Dumbledore's Hypocrisy/Sirius and Kreacher

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 129252

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" 
<dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote:
 
> 
> Alla:
>
> It is just a speculation, but again look at Dobby. He was treated 
> EXTREMELY bad in Malfoy's house. Has he turned to the Dark? Nope, 
so 
> to  me it is quite likely that kreacher could have done the same 
> thing.

Hickengruendler:

But Dobby was treated badly by wizards, who symphasized with 
Voldemort. Therefore him going Dark wouldn't IMO have made much 
sense, since it means he would have gone to the same side as the 
wizards he despises. Kreacher, on the other hand, loved Mrs Black, 
therefore I suppose that, despite of the beheading of house-elves, he 
was treated reasonably well by her. Of course that's just my 
specualtion, but I can't see that someone has that much affection to 
someone, who mistreated him. The Order members however, and 
especially Sirius, made pretty clear that they despised him. 
Therefore he had no reason to be loyal to them. And in the end he did 
the exact same thing as Dobby, namely turning against the master he 
despised and whom treated him badly. Therefore I really don't think 
Dobby's behaviour was all that different. The difference is just that 
Kreacher's master was on the good side and fighting for the right 
cause, while Dobby's was not.
  
Hickengruendler