Percy Brasco?.

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 121608


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" 
<justcarol67 at y...> wrote:

<huge snip> 
> 
> But bear in mind, too, that we have canon for Percy's good side, 
what
> appears to be a genuine affection, if not love, for his brother Ron,
> as evidenced by his wading into the water after the Second Task in 
GoF
> after fearing that Ron would drown. And it's hard to be the 
outsider,
> the one who's different and scorned and teased by the others, in an
> otherwise happy family, especially when that ridicule stems from
> following the rules and *trying* to do the right thing.
> 

Hickengruendler:

I agree with you, and @ eggplant, I think that's an important point, 
why many readers (including me) still have hope for Percy's 
redemption. It's not just his name, but also the fact that there were 
moments in Canon, where he was shown in a positive light, which is 
more than you can say about any truly evil character in the books. Of 
course this does not necessarily mean, that he will turn out to be 
good after all, it's equally possible that JKR decided to show us 
Percy's good side, in order to demonstrate that even people who have 
their good sides can become truly evil. But nonetheless, so far Percy 
has demonstrated some good signs, which takes him lightyears ahead of 
Umbridge. And therefore it's logical that fans are rather able to see 
something good in him, than in Umbridge. This has nothing to do with 
his last name being Weasley.

And @ the scene where he was glad that Dumbledore wshould be 
arrested: Seeing that Dumbledore just confessed in front of him, that 
he wanted to form a student army to overthrow the MoM, his reaction 
it's not really a surprise and certainly not evil. From his point of 
view, Dumbledore just confessed to be a dangerous criminal. Of course 
it was a lie, but Percy couldn't have known this.

Hickengruendler