The Podmore Connection--Percy as DD's Spy

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 93413

> Susan:
> I'm trying to follow this, Pippin, and for some reason I'm not 
doing  very well [Brain Fuddle has taken hold of me this Friday].  
ANYWAY,  if I'm understanding your argument about Percy--that 
in fact he  *hasn't* left the Good Guys but is working for DD--then 
what do we do  w/ this comment from the World Book Day chat?
> 
> Echo: Was Percy acting entirely of his own accord in Order of 
the Phoenix? 
> JK Rowling replies -> I'm afraid so. 
> 
> Will your theory still fit?  I suppose this questioner was trying
to  get at whether Percy was acting under the Imperius 
Curse...and JKR's answer would mean he is *not*.  So I 
suppose one could argue that if  Percy is 
SecretOrderMember!Percy, it *would* fit JKR's answer that he 
was acting of his own accord.  However...the use of the words 
"I'm  AFRAID so" [emph. added] makes me think JKR is saying 
Percy was  behaving badly because he did truly turn bad; there 
seems to be  disappointment or disapproval in her choice of 
words.<

It could be. But it may be she wished, besides not giving 
anything away, to acknowledge that the pain and grief Percy is 
causing is genuine and unfortunate, regardless. After all, if, as is 
foreshadowed in GoF, one of the Weasleys dies before the 
truth can be revealed, they will never know that 
SecretOrderMember!Percy  hadn't really turned his back on his 
family.

I could imagine her giving a similar answer to : Did Dumbledore 
really think it was  a good idea to leave Harry at the Dursleys?

Pippin