OOP: A person is more than the worst thing they have done

[Marianna Lvovsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 63841


>>>This probably has come up before, but there is just
now way
I can read all the posts coming in right now:

Wasn't it Sirius, who told Ron (I think) that you
should
look how a person treats their inferiors to get a real
measure of what that person is like?

I was quite surprised to see him treat Kreacher the
way he
did, after the lecture he gave Ron.>>>

I really do not understand the problem people have
with treating Kreacher the way Sirius did. Sirius did
not treat him with disdain because he (K) was an elf.
he just loathed this particular elf, a mutuality of
feeling. He disliked him because Kreacher was devoted
to Dark Wizards (especially that hag of a mother), and
because Kreacher hated him in return. Both of these
strike me as pretty understandable.

Frankly, I have little sympathy for K. Nor do I think
that treating him with respect or liking would have
done him any good. Look at Hermione. She treats him
very well, and all she gets is loathing in return. I
get a feeling if Hermione was being tortured by the
"good" Blacks like Narcissa or Bella in front on
Kreacher, he would only rub his hands in glee. I find
DD's pat "he should have been treated better" pretty
unconvincing. DD hardly strikes me as authority on
Kreacher, and frankly, as a result of brainwashing by
the Black family, I do not think Kreacher is
redeemable. 

I just cannot imagine how coddling him would have
changed Kreacher's views. He hates Sirius because
Sirius is too soft, not because he is not soft enough.
If Sirius was the type of guy who, once back home,
started doing various DA stuff, made K punish himself
a la Malfoys and Dobby, and told him that he would
behead him and head his head on the wall in a week,
Kreacher would have liked him a lot more that this,
OOP Sirius, who just yells at him and brings in
unworthy people.

In fact, Kreacher is short-listed on my "hate in OOP"
list. 

After reading OOP, my fiance pointed out that Sirius
should have fulfilled his (K) dearest ambition and
stuck his head on the wall. I cannot say I vehemently
disagree.

Marianna

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