Undercover Percy

[Deirdre F Woodward]

No: HPFGUIDX 80982

First, doesn't Undercover Percy sound like a FILK set to Alan O'Day's
"Undercover Angel"?

But I digress.  I think the Percy-is-a-git theme has been building since
Book One.  He's made out to be a laughing stock almost every time he comes
into the book.  I was very satisfied with his portrayal in OoP because it
seemed the next logical step in his development as a character.   He's
young, impressionable, pretentious, ambitious, and naive -- the perfect
person to get sucked into Fudge's moronic plan to ignore/foil Dumbledore.

I thought the letter to Ron about Harry was pure Percy.  It showed all of
his vanities and weaknesses in the worst possible light.  I don't think the
letter was soley for us to hate Percy.  I think it has a specific purpose --
Percy needs a crisis of faith, and his split with his family opens up that
occasion.  He will need to examine why he was so ready to sacrifice friends
and family for career, and he will be forced to either accept his character
and move on (a future Umbridge) or face his character and change (a future
member of the OoP, perhaps?).

I don't think Percy is under any curse or spell, nor do I think Percy was
acting under orders from someone else.  *aims canon towards the PINESAP ship
and another others in the bay*

Deirdre who is beginning to realize she's a killjoy