Percy

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"lhlhoward" Wrote:

> I feel that Percy is the person who
> is going to dye. 

I agree, and I predict Percy will be killed by a member of his own
family; such things happen all the time in civil wars. 

Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer 

> Ah -- so you're willing to believe that
> Ron is *right* about this? Hermione certainly
> doesn't think Ron has accurately pegged
> his big brother

Yes I do think Ron is right about this. True, Hermione is smarter than
Ron, but not on this subject, on this one subject Ron is not the comic
relief, on this he is the wise expert. Ron understands exactly what
sort of person his brother is, this is the quote and it is chilling: 

"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. ..."

> he comes wading into the lake to help
> pull Ron out in GoF

Yes, and in 6 books that's the only time I've seen him do something
human, something that wasn't done just to advance his career. In 6
books that's it.

lake4fam Wrote:

> Percy absolutely will not go over to 
> the Voldemort camp. 

I disagree, I think Percy will become a Death Eater, but not because
he has any great love for Voldemort; he just thinks The Dark Lord can
advance his career more than the ministry can. Percy is not immoral he
is amoral. I can see Percy pretending 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 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; Schrimshaw only puts up with me
because of the inside information about my family I can give him. It's
clear to me that my best bet is now 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.

Eggplant