CHAPDISC: DH36, THE FLAW IN THE PLAN

[Carol]

No: HPFGUIDX 185248

Pippin:
> It wouldn't have been as dramatic a showdown with only the DE's and
Hagrid to witness it, but I don't think it would have ended any other
way. Voldemort had a wand that wouldn't work against Harry, and the
very blood that formed his resurrected body was also keeping Harry
alive. Provided Harry could find a way to kill Nagini, I think it
would still have been the end of Voldemort, though the death eaters
might have taken revenge for it. *Their* wands would still work.

Carol responds:

The way I read it, the Elder Wand worked fine against Harry when it
hit him with the AK. Had it not been for the shared drop of blood,
Harry would have died along with the soul bit. It's only after the
(sentient) Elder Wand learns through Harry's words that he's its
master that it becomes unwilling to kill him. A second AK fired at the
moment Narcissa revealed that Harry wasn't dead would have finished
Harry off, the shared blood having ceased to protect him once the soul
bit was destroyed and the connection between them was severed.
Voldemort would have felt no ill effects because the curse would not
have backfired and the connection with Harry no longer existed. Harry
wouldn't have been given the chance to kill Nagini. He'd have been
murdered on the spot. And Narcissa's gesture becomes much less
meaningful if it doesn't actually save Harry's life. Just my reading.

Carol, who suspects that we all have a different view of what might
have happened if Narcissa hadn't lied