[ SECRET POST #4446 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4446 ⌋

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

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

tbh, but that might be a cultural thing, i always thought the house elves were based on those fairytales with little helping creatures? i remember a bunch of versions from when i was a kid, but common themes were "little elves/pixies who love to work come into your home at night to fix up the work you didn't manage to do that day", moral of the story often being that people took advantage of them/treated them badly and ruined it for everyone.

[(Anonymous)]

nayrt and yeah, I agree. Feels pretty Germanic folklorey to me. And I really doubt Rowling put that much thought into it. Sure, maybe she should've. But she likes quirky folkloric ideas and pseudo-examining it in a pseudo-modern setting. Hermoine trying to free the elves is a fantastical little plot line, especially since she's so out of touch with them. And in all fairness, the only House Elf who really matters is Dobby, who genuinely does want to be free.

[tabaqui]

Brownies, yes.

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Brownies! Yes, I agree, and after Kreacher betrayed Sirius (and Dobby worked against Lucius), I thought she was going to go more into "respect magical creatures" but it didn't really go anywhere. Dobby was a weirdo as a happily house-less elf and Winky was a depressed alcoholic having been cast out of hers.

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The major difference between Brownies and house elves is that brownies always chose the household that they helped and if you pissed them off, they'd wreck your house and leave. That's a far cry from the house elves who are happy to be voiceless chattel and offended by the idea of free will. Honestly, JKR could have easily avoided this mess by having the "you're bound to one family unless you're given clothing" thing be unique to Dobby's situation with the Malfoys (deceptive magical contract?)and most other house elves choosing their service with the option to leave if they feel mistreated. Then Hermione's cultural misunderstanding is a little more nuanced and Dobby showcases the difference between willing service and slavery instead of being that one weird elf who wasn't down with being a slave.