Why is Percy in Gryffindor?

[doddiemoemoe]

No: HPFGUIDX 144644

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "esmith222002" <c.john at i...> 
wrote:
>
> Shouldn't he be in Slytherin? Thirst for power? Abuse of power? 
Ability 
> to befriend those in power? Lack of family loyalty? Attempts to 
divide 
> family?


Doddiemoemoe replies:

I think Percy may be a foil of Malfoy's....with Percy we see what 
would have happened if Malfoy had decent parents..

Also...how could anyone raised in the weasley household be anything 
other than Gryphindor...what with Molly and Fred and George 
alone...not to even mention the older  sibs...

and last,

One would have to be brave at heart to even consider angering one or 
two members of the family...not to mention the entire lot!

Whether Percy is a spy/doublespy/outright enemy, makes no difference 
with regards to your question....any way you look at it..he has a 
great deal of courage and bravery.

I once questioned whether or not PP/Wormtail may have imperioed 
Percy during Percy's ownership...(now, looking back...he may have 
even imperioed Ron.)..PP did sleep in their beds...and he did have 
ready access to their wands...and may have had Voldies wand with him 
the entire time...

I KNOW why Percy is in Gryphindor..(at the very least he told the 
sorting hat exactly where he wanted to be--just like Harry)

With reading HBP...I'm not entirely sure why Percy decided to 
publicly aly himself with the MOM...(other than it may make more 
sense if PP/Wormtail imperioed him...)

If Percy didn't believe Harry at the end of GOF...he may well have 
not believed PP was an animagus...(theories abound there)..

Doddiemoemoe

(who may well consider that there is a stronger link between percy 
and scabbers than we may think)