Ron and Percy

[Eric Oppen]

No: HPFGUIDX 124036

One thing to keep in mind about Percy, vis-a-vis Ron's opinion of him, is
that Ron and Percy are quite possibly not very close, and Ron doesn't
necessarily know Percy very well.

There's more than enough difference in their ages to make it difficult for
them to interact when they were young, and with Gred-and-Forge around
hogging attention and between Percy and Ron, it might well be that Ron and
Percy really just don't know each other as well as one might expect from
siblings.

On top of age differences and distraction, they're very different people,
and even if they were thrown together in family activities, they don't
strike me as having much in common.  I don't think Ron would go to Percy if
he needed some older-brother time---Bill, Charlie or the twins would be
likelier choices.

So when Ron says things about Percy, he might not know as much about his
brother as he thinks he does.

--Eric Oppen, who likes Percy and hopes we find out that he's been working
undercover for D'dore all this time.