House elf Ownership/possesion

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 36930

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amanda" <editor at t...> wrote:
> If the elves belonged to the families, their would not need to be a 
House
> Elf Relocation Office. I think there is a complex bond, a 3-way
> relationship, involving the elf, the location, and the owner of the
> location. Status as the owner of the location gives the owner 
certain powers
> over the elf, and the elves are bound to obey not the wizard per 
se, but the
> owner of their location. For Winky, Mr. Crouch had the power to 
free her,
> but what he did was banish her from her location, and her service 
to its
> owners.
> 
> Why else, then, would they be associated as strongly with places as 
with old
> families? The Weasleys are an old wizarding family themselves.
> 
> --Amanda,

Yes... Belonging to a place. Goes much like old folk-tales here. If 
Dobby was house-elf to the Potter-house that was *exploded* by Evil 
Voldemort, thus freeing Dobby from *place*. Harry, a minor, was the 
*only* one left of the *family*. A possible solution for Winky&Dobby 
becoming happy together, would be if Harry or Sirius bought Crouch 
Manor and brought the two with him. Get Sirius free and live in 
Crouch's old Manor!

"Finwitch"