Was Percy's sickle <snipped>/Percy's Betrayal

[gelite67]

No: HPFGUIDX 150807

> Angie wrote, in part:
> > Given that it appears the Ministry promoted Percy in the hopes 
that
> > he could get them inside information on his own family, I think it
> > is significant that the Ministry kept Percy in his "lofty" 
position
> > even after it was clear that he was estranged from his family.  
> > Unless my calculations are off, Percy's position as a Weasley was 
of
> > no actual use to the Ministry for at least a year-and-a-half 
(during
> > Christmas in HBP).  I guess the Ministry banked on Percy kissing 
and
> > making up at some point.
> 
> Elisabet, proudly pinning on a D.O.P.E* badge:
> 
> Oh, come on now, whatever factors may have influenced his initial
> hiring / promotion, don't you think that once Percy was in there he
> didn't make the bestest, bestest junior bureaucrat ever? Bright,
> capable, hard-working, compliant, deferent to his superiors... Who
> wouldn't want him working his you-know-what off in their department?
> He may not be one's first choice to hang out with at the pub after
> work, but as long as he's making his boss look good**, he's going to
> have a place in the organization. 

> *D.O.P.E. -- "Defender of Percy's Exemplariness"
> 
>Angie Again:

(Laughing at the DOPE thing, which is new to her!) 

Oh, I've no doubt Percy is a zealous junior bureaucrat; and please 
note, I didn't say he was of no use to the Ministry -- just that his 
position as a Weasley was of no immediate use to the Ministry. In any 
event, I firmly believe that not just any zealous bureaucrat with 
Percy's identical qualities/skills would have been promoted following 
such a major bungle.  Retained, perhaps, or shunted sideways, ala 
Crouch or Bertha, but not promoted. 

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