HP goes PC?

[Andrea]

No: HPFGUIDX 16904

--- Amanda Lewanski <editor at texas.net> wrote:
> Has no one else thought that the house elf/human
> relationship might be a
> symbiotic one? Such things are totally natural,
> occurring all over
> everywhere, where two different species have evolved
> to operate together
> (clown fish and anemone spring to mind, but there's
> scads of others).
> The house elves don't exactly run off at the mouth
> about what they get
> out of it, but that whole "keeping the secrets"
> thing hints that there's
> lots more to the relationship than we know.

An excellent analogy, Amanda.  When I read about the
house elves, I drew an analogy to another series I
read regularly, Mercedes Lackey's Velgarth series. 
One group of people, the Hawkbrothers, have a race of
lizard-like creatures who serve them called the
Hertasi.  However, it's explained that it's really a
two-way relationship.  The hertasi take care of the
Hawkbrothers' homes and clothing, and in return to
Hawkbrothers provide protection for the hertasi. 
Without the Hawkbrothers, the hertasi would have to
spend all their time eking out a basic survival
instead of developing a flourishing society.  I
thought of something similar for house elf/wizard
relationship.


Andrea

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