I agree with you on most of your choices but not all.
Arthur vs. Percy: I blame Arthur. He's the adult. He's the parent. I wouldn't be surprised if Percy provoked the incident, but Arthur bungled badly by belittling the idea that Percy may have earned his promotion. I don't know if Arthur even likes Percy. Perhaps Arthur was jealous that Percy was achieving so much so quickly while he was stuck in a dead-end, nothing job. Perhaps Arthur truly was afraid that Percy was being played for a fool. Probably both are true. Arthur is responsible for provoking Percy into leaving the family. Percy is now responsible for growing up enough to get over it and forgive his family.
Snape vs. the Maurauders: agreed with you.
Hermione vs. Umbridge: agreed with you and boggled by Hermione's lack of guilt over the incident.
Ginny and Ron: I blame Ron entirely for this incident. How in hell dare he imply (in front of their mutual friends) that she is a slut? She must have been mortified.
Snape vs. Sirius in the Prank scene: I think that Sirius was astonishingly careless and nasty here. I'm sure that he wouldn't have cared one bit if Snape had been killed. He wasn't thinking about what would happen to Remus afterwards. I don't get the Sirius Black love in the HP fandom. I dislike the character quite a bit.
Harry vs. Draco: I do blame Draco here for trying to use an Unforgivable. I also blame Harry for being a reckless idiot, but Draco was definitely acting out of malice. Harry was reacting out of angry stupidity. IMO, the person who provoked the fight is ultimately responsible.
Sirius's Death: Clearly Bellatrix was the one who willfully killed Sirius. Still, I want to blame Dumbledore because of the way that he withheld information and kept Sirius cooped up even though he knew it would make Sirius do something stupid.
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Date: 2006-11-15 11:07 pm (UTC)Arthur vs. Percy: I blame Arthur. He's the adult. He's the parent. I wouldn't be surprised if Percy provoked the incident, but Arthur bungled badly by belittling the idea that Percy may have earned his promotion. I don't know if Arthur even likes Percy. Perhaps Arthur was jealous that Percy was achieving so much so quickly while he was stuck in a dead-end, nothing job. Perhaps Arthur truly was afraid that Percy was being played for a fool. Probably both are true. Arthur is responsible for provoking Percy into leaving the family. Percy is now responsible for growing up enough to get over it and forgive his family.
Snape vs. the Maurauders: agreed with you.
Hermione vs. Umbridge: agreed with you and boggled by Hermione's lack of guilt over the incident.
Ginny and Ron: I blame Ron entirely for this incident. How in hell dare he imply (in front of their mutual friends) that she is a slut? She must have been mortified.
Snape vs. Sirius in the Prank scene: I think that Sirius was astonishingly careless and nasty here. I'm sure that he wouldn't have cared one bit if Snape had been killed. He wasn't thinking about what would happen to Remus afterwards. I don't get the Sirius Black love in the HP fandom. I dislike the character quite a bit.
Harry vs. Draco: I do blame Draco here for trying to use an Unforgivable. I also blame Harry for being a reckless idiot, but Draco was definitely acting out of malice. Harry was reacting out of angry stupidity. IMO, the person who provoked the fight is ultimately responsible.
Sirius's Death: Clearly Bellatrix was the one who willfully killed Sirius. Still, I want to blame Dumbledore because of the way that he withheld information and kept Sirius cooped up even though he knew it would make Sirius do something stupid.