[HPforGrownups] Dobby's behavior explained?/Harry blood relative to Malfoy family

[T.M. Sommers]

No: HPFGUIDX 68333

Brian wrote:
>
> 1.  I have thought for some time what motivated Dobby to warn Harry 
> in COS.  JKR has told us all about how proud and loyal house elves 
> are to their masters. Dobby disregards his loyalties and even 
> punishes himself yet still confides in Harry - even before he is set 
> free.  Who has sent him with this information? Who allowed him to go 
> to Privet Drive and Hogwarts to warn Harry? 

A simpler explanation is that Dobby is an unusual elf.  The 
evidence for this is that he wants freedom.  It follows that he 
is less strongly bound to his family than other elves, which in 
turn implies that he is able to violate the usual elf rules to a 
certain degree.  There is no need to infer a conspiracy or a 
family relationship to Harry, for neither of which is there any 
other evidence.