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To: Tijeras_Slim
Draco never physically posessed the Elder Wand, he merely became it’s “owner” by disarming Dumbledore in HBP.

Whether or not Draco actually physically posessed the Elder Wand is beside the point. It is what Harry was telling Voldy that caused me to question who threw which spell in the final moments of the fight.

561 posted on 07/23/2007 11:36:23 AM PDT by cuz_it_aint_their_money (Fred Thompson & Duncan Hunter in '08)
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To: cuz_it_aint_their_money

Interesting take.

I think that each went for their “signature” move in the final fight. That’s the way it goes for gunslingers, why should wand wavers be any different?

I was sorry Dobby died.


576 posted on 07/23/2007 11:47:17 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: cuz_it_aint_their_money
It is what Harry was telling Voldy that caused me to question who threw which spell in the final moments of the fight.

IIRC, the book goes on to say that Voldemort's own spell rebounded on him and killed him. So Voldemort is the one who used AK.

585 posted on 07/23/2007 11:55:47 AM PDT by r9etb
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To: cuz_it_aint_their_money; r9etb; schwing_wifey

Here’s my take on the Elder Wand. When Draco disarmed Dumbledore on the Astronomy tower, the Elder Wand became his property, though, I believe the wand fell off the tower with Dumbledore. That’s how it came to be buried with Dumbledore, even though he was no longer the owner that was ‘chosen’ by the wand. Harry disarmed Draco at the Malfoy house, so had Draco’s wand. Voldemort broke into Dumbledore’s tomb to steal the Elder Wand, then assumed that since he now possessed it, he would have unlimited power, but it never worked right for him. In the final battle, Harry explained why it didn’t work, since he was not the wizard chosen by the wand, Draco was. Voldemort still tried to use it against Harry, and like Ron’s wand in COS, wielded by Gilderoy Lockhart, the curse rebounded on the one doing the spell, and Voldemort was done in by his own killing curse. Appropriate, isn’t it?


728 posted on 07/23/2007 4:08:25 PM PDT by SuziQ
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