Basilisa Marie Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Percy was also treated pretty cruelly by Fred and George, and his parents do nothing about it. He never really fit in with his family. Bill and Charlie were both super cool and popular, but Percy wasn't, he never gets any respect as an older brother. He's the awkward nerdy brother who doesn't fit in with his athletic, funny brothers. He spends one summer totally shut in his room sending mail to his girlfriend. And then when he finally gets his big break with a ministry job, something he surely believes his family can understand and support because their father works at the ministry, he gets nothing because of all of the political turmoil. So of course he lets his ambition run away from him, because he doesn't have a close enough relationship with his brothers (particularly Fred) to take them seriously when they tell him that the first steps toward his life's ambition are actually into the hands of evil. Sure, Percy makes some bad decisions and is awkward and likes rules, and he's not excused from cutting off his family and all of that.But they totally shoved him along out the door. He lets his ambition get away from him, but maybe that wouldn't have happened if he had felt at home among his brothers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted October 10, 2014 Author Share Posted October 10, 2014 Percy was also treated pretty cruelly by Fred and George, and his parents do nothing about it. He never really fit in with his family. Bill and Charlie were both super cool and popular, but Percy wasn't, he never gets any respect as an older brother. He's the awkward nerdy brother who doesn't fit in with his athletic, funny brothers. He spends one summer totally shut in his room sending mail to his girlfriend. And then when he finally gets his big break with a ministry job, something he surely believes his family can understand and support because their father works at the ministry, he gets nothing because of all of the political turmoil. So of course he lets his ambition run away from him, because he doesn't have a close enough relationship with his brothers (particularly Fred) to take them seriously when they tell him that the first steps toward his life's ambition are actually into the hands of evil. Sure, Percy makes some bad decisions and is awkward and likes rules, and he's not excused from cutting off his family and all of that.But they totally shoved him along out the door. He lets his ambition get away from him, but maybe that wouldn't have happened if he had felt at home among his brothers. Keep in mind Molly did try to keep the twins in line. She repeatedly told them to stop making fun of Percy when he became Head Boy, and she was really proud about it. But yeah, that makes a lot of sense. When reading, it's easy to sort of believe Percy is just a stuck-up guy who wants to be alone, but when you dig deeper, you realize there was more than met the eye. That being said, he does apologize at the end, and he reconciles with Fred and George. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrysostom Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Definitely Slytherin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Rowling is turning into George Lucas. making all kinds of junk "canon" after the fact. <_< Leave well enough alone. I do not want the adventures of Jar Jar Binks at Hogwarts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgnatiusofLoyola Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Actually, the numbers are not even. I think there are far more Gryffindors and Slytherins than Ravenclaw and Hufflepuffs. That's perhaps why Hufflepuff has only won one House Cup, whereas the others have won several, and Ravenclaw has just won two in a row. Ah, okay. I think the Pottermore quiz is a little sketchy. If you tell the Hat you want to go to a certain house and you insist, he'll put you there. I guess not for everyone, but like all discernment it's complicated. Sigh. Interesting. When I took the Pottermore quiz, it did not ask me if there was a House I wanted to be in, or if there was a House I didn't want to be in. Apparently not everyone takes the same quiz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossCuT Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Id like to be in Ravenclaw simply because one reason: Luna. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisa Marie Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Rowling is turning into George Lucas. making all kinds of junk "canon" after the fact. <_< Leave well enough alone. I do not want the adventures of Jar Jar Binks at Hogwarts. Except when she talks about stuff it's usually from all the notes she already had from creating the series, and it doesn't contradict stuff in the original books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted October 10, 2014 Author Share Posted October 10, 2014 Ah, okay. Interesting. When I took the Pottermore quiz, it did not ask me if there was a House I wanted to be in, or if there was a House I didn't want to be in. Apparently not everyone takes the same quiz. Read again: I said if you are 50/50 between two Houses, it lets you choose between those two. The fact you weren't given that choice meant you were too heavily sided on one House with your answers for it to be a toss-up between another one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted October 10, 2014 Author Share Posted October 10, 2014 Except when she talks about stuff it's usually from all the notes she already had from creating the series, and it doesn't contradict stuff in the original books. Apparently, while writing the books, she wrote a complete biography of Professor McGonagall, but she didn't put any of it in the books because it never became relevant in the story to do so. I would love to read the biography, though, as McGonagall is easily one of the most BA characters in the book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosieranna Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Hufflepuff I think. Hey, someone's got to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted October 11, 2014 Author Share Posted October 11, 2014 Hufflepuff I think. Hey, someone's got to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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