[HPforGrownups] Percy Lovers Unite

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 15043

Hi --

I'm a card-carrying member of Percy Lovers Unite & I second all of
Trina's thoughts!!

Trina wrote:

> 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.

Exactly.  That's why some people believe that Molly "favors" Percy over
her other children.  I, OTOH, have always thought it's just that she
identifies strongly with Percy, because he's clearly so much like her.
He's the only Weasley child who really seems like her to me.  I think
the rest of them do take after Arthur personality-wise.  I don't think
she favors him as much as she just bonds with him much more.

Demelza wrote:

> In GoF, Percy says that Arthur's troubles in the Ministry was due to his handling of the Death Mark saga after the
> World Cup event and not due to the bias reporting of the Daily
> Prophet.
>
Percy has been in his new job for all of what ... 2-3 months at that
point?  He's an "over-eager" ambitious young kid in his first job in the
real world, and I think he was just trying to "show off" a bit with that
remark.  He was trying to seem wise & all-knowing.

> Will he believe Cornelius Fudge, the Minister of Magic and his boss, and those in the
> Ministry who wish to cover-up Voldemort's return or will he believe
> Dumbledore (whom he characterized as "quite mad" in SS), his father a
> low-ranking Ministry official, and Harry?
>
I think he'll struggle.  He'll want to believe the Fudge/MoM line, but I
think Percy will eventually be persuaded of the truth.  My only concern
is that Percy may not get his "wake-up call" until someone close to him
has died.  Or, maybe he'll change sides, but it will be rather last
minute.  I definitely do think he will struggle, and it will be an
interesting conflict for us as readers to experience.  But, in the end,
my money says Percy does not side with the dark forces or turn a blind
eye to events transpiring around him.

Like others, I'll point out that his statement that Dumbledore is "quite
mad" is really just a compliment in disguise.  He has the same
admiration of AD as Ron and just about every other Hogwarts student.  He
just meant that AD was eccentric.  IMHO.

> If Percy continues on the
> same path that of his prior history (not believing Ron's Sirius Black
> attack in PoA, ignoring Ginny's mental distress in CoS, and wholly
> blaming Arthur in GoF), I would say The Burrow will be a "House
> Divided".
>
He definitely didn't ignore Ginny in CoS.  Quite the opposite.  He was
the one who was very concerned about her.  He threatened to owl Molly if
the twins didn't stop teasing her, and he insisted that she take
pepper-upper potion.  He definitely displayed caring & concern for her
in CoS.

I'm already Defender of Hermione, so I'll just be Trina's right-hand man
in the Percy Lovers Unite campaign .....

Penny
(who was some combo of Dumbledore, Hermione, Percy & McGonagall in one
of the personality quizzes ... can we say "likes rules!")


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