*Trelawney says she calls Firenze Dobbin, which somehow hits me as one of the rudest racist jokes in canon ever.
More or less so than Hagrid referring to the centaurs as "mules"?
I don't doubt that in Book Seven the various non-humans (centaurs, giants, house elves, goblins, etc.) will sooner or later take Harry's side in the war. But realistically, what have Harry and his friends done (besides freeing Dobby and trying to help Grawp) that would convince these larger groups to take up the fight against Voldemort? The goblins' reported tactic of holding back and not promising anything looks pretty sensible from here.
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Date: 2006-06-23 08:06 pm (UTC)More or less so than Hagrid referring to the centaurs as "mules"?
I don't doubt that in Book Seven the various non-humans (centaurs, giants, house elves, goblins, etc.) will sooner or later take Harry's side in the war. But realistically, what have Harry and his friends done (besides freeing Dobby and trying to help Grawp) that would convince these larger groups to take up the fight against Voldemort? The goblins' reported tactic of holding back and not promising anything looks pretty sensible from here.