Percy question

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No: HPFGUIDX 79158

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "slgazit" <slgazit at s...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "vecseytj" <vecseytj at t...> 
> wrote:
> > Percy made his choices, just like Hermione made hers to be friends
> > with Harry and Ron.  The choice Harry made to be in Gryfondor and 
> not
> > slythern.  The choice Sirius made to go to The MoM and help Harry...
> > and to die, fighting evil.  Our choices are what make us.  And Percy
> > made a *very* BIG choice in OOP.  His father was at deaths door, and
> > he never even sent a note.
> 
> > So I am afraid that we'll see Percy going even farther towards the
> evil path. I don't know if he'll go far enough to become a death
> eater. I have a feeling he'll try to turn around at some point,
> but that he will then be killed by one of the authority figures
> he so admires (Voldemort or one of the top DE's). He may have
> a chance to redeem himself before he dies, but in these kinds
> of dramas, those who refuse to make a moral choice tend to be
> ground between the opposing sides.
> 
> > The main argument against Percy turning bad is that he was in
> Gryffindor and that he comes from such a decent family. But even
> the best homes can produce evil sometimes. Just like in the case
> of Sirius Black, he managed to overcome his upbringing and turn
> to the good side, it is possible for Percy to overcome his
> good upbringing and turn bad.
> 
> Salit

The general concensus seems to be that Percy returns to  the bosom
of his family and that after a period of contrition and possibly, self
justification, all is again sweetness and light.

But there is a fair chance that Salit could be on the right track.

There have been many postings on the parallels between characters
and generations in the books. What if Percy has been cast as  the
opposite of Sirius? Baddy family produces offspring that repudiates
their historical stance, then dies trying to do good. Percy, from a
'good' family, casts away their values and turns bad. It's a plot
twist that could provide a very satisfying BANG at some point.

A 'good' Slytherin has been posited before; why not a 'bad' Gryffindor?

I'm not entirely convinced, but it's pencilled onto my possibles list.

Kneasy