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MorganTJ posted...

I can definitely see why the goblins are an unflattering stereotype, but I never got that from house-elves. I always saw them like brownies in folklore that do housework in exchange for cream, but I guess that's still technically transactional.

...Yeah maybe they should've just had them work for comically low pay, that probably would've been a bit better than just slaves.

It's a sort of combo of Dobby being treated as the "odd one" for not enjoying being treated like a slave, the one House Elf going into an alcoholic depression over it, and Hagrid, the sweetest sort being like "Honestly Hermione this whole advocating for better conditions for a whole race is stupid and out there because it's their natural disposition to be ruled".

Like Hermione being shown as the butt of the joke because she's advocating for racial equality is a little sus we can't lie.