CHAPDISC: DH32, The Elder Wand

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No: HPFGUIDX 184766

"jkoney65" 

> > 2) Speaking of this something, what are we to make of it? These 
> same 
> > eyes have been elsewhere described thusly: "They were cold and 
> empty 
> > and made you think of dark tunnels". (Empty things have *nothing* 
> in 
> > them.)
> 

jkoney65
> "cold and empty" describes death. A dead body is cold to the touch 
> and empty of life.

Potioncat:
Yet that description is of the eyes of living Snape. It's part of why 
many readers thought he was a vampire.

Oh, the good old days...
> 

> jkoney65
> I was elated that he was dead. While an interesting character, he 
was 
> not someone I could like or admire. So I was glad he was gone. 
After 
> reading the next chapter, I realized how lucky he was. Without 
> Harry's compassion, he would have completely failed in the mission 
he 
> was supposed to carry out.

Potioncat:
It does seem there was a real weak link in the plan. How the heck was 
Snape supposed to tell Harry? A letter? "Dear Harry, please come to 
my office at Hogwarts. I have something important to tell you." Hmm, 
come to think of it, why couldn't he have contacted Harry with his 
Patronus?


>jkoney65 
> Harry checking on Snape is still the most unbelievable thing to me. 
> He had no reason to check on Snape. All he knew was that Snape had 
> treated him like crap his entire life and the last time he saw him 
> before this day was when he killed Dumbledore right in front of 
him. 
> So from Harry's perspective I don't know why he did.

Potioncat:
I'm sure if Snape hadn't been bleeding memories Harry's actions might 
have been different after he first approached, but I found the whole 
thing in character for Harry. 

I was angry at Hermione for the longest time for not trying to heal 
Snape. And where the heck was Ron during this scene?
> 
 

> jkoney65
> While I am not a Snape fan, I do believe he had some intelligence. 
I 
> have no doubt he recognized Dumbledore's wand. This would be like 
> some guy not remembering that their teacher/collegue drove a '68 
> Mustang everyday. It's not something that someone with interest in 
> the subject (like magic) would ever forget. Add to it that it was 
> Dumbledore's wand, the most famous wizard of the era and I don't 
see 
> how he could not recognize it.

Potioncat:
It's more like recognising that your teacher is now using a differnt 
style pen to grade papers. I'm not so sure how very different a wand 
in hand looks from any other. 

But, even if Snape knew LV had DD's wand, does Snape know that wand 
was the Elder wand? The Hallows were so embedded in WW folklore, he 
may not have beleived it existed.