[HPforGrownups] Kreacher the Plot Device Elf(was: Potter...wealth - ...Nature of Elves)

[Lana]

No: HPFGUIDX 161724

>bboyminn wrote:

>It is as a house-elf that I think he is >worthless 
>regardless of who he is currently >working for. If Master
>Black (the original, not Sirius) was still >alive, I'm 
>sure Kreacher would /try/ to do a better >job, but I'm not
>so sure he would succeed. <snip>

>Of course, the point of having the >Dursleys at Grimmauld
>Place is to give Harry and Petunia a >chance to have that
>heart-to-heart talk that will reveal all >her secrets. <snip>

Lana:

I would love to see the Dursleys have to come to Harry to protection.  Wouldn't that be a gas..  Serves them right.  Not sure it will happen, but I would love to see it happen.  
 They would see the happenings of magic folk, and maybe then Petunia would turn her stubborn fraidy cat routine around and be of some use.  Just imagine how quickly she would have that house in tip top shape.  LOL  I do think at some point Harry will get hte info he needs out of Petunia.  Since we know nothing of her relationship with her sister, there may deep secrets Lily swore her to keep secret until the appropriate time.
  Now, as for Kreacher...  I don't really think he is useless in any manner.  He didn't have to keep the house clean or do anything.  Nobody lived there.  Sirius was in Azkaban with no hope of coming home, so Kreacher had nothing but time to do what he wanted.  Would you clean a house nobody lived in?  Sure not me.. LOL
  As for his being a good plot device, I think he has been great.  I think there is more to come.  I also think he knows alot more after spending time at the Malfoys than we think he does.  And not to mention he has hidden alot of treasures and some of it might be of use.
  Lana
  


  


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