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

[Pen Robinson]

No: HPFGUIDX 44576



>   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?
>

Is it really surprising that we haven't heard anything more about 
Penelope Clearwater?  She and Percy were going out together while they 
were at school.  He left school.   If Penelope left school at the same 
time Percy did, there's no reason to assume she lived and/or worked 
anywhere close enough to Percy for them to be able to continue seeing 
one another.   If Penelope was still at Hogwarts, their relationship had 
no practical future, since he was then at work, she at school, and not 
many opportunities to meet (only Hogsmeade weekends and holidays, 
presumably).   By the time the Yule Ball came round, she might well have 
developed a relationship with someone else at Hogwarts, and would 
therefore have attended the ball with the new chap.  Irrelevant to 
Percy, certainly irrelevant to Harry, and therefore, not mentioned.

Lots of relationships come to an end at convenient times - and finishing 
school has got to be one of those 'end of an era' stages.  I went out 
for someone for two years at college, but when we graduated, we parted.  
Living in quite different parts of the country as we then did, it was 
hardly realistic to think of ourselves as still going out.  Had we been 
emotionally invested enough to be considering a permanent relationship, 
it would have been worth making strenuous efforts to keep in touch, but 
otherwise - why worry?

I can't see any reason to suppose that Penelope is pining for her lost 
love, or heartbroken by his ruthless severing of all ties in order to 
further his ambitions!  Perhaps she is, but is that really the most 
likely of all possibilities?

Pen