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

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 184197

---  "mmizstorge" <lszydlowski at ...> wrote:
>
> ....
> 
> The thing is that we're asked by the author to believe on the
> one hand that Voldemort is unable to sense when one of his 
> Horcruxes have been destroyed and yet on the other hand she 
> expects us to accept that he is so sensitive as to be able 
> to detect the slightest nuances that his magic is 'off' when
> he's using the Elder wand. It isn't believable that Voldemort
> can be both insensitive AND hypersensitive to the subtleties
> of magic!
>

I don't think that is quite what is being said. If I can use an
analogy, I don't have to be speeding or accelerating heavily to
sense when I am in an extremely powerful car. 

The Elder Wand worked for Voldemort as good as any wand worked
for him, even his own Yew/Phoenix wand. But being an 'as good 
as any' wand was not the reputation and legend of the Elder 
Wand. This was suppose to be a wand of exceptional power, and 
any wizard who had true access to that exceptional power should
have been able to sense it, the same way I sense the underlying 
power of a extremely power car. 

It is perfectly realistic that the Elder wand worked normally 
for Voldemort, but at the same time, did not reveal its 
exceptional power as it would to its true master.

Notice that Harry, the presumed true master of the wand, was
able to easily do what was said to be impossible in repairing
his old wand. While not an act of exceptional force, it was
none the less an act of exceptional magical power. 

I also don't think Voldemort sensing or not sensing the loss of
his soul bits can be equated to sensing or not sensing the 
underlying power of the wand. It's apples and oranges; the two
can't be correlated.

Just a few thoughts.

Steve/bboyminn