Mistakes made in Deathly Hallows? The Elder Wand

[Zara]

No: HPFGUIDX 181477

> Jayne:
> Going on the point made above, how did Draco become the master
> of the wand? When he was with DD on the roof prior to DD death
> in HBP, he didn't defeat DD. He used  Expelliarmus as DD got to
> the roof and the wand fell down. No where in cannon dores it
> mention that Draco picked it up. Are we to presume this ?

zgirnius:
It is my opinion that the very act of disarming a wizard is a defeat of 
that wizard. Draco did not need to pick up the wand to have already won 
its loyalty, he did when he removed it from Dumbledore's possession.

Likewise Harry defeated Draco by disarming him (using brute physical 
force, but still, disarming him). He also did not take physical 
possession of the Elder Wand at the time, but it transferred its 
allegiance nonetheless becaue iot recoignized a defeat of its former 
master Draco, by Harry.

Voldemort, on the other hand, took physical possession of the wand, but 
failed to win its allegiance. To do so, he would have needed to defeat 
its master (at the point Voldemort claimed the wand, that was already 
Harry).