[HPforGrownups] RE: Percy and Penelope

[Rebecca Stephens]

No: HPFGUIDX 56206


--- Pat and Jim Gruenke <patgruenke at cloudnet.com>
wrote:
> > Waters Law wrote:
> >
> > And this brings me to the issue of Penelope
> Clearwater.  Why was she with Hermione when
> > they were petrified in CoS?  Harry and Ron
> believed her to be coming
> > from the Slytherin common room when they were
> polyjuiced
> > into "Crabbe" and "Goyle".  Is she involved with
> Slytherin and
> > particularly, is she manipulating Percy? 
> Remember, Harry and Ron
> > also found Percy wandering in the area of
> Slytherin's commons.  Were
> > Percy and Penelope just looking for a good quiet
> place to get cozy
> > together or is something up?
> >
> 
> My take:
> 
> Penelope and Hermione were both studying in the
> library when Hermione
> figured out the creature was a Basilisk.  They used
> a mirror to check
> around the corner, and got Petrified.  I  assumed
> that Penelope wasn't
> much of a Quidditch fan and was just in the library
> by chance.
> 
> And as for Harry and Ron "believing" she was coming
> from  the Slytherin
> common room, they were grasping at straws.  I'm
> guessing that she and
> ol' Percy were just in an abandoned classroom for a
> little kissy-face,
> thus explaining why they were in the same area of
> the castle.
> 
> Don't think she's in cahoots with the Slytherins. 
> Don't think she would
> have gotten Petrified if she had been.


I agree.  And when it comes to Penelope, I must bring
up something that I heard elsewhere.  I don't remember
who said it or where, but I agree with it so strongly
that I shall repeat.

We don't know a lot about Penelope, but what we do
know is telling.  She listed to a *second year* from
another house.  She listened to Hermione about the
basilisk.  I think that she did that says something
about her character; she doesn't dismiss people.  I
like that.


Rebecca

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