Two comments (one about Winky)

[annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 54150

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Amy Miller" <cantor at v...> 
wrote:
> Hi.  De-lurking after surgery (successful).  

Annemehr:
Yay!  Hope you enjoy continued good health!
> 
> Two comments.
> 
> 1. Concerning DD asking for Winky.
> 
>    I think that DD wanted Winky to hear from Crouch jr's own lips 
that he murdered his father.  She knew that he was at Hogwarts and 
even though she was no longer his house-elf, she felt responsible for 
his escape.  Working at Hogwarts was the only way she could be close 
to him, and maybe save him from danger if she found out about it.  
Hearing of the murder forced Winky to realize that her loyalties had 
been misplaced and now, perhaps, she will be able to function at 
Hogwarts.
> 

Annemehr:
Hmmm... interesting.  I had never, ever considered that Winky knew 
that Fake!Moody was actually Crouch Jr. before this thread.  Do we 
have any canon that proves that this is one of the family secrets she 
is keeping?  As far as I can deduce, she would have witnessed nothing 
of Voldemort arriving at the Crouches' house as she was already sacked 
by then, so the only way for her to know that Fake!Moody was Barty 
would be for her to have seen through his polyjuice disguise.  It 
seems quite possible that a house-elf's powers would enable her to do 
this, although she seemed to me to have been surprised to see him in 
Moody's office (though that could just have been surprise at seeing 
him in his true form, unpolyjuiced).

> 2.  OOP bookcover.
> 
>    I don't know why, but my first thought was that the MG cover was 
just a "mock up" and that the colors would be added in before the 
actual printing.  All that blue made everything hard to discern.  I'm 
sure that Scholastic is getting responses to the cover and if enough 
people ask for it to be a little more "accessible," they could simply 
print colored covers.  After all, they have 3 months.
> 

Annemehr:
I hope not -- I like this cover!  Actually, I would really love to 
have it printed on a black T-shirt!

> Just some thoughts.
> 
> cantoramy
> 
> 
Me too.
Annemehr

P.S. I just always thought Dumbledore called Winky in to allow her to 
realize that she no longer need feel any bond to the Crouch family, so 
she could get on with her life.