[HPforGrownups] Percy (was: Re: Snape vs. Dumbledore?)

[Barb P]

No: HPFGUIDX 43791


--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Olivia" <olivia at r...> wrote:
> Craig said:
> This made me think of something that I hadn't thought of before - 
> what made Percy a Gryffindor?  The ambition he displays in GoF 
> would seem to make him more likely to be a member of Slytherin.
> 
> But Percy is a goody two-shoes in every sense of the word. He 
> follows the rules, respects authority, works to turn things in not 
> on the deadline but before, and refuses to give even his younger 
> brother any inside information on his boss.  
Good point, except for the fact that I don't see what any of that has to do with being a Gryffindor.  I think we HAVE seen Percy do things that do qualify him for Gryffindor status, such as the way he took his duties to protect the other students very seriously, even when he thought a murderer was in the castle, and the way he grimly took out his wand and joined his father and two older brothers in investigating what was going on at the campground at the World Cup.  Percy is clearly not a coward.
> From what we've seen so far, he's very much a Gryffindor as he's 
> portrayed a lot like Hermione. Smart, follows the rules, respects 
> authority, and a little bit bossy and pompous.
Hermione's a little more likable and slightly less rigid about rules.  After all, it was in her first year that she helped Harry smuggle a dragon up a tower!  I'm having a hard time picturing Percy doing that.
> As it's been discussed before, this could lead to problems for 
> Percy by being too careful following the rules and doing what he 
> thinks is right. 
Actually, this has already happened.  Percy was rigidly following all of the instructions coming from his boss (which were really coming from Moody/Crouch).  Someone at the Ministry who was less trusting picked up on something and decided the Crouch situation was fishy.  (I'm wondering who, now, since I think it might not have been Fudge or Arthur Weasley.  Maybe JKR will work this person into the story?)  Of course, Crouch, Jr. needed to keep his dad alive so that when Percy sent owls to the Crouch home there wouldn't be a problem.  (I'm thinking that owls can't be sent to dead people and the mail would just bounce back, but I don't know whether JKR has thought this out.)  
Since we've already seen Percy being far too trusting and gullible in GoF, I hope to see him looking sharper in book five.  Of course, he could just turn into a young, red-haired version of the real Alastor Moody.  I can just hear Percy marching around, barking, "CONSTANT VIGILANCE!  I once spent months receiving owls from an impostor!  You can't trust anyone!" <g>
--Barb


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