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[Zara]

No: HPFGUIDX 178846

> Magpie:
> Hermione is not, canonically, doing any such thing, so I don't see 
> why you're speaking as this is a given. There's not a hint in canon 
> of how any of the things you're talking about could even come 
about. 
> Hermione talks about taking SPEW further in fifth year when she's 
> obsessed with SPEW, but her interest in it disappears in the last 
> two books where she never brings it up even with regards to 
> Kreacher. When dealing with the individual Elf Kreacher she more 
> just gives lessons on the proper way to deal with them as a master.

zgirnius:
To me, the words "Oh, don't you see how sick it is, the way they've 
got to obey?" are not a commentary on Harry's treatment of Kreacher, 
or advice to Harry. They are a criticism of the House Elf enslavement 
iself, either of its very existence, or of the specific form it 
presently takes.

She has accepted since OotP the security reasons for why Kreacher 
cannot be freed. When she did so, she did not also drop the idea of 
freeing House Elves in priciple. This is why she focuses on his 
treatment in HBP and DH.