Why Draco??

[mooseming]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Amanda" <exslytherin at ...> 
wrote:
>
> I've read and re-read all the Elder Wand lore but I still don't 
> understand why the wand chose Draco? 
> 
> We are told over and over again a wand chooses the wizard. And in 
the 
> case of the Elder Wand LV finds out, along with us, that killing 
the 
> wand's former master does not automatically make you the wand's 
new 
> master. You have to earn its allegiance. 
> 
> So just how did Draco earn the Elder Wand's allegiance from DD? By 
> failing to put his whole heart in trying to kill DD back in year 
6? 
> By almost but failing to kill two innocents in attempting to kill 
DD? 
> By failing to strike at DD on the top of the tower and having a 
true 
> moment of remorse or regret?  
> 
> Throughout its history the Elder Wand gave its allegiance to its 
new 
> Master when its old Master was defeated. Right? Or did I miss 
> something?
> 
> Confused and confunded.
> 
> Mandy
>

Well the obvious answer is because Draco disarmed DD therefore 
becoming its rightful owner. In a way he defeated DD. The Deathstick 
doesn't appear to be too choosy about how it gets a new owner. In 
the folk tale its original owner has his throat cut and then the 
wand is taken afterwards. This is your usual crafty Death stuff in 
that the owner can't be defeated in a dual but that doesn't rule out 
hitting him over the head with a well aimed brick! Or in Draco's 
case disarming DD whilst he was petrifying Harry.

Indeed Grindelwald simply stole the damn thing and cast a stunning 
spell. So defeat definitely doesn't mean death.

The whole thing is really shaky though. DD claims to have defeated 
Grindelwald in a dual which simply should not have been possible, 
unless for some reason Grindy wasn't using the Deathstick.

By the time we get to Harry's supposed defeating Draco by disarming 
him of another wand altogether, the Deathstick in absentia or 
whatever, I really get hacked off. How could Harry have thought that 
might work out...of course it doesn't really matter because due to 
the sacrifice everyone is Voldy proof anyway, its all a bit of a 
laugh really.

Regards
Jo