Speculation on Percy's Prospects

[cleverestwitchofherage]

No: HPFGUIDX 130794

"joyfulstoryteller" wrote:
> Sadly, Percy seems to garner most of his self-esteem from his
> association with authority, and since he backed the wrong 
authority,
> his self-esteem is probably pretty low right now.  This will make 
him
> vulnerable to anyone skilled at manipulation, and Voldemort is a
> master.
> (Snip) I rather suspect that the chances of Percy getting involved
> with Voldemort's supporters is high.  He has already faced one 
inquiry
> at the MOM [and] (Snip) I don't think that Percy's career at the
> Ministry will be able to survive a second inquiry.  He could end up
> sacked, or at least demoted to some closet even more obscure than 
the
> one his father's Department is currently lodged in.
> 
> I think that losing his appearance of being able to influence 
powerful
> individuals is going to be a real blow to Percy.

Cleverwitch here:
I agree with joyfulstoryteller about Percy's future, but fear that 
the deaths he will cause will be those of Fred and George rather 
than that of Dumbledore. It has been obvious all through the series 
that Percy is all about law and order, while the twins have a very 
cavalier attitude toward the rules. This is a conflict waiting to 
happen, but it has not yet happened, and that is the main reason I 
fear for the lives of Gred and Forge. I don't think they take Percy 
seriously enough. He was an extremely gifted student. With a 
powerful backer and the right motivation, he could be a very 
dangerous adversary. He is ambitious, proud, and bitter toward his 
family--especially toward the twins and his father. Ron suggested 
once (in GoF?) that Percy would be willing to turn family members 
over to the Dementors if they stood in the way of his career. I can 
easily see his going over to the dark side, or else into the 
department of magical law enforcement--(I am allowing for the fact 
that he might just go into the law enforcement department and NOT 
become a Deatheater--as Sirius pointed out, the world is not divided 
into good people and Deatheaters)--or both, and then going after his 
brothers, feeling entirely justified in doing so. And I do fear for 
them.
Or he could just be Dumbledore's mole after all
A few random thoughts from
--Cleverwitch