Voldemort's strategy in Year Six, - his Hit List

[Jim Ferer]

No: HPFGUIDX 123315


Eggplant, quoting Ron in GoF:<<"Wonder if Percy knows all that stuff
about Crouch?" Ron said as they walked up the drive to the castle.
"But maybe he doesn't care . . . It'd probably just make him admire
Crouch even more. Yeah, Percy loves rules. He'd just say Crouch was
refusing to break them for his own son." "Percy would never throw any
of his family to the dementors," said Hermione severely. "I don't
know," said Ron. "If he thought we were standing in the way of his
career .. . Percy's really ambitious, you know. ..."">>

I don't see the similarity.  Ron is suggesting that Percy might allow
a relative to be imprisoned *by the Ministry* if that relative was
accused of a crime.  Ron is not suggesting that Percy is a nascent DE.
Ron's problem with Percy is that, in Ron's view, Percy has turned over
his judgement and loyalties to the Ministry.  That's not the same as
turning his judgement and loyalties over to Lord Voldemort.

Eggplant:"It's possible I suppose, it's also possible Umbridge is
really a very good person who is also under deep cover, Voldemort too.
But I don't think Rowling is likely to do any of these things because
none of them would make interesting stories. The Greeks had it right,
to make a good rip roaring story you need to throw in a little
fratricide matricide and patricide."

Actually, it doesn't appear possible that Umbridge is a good person. 
We've seen too much of her and heard from her own mouth who and what
she is.  We've seen nothing *inside* of Percy in year five; he looks
like a disgusting toady apparatchik.  

There's no evidence that Percy is spying for Dumbledore, only this: it
would be a smart thing for Dumbledore to do and Percy is perfectly
placed for it.  We haven't seen anything to positively contradict it.
 And call me dumb, but Percy is a Weasley and a Gryffindor.  That
counts for something.

Jim Ferer