[HPforGrownups] Re: house elves

[Alina]

No: HPFGUIDX 102348

While I think that Hermione's intentions are good, I don't agree with her
methods. Her trying to trick the house elves into freedom (fruitfully
because I think the only DD counts as the master) is an attitude not much
different from the rest of the wizarding world, she doesn't seem to care
what they think.

In fact, I don't think Hermione cares about them at all, she only cares
about the idea. And once more she's not thinking things through. What will
happen to the freed elves, with no house, no place to go? Is she going to
take them all in? DD will probably agree to pay them, but what about the
headmasters after him? She seems to think that as soon as they're freed, all
house elves will turn into Dobbies and that Winky is a house elf freak. But
what if they're all Winkies? How will she handle hundreds of hysterical
house elves?

However, I do believe that House Elf enslavement should and will eventually
end. I explain how it started with Dobby's words, "Dobby likes being free,
sir, but Dobby likes work more." I see the HEs as a race that is naturally
predisposed to enjoy being busy, creating, being useful, working. And I
think that wizards ended up exploiting those traits and developing them into
full blown slavery.

Alina.

P.S. to any other Final Fantasy fans out there: did the word "moogle" ever
come to mind? ^^