The Best Harry Potter Memes of the Week (June 5, 2024)

Emmy Pratt • Senior Editor

Jun 5, 2024 9:00 AM EDT

Dobby is such a weird character. I understand why Harry Potter needed its own version of Gollum, but Dobby feels more like an annoying obstacle than a character that could actually have a really interesting backstory. I feel like the Harry Potter fandom is pretty split down the middle on whether Dobby is a stupid character or whether he had one of the most impactful deaths of the whole series. My take is that his dying was the best thing that could've happened to him in terms of his fandom standing. Imagine if Dobby got to live, forcing Rowling to kill another character like Ron or Hagrid? That would've been horrible. My biggest Dobby/House Elf hot take is that the sock rule is stupid because I don't think that Lucius Malfoy was washing his own socks. If you also have Dobby-based grievances, these Harry Potter memes won't force you to look at his face for too long.