Amanda is Brilliant! (was Re: Goblins) --and V's downfall--

[Scott]

No: HPFGUIDX 15863

Jennifer Piersol wrote:
Ahem.
Amanda, my dear, I commented on it. :)> I really like the idea that 
the goblins are going to be Voldy's
> downfall.  Especially if it echoes Bagman's downfall... you know,
> Voldy's aware of how the goblins love money, all that stuff... and 

Whoops. Here you go...
> 

then
> he doesn't take them seriously when they start asking for their
> paychecks for working in his service...
> <snip>
> --------
"This is exactly the scenario I'd envisioned. Didn't Fred or George
mention something about how goblins only care about gold, or 
something, in GoF (when they finally explain what they've been 
doing), or didn't Hagrid or someone mention this when he first takes 
Harry to Gringott's?"

--Hmmm, Can I comment on it now? I think the Goblins will possibly be 
important in future books, but I don't think that they'll cause 
Voldy's downfall (now wait before you pelt me with British Pizza, let 
me explain!).

I personally think that the House Elves will be the third party to 
cause V's downfall. I just get the feeling that they will, because 
they obviously have powerful magic and they have been opressed for a 
long time...(but let's not get into that!)


However I can see the Goblin's playing an increasingly important role 
in upcoming books. They do after all control the monetary system 
(from what we've seen) and therefore in a sense the economy.  If the 
Goblins were to go over to V, and thereby close off the ecomomy to 
all but DE's what would happen. Anarchy would reign supreme. But then 
if they weren't paid, and decided to change sides and...hey I do see 
where you're going with this!

"I just suddenly got suspicious, the way goblin rebellions and 
conflicts have always been in the "background noise," in Every Single 
Book, seems like (I'll have to go look), and now they seem just 
totally ignored and it's taken for granted that they're safe. To the 
extent that they seem to control all the money."

--I thought the Goblin rebellions were just in all the book because 
they sound so completely boring, and because it's the only "ghost-
book" prof. Binns can handle!?! (I don't know)

"And house-elves having their own kind of magic made me think that
perhaps goblins do too--and I wondered if the species were related at
all...? Will Dobby be important as a goblin liaison of some kind...?"

--This might work, and then we could both be right!

"Reeling into speculation, and with dishes calling me from downstairs"

--Don't you have John to do that?


"Amanda"
--What a great idea! (There. Do you feel better?) 

Scott 
Who could grovel at your feet in an attempt to say "Yes your idea was 
good!" but thinks that this also John is job.