Mistakes made in Deathly Hallows? The Elder Wand

[Zara]

No: HPFGUIDX 181483

> zgirnius:
> > It is my opinion that the very act of disarming a wizard is a 
>  > defeat of that wizard....

CJ:
> > Likewise Harry defeated Draco by disarming him 
> 
> It's hopeless. The logic of this whole sequence is irredeemably 
> convoluted. A simple Disarming counts as a defeat. But how many times 
> have we seen Disarmed wizards scrambling for the wands and rejoining 
the 
> fray? Nearly every participant in the fight at Malfoy Mansion was 
> Disarmed at least once; they all retrieved their wands. In fact, 
> throughout the series we've witnessed dozens of Disarmings, with 
never a 
> hint of a change in wand ownership.

zgirnius:
In all the cases you cite, the previous owner of the wand retrieves it 
immediately thereafter. Possibly, this counts as winning the wands 
back, if you will. Or maybe a wand taken from its owner is in a state 
of flux, open to the winner, but still willing to go back to the owner 
it originally chose and/or has grown accustomed to, if opportunity 
allows. 

Of perhaps, the Elder Wand, being made to be a super-powerful wand, is 
more susceptible to displays of power and transfers allegiance to a 
victorious wizard more easily than most wands do.

In all the other cases where a wand serves its new master well, it is 
seized *and kept* by the new master.