Deathly Hallows: Central Theme or Distraction?

[Steve]

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---  "mandorino222" <mandorino222 at ...> wrote:
>
> Am I simply late to the discussion?  Has someone else
> brought up the fact that Harry has control of all 
> three Deathly Hallows when Voldemort hits him with AK
> in the forest?  Dumbledore can talk all he wants about 
> blood; the Deathly Hallows are why Harry survives.
> 
> Nick
>

bboyminn:

In theory, yes, Harry has the allegiance of the three
Hallows, but does he? 

He has the Cloak, but he has abandon the Ring/Stone
in the forest. Since he abandon it, does he really
have control of it? 

Note, Harry was able to use the Ring/Stone in an 
unselfish way. He did call back the dead, but not with
the intent of keeping them in the realm of the living.
He simply needed a moments company to bolster his 
courage. He full intended to let them return to 
resting in peace. 

It is possible that that unselfish act solidified the
Ring/Stones allegiance to him, but because he abandon
it, we can't be sure.

As to the wand, we have a similarly convoluted path of
allegiance. Draco disarmed Dumbledore, but he never
really took possession of the wand. He never actually
touched it. 

Also note that when Harry 'defeated' Draco by taking
Draco's wand, it was the Hawthorn wand he took. Harry
also never touched the Elder Wand. Is simply capturing
/any/ wand from a wizard enough to cause the shift in
allegiance of the Elder Wand, which neither of the
involved wizards has ever touched? Maybe...maybe not.

The circumstances seem to indicate that the Elder 
Wand /did/ shift allegiance to Harry. But I don't 
think we can ever be completely sure. 

Further, was it necessary to have control of all three
object to gain the benefit that Harry needed? In that
moment, Harry had the assumed allegiance of the Elder
Wand, and that was the critical factor. Would the Wand
kill its assumed Master? Apparently not, but I don't
think we can ever be 100% sure. 

Dumbledore seemed to say that Harry was the true Master
of the Three Hallows because he was able to use them in
an unselfish way. Being able to do so made Harry the
true Master of Death, which is the characteristic that
the Hallows were suppose to bestow. By extension, 
Dumbledore say that Harry is the true Master of the
Hallows. That I will give you.

But whether Harry was Master of all in that moment of
confrontation with Voldemort, I can't say with 
certainty.

For what it's worth.

Steve/bboyminn