Percy

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No: HPFGUIDX 15469

My response first: 
We know Percy has broken rules [as alot of teenagers do] for physical 
attention [love?]. While Harry and Ron were transformed into Crabbe 
and Goyle they ran into a Ravenclaw down in the dungeon area. Shortly 
after they ran into Percy. Although neither should have been down 
there I dismissed the connection between the two. Harry recognized 
her in the hospital as "the girl we ran into". Even Prefects break 
rules for attention [love?].     

I think Percy will stand by his family when it really counts. Even if 
he does make mistakes.  



Previous messages: 
--- In HPforGrownups at y..., absinthe at m... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., Magda Grantwich <mgrantwich at y...> wrote:
> > > <<(CoS Ch 16) After Ginny's abduction, Percy sends an owl to 
> > > his parents then locks himself in his dormitory. Fred, George 
> > > and Ron sit in the Common Room. I would categorize Ginny's 
> > > abduction as a "time of trial", yet Percy isolates himself from 
> > > his brothers. 
> > > Throughout the books, Percy is portrayed as reliable and 
> > > responsible and ready to show it. As the eldest Weasley at 
> > > Hogwarts, Percy was the de facto 
> > > head of the Weasley family. Yet, he is locked up in his 
> > > dormitory while his younger brothers sit together in shock. 
> > > That's not being terribly supportive or consoling at a time 
> > > of trouble.>>

> > Yes, but....
> > 
> > Let's turn that example around.  Before Ginny was abducted Percy 
> > was acting in a strange manner because (as we find out later) 
> > his girlfriend was one of the petrified victims.  Yet none of his 
> > three brothers asked him why he was particularly down and one of 
> > them suggested it was because Percy never thought the monster 
> > would attack a fellow prefect.  Where was the brotherly 
> > consolation or concern from the younger three then?
> > 
> > As for locking himself away after Ginny was abducted, I think 
> > we can safely add a huge load of guilt to Percy's shoulders.  
> > Not only is his girlfriend still petrified but his kid sister 
> > is another victim and he should have done more to find out 
> > why she was so stressed or if she might have known something 
> > rather than assuming she wanted to fink on his love-life.
> > 
> > Poor Percy.  First of all shackled with an uncool name in 
> > a family of normal ones and then suspected of being hard of 
> > heart (and at worst a perfect recruit for the Dark Side).  
> 
> I agree with you about Percy feeling guilty. I think he came to the 
> same conclusion as Ron that Ginny knew something about the Chamber. 
> But guilt or not, Ginny disappears and her brothers are in shock. 
> As the oldest, Percy should have tried to comfort his brothers 
> instead of locking himself in his room. I know it's unfair but 
> the older kids in a family are usually given the job of being 
> mentors to the younger kids, you know, the "big brother or big 
> sister". Percy kind of shunned 
> his duty, so to speak.
> 
> :-)Milz (who's getting worried about all the responses Demelza's 
> getting and is hoping she'll get her password so I won't have to 
> copy all these responses and e-mail them to her....)