They have taken a binding, unbreakable vow "to speak no word that is not true". Another excellent example is the behaviour of the Aes Sedai in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. This is sometimes called Loophole Abuse, and it's a pretty common storytelling trope. It was just the exact, specific wording of the order that he could not disobey. Tell Harry secrets (the order wasn't "You will not divulge any family secrets!) and things going on the castle (see above). Tell Harry that he's in danger (he wasn't ordered not to warn anybody about events set in motion) Leave the house (he wasn't ordered not to) Weird elf's logic, something is not right here.Įlf! You will not tell anybody what is talked about in this room, do you understand? Why all those riddles and long talks? I mean, he could come all the way from his owner's house to meet Harry without permission, could tell him that something fishy is about to happen again without permission, could perform magic to stop Harry going to Hogwarts without permission but not tell him who is behind this. Why could he not simply tell Harry that Lucius has been planning these things for quite some time, and that it involves Voldemort's childhood black magic? Why can't he tell Harry this and then punish himself as he did for other non-permissible things? Now my question is, when he was able to tell Harry all those things why didn't he tell Harry who was doing it? Telling him few of the family secrets and warning him about the incidents within castle - all without permissionĪs a result, he has to punish himself for all those actions.In Chamber of Secrets, Dobby went to see Harry a couple of times (first at Privet Drive and then at Hogwarts Castle's Hospital Wing).ĭobby was doing everything he was not told to do viz:
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