the twins are two people! and Percy- a little odd?

[Anne <urbana@charter.net>]

No: HPFGUIDX 48963

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, srsiriusblack at a... wrote:
>Now, 
> Fred and George may not always be the best student or the best in 
their 
> judgement, however, they are exceptionally well liked by their 
fellow 
> Gryffindors... this makes them each somewhat of a candidate as 
their peers 
> are more likely to listen to and respect someone they "get on with 
well", 
> rather than a pompous person that they dislike.

So in this line of thinking, would Hermione *not* be a likely 
candidate for prefect? Is she still seen as a bit of a drudge (which 
she certainly was when she began at Hogwarts)? Or is she not only 
respected for her courage and academic achievements but also well-
liked beyond her known group of friends (Harry and the Weasleys)? I 
guess this wasn't completely apparent to me by the end of GoF.


> I don't think either of the twins will be prefects, mind you. But, 
I must 
> say, I adore them in comparison to mister pompous humungous bighead-
 Percy. 

Who? Percy?? LOL. yes he IS a pompous, humongous bighead. To me that 
makes him the least *likeable* of the Weasleys. I'd like to see Percy 
do something truly daring, just to mess up our image of him, but I'm 
not sure he's got that kind of daring in him. But his head is bigger 
than all the other Weasleys' put together!


> Percy has always struck me as an oddity in the Weasley family. 
<snip> He 
> is a line tower and he thinks station is far more important than 
fun, IMHO. 
> Look at the way he handles himself with Mr Crouch. Instead of 
correcting 
> Crouch on his name, instead of standing up for himself at all, he 
takes 
> it.... 

That has bothered me too. There are few things (to me) more annoying 
than your name being manhandled by someone who *ought* to know 
better - and his immediate supervisor ought to know his name! But 
Percy is such a brown-nose that he's willing to accept Crouch Sr. 
treating him like a complete nonentity. UGGGH. 

> So, I suppose what I am asking with this ramble is if anyone else 
feels that 
> Percy is the odd man of the family?
> 
> -Snuffles, feeling very nonlinear ;)


No, you're not alone. How his different-ness might affect the rest of 
the Harry Potter saga remains to be seen. It will be interesting to 
see, in OoP, whether Percy's head is as deep in the sand as Fudge's.

Anne U
(wondering if the MoM has an ostrich on its crest;-)