Did JKR leave herself some 'wiggle room', by not destroying the Deathly Hallows.

[John]

No: HPFGUIDX 192402


> > John <oriondruid@> wrote:
> > Hi All.
> >
> > At the end of the Harry Potter books all three Deathly Hallows still exist. The Invisibility Cloak is obviously still in Harry's possession, The Elder Wand returned to Dumbledore's grave and only the Resurrection Stone is not precisely located, having been dropped by Harry in the forest. It also however still exists and could be found. <snip>
> >
> > Nikkalmati:
> > <snip> Also, that the Hallows represent eternal verities and that man will always wish for immortality and be seduced by his (or her) desires.
> >
>
> Ken:
> Hi All
>    I believe Harry Potter is the master of the Deathly Hallows. The Invisibility Cloak, The Resurrection Stone, even though he dropped it, and The Elder Wand was simply put in Dumbledore's Tomb. but all three are still his.
>


Hi Nikkalmati and Ken.

Nikkalmati...Yes, the Hallows represent eternal verities and that is one reason why Harry snapping the wand at the end of the 'main' part of the final movie was so crass and ridiculous. Indeed I very much doubt that he would actually have been able to do so, since as unlike 'ordinary' magic wands The Elder Wand possess magic in itself, it is not just a  director and controller for an individual's personal magic power but amplifies and adds to it. I suspect that the wand is more than capable of defending itself against such a simplistic attack.

Wisely Jo left the door open for herself and even others such as fan writers, whom she is very generous towards in permitting us to write not for profit stories set in her 'universe'. But as I said earlier she did actually joke at the final movie premier about perhaps writing more one day, and who knows, she may come to miss Hogwarts after a few years. Let's hope so. ;o)

Ken...I agree, Harry will technically remain master of the Elder Wand, Cloak and Stone as long as he remains undefeated. Even though he wisely chooses no longer to exercise the power of the Wand or Stone after the Battle he might well continue to use the somewhat more benign powers of the cloak and pass it on to one of his children, as seems customary. Harry also remains the Master of Death as long as he remains able to bring the three magical artefacts together, he wisely made this difficult by placing the wand shielded by protective spells back in Dumbledore's grave and  dropping the stone in the forest and thus making it hard to find, even for himself, assuming it won't respond to a simple Accio uttered by him in the rough vicinity.

That is not to say, as in the case of the excellent fan fic All That Once Was Lost I previously mentioned, that the quest for the Deathly Hallows, (those eternal verities), could not be resumed by others, be they Harry's descendants or not and The Deathly Hallows once again be brought together, for good or ill.

Many Blessings All.
John, (Oriondruid).