OoP Summary/Spoiler at TLC?

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Vinnia Chrysshallie 
<vinnia_chrysshallie at y...> wrote:
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> --- Tom Wall <thomasmwall at y...> wrote: 
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> "A venomous, disgruntled house-elf"
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> So, do we think that this is meant to be Dobby, Winky,
> or some new house elf that we haven't encountered yet?
> For now, I'm thinking that Winky goes berserk after
> the events at the end of book 4, and that she decides
> to take some revenge... probably, she might even blame
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> Harry and his friends for 'meddling' in her previously
> pleasant and devoted life to the Crouch family. 
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I think that would make a good chapter title: Chapter 12- Winky Goes 
Beserk. 



 Vinnia-
> I think this is Winky. I agree that Winky will blame
> Harry. Harry forced Crouch Jr. to reveal the family
> secret. We know that Winky take the obligation not to
> speak ill of the family very seriously.
> 
> I don't think she will seek revenge directly at Harry,
> though. I mean, not hexing Harry or anything like
> that. She might speak ill of Harry in the kitchen,
> resulting in fights with Dobby. The other house-elf
> might listen to Winky instead of Dobby, because let's
> face it, the other elves don't think much of Dobby.
> Harry will have a hard time when he visits the
> kitchen!
> 

Winky is the prime suspect. She'll probably be a red herring for 
someone who is truly menacing Harry. Or she maybe the real deal. If 
the DE are good enough for the Master, they might be good enough for 
Winky. And grief does funny things to people. Winky has nothing to 
loose now that the Crouch family is dead. 


> 
> This summary also makes me wonder about the new DADA
> teacher. Either
> 1. She is nice and sweet, but actually is evil.
> 2. She acts sweet, but a very strict teacher.
 
When I heard 'poison honey' I thought either it was someone who acted 
sweet, but was bitter and evil or it was someone pretending to be 
bitter and hateful but was secretly kind. As mean to Harry and sucked 
up to say, the MoM, but was really on Harry and Dumbledore's side. 
Now that Snape is (possibly, temporarily)out as the is he bad or good 
guy we need another morally ambiguous character about. The consesus 
seems to be that poison honey is not a good way to be described.

Personally I think the questions about Snape will persist until the 
end of the series.

Funny how everyone refers to the new DADA teacher as a she. Has that 
been confirmed or does the term 'poison honey' have a more feminine 
feel to it?

> 
> Vinnia
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Olivia Grey