Sappy

Wired recently posted an article about Harry Potter fans "donating" their (dirty!) socks to the Dobby figurine featured at the Warner Brothers Studios in London. This gesture is clearly meant to be heartwarming, but I'm not sure I understand it. I mean, the figurine features dead Dobby, so it's not like he's going to enjoy his freedom, and if you're going to all the trouble to abandon a sock on a public tour, would it kill you to wash it first?