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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