Percy Lovers Unite

[Trina]

No: HPFGUIDX 15040

Since Percy the perpetual prefect has come under scrutiny once again, 
I feel the need to toss in my 2 knuts.  I really love Percy, I really 
do.  He does adhere to rules rather vigorously, but that's a trait 
that he has apparently picked up from his mum Molly.  From everything 
we've seen from Molly she too is a strict follower of rules.  When we 
first meet her in S/PS she is warning F&G to behave themselves ("If I 
get one more owl...") ; it is Molly who sends the Howler to Ron over 
the Flying Ford Anglia; it is also Molly who gets all bent out of 
shape over Weasley Wizard Wheezes and Bill's long hair and earring.  
Arthur seems a little more relaxed over rules, despite his being a 
MoM employee, and the other Weasley kids seem to take after him.   

The point I seem *not* to be making here is simply this:  loving the 
rules and following them to the letter does not necessarily mean that 
a person will fall in with the dark side.  We never get to see Percy 
as anything other than big brother, prefect, Head Boy and junior MoM 
assistant.  What was he like in the Hogwarts year(s) in which neither 
of his older brothers nor his younger siblings were attending? Did he 
ever play Twister with the school rules himself? <<Envisions Percy 
doing something illegal and getting in so much trouble with Mum and 
Dad that he vows *never* to break a rule again!>>  

Percy has, as far as we know, never been in a position in which he 
has had to question the authority.  How he reacts in the moment when 
that decision has to be made will tell us of his nature.  I think, 
given his reaction to various family dangers, he will make the right 
call.  I have faith in Percy.  And I'm willing to share it with those 
of you who worry about the boy.

Trina, defender of Percy.