Wand Lore / Luna / Alchemy

[Mohammed Kapadia]

No: HPFGUIDX 181671

> a_svirn:
> Yes, I would think so myself. However, the fact remains that if
> a Dumbledore from Harry's head to be believed, he had planned
> for Snape to be left with a wand. Which would place Snape very
> much in the way of anyone who was after the wand – be it Harry
> or Voldemort. Neither of whom would hesitate to remove him from
> their way. (Indeed, Harry would have been only too happy for an
> excuse to go after Snape.) So either Dumbledore deliberately set
> Snape up as a target, or he grew so senile in his old age, that
> he couldn't even see the obvious consequences of his own actions.
> Of course, there is a third possibility – that Harry imagined it
> all wrong in the privacy of his own head.

mdkap:
Actually Dumbeldore never intended for Snape to end up as the
true owner of the Elder Wand. The matter of fact that no one
except Grindelwald ever knew that Dumbledore had the Elder Wand.
No one actually knew that even Grindelwald had the Elder Wand
at some time. It is only by some investigation mentioned in
Chapter "The Thief" did Voldermort and Harry knew that the
kid (Grindelwald) had stolen the Wand. Only in the prison
cell when Voldermort reached to kill Grindelwald did he and
Harry realise that Dumbledore had the elder wand. Dumbledore
and Snape had planned their Death as we see in the memories of
Snape. Dumble mentioned that Snape's soul can not be damaged
due to his murder as Snape was actually helping a old man by
relieving him of his pain (Dumbledore was already dying a slow
death due to the curse on the Grant Ring). So by the same logic
Dumbledore was never over powered by Snape. but just helped by
Snape. Matter of fact why the last chapter is named "The Flaw
In The Plan" is because Draco's untimely intervention and
overpowering Dumbeldore he became the unknown owner of the
wand and Harry by over powering Draco became the owner.
Dumbledore's actual plan was to die un conquered and hence
the power of the wand to siege with him.

mdkap