#hp dobby

[that-weird-skeleton-bastard]

silly little elf dood (i drew his nose too short)

also:

At this point, snape isn't even mad, he's just concerned

(yes that's Seamus, i'm still figuring out how to draw him)

[kruzbr]

Monster under the bed

[noajakah236482]

I was evil for spamming these first thing in the morning

@yeeteddemigod lolol sorry

Now I'm going to go spam pjo too>>

(Think about Sirius, Lupin, Lily, James, Mad eye moody, hedwig; to cry some more)

[simping-4-voldemort]

Onion Headlines and Harry Potter Characters part 9/?

[orion-lake]

Harry Potter Rewatch | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt1

“ We won’t last two days with out her. Don’t tell her I said that.”

[ayemkew]

I like to imagine that Dobby sometimes took initiative in doing "punishment-worthy" things to his master.

Worth the burnt fingers.

[iamnmbr3]

Ok but the way Draco understands Harry well enough to know that Harry isn’t arrogant and hates fame and attention is interesting. Given that they aren’t friends and don’t spend much time together it’s amazing how well he understands Harry.

And later Draco immediately knows that Harry would never attack Muggleborns even tho many people who should know Harry better initially suspect him.

[potterharryloves]

[headcanonandburn]

HP headcanons from redit

Percy was undermining the Death Eater controlled Ministry from within. He forged documents to help Muggleborns and other victims of Death Eater persecution, and sometimes stole and destroyed other papers that ordered arrests.

Dobby and Kreacher were the first ever non-humans to be awarded the Order of Merlin. Harry places the medal at Dobby's grave.

Ginny didn't really have friends among the Gryffindor girls in her year, her female friends are from Quidditch as well as Hermione and Luna.

Harry, Ron and Hermione forgive Xenophilius Lovegood for trying to sell them to the Death Eaters. Out of respect to Xeno, they don't tell Luna the truth.

After the battle a prize for the best seventh year Potions student is set up, and it is named the Severus Snape Medal, in honour of Hogwarts' bravest Potions master.

Peeves was active in the Hogwarts resistance during Deathly Hallows, and helped create chaos for the Carrows.

[env0]

Okay I went back to take the Dobby Gucci advertisement shot...

[simping-4-voldemort]

Onion Headlines and Harry Potter Characters part 2/?

[orion-lake]

Harry Potter Rewatch | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

“ If he doesn't stop trying to save your life he's going to kill you. ”

[ches-grinner]

Inktober Day 18, 21- stuffed, house elf

@basiatlu

[lumosatnight]

how about #4 for Dobnny, the ship is Dobby x Ginny hehehehe

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@microficmay day 4 ‘decision’ CoS Dobby/Ginny, 50 words

Dobby is a free elf. Harry Potter said so.

The Burrow is his new home. Dobby decides he likes it.

Mistress Ginny is kind. She gives Dobby things — socks, bracelets, stickers. Sometimes, they share.

She reads in bed, and he braids her shiny hair.

Sometimes, they share the bed too.

💙 Read more microfics on AO3 & Tumblr 💙

[oyatt]

harry potter colorwheelchallenge

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[noperopesaredope]

I think that house-elves could have worked in a way, but the framing and execution made it confusing and off-putting. So I thought of 3 different ways (not all at once, instead just three different routes) that house-elves could have been written that wouldn’t have been as unsettling.

1) Actually depicted the slavery thing as bad.

Hermione was basically made fun of for advocating for house-elves’ freedom, and multiple house-elves (besides Dobby) actually WANTED to stay enslaved. This was pretty icky, and whether or not they are based off of the Transatlantic Slave Trade or not, it had bad historical connotations. Perhaps it should be actually portrayed as bad.

In this version, only rich purebloods tend to have house elves (Hogwarts would simply hire them), and other characters like Ron and Harry would agree with Hermione, she would simply be the most passionate about it.

That’s basically it for that. Just portray it correctly.

2) Connect them to their origin folklore.

House-elves are based off of Brownies, a creature in Scottish folklore, and they are actually pretty interesting. Apparently, Brownies aren’t really slaves, they are just really dedicated to their house. They have a connection to it, and are actually quite picky. They also might change houses if the home owner annoys them. Giving them clothes is basically evicting them.

Maybe just show it like that, but Dobby was cursed in some way, and can’t leave unless he gets kicked out like that. That way, his story line can still work and some characters will make more sense, like the house-elf in the Black’s house. He doesn’t give a crap about the people, he just cares about his house.

Also, get rid of the Hermione thing entirely.

3) House-elves intentionally (and magically) swear loyalty to people

So I made up some of my own lore that would keep most things in the books the same (even the Hermione thing), but make it much less gross whilst explaining certain things. Basically, in my version, house-elves aren’t exactly slaves. Instead, house-elves are simply very loyal, and have an intense desire to help others.

They often need a “master” or leader of some sort, basically a boss. So if they find a family that they deem worthy of their loyalty, they may ask to swear loyalty to said family. The will make some sort of magical oath type thing that will bind them to the family and they will follow that family’s orders. It really is more of a follower type thing then a slave thing, but the house-elves choose to be binded to a family. You know how Dobby was extremely dedicated to protecting Harry and basically wanted to serve him? It’s like that, but also using a spell that declares that house-elf a “servant” of that person or family.

Unfortunately, Dobby choose a bad family by mistake, thinking that they were trustworthy. But they abused that trust and his loyalty. He eventually wanted to leave, but his oath prevents him from doing so. The only way to break the oath is through the clothes thing.

So the theme of that would be more about loyalty and trust, how people can use it against you, and how sometimes doing the right thing can be most important.

Also, get rid of the Hermione thing in this version.

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So those are potential routes you could take house-elves.

Now, I would say that this is all just small suggestions and I think JKR is still a good writer (other than this and like, a lot of other stuff), but I kinda hate her, so actually this is made of hate and malice.

Anyways, hope you think this is interesting, and I’d love to hear other people’s ideas.