Kings Cross..... The end???

[nirupama76]

No: HPFGUIDX 175930

super_tattoo_queen wrote:
> > I thought that AK curse was supposed to kill outright?? I get 
why 
> > Harry
> > survived the 1st time, but the second?? I thought that the 
> > destruction
> > of the horcrux would have ultimately destroyed him also??
> > super_tatto_queen

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grindieloe wrote:
> > I think that Harry survived when the horcrux was destroyed 
because 
> of 
> > the Elder Wand.  Harry was the true master of the Elder Wand, 
and 
> > thus it would not work properly against him - just as he states 
in 
> > the final battle scenes in the Great Hall with Riddle.

Niru now:
I don't think the Elder Wand played a part in the Forest scene. 
Harry did not attempt to defend himself as he DID do in the final 
battle in the great hall. I think the wand relationships are 
complicated in this instance. 

To simplify it, in the Forest, the Elder Wand would not have known 
that Harry was its master because Harry was not the wizard who had 
disarmed Dumbledore. He was the wizard who disarmed Dumbledore's 
disarmer. Meaning that the Elder Wand might have recognized Draco 
Malfoy even he hadn't raised a wand, but it wouldn't have recognized 
Harry. It did however recognize Draco's hawthorn wand (which Harry 
did use in the Great Hall). Because the hawthorn wand had 
transferred its allegiance to Harry, and the Elder Wand recognized 
the hawthorn wand as the wand that had disarmed its previous master, 
its allegiance was also transferred to Harry. I think that AFTER the 
battle in the Great Hall, the Elder Wand would have recognized Harry 
anywhere and in any situation. But until then it didn't have the 
means to do so.