Percy Weasley - A Death Eater

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 128164


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Subhash Sane
<crownless_aragorn at y...> wrote:
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> Today we'll talk about ... `Percy Ignatius Weasley'.
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> ...  Ron had correctly pointed out that Percy would do ANYTHING for
> a bit of power. 
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> He just hates for being poor. ...
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> Though Percy was in Gryffindor, he was more Slytherinish. ...
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> But after a year, his all dreams just crashed like a castle of 
> playing cards. Cornelius Fudge was proven guilty for his acts. 
> ...edited...

bboyminn:

I am a hardcore die-hard member of the P.I.N.E club (Percy Is Not
Evil), plus I have my own, oft published, opinions on Percy's
personality, some of which I shall touch on here.

I think there is a much more simple explanation as to why Percy does
what he does, and it doesn't require any grand or elaborate plot. It's
as simple as this, Percy is obsessed with doing what is /right/. I
suspect the obsession with /right/ is an offshoot of Percy's family
dynamic which is strongly driven by the Twins. The Twins seem to be
well liked and popular, in addition, the don't mind a 'spot of
bother'. They are constantly causing trouble which makes Molly's life
very difficult. Percy on the other hand over-compensates for the
Twins, by doing just the opposite. He does everything right and tries
his hardest to give Molly the least grief, and in his own way is
reward by Molly for this. 

Unfortunately this just amplifies the dynamic between Percy and the
Twins. The more Percy is rewarded for 'doing it right', the more the
Twins give him grief for it which in turn gets them into trouble with
Molly, which they then partly blame on Percy. This creates a dynamic
that widens the gulf between the Twins and Percy.

Now the tricky part, people love outlaws, and people hate rule loving
prudes. There is an old country and western song that goes, 'Ladies
love outlaws like babies love stray dogs, and ladies take to outlaws
like a banker takes to gold...'. If you don't think that's true then
explain why so many fans are enamored with Draco and why so many fans
are drawn to Slytherin house?

Certainly, among fellow students the Twins are much more liked and
admired for their fun loving mischief making than Percy is for is
bossy rule following. And that very much flies in the face of Percy's
dysfunctional life philosophy. 

The supposed Rules of Life say that those who obey the rules are
rewarded and admired, those who break the rules are decried and
punished. Much to Percy's frustration, he discovers that the world
generally ignores what it claims are the 'rules for life'. He's caught
in an unresolvable paradox. None the less, Percy, while generally
scorned and disliked, is still sufficiently rewarded that he doesn't
abandon his life-logic-path.

So, what is Percy's life-logic-path, and how does it apply to his life
at the Ministry? 

Percy does not seek ruthless power and wealth. Much like Ron, what
Percy truly seeks is achievement, recognition, and success. It's true,
Percy doesn't approve of some of the decisions his father has made in
his own life, but that doesn't mean he truly bears ill-will or dislike
for his father. 

Unfortunately, Percy has a great deal of frustration building up in
his life, mostly caused by the Twins who constantly ridicule him for
his chosen path of /Right/. This frustration is now compounded by the
less than ideal circumstances that surrounded his first job at the
Ministry, and further compunded by the obvious grief the Twins most
likley gave him. Again, Percy did his best to do what was right. He
was deferential and respectful of his superiors, he trusted in
authority, he did everything he thought was right, and once again it
defied the Rules of Life and went against him.

All this frustration finally comes to a full boil when despite the
dark turns of his first job, he is now proven right. He has work hard,
done what was right, followed the rules, and is now rewarded and
recognize for his effort by landing the very prestigious job as
personal assistant to the Minister of Magic himself. If that doesn't
vindicate Percy and prove the trouble making Twins wrong then nothing
does.

But what happens? He gets home, and not so much as a 'well done'. Not
the slightest acknowledgement that doing the right thing is indeed the
right thing to do. That was it, full boil went to full steam, and
Percy blew up with justifiable anger (in my opinion) that was just a
undiplomatic and ill-advised as Arthur's response. 

Percy is not evil, he is just misguide and frustrated. He doesn't want
power and wealth, he wasn't success, recognition, and achievement; all
very admirable and very right goals. Without a doubt, I state with
absolute certainly that Percy will redeem himself, and prove that he
is at heart a true Weasley and a true Gryffindor. 

Remember you heard it here first...again.

Steve/bboyminn