Kreacher - workable solutions?

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 129546


> 
> There is one other alternative that I have been mulling over and 
> rather like. 
> 
> Once upon a time there was an English king (I forget which one.  
> I think Henry VIII), who was frustrated with the Archbishop of 
> Canterbury (actually a good friend of his).  One night at dinner, 
> the king jokingly said, "Who will rid me of this meddlesome 
> priest?"  Two drunken knights overheard the king and decided to 
> take that as an order from him to kill the Archbishop.  When the 
> king found out, he was furious and ordered the execution of the 
knights.  Voila.  The king remains blameless and is rid of his 
problematic friend.
> 
> What if DD mentions in an Order meeting that Kreacher poses a 
> security problem and one of the members (Snape, Mad-Eye, even 
> Arthur) decides this is carte blanche to kill the meddlesome elf?
> 
> -Alisha

I take it you are talking about Thomas Becket, in which case the 
king would be Henry II. Only a few centuries earlier, but no matter. 
What does matter however that this workable solution sounds rather 
disgusting. I wouldn't want to be in the Order of Phoenix if it 
would mean stooping to such sordid tactics. And I strongly suspect 
neither would Harry. 

a_svirn