In the book, Percy Weasley—who is conspicuously absent from the film—returns to his family and joins the battle. He cracks a joke, and Fred responds, "You're joking, Perce... I don't think I've heard you joke since you were—" before an explosion takes Fred's life. Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Percy witness it directly. Showing the death on-screen, with Percy present, would make it the devastating, character-driven moment it was meant to be—not an afterthought revealed in the Great Hall.
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Extract the downloaded .zip contents directly into this folder. In the book, Percy Weasley—who is conspicuously absent