Dumbledore, Grindelwald, and the Deathstick

[littleleahstill]

No: HPFGUIDX 181673

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "rlevatter" <rlevatter at ...> 
wrote:
>
> An issue or three: (snipped)
>> 
> 2. Dumbledore didn't kill Grindelwald, he merely defeated
> him. Voldemort, in researching the wand, knew Grindelwald
> once had it, knew it was taken from him by Dumbledore, knew
> Dumbledore didn't kill Grindelwald to get it. Yet Voldemort,
> who sincerely seemed to believe Snape was a true follower
> and very helpful to him, who claims to regret the necessity
> of the deed, kills Snape when he knew he really had only to
> "beat" him, not kill him, to acquire the wand's power
> (assuming he had been correct that Snape was the true
> owner of the Elder Wand). Is that reasonable?
> 
> Ross

Leah: All reasonable queries, I think; the Elder Wand makes my brain 
hurt.  I only have anything to offer on your second:

If Snape is, as Voldemort believes, a loyal Death Eater, and bound 
to Voldemort by the Dark Mark, then Voldemort may believe that it 
would 
be impossible to actually defeat Snape in a duel in a way which will 
impress the wand, since Snape would not be able to truly fight 
against 
his master, the Dark Lord. Thus Voldemort overpowers Snape magically 
by 
setting Voldemort's dark creature upon him.

Leah, really disliking the whole wand business