CHAPDISC: DH24, The Wandmaker

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 183618

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman"
<susiequsie23 at ...> wrote:

> 6.  Is there significance to the fact that Harry used the wand which 
> was Draco's, rather than the wand which was Bellatrix's, to etch the 
> words "Here lies Dobby, a Free Elf"?  


zanooda:

It wasn't significant to Harry, I think, because he didn't even know
whose wand he used - he chose Draco's wand because it "felt friendlier
in his hand", not because he knew it wasn't Bella's. Harry didn't know
 whose two wands he had - they turned out to be Draco's and Bella's,
but it could have been Draco's and Wormtail's, or Bella's and
Wormtail's. So when Harry used Draco's wand, it was without any
conscious thought. As for JKR, I guess she didn't want Harry to use
Bella's wand on Dobby's grave - she's just killed him after all (I
mean Bella here, not JKR :-)).

I can't say why Draco's wand felt "friendlier" to Harry than Bella's.
Maybe it's because he took it directly from its master (Draco).
Bella's wand's ownership is a little more complicated. It was actually
Ron who disarmed Bella, although it was Harry who caught the wand.
Then Harry surrendered it and Draco took it, but next Harry took it
away from Draco again. No wonder Bella's wand was a little confused
about its ownership :-).