CHAPDISC: DH36, THE FLAW IN THE PLAN.

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 185244

SSSusan:
> > Would you have kept any of the Deathly Hallows? 

Eggplant:
> Yes absolutely. I think it was a mistake on JKR's part not to have
> Harry keep The Elder Wand. Harry knows that if he dies a natural 
> death the power of the wand will be broken, but if he intends to 
> live long enough for that to happen he better have the most 
> powerful wand he can find to defend himself; because use it or not 
> after killing Voldemort in public EVERYBODY now knows Harry is the 
> master of the Elder Wand. And so every Dark Wizard pretender is 
> going to be gunning for Harry hoping to become the wand's new 
> master. Harry is condemned to have an interesting life even after 
> book 7.  
>  
> And besides, after 7 books everybody identifies with Harry so at the
> end it would be nice if he was powerful enough to kick some ass.


SSSusan:
LOL, I have a feeling Harry could still kick some ass, even without 
the Elder Wand.  I can't imagine anyone else being able to (or 
willing to) replicate the kinds of experimental stuff that Voldy did 
to himself during his lifetime -- especially since it didn't work in 
the end -- so I wouldn't think that any new Dark Wizard on the scene 
would present quite the difficulty in destroying him/her as Voldy 
did.  

And heck, if *I* were a rising Dark Lord (Dark Lady?), I think I'd 
stay as far away from Monsieur Potter as I could for as long as I 
could. ;)

Your post did get me thinking about something I'd not before:  *Do* 
the witnesses to this Battle at Hogwarts know that Harry had the 
Elder Wand?  Is it obvious by just watching that it was some super-
special wand, or do they just know that something really wacky 
happened when Harry & Voldy threw their curses at one another?  

I ask, because I'm inclined to think that not many people actually 
knew that was the Elder Wand.  Ron & Hermione... DD, who won't be 
telling a soul... Harry himself, of course... but who else?

Siriusly Snapey Susan