Wand allegiance.

[Beatrice23]

No: HPFGUIDX 187363

Beatrice:  I have been away for a long time (off having more babies and such), but wanted to add my two cents:
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> > But there's nothing to back him up, no evidence to indicate that his statement or his perception is accurate. And what has he asked of the wand that would require new powers?

Beatrice:  When I read this, I took LV's word for the fact that he did not feel the connection to the weapon and its power probably the way Harry felt about the hawthorne wand he got from Ron.  While LV is a particularly powerful wizard, and the wand is a really excellent wand, no one would EXCEPT LV would probably ever notice that the connection one feels between their own wand or a wand that has been won was missing in this case.  I am thinking (assuming - but not without a basis as we know what Harry's experience is with a wand that is not his own.) that unlike Harry, who finds Draco's wand "friendlier to his hand"  LV does not feel that kind of connection to the wand.  He thinks that he needs to conquer / kill the owner of the wand to make that connection complete.  Think also of the moment when Harry is reunited with his own wand in the final chapter he feels like "wand and hand were rejoicing."
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> I understand the aesthetic preference for showing over telling. But in this case it would give us an entirely different story, one in which Harry had concrete evidence, independent of Voldemort's perceptions, that the Elder Wand had not given Voldemort its allegiance.
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> I can understand  thinking it's a plot hole that Harry didn't get any proof, since Harry acts as confidently as if he had it. One might think that Harry was supposed to have it, and JKR forgot to tell us what it was. 

Beatrice:  See, I think here that telling us instead of showing us is a way creating suspense for the reader.  As I was reading DH, I forgot about Draco disarming DD.  I believed as LV did that Snape was the master of the elder wand.  In fact, when I read the part about LV breaking into DD tomb, I (who always believed in DMSnape) thought that this is how LV will truly end at the hand of Snape who is master of the wand.  After, the final duel, however, I made a mad dash for my copy HBP to check on the order of events.
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> But what the story tells us, IMO, is that Harry had confidence in other things. He had faith in his ability to interpret Voldemort's perceptions and decide whether Voldemort was deluding himself or not. He had faith that Dumbledore was more correct than Voldemort about how the Elder Wand chooses its next master. And at bottom, Harry had faith that there must be a way for love to prevail over hatred and violence. 

Beatrice:  This is a really nice way to put things.  And while not connected, we do have the narrator's comments on it.  When Harry catches the wand the text states: "Harry saw Voledmort's green jet meet his own spell, saw the Elder Wand fly high, dark against the sunrise, spinning across the enchanted ceiling like the head of Nagini, spinning through the air toward the master it would not kill, who had come to take full possession of it at last."  (743-4 - Amer.)


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