Harry's remark about Kreacher WAS: Re: JKR messed up........ no.

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 178559

> > Magpie:
> > No, he's just Harry's slave and does what he says. 
> 
> Pippin:
> Like he was Sirius's slave and did what Sirius said? Kreacher's
> clearly one of those House Elves who's more than capable of
> evading orders when he wants to. Which, IMO, is the reason
> that Harry wanted to call on him, not another Elf, for a sandwich.
> 
> If Kreacher didn't want to belong to Harry any more, or didn't
> want to fetch a sandwich, Harry would know about it, IMO.

Magpie:
Yes, as he was Sirius' slave and had to do as Sirius said. Just as 
when he was Harry's slave he had to do what Harry said. The fact that 
Kreacher now would just love to fix Harry a sandwich because he loves 
being his slave does not make Kreacher any less than Harry's slave.

If you're suggesting that Harry called on Kreacher due to yet another 
convoluted way of saying exactly the opposite of what seems to be 
being said--that Harry is here asking Kreacher for a sandwich because 
he hopes that if Kreacher objects to making him a sandwich at that 
moment he will say so and so Harry will not really be acting like a 
slavemaster, I don't buy it. Harry's been calling on Kreacher for 2 
books now because he belongs to him. When Kreacher didn't want to do 
something Harry just had to come up with more orders to make sure he 
was forced to do it anyway, complaints or no. Now, since Kreacher 
likes being Harry's slave, he no longer has any reason to think 
Kreacher would do that when Harry's asking him for a sandwich. Having 
a happy slave is easier, it doesn't make him not a slave. Harry is 
a "good" slavemaster. 

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