[HPforGrownups] Re: Elf Beheading?

[Lady Macbeth]

No: HPFGUIDX 102378

Tyler writes :
Kindness?  From Kreacher's perspective,  yes.  But I   don't think that
quite justifies it from an ethical   standpoint.

I'm really not sure what could have been done to make  K's existence
happier.  Maybe if Sirius had just set   him free before he learned what the
Order was up to? I think he would have been overjoyed not to have to   wait
on Sirius.  Or, failing that,  maybe Sirius   could have administered a
cheering charm or two daily   to keep him in a good mood?


Lady Macbeth replies:
I doubt very much that Kreacher would have been happy by being set free,
because even though he ran to Narcissa with information, he is very much
devoted to Mrs. Black and her husband - otherwise, he wouldn't be so
obsessive about their belongings and about spending so much time with Mrs.
Black's portrait.  To be separated from that would be worse than anything
else for him - that's certainly why he's hoarding their belongings and
fishing them out of the garbage every chance he gets.

As far as administering a cheering charm goes, it would certainly be against
Kreacher's wishes, so wouldn't that be just as unethical as killing him in
any manner?

-Lady Macbeth


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