Wand Lore / Luna / Alchemy

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 181684

 > a_svirn:
> 
>   Harry because he already hated Snape with passion and would 
likely 
> want to avenge Dumbledore's death. 
> 
> Pippin:
> But no matter how great his desire for vengeance, Harry is not a
> killer. Dumbledore already knows this, specifically because Harry 
did
> not even try to kill Sirius or Pettigrew, and in general because he
> believes killing is much harder than innocent people think.

Magpie:
Sometimes it's easier than innocent people think. The only reason 
Harry hadn't killed someone by the time Dumbledore died was because 
Snape happened to be nearby with the secret fix-cure. Harry was using 
the exact same curse on Snape.

> Pippin:

> Dumbledore could not have anticipated that Voldemort would
> think he had to kill Snape in order to secure mastery of the wand,
> because even if Snape had been master of the wand, it should have 
been 
> obvious that  it wasn't necessary to kill him, only defeat him. All
> Grindelwald had done to become  master of the wand after he had 
seized
> it  was stun Gregorovitch, not kill him. 

Magpie:
But this is Voldemort. Of course he would kill him just to be sure. I 
would never expect Voldemort to just stun the person and keep them 
alive. He'd all be all about killing him just for the symbolic value.

-m