User:Justin4290

As my first contribute to this website, I would just just like to introduce myself as a guy who loves things like DC, Marvel, Percy Jackson, the NY Giants and ''Harry Potter. ''In fact, I am such a fanatic, I have thoroughly read the series, time and time again, which leads me to ask one question.

Those who have attentively read and analyzed J.K. Rowling's books will know what this supposed flaw I refer to is. In Book 7, The Deathly Hallows in which Harry valiantly saves the day with the help of his friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger,  Harry says the Elder Wand is too powerful for anyone to handle and says that it was time to put it back where it belonged. Presumably, this meant the grave of the late headmaster, Albus Dumbledore. 

That way the power of the wand will die out naturally and the Elder Wand will in other words, cease to exist. But is this possible?

The Elder Wand's Most Recent Masters

In more recent years, the Elder Wand has traveled from the hands of Gellert Grindelwald, then following his defeat at the hands of Dumbledore, the wand's allegiance was then won over. For years, the wand was used by Dumbledore, right up until the point in The Half-Blood Prince where Draco Malfoy disarmed him not due to slowness on Dumbledore part, but only because he was silently performing a freezing spell on Harry so he could not interfere. Therefore, the wand was in his control, although Draco had no knowledge of this and had never even laid a hand on the wand itself. During The Deathly Hallows, in Malfoy Manor, where Harry and Ron were mounting a rescue attempt, assisted by Dobby, the house elf to rescue Hermione, who was being tortured by Bellatrix Lestrange, Harry disarmed Draco and in this encounter neither wizards were aware of the power shift and the Elder Wand was not present during this but as it was still in Dumbledore's grave, only hours away from being taken by Lord Voldemort A.K.A. Tom Marvolo Riddle. What Voldemort didn't understand was the fact the the wand chooses the wizard as Ollivander, the wandmaker told Harry the day he purchased his phoenix wand. Voldemort uses the wand repeatedly, eventually realizing the wand was not enhancing his magical abilities. Consequently, he then proceeds to kill Severus Snape, thinking that since he was one the who cast the spell to kill Dumbledore and seeing as how Dumbledore was the last wizard with the wand, that by killing Snape, he would then be the true master of the Elder Wand. Voldemort, however did not know that Dumbledore allowed Snape to kill him and was not aware of the power shift that had happened as he probably did not realize that due to the fact that Draco disarmed Dumbledore, the wand's allegiance was his. So even if Snape really had murdered Dumbledore, the Elder Wand would have never been Snape's. Voldemort then proceeds to kill Harry and to boast of his murder in front of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry wakes up and defeats Voldemort, and as everyone is mourning their losses and celebrating the fall of Voldemort, Harry then makes the decision to not keep the wand.

Now this is where things make no sense

If Harry won the wand's allegiance just by disarming Draco, without the wand even being there or having any knowledge of the wand's shift in power, then doesn't that mean that someone could just catch Harry off guard, disarm him and the they'd be the master's of the the most dangerous wand known to wizardkind? Sure, they not be aware of it and may never realize it, but the chances someone will overpower that particular wizard and so on and so fourth. So while the wand may never be used again, a Harry intended, the wand's power will never truly die out and there will always be some wizard or witch out there who unknowingly may be the true Master Of The Wand of Destiny. Although this may seem like a flaw in the inner workings of the book, if a Green Arrow nerd, such as myself can figure this out, I seriously doubt an amazing author like J.K. Rowling would miss such a important point in her own book series. It has truly been awesome writing this and I will be writing more articles that will get you thinking soon!

Adios, amigos!

-J. Rodriguez

P.S. Sorry about the bad picture placement, I'm working on my technique