Catimagus * Dobby * Thanks

[Catlady]

No: HPFGUIDX 4237

***  Maybe McGonagall was surprised that Dumbledore recognized her in
cat form because, even after all those years of *being* a cat, she was
still under the misapprehension that all cats look alike. Actually,
there are a number of orange tabbies (not *all* orange tabbies!) who
*do* look alike, and it is possible that her cat form is one of them.

*** There has been speculation that (a) Malfoy sent Dobby to keep Harry
away from Hogwarts because 'Quite apart from anything else, houseelves
aren't normally allowed to use their magic without their owner's
permission.'

I think that Dobby went on his own initiative to protect Harry, having
learned from overhearing Malfoy conversations that the evil diary plot
was directed against Harry. Dobby made it quite clear that the Malfoys
(at least this current generation of Malfoys, and the name suggests that
it runs in the family) are SO disgusting that even traditional,
instinctive, House Elf loyalty isn't enough to keep him from speaking
ill of them and revealing their secrets, even tho' every time he does
so, he has to punish himself by closing the oven door on his head or
ironing his hands. (I do that last every time I try to iron, which is
why ironing is *Tim*'s chore, and I have nothing to punish myself for!)

I like to think that it was Malfoy loathsomeness that set Dobby on the
path to wanting freedom, but I suppose it is possible that Dobby had a
freedom-seeking mutation made him able to be disgusted by Malfoy evil.
(i.e. which is cause and which is effect?)

*** Thanks to everyone who posts chatscripts, links to interviews, or
summaries of TV show interviews, with JKR. If it weren't for you nice
people, I would be left out of the fun.
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