Why Narcissa Malfoy? -- And what about those wands anyway?

[annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 189604



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
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> ivogun wrote: 
> > Because maternal love and human choices are both themes throughout the series. Narcissa, who some years earlier made a very bad choice in following Voldemort, now makes the right choice because of the power of love. Likewise I think maternal love is what gave Molly the courage to stand up to duel Bella. And of course the love of Harry's mother is what led even more directly to Voldemort's defeat. 
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> > I am reminded of the group "Mothers against Drunk Drinking" and think the series could be renamed "Mothers against Voldemort."
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> Carol responds:
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> Well, yes, that's why JKR gave that role to Narcissa. We discover in "Spinner's End" (HBP) that even Death Eaters and their associates love their children and families (and Narcissa is established as a foil to Lily with regard to the mother love motif).
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> But the original question was why *Voldemort* chose her. Unless the scene is a mere plot device, the participating characters need to have motives even for small actions. He certainly didn't choose Narcissa to honor her loyalty. My guess is that he chose her because she was wandless (having given her wand to Draco after his was lost to Harry) and therefore expendable if Harry happened to be alive.
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> Maybe someone else can come up with a better motive, but he has to have a reason for choosing Narcissa or the scene will fail in terms of believability.
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> Carol, who needs another cup of coffee to wake up her brain
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Annemehr:

Well, the thread had wandered, as they do.  I think the question of exactly why Narcissa lied is very interesting.  I'm not feeling like Voldemort needed a particularly compelling reason to choose Narcissa - as someone said, she may just have been standing nearest.  No?

Sometimes in life you do something for no particular reason, and it turns out to make all the difference in the world.

Speaking of being wandless, I can't recall the books ever saying what happened to all the Muggleborns' wands that were confiscated.  With Ollivander gone, maybe the a secondary reason behind the confiscation (besides disarming part of the opposition) was to be a source of spare wands for LV's side.

Those things were *really* hard to hang on to in DH.

Annemehr