Flitwick a goblin?

[cindysphynx]

No: HPFGUIDX 31475

I'll help a fellow non-shipper get the ball rolling, particularly if 
the subject is fairly new. :-)

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Elizabeth wrote:

> does anyone else think Flitwick might be a goblin? Or part-goblin? 
A 
> goblin might be forbidden to use a wand (I can't remember what FB 
says 
> on this), but a half-goblin would possibly not have this 
restriction 
> (going on Hagrid's example).
> 

I think this is a great idea.  Flitwick is a champion dueler, right?  
Goblins are not to be trifled with, being tough enough to guard 
Gringotts and to stage rebellions.  Perhaps his prowess at dueling is 
from his goblin genes.  Now that you mention it, I'd like a charter 
membership in the "Flitwick is a goblin" society, which of course 
must petition Tabouli for a snappy acronym.

That said, it is hard to find a less interesting character in the 
books than Flitwick.  The squeaky voice, the small statute, the legs 
not touching the floor in the Three Broomsticks scene in PoA.  He 
hasn't really been instrumental in any of the books.  Maybe I've been 
influenced by the m***e, but it's hard to count myself as a Flitwick 
fan.  Indeed, when we all listed our three favorite characters some 
weeks ago, I don't think a single person mentioned Flitwick.  
Therefore, perhaps the Flitwick society has to have an additional 
purpose, which would be to advocate that Flitwick should immediatley 
be given . . . a personality and some respect.

Now, how about this for a wacky idea?  What if goblins and house elfs 
are really the same beings?  Goblins might actually be independent 
house elves who refused to be conquered long ago.  House elves would 
be goblins who refused to rebel, or who were captured and enslaved. 
Perhaps the backstory is that the wizards attacked the goblin/elves, 
which caused a fissure in the goblin/elf community.  Some 
goblin/elves chose to fight, while others elected to surrender.  The 
goblins fought to the death and maintained their freedom and, over 
the centuries, they amassed fortune and power and earned the respect 
of the wizarding world.  The house elves surrendered without a 
struggle and now wear pillow cases and slam their ears in oven doors.

Cindy (who will probably never fall for Flitwick while Sirius and 
Lupin are around)