Flitwick a goblin?

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No: HPFGUIDX 31492

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "cindysphynx" <cindysphynx at h...> wrote:
> 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.


Why not just F.A.G.  -- Flitwick: A Goblin?  I'll sign up and pay 
dues as a believer that he could be at least partial goblin.


> 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.


He can't be that bad: he's head of Ravenclaw.  Maybe we'll finally 
get to meet some Ravenclaws, and Flitwick will come into his own?


> 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.


As fascinating as this idea is, it seems hard to believe that Harry 
and the others in the trio would be so surprised by the appearance of 
Dobby and the other house elves when they first meet them if house 
elves and goblins are really one and the same.  In PS/SS is there 
much in the way of description of goblins?  I don't have my books 
handy, but I wonder if there is anything much at all to go on there...

Joshua Dyal