Percy's future (was: Views on the most dangerous character in HP, Percy)

[stickbook41]

No: HPFGUIDX 55185

abc10011:
> > I think he will be damaging based on his personality and Ron's 
joke 
> > that he would turn his family in (Ron's jokes being correct many 
> > times, like about the award to Tom Riddle for killing Myrtle).

Faith:
> I don't think Percy is evil. He's just one of those people who put 
more 
> weight in the rules and their own importance. I do however think he 
loves and 
> cares for his family very much, we see evidence of this in GoF when 
he went 
> rushing to Ron's side when he came out of the lake....And I do 
> see Percy putting his family first when it really counts. He is 
ofcourse 
> first and formost a Weasley.

Me:
I agree with Faith.  During the QWC riot, Percy didn't hesitate to 
head out with Bill, Charlie, and Arthur.  And he came back with a 
bloody nose

AFAWK, at the end of GoF, Percy still didn't know that Crouch Sr was 
dead at the hands of DE!Barty Jr.  So we really can't yet gauge his 
reaction to that whole sordid affair.  As to Ron's opinion, well, 
Ron's been known to blow things out of proportion.  Percy might be 
ambitious, but he must inherently value his family more.  If personal 
ambition truly was his #1 priority, then the Sorting Hat would've 
placed him in Slytherin.

For the immediate future (Book 5), I can see Percy having a personal 
crisis.  After all, someone he really respected and admired turned 
out to be not so squeaky-clean, and was then murdered.  What a 
horrendous let-down, especially for your first job out of school!  I 
can imagine that now Percy is also unemployed, which is always 
stressful.  I feel sorry for the guy, after a lifetime of drive and 
aspirations for the Ministry, suddenly finds himself without 
direction.  Percy might be confused about his family and the Ministry 
being on opposite sides of a political divide, but I don't think that 
he'd take up with a bureaucracy that has shown itself to be quite 
ineffective during an emergency.

As a character, this could be Percy's low point, having so forcefully 
been knocked off his high horse.  But that just means that Percy will 
come away stronger and wiser, and with a more clear definition of 
himself.

Cheers!

-stickbook