Percy question

[mochajava13]

No: HPFGUIDX 79411

Percy is gone for good, in my opinion.  JKR's been foreshadowing 
Percy's split from the family since the first book.  First book, 
Percy goes off to the prefect's cabin on the train to Hogwarts, and 
stays with them on the train ride.  The twins came in and talked to 
Ron and Harry for a couple of minutes.  Could be just to say hi to 
the famous Harry Potter, could be to make sure that Ron wasn't off 
by himself.  

Again, at Christmas, the twins had to get Percy and 
force him to spend the time with the family.  They immediately 
thought he would spend the time with the prefects.  The twins played 
pranks on him, but they also tried to include him.  They stopped 
trying once it was pretty clear that Percy didn't want to be 
included.  

Then in CoS, Percy's reading a book called "Prefects who 
Gained Power" or somthing like that.  Someone makes the comment that 
Percy wanted to become Minister of Magic or something.  He tells off 
Ron for being in a girl's bathroom because of what it would look 
like to other people.  Percy doesn't try to give Ron the benefit of 
the doubt that Ron might be doing something legitate in their (after 
all, if the trio hadn't been to Myrtle's bathroom, they wouldn't 
have figured  out where the enterance to the Chamer was).  

In PoA, he gets made Head Boy, and it goes to his head.  He's being more 
pompous than usual.  Then in GoF, he's obsessed with Mr. Crouch.  
Percy's quite pleased that he was asked to fill in for his boss at 
the Yule Ball and the Second Task.  He's very pompous towards Harry 
at the Yule Ball (his "it's not all going to balls" joke to Harry 
seemed very Uncle Vernon-ish).  He's portrayed as a brown noser in 
GoF, and loyal to the ministry: he argues with his father over Ludo 
Bagman's ability to lead the sports department.  And Percy had only 
been there a couple of months, and he was acting as if he worked 
there for years.  (Plus, he's bad mouthing the man who gave his 
family tickets to even attend the World Cup.)  He bows to every 
ministry official he comes near.  And of course there's Ron's 
comment that Percy would sell out his family if they stood in the 
way of his career.  

Books 1-4 have foreshadowed Percy's actions quite nicely.  Percy wants power.  He is willing to distance himself from his family for it.  He didn't even send his father a get well card while in the hospital, and Mr. Weasley almost died. He slammed the door in his mother's face when she went to visit him.  He 
ignored his dad in the ministry.  And he sent back Mrs. Weasley's 
Christmas gift.  He made it quite clear that he wants nothing to do 
with his family, even his brothers that work for Gringotts (and was 
also an ex-head boy) and with dragons.  

Nope, Percy's gone from the family.  If he even tries to come back, only Molly would tolerate him.  None of his brothers or Ginny would welcome him back, 
especially not the twins.  The twins dropped out of school but still 
see their parents, even though Mrs. Weasley probably argues with 
them about it non-stop.  And they came to get the family members at 
Kings Cross.  The twins think their family is important; they're not 
going to forgive Percy easily.

Also, Percy just didn't care that Voldemort could be back; he 
latched onto the official position.  If Percy thinks that Fudge is 
losing power, Percy would attach himself to whoever he thinks will 
get power.  Makings of a death eater, just like little Peter 
Pettigrew (who was in Griffindor; wasn't he in the same house as 
James, Remus, and Sirius?  Those three were in Griffindor.)  Then 
again, Percy might be one of those not good but not evil people, 
either.