Kreacher

[saieditor]

No: HPFGUIDX 128943

I have this hunch that Kreacher is no longer at Grimmauld Place, and 
is now in service of Narcissa Malfoy, who is

- the nearest (?) living relative of Black family, and 

- has no house elf



saieditor


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "a_svirn" <a_svirn at y...> wrote:
> 
> > Constance Vigilance:
> > <snip>
> 
> > Kindness and generosity are powerful things in the House Elf 
> world. We
> > do not know how similar Kreachur might be to Dobby. But I do think
> > that Hermione's kindness and generosity will rebound in a good way
> > with Kreachur.
> > 
> 
> a_svirn:
> 
> Not likely, I am afraid. If we hate and despise someone we don't 
> react in a positive way to their displays of kindness and 
> generosity. In fact we would much rather prefer if they weren't
kind 
> and generous. It would only condemn them further in our eyes adding 
> hypocrisy to the list of their sins. (And in case of Hermione-
> Kreacher dynamics he wouldn't be that far off thinking her a 
> hypocrite). 
> 
> > > Constance Vigilance:
> <snip>
> 
> I think Kreachur can be turned
> > with kindness. The Headmaster has sort of said that when he kept
> > telling Sirius to treat Kreachur with kindness.
> >
> 
> a_svirn:
> I believe he sort of said that Kreacher could prove to be a
problem. 
> And so he did. 
> 
> a_svirn