The Elder wand -- Book vs movie

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 192184



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Charla Mason" <vikingwoman at ...> wrote:
>
> > bboyminn:
> > 
> > I have no problem with Harry not keeping the Elder Wand, it was 
> > the right and noble thing to do. What I have a problem with is 
> > Harry not using the Elder Wand to restore his own Phoenix Feather 
> > Wand. <snip>
> >
> > In the books, the Elder Wand was restored to Dumbledore's tomb, 
> > or so it would seem, but Voldemort had no trouble breaking into 
> > Dumbledore's tomb, and even with enhance security, it could be 
> > broken into again. ...
> >
> > So, I thought Harry should have used his own wand to pulverize 
> > or somehow magically break the Elder Wand before returning it to 
> > Dumbledore's tomb. ...
> > 
> > So, I can find things to criticize in both versions. 
> 
> 
> Charla:
> Hi Steve, 
> 
> ... I am glad you  agree that Harry should have repaired his wand
> in the movie. Having all the hallows (cloak, resurrection stone,
> and Elder wand) remain as Jo did I think is good..
> 
> What about all the department of Mystery things; should all those 
> things be destroyed just because it would make a safer world?   
>  
> Hehe, I like your thought the J.K. Rowling being a front person.  
> 
>  
> Charla
>


Steve:

I can understand the desire to keep all the Hallows in tact, but the Elder Wand is probably the most dangerous of them all. Even if you are not its Master, it is still a powerful wand. And Harry is assuming, despite becoming an Auror, that he will never be defeated or killed. That seems an unlikely assumption, though perhaps youthful optimism can be blamed. He became the Master of Draco's Wand simply by taking it away from him. So, the transfer of Loyalty is not that difficult.

Now, the decide the disposition of the Elder Wand with only a very limited number of witnesses. So, the knowledge of the location of the Elder Wand would not be common knowledge. However, Harry/Ron/Hermione worked it out. It is a well known historical sequence of events, and other people could come to the same conclusion, that Dumbledore won the wand from Grindelwald, then Draco won it, then Harry won if from Draco. 

Although the path from Dumbledore to Draco to Harry is probably the most unclear to the wizard population. However, in the final duel, in front of students, wizard and witches dark and light, Harry explains the transfer of the wands power to Voldemort. I'm sure many, even though they heard, didn't really understand, but that information could get out. 

That the wand was returned to Dumbledore would not be common knowledge, so for the average villain, this would not be clear, but to a clever villain it could be worked out. 

I just thought it left open the possibility of the Elder Wand being recovered, a possibility they would certainly want to avoid if they could. 

Steve/bboyminn