Fic: Pride and Prejudice

[lyras]

Title: Pride and Prejudice
Author: lyras
Characters: Percy Weasley, cameos by the rest of the Weasley family
Rating: PG (mild swearing)
Prompt: The Weasley family situation from Percy's point of view.
Notes: Thanks very much to lazy_neutrino for the confidence-building beta-read!

Comments

[lexique]

I like. Interesting view from his persepctive. Percy is not a character I tend to feel for, but this rings true.

[lyras]

Thank you! I had fun writing this - it was interesting to get inside Percy's head.

[lynkemma]

This was great. Poor Percy; I always think that he's one of the characters that JKR really wrongs.

[lyras]

Thanks! I'm really hoping JKR does something with Percy in the last book that redeems him without him having to sacrifice himself heroically - although I'm afraid that's what she may be setting him up for.

[fungus_files]

I really liked this! there's an air of inevitability in the way things go downhill for Percy, esp when his priorities and his family's diverge so widely. and the worse they get with sniping at him, the more defensive he's going to get. you've done a great job portraying him with empathy yet maintaining the ever-so-Percy-ish pomposity.

I often wonder how Percy and his sibs interacted when they were younger. did they grow apart or has he always been on the outer of the clan? I suspect that charlie and bill were, perhaps, the ones who might've smoothed over Percy-isms.

thanks for this!

[lyras]

Thanks very much! I do have a soft spot for Percy, and so I hope he gets to be more than canon fodder in book seven.

I always imagine that Bill and Charlie would be a lot gentler with Percy than the twins are - he is their little brother, after all. But then they seem so remote, and so he tries to take on the mantle of eldest brother, and all his little sibs resent him for it...

[ariesathena]

Oh wow, I really enjoyed this. I'll admit that I have quite a bit of a soft spot for Percy as I think it must have been really hard for him in that family. You did a great job of showing the other side of the story - not only that Percy has some very valid complaints with his family and the way that they've treated him, but yet he's made his mistakes as well and isn't portrayed as a completely innocent victim.

[lyras]

Thanks very much! I know Percy has a lot of flaws, but I do hate the attitudes of, say, the twins towards him. He honestly tries to do what he thinks is best, even if his judgement can be poor. Glad you liked!

[la_onza]

You've really captured what I think must have been going on in Percy's head. My favorite little bit was the conversation with Penelope - that supportive, friendly ex relationship was a nice, realistic touch.

[lyras]

Thanks - I'm so glad this rang true, as I really enjoyed writing it!