[HPforGrownups] Re: Ginny (was Re: Why it took Percy so long to be with the good guys.)

[Bruce Mull]

No: HPFGUIDX 192102

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>> Bruce:
>> Good point. I hadn't thought about the fact that the Inquisitorial
>> Squad knew what corridor the Room of Requirement was on. I know
>> Crabbe and Goyle aren't bright enough to remember, but that gives
>> more support to the Draco having second thoughts argument.

> Crescent:
> All of that is true. But I wonder if they knew how to open the door
> or whether they would have tried to blast through again. In fact,
> the students might have been afraid the Carrows would torture them
> if they claimed they knew where the students were but there wasn't
> a door and they couldn't make a door appear.


Bruce:
Knowing the Carrows, you may have a point there. It still doesn't
mean that Draco might not be having second thoughts.

However, enough about Draco (for now), I think that Percy had several
things contributing to his not taking up with the good guys earlier.

1) He was ashamed from his behavior and could not face his family --
remember he really was a git sending that letter to Ron

2) He was afraid of losing his job -- he is from a poor family,
having a paying job is not something to dismiss easily

3) He may have been asked to keep an eye on things that were
happening at the Ministry by Dumbledore -- not one of the more open
characters by far -- and did not want to blow his cover

Dr Bruce P. Mull
Professor of Computer Science
Professor of Mathematics