Kreacher -workable solution? The more I think about it.

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 129553

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Laura Ingalls Huntley
<lhuntley at f...> wrote:
> You realize that the continuation of this scenario would be
> Dumbledore ordering the execution of Snape?
> 
> Ooo, it's a two-for-one deal, then! ^_~
> 
> Laura (who makes this comment in jest, and who would not *really*
> enjoy seeing Severus executed.  Much.)
> 
> P. S.: I actually agree with a_svirn.  As much as I think that 
< Kreacher deserves some type of punishment (perhaps from his own 
> kind), I would think *very* poorly of the Order if this were to 
> happen.

bboyminn:

The more I think about it the more I think the easiest solution is for
Kreacher to take matters into his own hands, if you know what I mean.

If Kreacher were to end it all, I don't think he would do so in the
depths of dispare and depression. Quite the contrary, I picture
Kreacher as being very relieved at no longer being bound to his
servitude to the Black family. 

Earlier in this thread, I pointed out that the only thing really
holding Kreacher to this earth, was his servitude to the Black family
which continued because Sirius, the last of the Blacks, continued to
live. As much as Kreacher disliked Sirius, as much as he saw him as a
traitor and a disgrace, he was none the less irrevocably bound to
serve the House of Black, and that meant Sirius.

But now that Sirius is gone Kreacher is free, no longer bound to serve
a master he hated. With that freedom, I speculate, will come a deep
and peaceful relief; a lightening of the burdern that oppressed him.
So with a light and peaceful heart, finally free of this oppressive
and hated burden, Kreacher joyfully passes from this life to spend
eternity with his true love Mrs. Black.

So, Kreacher willingly passes, not in the dark depths of dispare, but
with a lightened sense of relief and peace.

That creates a scenario in which Kreacher passes with some degree of
sympathy on the part of the characters and readers. It also frees all
the good guys from any moral culpability in Kreacher's death. Quick,
clean, sympathetic, and painless for all.

The consequences of Kreacher continuing to live are so dark and
dangerous that I shudder to even think of them. 

-Will Kreacher, in his continued existance, rally dark elves against
the 'light' elves lead by Dobby?

-Will the Order have to abandon 12 Grimmauld Place, and leave Kreacher
to live out his remaining year talking to the protrait of Mrs. Black?

-Will Kreacher betray all the Order's secrets to Mrs. Malfoy?

-Will Kreacher actively and directly act to harm Harry and friends?

-Will Dumbledore and/or others continue to try and redeem Kreacher,
naively assuming a little kindness can overcome his year of dementia?

-Will trying to redeem or reform Kreacher lead to dark dangerous
deadly consequences?

-If people show kindness to Kreacher, will he repay the kindness by
becoming a spy for Voldemort?

Too many nasty things can happen if Kreacher lives, plus I don't think
two more short books have enought room for Kreacher to live on as a
subplot.

Or Kreacher could just run off to live in the dark forest, a very
convenient place for used plot points to get lost when they are no
longer needed.

Just a few thoughts.

Steve/bboyminn