Percy

[catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 16623

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., LynnP333 at a... wrote:
> Luce wrote:
> 
> >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. 
> 
> Another worry for me about Percy is that Prof. Dumbledore asked 
Charlie near 
> the end of GoF to contact his father to ask him to gather 
supporters inside 
> the Ministry of Magic,  without arousing suspicion from Cornelius 
Fudge.  
> Will this put Percy at odds with his father in the future and 
jeopardize the 
> Order of the Phoenix's plans?  Will he feel the need to warn Fudge 
if he sees 
> a conflict of style in dealing with Voldemort between his mentor - 
Fudge, and 
> the Order of the Phoenix which his own father is a part of? 
(assuming the old 
> gang is now called the Order of the Phoenix)  Will Arthur Weasley 
perhaps 
> even be forced to keep things from Percy, if Percy continues to 
follow Fudge 
> blindly?  What if his own son gets in the line of fire so to speak 
if Fudge's 
> plans (or lack thereof) conflict with Dumbledore's group?
> ... and a thought about Bill Weasley totally unrelated to the 
above... maybe 
> since he works for Gringotts, he may be asked to work with the 
Goblins to get 
> them over to Dumbledore's side?
> 
> Lynn

I think this very much depends on what Percy's opinion is of 
Dumbledore, of  which I am not sure.  He obviously revered him whilst 
at school, and may find it hard to move away from this sphere of 
influence.

Percy also has a good relationship ( on the whole ) with Harry, and I 
think that if he is told what happened to Harry has not been made up, 
he will believe it and accept that Fudge is burying his head in the 
sand.

Don't forget, as well, that Percy has just had a major knock-back at 
the MoM.  The boss he revered, whom he thought was Barty Crouch, 
ended up being none other than Voldemort (the imperious curse)!

Therefore, although there are obvious seeds of conflict there, I feel 
that it is too soon to write Percy off and think that he is blindly 
going to follow Fudge's lead.

Catherine