Disarming spell/ Character's choices

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 185502

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:

Annemehr: 
> Mechanically, the Great Hall AK is unsatisfying because it depends on
> what to me is a deus-ex-machina of that Elder Wand business. And
> with that comes the fact that Harry already knew about the Elder Wand
> and so knew he was not facing a potent AK. <snip>
 
Carol:
> Here, I have to disagree with you. Harry doesn't know for sure that
> the wand knows he's its master (or regards him as its master after
> having heard that he took Draco's wand by force). And he certainly
> doesn't know that the AK won't be potent. 

Geoff:
I agree with you becasue this is brought out by JKR in a paragraph 
which I love when the sunrise creeps over the window-sill in the 
Great Hall:

'"So it all comes down to this, doesn't it?" whispered Harry. "Does 
the wand in your hand know its last master was Disarmed? Because 
if it does... I am the true master of the Elder Wand.".....

.....Harry heard the high voice shriek as he, too, yelled his best 
hope to the heavens, pointing Draco's wand...'
(DH "The Flaw in the Plan" p.595 UK edition)

Harry isn't sure but he is prepared to risk his best hope on the 
possibility.