Wand Lore / Luna / Alchemy

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 181744

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "zanooda2" <zanooda2 at ...> wrote:
>
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom@> 
wrote:
> 
> > DD could have died from the poison, while Snape made 
> > a good act at trying to save him. He could then say to the 
> > Order I did my best; and to LV, I let him die.
>  
> > Had DD's death happened something like that, no one would 
> > have been the master of the wand
> 
> 
> zanooda:
> 
> I was wondering: if DD had died from the cave poison, were we 
supposed
> to think that it was LV who killed him? Or does only the direct
> killing/defeat counts for the wand to recognize the new master? I
> can't figure it out :-).
>

a_svirn:
Or would it be "dying on his own terms"? After all, he made sure that 
Harry force-fed him.