I would have kept the Elder Wand

[nirupama76]

No: HPFGUIDX 176020

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Eggplant Gellert Grindelwald wrote:
> > Dumbledore used that wand for half a century, and I am convinced
> > that wand did one hell of a lot of good in that time. I am also
> > convinced that what Dumbledore said was absolutely true, Harry
> > really is a better man than Dumbledore; so I can see no reason
> > to think that wand would produce inferior results in the next
> > 50 years if Harry used it than it had in the previous half
> > century when Dumbledore used it.

Christine Maupin wrote:

> My impression is that Harry gave up the wand to keep out of
> circulation -- to end its bloody history. "The bloody trail
> of the Elder Wand is splattered across the pages of Wizarding
> history" (p. 412)
> "Its history is bloody, but that may be simply due to the fact
> it is such a desirable object, and arouses such passions in
> wizards. Immensely powerful, dangerous in the wrong hands..."
> (p. 497)
> Harry says to Dumbledore's portrait, "If I die a natural death
> like Ignotus, its power will be broken, won't it? The previous
> master will never have been defeated. That'll be the end of it."
> (p. 749)

Niru now:

I agree. Harry is doing what Dumbledore should have done all
those years ago. Dumbledore took the wand with the best of
intentions - to protect others from it. He even planned
meticuluosly to try and break the power of the wand. But
the plan failed. Harry, OTOH, is not even using the Elder
Wand. He is using his own holly and phoenix feather wand.
Harry's plan to break the power of the Elder Wand has a
much higher probability of success, his career as an auror
notwithstanding. He cannot be defeated whilst using the Elder
Wand because he does not use and never intends to. Furthermore
he doesn't use Draco's hawthorn wand either. Harry's own holly
and phoenix feather wand was never involved in duels with the
Elder Wand. Even if he is defeated whilst weilding it, I don't
think it will affect the Elder Wand's allegiance. The power of
the Elder Wand is as good as broken.