Wand allegiance

[Zara]

No: HPFGUIDX 182048

> Lealess:
> Could someone explain to me why a wand would not switch allegiance 
> from someone who gives himself up to be killed to the killer?  After 
> all, it wasn't the soul piece that decided to let Voldemort kill it.  
> It was Harry.  That seems a clear defeat to me.  Does the wand really 
> care about who he allowed himself to be killed for?  I know there's 
> some kind of explanation, probably to do with Voldemort passing out 
or 
> someting, but it keeps eluding me.

zgirnius:
The general question might be thornier (see e. g. Harry's 
interpretation of the plan Dumbledore made with Snape. Perhaps what 
would really have happened if it had gone as planned, is that the Elder 
Wand *would* have been Snape's. Or not. Personally, I can see it going 
either way.)

But in the specific case of the Elder Wand and Harry, it seems pretty 
clear. Since Harry did not die, and Harry retained his own wand (that 
is, the wand he won from Draco), he was quite simply, not defeated by 
Voldemort. A wand that chooses the more powerful wizard would prefer 
Harry, who can survive a Killing Curse, over Voldemort, who can't even 
cast one successfully.