[HPforGrownups] Re: good and bad slytherins/Disappointment and Responsibility

[Michelle Law]

No: HPFGUIDX 175245


Debbie:
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According to Dumbledore, in OOP ch. 37: "[Sirius] regarded [Kreacher] as a
servant unworthy of much interest or notice. Indifference and neglect often
do more damage than outright dislike." In other words, servants are
unworthy of his interest. Dumbledore also claimed that Sirius was kind to
house elves in general, but we never see any such kindness, or have any
indication that Sirius ever had meaningful contact with other house elves.
His sympathy for Winky derived from his antipathy for Crouch, and thus is
suspect. If Sirius had been shown being kind to other beings of any kind, I
would not have labeled his views as politically correct.
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Michelle:       
Hi,
  I'm new here.
  Re: Sirius' relationship with Kreacher.  I believe that Kreacher symbolized everything 
  bad about Sirius' mother and Sirius' bad relationship with her. Kreacher was always
  parroting the pure-blood drivel he learned at her knee and had no liking for Sirius even tho'
  he was the last of the Blacks. Kreacher venerated Mrs. Black and all the pure-blood 
  superiority she espoused; Kreacher would have considered Sirius a "blood-traitor"
  for his choosing to turn his back on the pure-blood/ Slytherin world view.  I think this
  mutual antagonism had much more to do with Sirius' treatment of Kreacher than any kind
  of general "contempt for underlings" as has been put forth in this forum.
   
  Michelle, getting her feet wet on this list.