OOP Percy is Not Evil

[joywitch_m_curmudgeon]

No: HPFGUIDX 65403

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jenny_ravenclaw" 
<meboriqua at a...> wrote:
> 
> So because Percy had a falling out with his parents and said some 
> nasty things in anger, he might decide to join a group of witches 
and 
> wizards who actively torture and murder?  Can't say I see that.  I 
> have a very hard time seeing Percy with the Dark Mark on his arm, 
> calling Voldemort the Dark Lord and using Crucio on people who 
don't 
> agree with him.  Not even Percy has that much hatred in him.  All 
he 
> wants is to be the very best Minister of Magic the WW has ever 
seen, 
> not rid the world of Muggles and Mudbloods.  Turning his back on 
his 
> family was a selfish and stupid thing to do, but it doesn't make 
him 
> an evil person. 
> 
> Unless Percy is tricked (which is possible), I just don't think 
this 
> DE will happen with him.  Haven't we all argued here that one can 
be 
> an asshole without being truly evil?  Can't Percy just be one of 
those 
> assholes?

Yes, but assholes can *allow* a lot of evil things to happen -- just 
look at Fudge.  People who are ambitious and self-centered can 
convince themselves that it is ok to do a lot of very slimy things, 
like appoint Umbridge to be Headmaster of Hogwarts.  And Umbridge 
might as well have been a Death Eater, considering the damage she 
did.  

I tend to agree that Percy is unlikely to ever visit the Dark Mark 
Tatoo Parlor in Knockturn Alley, but he could do plently of damage.  
I think he will be an active opponent of the Order in Books 6 and 7, 
since I'm sure Fudge will declare groups such as Dumbledore's Army 
and the Order of the Phoenix to disband.

--Joywitch

--Joywitch