Gryffindor's dark side.

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 125189


Eggplant:

> If Percy had not betrayed Dumbledore he would still be headmaster 
when
> Harry had his dream and he wouldn't have been tricked into going to
> the ministry. And Sirius Black would still be alive. Yes it might 
have
> happened even without Percy's help but he certainly approved of
> arresting Dumbledore, and I don't think Harry is likely to forgive 
that.
> 
> I agree Wormtail is another example of a bad Gryffindor. 

Finwitch:

Now I'm not entirely sure if Percy's actions can be called betrayal. 
(Wormtail's was, though...). Not, because...

1) Percy was no longer in Hogwarts, nor was he ever a member of the 
Order. (unlike Wormtail)

2) His family - well, Percy never made it a secret he disagreed with 
his father in Politics (his comments about the Rita Skeeter article 
about the Dark Mark, for example)...

3) Twins (and Ron) knew where he stood all along.

4) Percy's taken Molly's sense of 'proper' and 'following rules' to 
heart - while the rest of them see clearly that doing right is not 
about following rules and pleasing the boss/public at all.

Finwitch