, Percy is 
>  idealistic (if a bit silly - but then, he does win).  Percy may be a bit 
of 
>  a stuffed shirt at times, bless him, but he has high moral standards, 
which 
>  is why I repudiate any suggestion he will turn to the Dark Side.

Morag, I thought your analysis of Percy was dead on, I could have quoted the 
whole thing.  I, too, have a soft spot for Percy.  What can I say?  I've 
always gone for the bookish, bespectacled type.  He is smart and 
conscientious, but he is not very worldly and that is what worries me.  He so 
reveres Fudge.  If Fudge surrenders to ambition, if Fudge refuses to 
acknowledge the coming crisis because it threatens his position at the 
Ministry, could Percy see him for what he is?  I'm not sure he could.  Percy 
would NEVER knowingly participate in the Dark Arts, but I do think he could 
be duped, despite his good intentions.  Once I see what JKR does with Fudge 
in OoP perhaps I will relax but, right now, I am more afraid for Percy than I 
am for any other Weasley.

Luce