House Elves' Magic and Possible Involvement with LV

[leb2323]

No: HPFGUIDX 83203

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Grey Wolf" <greywolf1 at j...> 
wrote:
> > Granny again responds:  But I'm still curious about the reason
for Winky's extreme unhappiness and alcoholism.  She's still in
servitude at Hogwarts. I suspect that something is on her conscious.

>Grey Wolf:  Winky is crushed because she's been thrown away from her 
family. I don't see consciense problems, more like deep worrying. 
Notice that she constantly wonders what will happen to Crouch Sr. now 
that she's not there to take care of him. Of course, she might feel 
that she is in some way responsible for having been socked, but many 
people that go through similar experiences tend to think "maybe it
was my fault" even if it wasn't (for the record, I think it *was* her 
fault, since it was she that bullied Sr. into allowing Jr. to go to 
the Quidditch Final in the first place and then not doing her job 
properly - she must have known that a Quidditch match would involve 
sitting somewhere high - but I think that the socking was excessive 
and dangerous).




I think Winky's extreme unhappiness and alcoholism are precisely 
because she blames herself.  She talked Crouch Sr into taking Jr to 
the Quidditch match against his better judgment.  When all hell broke 
loose she was unable to keep Jr under control despite her best 
efforts and she ended up not only letting down Sr but deeply 
embarrassing him in front of all those present -- a failure on her 
part on all fronts.  

We must also remember that at those points in the story when she is 
drowning her sorrows in butterbeer she is well aware that Jr is out 
there somewhere running amok and yet she doesn't tell anyone.  She is 
keeping her "master's" secrets to the distinct danger of the
wizarding world.  Dobby ironed his hands or shut his ears in the oven 
when he felt the need to punish himself . . . maybe this is just 
Winky's own special brand of self-flagellation.  

leb