[HPforGrownups] Re: Thoughts on Ron W (and Percy and the twins)

[Lynda Cordova]

No: HPFGUIDX 159663

Tesha:
> The brother who's dark is Percy... he's unhappy, needs to follow,
> and is ripe for manipulation - he might not even mean to be bad,
> but could easily be lead.
> <snip>

Betsy Hp:
He's also the only brother we've seen show genuine worry over his
siblings (except for Ron of course).

Lynda:

To keep it straight who was being referred to I snipped part of Tasha's post
along with Betsy's
Basically, I've never been a Percy fan. Where some people see him caring for
his family, I see him separating himself from them as early as SS. And it
seems to me that the twins show concern for their family as well. As for
stepping out on their own, Charlie lives in Rumania and Bill spent the first
several books in Egypt although both came home for vacation. We aren't told
how soon after Hogwarts either Bill or Charlie moved out of the Burrough,
but it might have been more quickly than Percy's physical move, although he
was certainly emotionally distanced from the family before he moved out. As
for the twins, it seems they moved as soon as their shop got enough
business. Certainly, coming home for holidays is not considered abnormal and
Percy's the only one who lives in England and doesn't.  Even Charlie makes
it home every so often.  Now, I'll end this by saying, I hope that Percy
reconciles with his family, but his distancing himself from them was pretty
much what I expected from his previous behavior.

Lynda


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