Percy Weasley and "Donnie Brasco"

[dcgmck]

No: HPFGUIDX 106769



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ericoppen" <oppen at m...> wrote:
> Until I hear definitely (as in from Herself herself) that Percy 
> turned against his family for base reasons, I shall continue to 
stick to my own theory about his motivations.  My theory is that he 
was working for Dumbledore all the time, as a deep-cover mole, 
> like "Donnie Brasco" did infilitrating the Mafia.

dcgmck writes:

I like this idea.  One of the expectations for the next couple of 
books is that Percy Weasley will redeem himself.  If, in fact, 
Dumbledore recruited him to go undercover, it could have happened 
during the Triwizard Tournament.  Percy certainly came around enough 
and was still family-oriented at the time of the second task.

What's more, I have trouble believing that Arthur and Molly raised 
Fred and George faithful to Dumbledore without having instilled 
similar fundamentals in Percy.


> "ericoppen" <oppen at m...> wrote:

> The thing about a deep-cover penetration is that you have to _live 
> the role_ nearly every waking minute of your life...you _become_ 
the sort of person you're pretending to be, while never losing sight 
of your ultimate, long-term goals.  It's a difficult thing to do, and 
> most people probably couldn't carry it off.  
> 
Percy's a middle child with all-stars above him and rebels below 
him.  That seems like a good place in a family's pecking order in 
which to develop  both chameleon skills and ambition for recognition, 
a trait all the Weasleys manifest in one way or another.  Percy's had 
practice moving unnoticed, the ideal servant.  We readers tend only 
to see him when he's irritating us.  He's kept his nose clean and his 
grades up at Hogwarts, hiding in his older brothers' shadows while 
looking to shine his own light.  If anyone can keep track of what he 
wants and believes, it should be Percy.