The Elder wand -- Book vs movie

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 192194



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at ...> wrote:
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> > Steve:
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> > ... Even if you are not its Master, it is still a powerful wand. 
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> Pippin:
> It was a powerful wand for Voldemort because he was such a powerful
> wizard. ...
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> Pippin
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Steve:

Let me rephrase. It is no so much the technical realities of the Elder Wand that matter. It is the idea, the Legend of the most power wand that every existed that is going to draw people to it. Simply look at the wand history over the Centuries should establish that. 

Idiots can buy powerful weapons and feel empowered because of them, even when they are too incompetent to use them. I saw a video of a Middle Eastern guy firing a 'bazooka' or the modern equivalent of it. Probably a small ground to air missile or similar. Shouldered it and fired, but he had it backwards, the rocket launched out of the rear and struck a hill behind him. He had the power of the Rocket, but not the power of the brain to properly use it. 

Again, that's not a prefect analogy. But I think many many people would be more drawn to the Legend of the Elder Wand than to the wand itself. How long have people been searching and fantasizing about the Holy Grail? Legends have power. 

But, my short story aside. A lot of factors come into play. First, a person must realize that Harry actually had and was Master of the Wand. Few people figured out that Dumbledore had it, and that should have been obvious. Then, they must determine that such wand actually currently exists and was not destroyed. Then they have to figure out where it is. Then they have to figure out how to get it. But before they get it, if the expect to realize its power, they have to defeat Harry. None of those are easy tasks, and to have to accomplish them all is near impossible. 

But, near impossible is not enough to stop people from fantasizing about the wand, nor to prevent a few idiots from trying to find it. Most would fail miserably. But it only takes one clever wizard to put the pieces together and come up with a less than hair-brained plan to capture it and its power.

Legends are very powerful things. The Legend of Curly's Gold. The Legend of the Holy Grail. The Legend of the Fountain of Youth. The Legend of the Guardian (of Ga'Hoole). The Legend of Davie Crockett. The Legend of Atlantis. The Legend of Hercules. The Legend of (insert legend here).

An idea can be a powerful force. 

Steve/bboyminn