Yeah. Harry's got a good idea, and I agree with you about not leaving the castle. I wonder, though, if you're right about food. I mean to say, she's got the elves to follow her orders about which parts of the table get most food already. They might follow her orders if she said they couldn't serve us at all.
Unless we could get the elves on our side.
I've got two ideas about that. One is that we might be able to just talk to them and get them to agree that she's not their proper mistress and get them to promise to serve food like they always have. Lee maybe knows them best. Or maybe Hermione?
The other idea involves Hermione, too, and it might be the better one if the elves aren't sure they can disobey Umbridge. Hermione could get in touch with Headmistress McGonagall and ask her to send a talking Patronus to the elves, telling them she is still their mistress and that they should not obey anything Umbridge says, but should go on serving us food like always. You know how the castle won't let Umbridge into the Head's office? Well, I think the elves might still obey an order that came from Headmistress McGonagall. Maybe.
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Date: 2013-04-24 09:33 pm (UTC)Unless we could get the elves on our side.
I've got two ideas about that. One is that we might be able to just talk to them and get them to agree that she's not their proper mistress and get them to promise to serve food like they always have. Lee maybe knows them best. Or maybe Hermione?
The other idea involves Hermione, too, and it might be the better one if the elves aren't sure they can disobey Umbridge. Hermione could get in touch with Headmistress McGonagall and ask her to send a talking Patronus to the elves, telling them she is still their mistress and that they should not obey anything Umbridge says, but should go on serving us food like always. You know how the castle won't let Umbridge into the Head's office? Well, I think the elves might still obey an order that came from Headmistress McGonagall. Maybe.