Percy and the Twins (was Re: Re: The Twins are bad, Harry is bad, but Draco is )

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> >>Marianne S.:
> <snip>
> So, Percy is rising through the ranks at the Ministry as a yes-man.
> <snip>
> The twins are not yes-men, and their success largely seems to me  
> like a side effect of doing what they love. Their success is      
> causing them to be more responsible, and I am sure that they were 
> devastated by the fact that one of their products was used against 
> the Order...
> <snip>

Betsy Hp:
I don't doubt that Percy is using his sucking up skills to raise 
through the ranks.  Though the fact that he's still around after two 
of his bosses are gone suggests that he does have *some* practical 
skill as well.

However, you are only assuming that the twins feel bad about the use 
of their products (and pranks) in the attack on Hogwarts.  They've 
not expressed any remorse themselves. (Granted, they haven't had 
much time to, yet.) And I'd also point out that their success hasn't 
really made them responsible.  They sold to Death Eaters.  That's 
why I catagorize them as neutral.  And that's why Ron feels that he 
needs to have a talk with them.  (And yay Ron for *finally* feeling 
like he can stand up to the twins!)  They didn't show responsiblity, 
they showed greed.

> >>Marianne S.:
> <snip>
> However, I have felt (ever since GoF) that Percy is the one who is 
> at risk of turning away from love, making the wrong choices, and  
> being seduced by power. I fear that this aspiration for power     
> makes him more susceptible to temptation by the Dark Arts than his 
> brothers.

Betsy Hp:
I guess it's greed versus ambition, isn't it?  On Percy's side, we 
do know he loves Ron.  Running into the lake and the letter (Percy 
*was* trying to help there, IMO) showed a certain amount of 
compassion, IMO.  The twins, however...  Well, like I've said 
before, so many of their victims end up in the hospital wing and 
they only seem to show remorse if they get caught.  Fred and George 
*do* love their family, I think.  But sometimes they seem to get 
blinkered into only caring about what's good for Fred and George.  
As I've said, only JKR knows for sure.

Betsy Hp