Lucius Malfoy's Ambition

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 126664


Thursday wrote:

But what I don't understand is *why* Dobby would do this. Yes, Dobby is
apparently a *very* unusual house elf but this just seems so far out 
of house elf norm. This wasn't an impulsive act. Dobby was stopping 
Harry's mail all summer. He continued interferring all the way thru 
the school year. It seems to me so far out from the norm that I 
started looking for options, hence the 'LM sent Dobby' theory. I would 
be very interested to see more complete arguments for the 'Dobby acts 
on his own' theory.


vmonte responds:

I do not think that Lucius sent Dobby to Harry's house. I think that 
it is more likely that Dobby was once a house elf in the Potter home 
(Harry's grandparent's house). If this is true then Dobby is behaving 
in the proper way. He is treating Harry as though Harry was his 
master. When Harry gave Dobby his sock in CoS Dobby thanked Harry for 
setting him free. If Dobby still considered Harry's family as his 
masters then it makes sense. Also, Dobby may be different from the 
other elves because he may have met Lily who probably treated him 
respectfully.

This is a different topic but I wonder if Luna is part elf?  She 
reminds me of Dobby. She likes to wear unusual things like radishes 
for earings and butterbeer cap necklaces. She also has those large 
eyes that never blink...

Vivian