Percy and other Weasleys. Was: Weasley types.

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 125538


>Joe in SoFla wrote:

I don't think--and I may be a crowd of one on this--that the twins
were particularly HORRIBLE to Percy. Yes, they teased him and yes,
they made fun of him, but I don't know that what they did to him
rose to the standard of an "attack."


>Tayla wrote:

I think that we can all agree that F&G are immature, even for their
age, and that they don't see their jokes in the same light as many
of their peers, but I have to agree with Joe on this, I don't think
that their "attacks" were just that.

We do know that F&G took particular offence to the way that Percy
was treating them all after getting his job at the MOM, so could it
just be that they decided that by pranking him at the very place
that he prides himself in would be fitting considering Percy seemed
to be attacking his own family?

Percy is exhibiting far too many symptoms that we have seen in our
own history for me to be comfortable with him around. I cannot
remember the exact name they used for it, but we did see some
very "Percyish" behavior in Nazi Germany with their own young. Is
it disturbing, absolutely. But then again, and I am sorry, but
Percy is disturbing.

Tayla (who still says that Percy is a status climbing drape ape)

>Alla wrote:

Joe, you are definitely NOT a croud of one on this one. I love twins
and very comfortable with loving them. :)

Are they tough? Sure. Do they go beyond "siblings teasing" with
Persy? Not to me, especially in light of the fact that EVERYBODY in
Weasleys family has trouble dealing with Percy's personality. Again,
I think Lupinlore was absolutely right,when he hypothecised that
percy's personality is completely different from every other Weasley.

I'd say that Percy also should have try to do some adjusting , not
just expect it from everybody else.

Personally I believe that the reason that Fred and George are so
hard on Percy is because they feel that he does not share the values
every other Weasley shares. Is that nice? NO, not at all, but I can
understand their frustration.

And actually, I think that OOP proved it that Percy IS different
from other Weasleys ( unless we will learn that he is a spy, which
is quite possible, I concede).
If he is not a spy, I find him not visiting Arthur in the hospital
AND writing that awful letter to Ron to be "immoral actions".

vmonte responds:

I agree that the twins are not malicious brothers who pick on their 
siblings. Percy is the one with the problem, not his family. It may 
turn out in the end though that he realizes what an idiot he has 
been. Probably after his mother gets killed saving his sorry ass.

I agree with Alla that Percy has no excuse for not visiting his 
father at the hospital. And Joe you are also right that they 
never "attacked" him, just teased him. The twins do not single out 
Percy either. They tease everyone, including Harry. And no one else 
has turned their back on their family and friends. 

Echo: Was Percy acting entirely of his own accord in Order of the 
Phoenix?   JK Rowling replies -> I'm afraid so.

http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/articles/2004/0304-wbd.htm

Tayla, you are right, Percy is disturbing!


Vivian