"Wand alliance Ollivander explains, is a complex thing. The wand choses the wizard, but if the wand is taken by force it may switch alliance to the more aggressive wizard"
Funny how Harry doesn't know that (and neither do Hermione or Ron it seems) after living in the WW 6-7 years and after learning DADA six years and being the teacher of the DA. So what exactly did he learn all these years in DADA if he doesn't know such a basic rule? For me this is one of the worst things about the last book. JKR is insulting the intelligence of her readers by bringing the "wand alliance will change if taken by force" rule so late in the series. If this rule only applied to the elder wand it would have been okay. But no, JKR had to apply it to all wands. And I don't buy for a second that only wandmakers knew about this rule. This isn't something that can be kept a secret from the general population with all the wars and conflicts between wizars through history.
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Date: 2009-10-20 11:09 am (UTC)Funny how Harry doesn't know that (and neither do Hermione or Ron it seems) after living in the WW 6-7 years and after learning DADA six years and being the teacher of the DA.
So what exactly did he learn all these years in DADA if he doesn't know such a basic rule?
For me this is one of the worst things about the last book. JKR is insulting the intelligence of her readers by bringing the "wand alliance will change if taken by force" rule so late in the series.
If this rule only applied to the elder wand it would have been okay. But no, JKR had to apply it to all wands.
And I don't buy for a second that only wandmakers knew about this rule. This isn't something that can be kept a secret from the general population with all the wars and conflicts between wizars through history.