Re: What’s the point of the Deathly Hallows? Not the book, but the Hallows?

[Annemehr]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Amanda" <exslytherin at ...> 
wrote:
>
> Spoiler Space

No poetry from me, but I gots some doggerel ---

Ah, yes, I wrote the "Purple Cow" --
I'm sorry, now, I wrote it!
But I can tell you, anyhow,
I'll kill you if you quote it.

 --- Gelett Burgess

> Spoiler Space
<huge snip>

> 
> It raises interesting questions I think.  Questions about whether 
DD 
> meant or not for Draco to become Master of the Elder Wand. Was that 
a 
> mistake, the true `flaw in the plan'? Was DD desperately trying to 
> convince Draco to change sides not to protect him, but to prevent 
the 
> Elder Wand from slipping over to the Dark Side in a hand that was 
not 
> trusted Snapes? Did DD want Snape to kill him so the Wand would 
> become Snapes and Snape could thus give it to Harry are the right 
> time? Ahhh
. there are many more
 but more later, maybe.
> 
> Cheers, Mandy
>

I can't answer the rest of your post; as I said before, I really need 
a careful reread to approach a real understanding of what JKR 
intended (or, maybe a reasonable approximation! :P ).  But I'm pretty 
sure I can answer this part.

DD did not expect Draco to gain mastery of the Elder wand by 
disarming him.  He expected to die as the master himself -- therefore 
he could never be defeated by anyone, and the wand would lose its 
special power.

Snape would not have become its new master, because he was not 
defeating DD by AKing him, he was *cooperating* with DD.

Of course, LV, once he knew DD had been the master of the wand, would 
*think* Snape was the current master -- and kill him in order to 
succeed him.

Annemehr