Ugh i was really into the books when they came out. I remember reading about the house elves and thinking how heavy-handed hermione’s crusade to save them was and so was trying to skim past those parts and (perhaps cuz of that) being surprised that rowling went to a different place (“they like slavery?? Wtf?”)

This was probably the first time i looked askance at rowling, started looking harder at the stuff she was pennin. Im pretty sure i noticed the house elves before the gringotts goblins