Wand allegiance.

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 187333

Eggplant:
> > The plot hole is in *Ron's* having seen
> > Draco with the Hand of Glory, which Harry
> > never even told Ron about so far as we know. 
> 
> You call that a plot hole?! Is it really inconceivable to you that sometime in the last 5 years Harry told his best friend that Draco was interested in the Hand of Glory?

Magpie:
Actually, if there's a hole it's that Harry saw Draco *without* the Hand of Glory. Last we saw Draco didn't get it, then Ron speaks of him having years later. Which isn't exactly a plot hole since we just have to assume that at some point Draco got the thing and many people in the school knew about it but Harry/the narrator never mentioned it so we the readers didn't know about it. I think it was a small mistake on JKR's part since I believe she refers to Draco getting the Hand in CoS, referring to the very scene where he doesn't get it.

So a small mistake but not a plot hole since there's no reason Ron can't simply tell us that he knows Draco has a Hand of Glory by sixth year.

So basically, I agree here. It's not a plot hole. It's a Flint. But not even a true Flint since Ron isn't directly contradicting something, he's just telling us information we didn't know and not giving us all the details about it.

Carol:
> > Have you forgotten that Harry can't 
> > make the Snatcher's wand work for him in DH? 

Eggplant: 
> Read it again, Harry hated the wand and it didn't work nearly as well as he thought it should, but it's just not true that it didn't work at all. If you or I could do magic like that we'd be the wonder of the age. 

Magpie:
Right. DH is pretty clear what happens when you use a wand that isn't yours. You can use it, it just feels off and doesn't seem to work as well as the wand that is yours.

-m