*Harry’s really stuck on this idea of Kreacher laughing about Sirius. Perhaps it was a practical joke on Sirius, Harry. You don’t want to be the kind of person who doesn’t laugh at jokes, do you? Sometimes the bad guys have to let off steam and raise their spirits, you know? ETA: This will just make it all the more emotional when Kreacher becomes Harry's favorite slave. Harry has probably understood that Kreacher = "an animal who likes whoever feeds him" and took philosophical approach, aka "if a donkey hit you, would you feel hurt?" [meaning: feel hurt as if insulted by human]. Besides, we can't make Harry have a hateful relationship with his slave, since it would resemble Lucius and Dobby too closely, and JKR didn't want her hero to set free such valuable, convenient thing as a house-elf, and thus good!Kreacher was born.
* ETA: Just had a passing thought that it's funny the way JKR says obviously Harry and Draco could never be friends after all that's happened, when Harry will name his son after a guy who hated him but was obsessed with his mother, and come to embrace the elf who lured his father-figure with his death as a beloved slave. Snape is already dead, so Harry didn't have to deal with him, and Kreacher is his slave. Since having a good relationship with Draco would mean dealing with actual alive person, equal to Harry [at least, not his slave] and who most likely wouldn't parrot Harry's opinions, I am not surprised JKR decided to make them barely acknowledge each other without exchanging one word in the epilogue. It's slightly similar to Harry not thinking about Draco twice after the fight in the bathroom - whatever is most convenient to JKR goes. Frankly I am glad Draco & Harry didn't become friends. If they did, we would get a revolting scene of Draco asking Harry to forgive his sins or reveal he pettily offended Harry at school not due to disliking him, but out of envy & rightful feeling of his inadequacy compared to Harry's courage, talent and morals.
* ETA: Sirius was kind to house elves in general, according to Dumbledore, but hated Kreacher. His problem was treating Kreacher like a human rather than an animal who likes whoever feeds him. Sirius was too emotional to understand that and stop anthropomorphizing animals, which led to his downfall. Luckily Hermione learned her lesson before the end of the series.
* ETA: God, imagine a world where Ariana never died and Grindelwald took over the world with his boyfriend at his side. Has anybody read a good fic like that? I would really like to read it. Pity mistful won't write any new fics any longer. :(
Sister magpie, you have written recaps of 4 HP books, right? [PS, GoF, OoTF, HBP] Is there any chance now that you finished OoTF, you'll recap CoS, PoA or DH? Please? :) My dream is to read your recaps of all 7 books - I enjoyed reading new recap weekly and discussing it here more than the books themselves (and I liked the first 4).
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Date: 2008-07-04 10:16 pm (UTC)Harry has probably understood that Kreacher = "an animal who likes whoever feeds him" and took philosophical approach, aka "if a donkey hit you, would you feel hurt?" [meaning: feel hurt as if insulted by human]. Besides, we can't make Harry have a hateful relationship with his slave, since it would resemble Lucius and Dobby too closely, and JKR didn't want her hero to set free such valuable, convenient thing as a house-elf, and thus good!Kreacher was born.
* ETA: Just had a passing thought that it's funny the way JKR says obviously Harry and Draco could never be friends after all that's happened, when Harry will name his son after a guy who hated him but was obsessed with his mother, and come to embrace the elf who lured his father-figure with his death as a beloved slave.
Snape is already dead, so Harry didn't have to deal with him, and Kreacher is his slave. Since having a good relationship with Draco would mean dealing with actual alive person, equal to Harry [at least, not his slave] and who most likely wouldn't parrot Harry's opinions, I am not surprised JKR decided to make them barely acknowledge each other without exchanging one word in the epilogue. It's slightly similar to Harry not thinking about Draco twice after the fight in the bathroom - whatever is most convenient to JKR goes. Frankly I am glad Draco & Harry didn't become friends. If they did, we would get a revolting scene of Draco asking Harry to forgive his sins or reveal he pettily offended Harry at school not due to disliking him, but out of envy & rightful feeling of his inadequacy compared to Harry's courage, talent and morals.
* ETA: Sirius was kind to house elves in general, according to Dumbledore, but hated Kreacher. His problem was treating Kreacher like a human rather than an animal who likes whoever feeds him.
Sirius was too emotional to understand that and stop anthropomorphizing animals, which led to his downfall. Luckily Hermione learned her lesson before the end of the series.
* ETA: God, imagine a world where Ariana never died and Grindelwald took over the world with his boyfriend at his side.
Has anybody read a good fic like that? I would really like to read it. Pity mistful won't write any new fics any longer. :(
Sister magpie, you have written recaps of 4 HP books, right? [PS, GoF, OoTF, HBP]
Is there any chance now that you finished OoTF, you'll recap CoS, PoA or DH? Please? :)
My dream is to read your recaps of all 7 books - I enjoyed reading new recap weekly and discussing it here more than the books themselves (and I liked the first 4).