Introduction

[Carol]

Stephen Vandecasteele wrote:
> I have avoided this Dobby topic thus far and my only comment is that
not only did I like his charactor but I believe he will play a
significant role in the final three movies.

Carol responds:

On the book GoF, it's Dobby, not Neville, who steals the gillyweed
from Snape's "stores" so Harry can survive the second task. The film
left out Hermione's misguided crusade the SPEW subplot) to free
Hogwarts' several hundred House Elves and Mr. Crouch's (female) House
Elf, Winky, who is given clothes and considers herself disgraced (in
contrast to Dobby). At any rate, as Cabal said, the GoF film plot is
episodic, focusing on the TWT, the Yule Ball, and the confrontation
with Voldemort, leaving out everything else, including Dobby's
relationship with "Harry Potter, sir" (which continues in OoP and goes
off in odd directions in HBP after Harry inherits Kreacher, a detail
that probably won't be mentioned in the film).

I'm trying to avoid spoilers, but you already know that Sirius Black
dies in OoP so you've already probably guessed that his godson is his
heir. :-)

Carol in Tucson, where we had a hard freeze this morning but at least
the Christmas rain is gone