The Elder Wand (was: CHAPDISC: DH27, The Final Hiding Place)

Tue Aug 26 13:56:31 UTC 2008

No: HPFGUIDX 184188

Mike:
> It's simple really, Carol. You are looking for cut and dried, and 
> Voldemort was looking for nuanced. You wanted to see "failure", but 
> Voldemort wanted the "legend", wanted the "wonders" revealed.

Pippin:
The yew wand did everything its master asked of it. Obviously,
Voldemort expected the Elder Wand to do *more* than he asked of it.
Possibly not a realistic expectation, but a real one, nonetheless, IMO.

Pippin
agreeing to disagree at this point