Double standards and believing/ about Percy

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Del wrote:
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 So I would say that Percy doesn't know Harry well at all.

Not Harry, no. What about his younger siblings? Percy knows that 
*they* know Harry personally, better than the Minister, anyway. 
Logically, that means that he ought to hear *them* first. (I suppose 
logic isn't Percy's strong point). So at least Percy had some extra 
information about Harry available.

And um - didn't Percy deny Voldemort's return even when Minister 
Fudge (after insisting it's not true for so long) admitted it?

I'm don't know what it is that Percy believes - if not the worst of 
everyone - but I think he believes it blindly and stubbornly.

Guess it all began - within the big family, he is a loner. 
Bill&Charlie - Fred&George - Ron&Ginny. 'Shut up, Perce' said Bill. 
(and this is just about all we witness Bill or Charlie to interact 
with Percy. Bill said it twice, I think). Fred&George are mocking him 
in just about everything he achieves (except for that famous 
Christmas Jumper), we never saw Ron/Ginny interact with him much, 
either. Parents tried to compensate (Molly in particular -- 'perfect 
Percy' said the twins).

I don't think Percy was following Fudge. He's taking orders from 
someone who threatened to hurt Penelope Clearwater and was even more 
convinced and forceful than Fudge about that (false) belief about 
Harry. (Umbridge, I think.. He DID tell Ron he had met her, did he 
not?)

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