Quote:And it'd have to be either Doug or Dumbledore... all the other wizarding types are too familiar with house elves to question their conditions.
Yeah, there ought to be somebody on the staff who would back this...
Quote:I didn't quite mean -poor-, although he might well have been - I mean actually -abusive-, which, as far's we've seen, would be extremely unusual in a wizarding family.
Hm. Yes, this makes sense. It may just be my perception, but it seems to me that for all their power, many wizarding households don't seem as well off as the average muggle home. There's obviously something wrong about that, but I haven't quite put my finger on what.
Quote:Nobody likes Snape, except maybe Dumbledore. He's nasty because everybody hates him, and everybody hates him because he's nasty.
Despite my dislike of the character, I cannot dispute this at all.
Anyway, my thought RE: courage would be that Doug misunderstands something, goes off on one of his tears, and eventually gets faced down by, of all people, -Snape-. Moreover, in a way that makes it perfectly clear that Snape was completely outgunned and -knew- -it-.
Blessed be.
-n
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."