[ SECRET POST #4187 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4187 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Alice Isn't Dead (Podcast)]


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[Potterless Podcast]


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13. https://s33.postimg.cc/eodq807jj/image.jpg
[linked for sex/nudity? Game of Thrones stuff]











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Comments

Re: What is the silliest thing you've heard someone say in fandom?

[(Anonymous)]

My feelings on house elves are fairly complex. I definitely wouldn't call it good for them, but I really get the feeling most house elves are like house pets. Dogs especially. So at least at the time of the Harry Potter books, most house elves would feel their positions are necessary.

If you dumped a dog in the forest who has lived with people all its life, chances are it won't survive if someone else doesn't come along to take care of it. I think most house elves are, for a lack of a better term, bred for loyalty like humans domesticated animals. So while you might have the occasional oddball like Dobby, the majority of house elves wouldn't know what to do if you gave them freedom (like Winky or Kreacher).

Just my two cents.

Re: What is the silliest thing you've heard someone say in fandom?

[philstar22]

Except house elves are sapient. So I don't think that comparison works at all.

Re: What is the silliest thing you've heard someone say in fandom?

[(Anonymous)]

DA

Well, living independently does require certain skills. Ideally, we teach them to kids as they reach adulthood.

Humans who have been kept in institutions long-term - prisons, mental health institutions, barracks-like foster homes - benefit from halfway houses, acclimisation programs, and community sponsors.

So... just throwing house elves a sock each would be irresponsible. Making sure they have places to go, people to help them get there, and a fair wage if they choose to stay, would be kinder. (Though, a tapering off system would itself be open to abuse so, eh.)