Percy

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 166081

> Magpie:
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> Yet when he is promoted his father acts like it's transparently to 
> spy on him, as if Percy is the slacker, and years of anger from 
> Percy at Arthur come out. 

a_svirn:
I think that it was Ron's and the twins' interpretation of theevents, 
and they are not what you'd call impartial when it comes to Percy. I 
must say, it doesn't quite make sense to me. Suppose Fudge promoted 
him so that he would spy on his family. First of all, it would have 
been smarter for him to dangle the promotion as a payment for Percy's 
services at first -- this way he could motivate Percy without 
arousing Arthur's suspicions. (Now – if Ron's to be believed – it 
seems Percy got his promotion for free.) Second, if his family 
trusted him they could have used *him* to spy on *Fudge*. If they 
didn't they could have used him to mislead Fudge about their plans 
and activities. Either way there was no reason for the shouting match 
and subsequent estrangement. In all likelihood, it was the other way 
round – Arthur wanted Percy to become another Dumbledore's man in the 
ministry, and Percy – being a loyal civil servant – refused.