Percy and Power/Future of MoM (was Hermione and Power)

[hazel-rah7 at juno.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 29857

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Hella" <hfakhro at n...> wrote:
> However the next things she said were a bit jarring - that Hermione 
> likes Harry because of his power and his fame and that's the same 
> reason she likes Krum. I argued with her on that, saying actually 
> Hermione was doing something quite unpopular with her friends by 
> going out with Krum, but she seems to think otherwise.
> Anyway she is of the opinion that Hermione may be the 'weakest 
>link' so to speak, in future books because of her desire for power 
>and to be associated with it; that this is something the dark side 
>might use against her. I disagree with her strongly, because her 
>theory is dependent upon several things. One is that to Hermione the 
>most important thing is power. This just rubs me the wrong way, but I 
> can't really put my finger on why.
~*I have to agree with many of you who think that Hermione isn't obsessed
with powerful figures--or famous ones, for that matter.  I think if
anyone is going to "go over to the Dark Side" it's Percy.  As Ron has
mentioned, his brother is very "ambitious", but let's hope that he isn't
shortsighted enough that he ends up getting himself into trouble. 
Remember in GoF he was eager to meet Ministry officials and make a good
impression(harmless enough), but that he was also becoming a workaholic. 
Even before he took on duties at the MoM after graduation, he was a
prefect and eventually Head Boy.  I've never really liked Percy, but I
have to admit he's intelligent and hardworking, and if he ever helped the
Death Eaters(willingly or otherwise) it wouldn't be nice for the "good
guys".  But then, Percy also seems to be pretty sensible, so maybe I
shouldn't worry about him.  His loyalty to his family seems to be
genuine.  More than likely he'll join the forces of good instead of
denying Voldemort's return like an idiot(*coughFUDGEcough*) ^_^  
Which brings up another point:  What's going to happen to the Ministry
with Fudge in charge and Voldemort creeping up on them?  I don't think
they'll be able to hold things together for long unless someone kicks him
out.......

~*Amanda Snape*~
new member and first time poster(please don't shoot me if I mess up!)
I'm very impressed with this group and I enjoy keeping up with your
fascinating discussions.  
Glad to be here! ^_~
________________________________________________________________
GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO!
Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less!
Join Juno today!  For your FREE software, visit:
http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.