Defending Percy ( was Percy Weasley )

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No: HPFGUIDX 105146

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> Mel also wrote :
> > Also, both McGonagall and Snape heard Barty Crouch's confession, so 
> > it wasn't just the word of DD and Harry.
> 
> Del replies :
> I don't remember reading that Snape and McGonagall told *anyone* about
> what they had witnessed. And I don't remember either that it was
> revealed to the WW that Barty Crouch Jr had not died in Azkaban. Fudge
> knows that, but I'm pretty sure Percy, just like the rest of the WW,
> ignores that fact, and hasn't heard anything from Snape or
> McGonagall's mouth.
> 
 Now Andromeda:
  The fact that no inquiry is made and the evidence of witnesses to 
a confession never given should perhaps have been a bit suspicious 
that something was being covered up.

IN fact, at the end of OOP, remember Dolores ranting as she's about 
to Crucio Harry:

OOP US ed p747
"Somebody had to act," breathed Umbridge, as her wand came to rest 
pointing directly at Harry's forehead.  "They were all bleating 
about silencing you somehow - discrediting you - but I was the one 
who actually did something about it...."

Was Percy privy to this _plan_ to discredit Harry?   Possibly not, 
but he certainly seems to be part of the team.

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> 
> Del replies :
> It's childish to wait for someone you love to come back without ever
> making any peace gesture, no matter who was the offender. Harry did it
> in GoF with Ron, and it was childish, but Harry *was* a kid. Arthur
> should know better than to wait for Percy to come back. Percy is
> barely an adult, he's a very young man full of conflicting instincts.
> Arthur is much older and supposedly much wiser. He should try to show
> more maturity than a 14-year-old kid.


Andromeda:
  But there was at least one peace offering from the parents' 
side... remember Molly in tears at Christmas with her sweater 
returned unopened.  I don't believe she ever insulted him, yet is 
still treated like vermin.  Remember that Percy's father nearly DIED 
and Percy never even bothered to contact or visit?  How important is 
his career to him?  I think Ron has it right, Percy has put his own 
advancement over everything and anyone.  Not good.