[HPforGrownups] OOP: Re: House Elves and Clothes

[IAmLordCassandra at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 65529

In a message dated 6/28/2003 7:12:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
kim.dawkins at charter.net writes:


> On Saturday, June 28, 2003, at 11:33  AM, dudemom_2000 wrote:
> > *****\(@@)/*****
> > Actually, now that I thing about it, Lucius wanted to get rid of the
> > book when he handed it to Dobby, not knowing there was the piece of
> > clothing in it. Could it be that the intent to "get rid of" or free
> > something is more the key to freeing a house elf? Maybe Harry was
> > just using a loophole in the system! It also brings up an
> > interesting idea - If Hermione can free them by handing over an item
> > and telling them they are free, will she get this idea in book 6 or
> > 7 and act on it, since leaving things around isn't working?
> >
> >     
>     
> AHA! This might be my first catch in the movie contamination realm : o )
> 
> In the book (SS/PS), Harry stuffed the diary in his dirty sock--not the 
> sock hidden in the diary trick that was shown in the movie.  Malfoy did 
> hand the sock with diary within to Dobby without intending to free the 
> elf, but the sock was not hidden from Malfoy and therefore allowed 
> Dobby to be freed.
> 
> kim

Actually, Lucius tossed the sock aside because it was...well...disgusting. 
Dobby caught it.  Lucius didn't intend to free Dobby. He didn't even notice 
Dobby had the sock at first. 

~Cassie~ 


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