Percy Weasley and "Donnie Brasco"

[lorelei3dg]

No: HPFGUIDX 106764

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ericoppen" <oppen at m...> wrote:
> My theory is that he was 
> working for Dumbledore all the time, as a deep-cover mole, 
> like "Donnie Brasco" did infilitrating the Mafia...
> 
> In some ways, Percy's role as Dumbledore's mole would be less 
> difficult than most moles.  He doesn't have to adopt a new identity-
> he's still Percy "Weatherby" Weasley, bright young upcoming star at 
> the Ministry...  of all of [the Weasleys], Percy is the only one 
> who could pull this sort of trick off.


"Redemption" for Percy! Thank you! JKR has put quite a bit of effort 
into portraying Percy as priggish and power-hungry, and I've been 
resigned to the idea that his arrogance and ambition would lead 
nowhere good. He's certainly the least likeable Weasley, but a 
Weasley nonetheless, and I hated the thought of one of them joining 
the DE's. However, it's not a stretch to see Percy putting that 
ambition and desire to enforce the law to work for DD and his Noble 
Cause. Your theory also fits with JKR's penchant for showing that 
things are not usually what they seem. Oh, I could certainly live 
with this kind of plot twist!

Lorel