Will Winky go to the Weasleys?
pippin_999
foxmoth at qnet.com
Fri Mar 29 17:30:57 UTC 2002
No: HPFGUIDX 37137
Lucky Kari wrote:
> I think it'd be very out-of character. We've seen how devoted
Winky
> was to the Crouches. Do you think she'd leave caring for
Crouch Jr.
> even after that... ummmm... fiasco? I personally think that
Winky is the most tragic character in HP.
Uncmark:
>>Agreed Winky's Tragic, but I can't see JKR leaving her nursing
the leftover shell of Barty Crouch (I'm picturing braindead unable
to feed or clean himself) I picture her and Dobby together and
can see Hermione working with them spearheading SPEW.<<
I'm picturing Winky recovering from her Butterbeer addiction so
that she can care for Helplessvegetable!Barty. Do the Elves
know how to read? Dobby steals Harry's letters, but doesn't
appear to have read them. Maybe, when Hermione suggests that
Winky might occupy herself by reading out loud to Barty, (not that
Barty is capable of listening, but Winky will persuade herself that
he is) Winky will tell her that House Elves is not knowing how.
Perhaps the Elves will learn to read, and with education, come
to desire freedom. I am pretty sure that we are in for some
devastating scenes of comic mayhem when rebel House Elves
sabotage their Death Eater masters, causing utter domestic
chaos.
Uncmark:
>>But then again, the US never bothered passing the ERA.<<
I was going to make a very elaborate commentary about this, but
in the course of researching it, I discovered that world wide and
throughout history, the most common homologue ( term used in
analogies or comparisons) for "slave" is wife or woman. That
says it all, really.
Pippin
who thinks this is a very appropriate topic to discuss during
Passover week
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