Names / keeping secrets

[Kimberly]

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> > I just spoke to a 'Dobby fan' friend of mine who has
> > started OoP and who
> > feels that there will be a House Elf uprising and
> > that Voldemort will
> > utilise the power of the House Elves in his evil
> > campaign.  

CJ Estes <cj.estes at v...> wrote:
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> See, Randy has had a theory since GoF that the House
> Elves will be on Dumbledore's side and that they will
> be key in defeating Voldemort.  Hmmmmm...he's not
> quite done yet, so I wonder what he will think when he
> does finish.
> 

I don't think House Elves as a whole would go any one way.  For one 
thing, most of them don't even seem to have much contact with others 
of their kind.  Before they got clothes, both Winky and Dobby were 
very isolated by their Wizard families, and Kreacher couldn't have 
gone anywhere if it weren't for Sirius's "Get Out!".  
Granted the Hogwarts Elves might conceivably at least be in the 
position to make some sort of collective decision.  And the Ministry 
probably has a big group of elves that work together and might do the 
same, but in general if somehow Elves manage to get around their 
magical link to their "masters" and decide for themselves which way 
to side, I imagine it will be as individuals at least as much as, 
say, the students at Hogwarts.  So some elves will be like Draco, who 
seems to be simply following the path his parents set him on without 
thinking for himself, but others will make their own decisions.  I 
hope they choose as Sirius did and not like Pettigrew, but just as I 
wouldn't say that all Hogwarts students will take the same side, I 
can't imagine that all House Elves will.