[HPforGrownups] Re: CHAPDISC: DH32, The Elder Wand

[Heather Hadden]

No: HPFGUIDX 184750

> "Why doesn't it work for me, Severus?" <snip>
> "I do not understand. You – you have performed extraordinary magic
with that wand."
> 
> This seems to me to establish the fact that Snape is aware Voldemort
has acquired a new wand, and has been for some time. If you 
disagree, part a) of the question can be explaining to me why I am 
wrong. <g> What, if anything, does Snape's choice of the words
"extraordinary magic" suggest to you? Would you expect Snape 
recognized the new wand as the one Dumbledore has had throughout
Snape's entire life?

>Carol:
>I don't have time for a lengthy response, but I'll just say that this
>segment was one of the least believable for me. The last time that
Voldemort has any contact with Voldemort is right *before* Voldemort
breaks open Dumbledore's tomb with the yew wand. (Snape seems shocked
by the revelation that LV has taken the wand from the tomb, so he must
have sealed it back up to conceal the horror of his crime.) That
happens around Easter break, right after "Malfoy Manor," IIRC, so
Voldemort has had the wand for about a month. However, the only
"extraordinary magic" (aside from mass murder of DEs) that Snape could
know LV performed with that wand is Nagini's bubble.

 
Heather:
I don't think that Snape knew that Voldemort had the Elder Wand, or that he saw any of the "extraordinary magic" that he claims LV did. I feel that he was just saying things to please Voldemort. He didn't know that LV had the elder wand until LV told him so, at which point he was just scrambling, trying to say and do anything that would keep him alive a little longer. JMO


      

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