Of Sorting and Snape

[lizzyben04]

No: HPFGUIDX 175463

Jen:
> Now I'm musing whether DD didn't want to encourage empathy for the 
> live LV at that point, knowing Harry would choose to go back and 
face 
> him in the flesh and empathy might cost Harry his life.  That 
doesn't 
> really fit with how Harry's heart saves him from LV, how his love 
> protects him.  Plus there's the whole Elder wand thing (grr, not 
> happy about the conclusion coming down to the Elder wand). So, I'm 
> not sure what to think!  Confusing.
> 
> Jen
>

lizzyben:

Yeah, that whole message about the Power of Love got lost somewhere 
along the way, didn't it? It came down to whose wand had more power -
 oh, and the only way to get a powerful wand is to take it from 
another wizard by force. Might Makes Right might be the real message 
here.