Stockholm Syndrome - was No sympathy for Kreacher

[delwynmarch]

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phoenixgod2000 wrote:
"The author needs Harry to not be a complete basketcase so he is not.
A real child growing up in his surroundings would be a sociopath."

Del replies:
Except that Harry is not a normal child : no normal child has a Love
Charm of some kind in his skin.

phoenixgod2000 wrote:
"So Dobby is just an odd ball? No other House elf in the history of
House elves has free will aside from the lone elf of the Malfoy's?"

Del replies:
Well, Dobby *is* an odd ball, that much is clearly said in the books.
He is widely different from the vast majority of House Elves, in that
he enjoys and desires freedom. House Elves, as a rule, want and need
to be enslaved. They don't want to live for themselves, they value
themselves only insofar as they are good servants to their masters.
They actively look to surrender their free will to their masters. They
are the ultimate kind of slaves : slaves who want to be slaves. They
don't want free will, which is what Hermione fails to understand.

Del