You Kill It, You Bought It: Difference between revisions

* In [[Tamora Pierce]]'s [[Tortall Universe|Lioness Quartet,]] Alanna winds up killing a desert tribe's shaman in a fight, and is told that she ''must'' now take his place.

* In [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Discworld]]'':

* In ''[[Harry Potter]] and the Deathly Hallows'' a central plot point is that wands may switch allegiance to whoever kills or defeats the former owner, which is why wands of wizards who die natural deaths are usually destroyed or buried with their owner; they will not accept a new master. These facts are of particular importance relating to {{spoiler|the Elder Wand}}.

** What most wizards don't realize, and what ends up being a major plot point at the end of the book, is that {{spoiler|killing your opponent isn't necessary, you just have to somehow deprive them of their wand. Even if it's not the wand in question, you will still have mastery over it}}. This throws a wrench in {{spoiler|Dumbledore's plan to leave the Elder Wand without a master: he originally intended to let Snape kill him, which would mean the wand still belonged to him in death.}} Instead, {{spoiler|Draco disarms Dumbledore, unwittingly becoming the Elder Wand's master, meaning that ''Harry'' later becomes its master when he disarms Draco}}. This means that {{spoiler|when Voldemort, who thinks that he is the wand's master because he killed Snape, tries to duel Harry with the Elder Wand, it obeys Harry, not Voldemort}}. Confused? You're not alone.