Prefects Who Gained Power--NOT

[Andrea]

No: HPFGUIDX 55683

--- Barb wrote:
> I think we'll see Percy working behind the scenes quite a lot in 
> future books, and only learn after the fact how much good he's done 
> (and the in meantime, he'll seem to be doing the opposite).  He's 
> likely to be very remorseful that he allowed himself to be taken in 
> by the owls sent by Barty Crouch, Jr.  He's a bright boy, and I 
> think Percy's learned his lesson from this.  I don't expect him to 
> turn dark--but if he can convince others who are dark, for a while, 
> he could be an extraordinarily effective spy.

I agree completely.  Here you're working into one of my pet theories --
the Scarlet Weasley.  I enjoy the name similarities between Percy Weasley
and Percy Blakeney, the Scarlet Pimpernel.  PB was an extremely effective
spy simply because NO ONE thought for one second that he could possibly be
one.  Heck, that's why Peter Pettigrew was a good spy as well.  The
Scarlet Pimpernel was a dashing, daring spy -- who would possibly connect
him to the foppish, air-headed Lord Blakeney?  In the same way, who would
possibly connect the daring spy for the Good Side with the boring, precise
Weatherby?  Percy is in the *perfect* position to gather information while
appearing to be nothing more than a lower-level Ministry worker with
ambitions of rising through the ranks.  He'll *have* to have a certain
level of disconnect with the rest of the Weasley family for a while for
that to work.  But I think he can do it, and the younger Weasley brothers
will be *terribly* surprised when the daring spy is revealed as stolid old
Percy. ;)


Andrea

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