The Problems with the DH movie.

[Carol]

Eggplantwrote:
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> And besides, if Snape knew Draco was the master of the Elder wand he had nearly a year to defeat him in battle just as Harry did (no need to kill him), then Snape would  become the master of the wand just as Dumbledore wished; but Snape was no more knowledgeable of wand lore than anybody else. He had no idea.
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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.

But it's clear that Snape's fear is not for his own life. He fears that he has failed and that Harry will not sacrifice himself willingly, causing Voldemort, somehow, to win the war. And so he uses the last seconds of his life to give Harry the needed memories, not asking for help or trying to recite a spell to stop the bleeding. All that matters is that Harry get those memories--and give him the reward of looking into Lily's eyes.

Carol, expecting that Snape had plenty of opportunities to look into Lily's eyes after they were both dead and she knew the truth