Redemption for Percy.?

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"Charlie Jones" <catwoman1683 at y...> wrote:

> Does anyone think that Percy will redeem 
> himself after his disgusting behavior 
> towards his family in the last book? 
> I would love to see him have a redemption
> scene. I don't think Percy is bad, rather
> very pig headed and extremely misguided. 

I think Percy is more than just pig headed and misguided but I rather
hope that Rowling doesn't redeem him, I think it would be far more
interesting to show how members of the same family can end up on
opposite sides in a civil war. I think Percy will become a Death
Eater, not because he's a sadist or hates mudbloods or loves Voldemort
but because he's very ambitious, has no conscience, and can make a
cold calculation. It seems that in book 6 Fudge will be discredited
and probably removed from power and everyone knows Percy is closely
linked with Fudge so Percy will figure he has no future with the
ministry and Voldemort can give him a better deal. He'll probably
pretend to be sorrowful and apologize to his family so they will not
be on their guard around him and then when Harry isn't looking Percy
would stun him in the back, bind him with ropes and turn him over to
the Death Eaters. I can then see him saying something like this to Harry: 

"I couldn't talk them out of it, they're going to kill you Harry but
not before they've tortured you for a few days I'm afraid. It's a real
shame, nobody regrets this unfortunate situation more than me but it
can't be helped. I was too closely linked to Fudge and now that he has
been proven to be disastrously wrong my chance for advancement within
the ministry is extremely small, so it's clear that now my best bet is
with the Dark Lord's team. Nothing could improve my standing with that
organization more than to hand you over to He Who Must Not Be Named. I
hope you understand Harry that my leading you to your death wasn't
personal; I never had any animosity toward you, in fact I rather liked
you but a opportunity like this doesn't come along every day, I
couldn't just ignore it now could I. It was strictly a business
decision not personal. Well, it looks like the Death Eaters are about
ready to start working on you and as I have a rather weak stomach I'd
rather not witness that, so I'll leave you now. Goodbye Harry, I don't
expect we'll meet again."

And then I think Percy is entirely capable of turning around walking
away without another word and sleeping soundly the next night.

If you think I'm being too harsh on Percy remember he happily took
part in a proceeding that attempted to destroy a boy and possibly send
him to Azkaban, a boy who saved his sister's life and was the best
friend of his brother, he didn't visit his father in the hospital when
he was near death or even ask about him, he called Umbrage
"delightful" for heavens sake and she was as foul a human being as you
will find.

Ron understands what sort of person his brother is, he thought Percy
would throw family members to the Dementors to advance his career. I
found this quote from Goblet Of Fire, and remember this was before he
did even more odious things in Order Of The Phoenix: 

"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. ...""

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