Wand Lore / Luna / Alchemy

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 181702

> > a_svirn:
> > Dumbledore deliberately 
> > put Snape in the way of two powerful wizards who might decide to 
> > go after the wand. 
> 
> zgirnius:
> Have we discussed Albus's alternatives? While it is not stated, I 
> believe that the wand is NOT breakable by ordinary means, despite 
its 
> being made of materials that, individually and with no magical 
> enhancement, would be a piece of cake to break. 

a_svirn:
You may believe it but this is all guesswork. And even if you are 
right there were still alternatives. The easiest was for Dumbledore 
to give it to Harry even before he died. After all he was dying 
already, Harry needed to overcome the twin connection as much as 
Voldemort did, and it wouldn't put Harry in anymore danger than he 
already was.


> > a_svirn: 
> > Harry because he already hated Snape with passion and would 
likely 
> > want to avenge Dumbledore's death. 
> 
> zgirnius:
> In that sense, Dumbledore put Snape in the way of the entire 'good 
> side', which includes wizards considerably more formidable than 
> Harry. 

a_svirn:
Not quite. Without the wand Harry would have wanted revenge, but 
would be too busy chasing Horcruxes. However, if by Dumbledore's own 
arrangements Snape ended up with the wand Harry would have every 
exuse he needed to combine pleasure and business, so to speak. And 
really what consideration should stop him? Here would be Snape, a man 
he hated as much as Voldemort, and whom he believed to be steeped in 
villainy, and he would have the very thing Harry would believe he'd 
need to vanquish Voldemort. Well, really, what would you expect him 
to do under such circumstances? 

> Magpie:
> But still, I'm not arguing--and I don't think a_svirn is either--
that 
> Harry is a better fighter than Snape or that he should be able to 
> best Snape in a fight. Neither was Draco a better dueler than 
> Dumbledore. By the same token Bellatrix probably shouldn't have 
> fallen to Molly Weasley. But regardless, if Snape's got something 
> Harry thinks he needs to take out Voldemort, and thinks Snape will 
> never let him have it, and already wants to avenge Dumbledore's 
> death, there's some risk of Harry killing Snape or trying to kill 
> Snape added that isn't completely erased by all the reasons Harry 
> shouldn't be able to succeed at it. Dumbledore's plans often fail 
to 
> take into account all the crazy things that could happen, even 
though 
> he himself witnessed the accidental killing of his sister, and the 
> destruction of the Potters.
> 
> Obviously as it happened Harry didn't kill Snape or try to kill 
him. 
> He stopped his obsession with going after the Hallows when Dobby 
> died. But Voldemort did kill Snape and it was really not hard to 
> predict that he would under those circumstances.


Exactly!
a_svirn.