BDSM - House Elves

[Kemper]

No: HPFGUIDX 181062

House Elves desire being bound, submitting their will to the will of
another (in this case, a human).  The desire is evident as Winky wails
when told about being given clothes, as Kreacher seeks to please the
portrait of Mrs. Black, and as the Hogwarts' House Elves shun Dobby.

It has been argued that House Elves are slaves, by me but mostly by
others.  The comparison to slavery of the American South is easy to
jump to.

Slave: One bound in servitude as the property of a person or household.

However, I have changed my view of House Elves as Slaves, sort of...
not because of the many, well articulated arguments presented by
others, but because of the advice columnist Dan Savage.  It is time to
consider another definition and rethink our view of House Elves.

Slave: The bottom or sub (submissive) in a BDSM relationship.

For those of you only ever licking vanilla, there are another 30
flavors.  BDSM stands for
Bondage/Discipline,Dominate/Submissive,Sado/Masochism.

In the BDSM community, there is what's known as a 'slave contract'.
The long and short of it is that the slave has veto power for certain
demands/commands of the master.

Unfortunately, the House Elves didn't think this up and so their
psychological need for being bound and submissive was abused by
unscrupulous masters.

House Elves are bottoms who need to be topped.  They want to be bound
(collared) to a master.  But not just any master, a master who is
compassionate. This is evident by Kreacher's reversal from HBP's
denial/refusal of Master Harry in the Dursley living room to DH's laud
of his Master as he led the charge of House Elf brigade.

House Elves are slaves, but they want to be slaves under safe and sane
conditions: kind of like, but exactly like, slaves in the BDSM
community.


Kemper, putting GU in HPfGU....
You can check out Dan Savage's column 'Savage Love', his podcasts, and
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