Wands (Was: Inconsistencies)

[jlnbtr]

No: HPFGUIDX 174427

Katie:
If disarming someone was enough to gain control of their wand...then 
no one in the Dueling Club or the D.A. owned their own wand anymore! 
Yet, as I understand it (and maybe I don't :) )Draco disarming DD 
made him the owner of the Elder Wand? Is that right? If that IS the 
claim in DH, then she;'s got some explaining to do about all 
those "Expelliarus!" cries throughout the series. Of course, it's 
very possible I am very confused...because that whole wand thing was 
crazy!

Juli:
I think wand ownership only changes in a real duel. While the kids 
were learning how to cast an Expelliarmus, they knew they were going 
to get disarmed, it wasn't against their will. The whole point of the 
excercise was to get disarmed.

And yes, when Draco disarmed Dumbledore at the Astronomy tower, he 
won the wand, the Elder wand became his. Its 'loyalty' changed.

The thing I've been thinking a lot about is that Harry had at the end 
3 wands: His Phoenix wand, Draco's Hawthrone wand, and the Elder 
Wand... He sure has plenty of spares now.

Juli