Despite being inheritable like objects (Harry inherits Kreacher), house elves are part of the families they serve.Ī common defense of Rowling making slavery palatable is that people think she’s referring to real-world folklore creatures called brownies. He and others insist that elves are housed, fed, and (mostly) treated well-part of the family. Through characters like Ron, Rowling employs common contemporary and historical excuses for slavery to defend this hierarchy. “Slave” appears 11 times in The Goblet of Fire (S.P.E.W.’s introduction) alone. This isn’t a loose analogy I’m projecting. (It’s too Benevolent Slavemaster revisionism for me.) Transatlantic parallels While Dumbledore does employ and house two free house elves (Dobby and Winky), it doesn’t erase the hundreds of enslaved elves under his watch for 40 years. Neville, Ron, and Harry technically join S.P.E.W., but just to keep Hermione off their backs. The only other person who works to end slavery is a non-canonical Slytherin, Liz Tuttle. If Harry Potter were a product of the 2010s, her classmates would call her an “SJW.” The house elves stop coming to clean the rooms, and her classmates blame her. Illustrated with stunning line art from MinaLima with some surprising nods to the Harry Potter stories that will delight fans of both the books and films.Everyone gets upset when Hermione’s activism goes from advocacy to action (as she attempts to free the elves that clean the Gryffindor dormitory). Set in 1927, a few months after the events of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and moving from New York to London, Paris and even back to Hogwarts, this story of mystery and magic reveals an extraordinary new chapter in the wizarding world. Rowling, author of the internationally bestselling Harry Potter books. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world.įantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is the second screenplay in a five-film series to be written by J.K. In an effort to thwart Grindelwald's plans, Albus Dumbledore enlists Newt, his former Hogwarts student, who agrees to help once again, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. But, making good on his threat, Grindelwald escapes custody and sets about gathering followers, most of whom are unsuspecting of his true agenda: to raise pure-blood wizards up to rule over all non-magical beings. The powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald was captured in New York with the help of Newt Scamander.

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