Dealing w/ Kreacher

[john_the_walker82]

No: HPFGUIDX 91567

tyler wrote:
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> I was re-reading OotP the other
> day when it occured to me,  when Sirius handed over
> his parents' house to Dumbledore why didn't he just
> put a memory charm on Kreacher and give him clothes?
> If the whole reason they kept him around was because
> he knew too much about what the Order was up to,  why
> not simply remove those memories?  I know its a little
> Men In Black-ish,  but it would've worked.  Unless
> house elves are immune to memory charms or else memory
> charms only work on people?  I dunno...what do you
> guys think?

Me: Remember the danger in memory charms. They can be broken. Even 
when excessive strength is used in the memory charm, as in the case 
of Crouch snr.'s charm on Bertha Jorkins which damaged her memory, 
they can still be broken. I imagine this fact would remain valid 
over and above the special magical qualities of house elves that we 
have so much fun speculating on!

Best,
John