Percy and Weasley Family Dynamics

[Demelza]

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Amy Winters wrote:

I've really enjoyed the posts on Percy...both the Weasley Family 
Dynamics by Demelza and the Percy and the Dark Side post by Charmain. 
For some reason, I'm finding Percy to be very thought provoking right 
now<G>.

Thanks! (blushing Demelza)

Rita Winston" wrote:
 
That is not how it appears to me. It seems to me that Molly approves 
highly of Percy. "How come Percy got new robes?" "Because he's a 
PREFECT," Molly said fondly. (Probably getting him an owl as reward 
for becoming a prefect was at least partly her idea.) She's proud of 
his twelve OWLs (and yells her head off at the twins for not getting 
enough OWLs), being a prefect, and being Head Boy, and and getting a 
job at the Ministry is what she wants all her sons to do. It seems 
to me that she favors him and is attempting to spoil him.

Molly DOES coddle him and I think it's a reaction to how his 
personality differs from his siblings. Percy directly followed Bill 
and Charlie: two popular students. He had something to prove and wants 
to make a name for himself. There's nothing wrong with that. But it's 
clear from Ron's and the Twin's perception of Percy, Percy's method 
is to divorce himself from the 'eccentricities' of his family. The 
Weasley sweater in SS is an example. The twins and Ron wear theirs. 
Percy tells them he doesn't want to wear it, but Fred and George 
force it over his head. The Weasley sweater identifies him as a 
Weasley. Albeit, Fred and George aren't 'model citizens', Bill and 
Charlie certainly were. Yet, Percy isolates himself from his family 
(unless it's something favorable like Ron winning at the Giant Chess 
Game, then he has no problem at all being identified as a Weasley 
relation).

Of course, Molly would give him accolades for his 
accomplishments---especially if his personality was one that needed 
those accolades and especially if she sees him attempting to set 
himself apart from the rest of his family.

I agree with Chairman, Percy is teetering toward a Fudge-Crouch 
future. 

~Demelza