Percy (was The Twins are bad, but poor poor Percy!!!!#?%)

[Diane C]

No: HPFGUIDX 137699


Ravenclaw Bookworm <rbookworm46 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> As much as I dislike the idea, and unless JKR has kept some
> (more) info from us, I am afraid that Percy is just as
> ambitious and self-centered as he appears.  The question 
> Lisa is referring to was asked at a time when "Percy was 
> Imperio'd" theories abounded.  As I understood it, JKR was 
> responding to those - that Percy was rational and responsible, 
> not literally controlled by someone else.

 
I'm sorry, I don't think Percy is imperio'd or under
anyone's control.  I think it's quite possible he's
perfectly in control and working for the good guys,
and he has to act like a complete louse in order to
win the bad guys' trust and then pass on information
about the bad guys' plans to the good guys. 
Obviously, he must do this under his own "volition" or
he's of no use to anyone. 

I think back to the time Harry went to Percy to
discuss what kind of magical studies he should pursue,
and Percy advised him to "play to his strengths". 
Percy is ambitious and self-centered, but he is also a
Weasley and a Gryffindor.  By joining the Ministry he
is doing what is expected of him.  By becoming a
little bureaucrat, he could be "playing to his
strengths", and by keeping Dumbledore and the Order of
the Phoenix advised of what the other Ministry
bureaucrats are doing, he could be providing the kind
of help only he would be capable of.  

Diane C