[HPforGrownups] Re: "Are the Shades of Goderic's Hollow to be thus polluted?!" (was: A new thou

[Carol Bainbridge]

No: HPFGUIDX 44570

  Dave Hardenbrook <DaveH47 at m...> wrote:
>I wonder, would even "Muggle-lovers" like the Weasleys
>behave towards a Muggle-born like Hermione (or Lily) the way
>theCampbell clan behave towards Phebe: She's a good girl, to
>be loved and helped on every occasion, but when it comes to
>one marrying into their clean, stainless family, then all of sudden
>the general view is that the DE's may have a point?


Pippin replied:
>I have wondered that as well, especially in light of the apparent
>disappearance of Muggle-born Penelope Clearwater from Percy
>Weasley's post-Hogwarts life and her absence from GoF. Did
>Percy decide she was a hindrance to his ambitions and drop
>her? Was this behind Ron's belief that Percy might sacrifice a
>family member for the sake of his career?

Me:
I had forgotten all about Penelope.  Interesting thought you have about 
Percy.  It sure would fit in with what we know about his ambitious 
nature.  If Percy knows, as he must, the attitude many in the WW have 
toward Muggle-born witches, it wouldn't surprise me at all to learn that he 
dropped her when he got the job at the ministry.  On the other hand, just 
because Percy may have dropped Penelope doesn't mean that all the Weasleys 
would do the same or would be unhappy about a Weasley marrying a 
Muggle.  In fact, I can quite easily picture Arthur being absolutely 
delighted to have a Muggle in the family so he could pump them for 
information about Muggle life.    I hope we learn some more about Percy and 
Penelope in book 5.  Maybe Penelope is the one who dropped Percy for some 
reason, like his ambition.



Carol Bainbridge
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