Percy and other Weasleys.

[Hannah]

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> Alla wrote:
> I don't think that Percy is a lost cause, not at all at least at 
> that point, but I believe that he is the one who has to do major 
> soul searching if he wants to reconcile with his family, NOT the 
> other way around.
>  
> Molley replied:
> I don't know at this point if the Weasley family would accept his 
attempts to reconcile were he to make any.  Percy has been hateful, 
arrogant, pompous and hurtful and while the whole family feels the 
sting, I think Molly has been hurt the worst.  The other kids have 
not only had to deal with their own emotions regarding Percy's 
rejection of the family, but they've been there to witness their 
parent's heartbreak first hand.  I hope I'm wrong here, but I'm 
afraid when Percy left the way he did, he locked the door, threw 
away the key and burned the bridge that got him there. 
> 	The ONLY circumstance in which I see Percy being accepted 
back into the fold except by his mother and (probably with 
reluctance) his father is if he was acting under an imperious curse 
from LV or Pettigrew.  Even then, I don't know that his siblings 
will ever entirely trust or accept him again.

Hannah now:  I think the opposite.  The Weasleys are a loving 
family, and love forgives everything.  In OotP we see Mrs Weasley 
trying to reach out to Percy, by sending him a Christmas present for 
instance.  She is upset when it gets sent back.  I think the 
Weasleys will be glad to accept Percy back, if and when he sees the 
error of his ways.  OK, he'll need to apologise, and things will be 
a bit awkward, of course they will.  But the Weasleys are not a 
family who will shut a son out, even though he did have a big row 
with them and storm off.  Percy will have more trouble convincing 
his siblings, I do agree, but they will come round when they see 
that it's the best way to keep the family together and that it makes 
their parents happy.

Hannah