Percy or Ron: Pawns of the Dark Side?

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 15284

Hi --

zsenya at sugarquill.com wrote:

> I don't see either one of them going to the "Dark" side.

I don't see either of them knowingly going to the Dark Side either.  The
debate was whether Percy could be an unwitting pawn of the Dark Side
because of his blind, rigid adherence to rules & authority.  Demelza
posits that Percy has already been a pawn of the Dark forces because he
didn't alert anyone to the Crouch Sr. situation.  He just continued to
act on the notes that were coming.  He didn't question in other words;
he just acted.

I think this is a valid point, but I think Percy may have learned a
valuable lesson in that regard.  He will likely still struggle with his
career ambitions in Fudge's MoM versus his family loyalties.  However, I
think in the end that Percy will do the right thing.  And, I think he
will be on guard enough now to resist becoming a pawn again.

Ron, OTOH, still strikes me as someone who could be an unwitting pawn of
the Dark side.  He has his own very strong ambitions that were
emphasized quite alot in GoF.  I am not arguing that he would ever ever
knowingly betray Harry.  But, he does have problems resisting the
Imperius curse for example.  Might this not be an indication that he
would be a more likely target for Voldy's forces than Hermione?  If you
were going to target someone close to Harry -- Ron makes the most sense
to me.

Penny



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