[HPforGrownups] Digest Number 3663

[l10r77]

No: HPFGUIDX 78474



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>    From: "princesspeaette" <princesspeaette at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Percy's House
>
> Forgive me if this has been discussed, I searched and always came up
> with either 1500 messages or 0 (darn the Yahoo powers that be!)
>
>
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> Why isn't Percy in Slytherin?
>
> If the defining charcteristic of Slytherins is "use any means to
> achieve their ends" (Percy sending back his mum's sweater, that's
> just wrong!) "Power hungry Slytherin loved those of great ambition"
> (definitly sounds like Percy) and the Weasleys are pureblood wizards
> as far back as anyone can remember, shouldn't he be?
>
> He seems like the type who's always wanted to be in the MoM, even
> before Hogwarts.
>
> I think JKR may have missed her chance for 'the good slytherin' here
> (assuming he shows some major redeeming qualities, including an
> apology for the sweater, in the last two books, until then, I'm
> counting him as evil-by-lack-of-goodness)
>
>
> ~Margaret
> who hopes Percy comes back and if not, hopes he's the Weasley who
> dies (if one really has to)

I agree with you Margaret. I've asked this before...isn't anyone concerned
that Harry found Percy reading a book called "Prefects Who Gained Power" or
some subject to that liking? It happened in PS/SS, I believe. My personal
opinion is that Percy has his head stuck so far up his you know what that he
sees things in black and white terms. You're either with the MoM or against
it. He can't see it any other way. I think he was placed in Gryffindor on
precedence...Charlie/Bill. It is my understanding that the Sorting Hat does
not know definitely which house a student belongs it, it just makes its best
guess. If it knew Charlie and Bill, or remembered them for that fact, the
Hat may just have grouped him as a Weasley.
Lisa