Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (novel): Difference between revisions

Content added Content deleted
(Idiot Ball example (copied and adapted from my own edit on TVT).)
(Plot hole.)
Line 233: Line 233:
** Also in the book, Dean Thomas is seen in the final battle casting spells with a new wand, having obtained it during the battle, as we see him enter the final battle without one. It's true he's a minor character, but this is an unarmed teenager who took ownership of a wand by forcefully taking it from a trained killer in the middle of a kill or be killed melee between good and evil.
** Also in the book, Dean Thomas is seen in the final battle casting spells with a new wand, having obtained it during the battle, as we see him enter the final battle without one. It's true he's a minor character, but this is an unarmed teenager who took ownership of a wand by forcefully taking it from a trained killer in the middle of a kill or be killed melee between good and evil.
* [[Only Mostly Dead]]: {{spoiler|Harry's hit by the Killing Curse and [[Near-Death Experience|could be considered dead]] - but it only really kills the [[Soul Fragment]] left by Voldemort.}}
* [[Only Mostly Dead]]: {{spoiler|Harry's hit by the Killing Curse and [[Near-Death Experience|could be considered dead]] - but it only really kills the [[Soul Fragment]] left by Voldemort.}}
* [[Plot Hole]]: The Elder Wand changes its allegiance based on its owner being defeated (not necessarily killed) and touching the wand is not necessary to become its master. Harry even taunts Voldemort for his failure to understand this and {{spoiler|proves his point when the Elder Wand turns out to not work against him}}. However, Harry and Dumbledore both make the same mistake soon after by concluding that if Harry dies a natural death, the Elder Wand will no longer have a master. For this conclusion to hold, Harry would need to go through the rest of his life never being defeated in battle, which sounds very unlikely for someone who fancies a career as a Dark Wizard hunter in the Magic Police.
* [[Posthumous Character]]: Grindelwald and Regulus Black. {{spoiler|And Dumbledore.}}
* [[Posthumous Character]]: Grindelwald and Regulus Black. {{spoiler|And Dumbledore.}}
* [[The Power of Friendship]]: after six books where Harry is always telling his friends to stay safe and that he will do things on his own, this book shows how he finally accepts his friends' help.
* [[The Power of Friendship]]: after six books where Harry is always telling his friends to stay safe and that he will do things on his own, this book shows how he finally accepts his friends' help.