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To: r9etb
But Malfoy did not "win" Dumbledore's wand

He did, when he disarmed him on the tower.

496 posted on 07/23/2007 10:13:10 AM PDT by grellis (Femininists for Fred!)
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To: grellis
He did, when he disarmed him on the tower.

The point was about having to win a duel to win the Elder Wand. Malfoy and Dumbledore didn't fight a duel; and neither did Malfoy and Harry. It was enough, in Harry's case anyway, simply to grab the other wizard's wand to become its master.

I think that the Elder Wand was not "won" simply by who happened to take it; and therefore, I don't think that the wand would have done anything special for Draco Malfoy.

There's a loose end there, by the way. I didn't check in HBP for the specifics, but I don't see how Dumbledore's wand actually ended up in his tomb. If Malfoy lost the wand, and Voldemort ended up with it, then I think Voldemort would still be its "master" if mere ownership was enough.

But Voldemort wasn't its master, because the wand didn't choose him. It chose Harry, though. And I think that choosing was done on the basis of the "Third Brother," who did not try to cheat death. Voldemort tried to cheat death. Malfoy, a coward, did as well. But Harry didn't cheat death, and so became its "master."

In a Scriptural sense, it brings to mind Matthew 25:29, For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

562 posted on 07/23/2007 11:36:40 AM PDT by r9etb
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