[HPforGrownups] RE: House Elves

[Pamela Kock]

No: HPFGUIDX 172938

Kathryn Jones wrote:
> KJ writes:
>
>    I have a question about house-elves.  We are told that their magic is 
> different and that it can be quite powerful
> as when Dobby blasted Malfoy.  Why then would they defend Hogwarts from 
> Deatheaters with frying pans and kitchen
> implements?
>
> KJ
>
>
>   
My take on the house elves is that the elves are very powerful with 
their magic, but also extremely naive.  They clearly have enough power, 
if they'd direct it properly, to kick the witches & wizards' butts 
instead of allowing themselves to be enslaved!  But for some reason, 
their psyches haven't matured along with those powers so they can put 
two and two together and realize how to use them for their own benefit.  
Whenever one of them does a big magical job, his attitude is "Of course 
I can do this," even though he'd never thought to do it before!  So I 
suppose the elves wouldn't think to use their magic, they'd use 
implements that were familiar to them.

Pam