What's he up to?

[tipgardner]

No: HPFGUIDX 94820

"cubfanbudwoman" <susiequsie23 at s...> wrote:
> Kneasy wrote:
>>Dobby himself tells Harry that House Elves are bound "...to serve 
one house, one family." They're not  interested in strangers, only in 
serving the Family they are attached to. Yet Dobby adds that he  
has "...come to protect Harry Potter, to warn him..." And once again 
Harry misses the chance to ask some pointed questions.<<

>>Well, there are two possible scenarios that could explain Dobby's 
actions. The  first, one that I put forward last year, is that 
Harry *is* a member of the family that Dobby serves.<< 

Tip wonders (all whilst marvelling at the subtle genius of Kneasy):
Perhaps a more Occam friendly explanation is that unlike the case of 
Kreacher, Lucius never thought to expressly forbid Dobby from 
leaving.  That would be particularly useful to Dobby's unauthorized 
travel habits if he often did errands external to Malfoy Manor.

Kneasy continued:
>> A fairly risk-free option would be to make sure Harry survives to 
adulthood and the long anticipated showdown and meanwhile Malfoy 
quietly builds a power base - Fudge, the Ministry, the right people 
in charge of Hogwarts.  Malfoy for Minister.<<

Tip opined:
Although Lucius seems to have overplayed the DE part (getting caught 
by DD in CoS and by everyone in the OotP for a head of the MoM role.

Kneasy: 
>> So Malfoy plays both ends against the middle, cooperating with 
both sides to a certain extent until he can pick the winner.<<

Tip:
Except that Harry and his group, who will presumably come to power if 
he defeats Voldie, will never trust Malfoy and will reject his 
attempts at power.
 
Snapey Susan wrote:
> I DO like the part of this which goes to what kind of character 
> Malfoy really is, and "power-hungry" and "opportunist" are two    > 
terms which jump into my mind.

Tip:
Opportunist, perhaps, but isn't Malfoy already about as powerful as 
one can be in the wizarding world without having to hold a position 
beholden to the public, which I assume would be distasteful to him?

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