[HPFGU-Movie] Re: The Problems with the DH movie.

[Child Of Midian]

From: HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com [mailto:HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Carol

Carol responds:
Until Voldemort told him that he'd broken into Dumbledore's tomb to steal
the Elder Wand, at which point, he finally knew.

"'I sought a third wand, Severus, the Elder Wand, the Wand of Destiny, the
Deathstick. I took it from its previous master. I took it from the grave of
Albus Dumbledore.'

"And now Snape looked at Voldemort, and Snape's face was like a death mask.
It was marble white and so still that when he spoke, it was a shock to see
that anyone lived behind the blank eyes."

But what does Snape say, now that he knows what Voldemort is up to, knows,
as we see from his face, that Voldemort intends to kill him? He doesn't try
to fight; he doesn't present his usual clever, logical arguments or use
Legilimency. He begs again to be allowed to go to "the boy"--Harry.

Until that point, Snape has had no idea that Draco was the master of the
Elder Wand or that LV was after it or that DD's wand was the Elder Wand. But
he understands instantly that LV wants to kill him, which can be for no
other reason than that LV thinks he's the master of that wand. Snape, who
presumably knows at least some wand lore and certainly knows that Draco
Disarmed DD. And then LV actually says, "While you live, Severus, the Elder
Wand cannot be truly mine."

At that point, Snape could have saved himself by telling Voldemort that he
isn't the master of the wand because Draco Disarmed DD before Snape killed
him (obviously, he's not going to admit that he did it on DD's orders), but
he continues to protect Draco. He raises his wand but he doesn't use it even
though, at that point, LV is not pointing a wand at him.

Why? It can't be because he knows that the wand LV has been complaining
about (though it works perfectly well) is more powerful than his own. His
wand can cast a perfectly effective Avada Kedavra; after all, it killed
Dumbledore, who is just as powerful as Voldemort. It has to be because he
knows that *he* can't destroy Voldemort; it has to be Harry because Harry
has to sacrifice himself and destroy the soul bit. The most Snape could do
would be to vaporize him and delay that necessary confrontation. He doesn't
even use Expelliarmus, possibly because he thinks he's been reprieved.
/>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>/

 

Snape may not know that the disarming makes you the wand master, as is
pointed out in DH, most believe you have to KILL the master of the Elder
Wand to claim it, most likely Snape would have that same belief. What I
wanted in the book was for Snape to have some idea Harry was hiding nearby,
because otherwise his choice to not defend / flee from Voldy means he knew
the vital information Harry needs would never get to him. That Harry came so
close to not knowing that vital info always bothered me.

 

md



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