How would things be different if Snape had gotten the Elder Wand?

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 191437



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "kamion53" <kersberg at ...> wrote:
 
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> Harry says in the book canon that he will put the Elder Wand back in the grave, in the movie he simple breaks it in two, which I thought a far stronger move
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Pippin:
While I agree that the scene is effective in the movie, it doesn't make sense given the long history of the wand in the world of the books. 

I think JKR's original concept was that the Elder Wand could no more be destroyed  in that way than Ginny could destroy the Diary by throwing it into Myrtle's toilet. It would, IMO, be impossible to destroy the wand by non-magical means, while given that some magical objects can absorb the powers of others, attempting to destroy it by magic might only make the wand even stronger than it was before. 

Pippin