What HP Character Scares You Most?

[Geoff]

No: HPFGUIDX 191899

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "nikkalmati" <puduhepa98 at ...> wrote:
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff" <geoffbannister123@> wrote:

Geoff:
> > No, I'm not. I said that Voldemort could not kill Harry 
> > because of the latter being master of the Elder Wand. 
> > Harry, in accepting the possibility of death, and not 
> > knowing about that link at the time, did not attempt 
> > to use a spell against his opponent, and the Elder Wand
> > refused to act against its owner; in so doing, Voldemort 
> > destroyed his own soul fragment in Harry. We saw at the 
> > time that he was obviously affected.
> > 
> > True, the killing of Nagini was essential to his final
> > defeat. If that had not happened, as I said we would have 
> > still had Voldemort around, possibly disembsodied as in 
> > 1981 but still a potential threat fo future generations. 
> > I believe that there was no threat to Harry although he 
> > did not realise this at the time.

Nikkalmati: What about the theory that the Elder Wand did not know of Harry's mastery until he told Voldemort in the Great Haoo about defeating Draco?  In that case, the Wand had no reason not to act against Harry in the Forest.  (I admit I have never been able to put all the pieces together).  

Geoff:
I haven't seen anything about that theory but my 
reaction is that that it's not a viable one.

The suggestion seems to be that the Wand doesn't
know who its current owner is. But, like the Sorting
Hat, the Elder Wand has to be a semi-sentient 
powerful magical object to carry out its function. 
It can't suddenly turn to Voldemort in the middle 
of the duel and say "Excuse me, but are you really 
my Master?".

Looking at the Sorting Hat again, it seemed to have 
a pretty good handle on what was happening.