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+The Problem of Peter Pevensie and The Problem of Wands
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+
+:date: 2019-10-17T19:00:08
+:status: draft
+:category: faith
+:tags: review, harryPotter, blogComment
+
+(my comment on the discussion under “`Summer Vacation`_” by 
+Forrest_of_Holly)
+
+I have rather complicated history with the Deathly Hallows. 
+I have bought the book six hours after it was published (no 
+I couldn’t bother myself to get up at midnight) while on the 
+work-related conference in Birmingham (I am a Czech from Prague 
+otherwise), read it over-night, so I flew home rather blurry, and 
+I thought that it is the best book of the series. Longer I think 
+about that (and longer I participate in the discussions about it 
+on the Internet), more I am discouraged. It seems to me that 
+Horcruxes, whole camping area, and the finale is very much 
+under-thought plotcruch and that the whole book is just thinly 
+covered one large plothole. Certainly whole idea about the 
+transfer of ownership of wands seems to me more like *deus ex 
+machina* more than anything else.
+
+Of course, Ms Rowling has to struggle with the bane of all 
+children/young-adult books, which I called The Problem of Peter 
+Pevensie. In the finale of the first book from The Chronicles of 
+Narnia series, we should believe that thirteen year old 
+(magically slightly grown older) boy defeated in the fair battle 
+the mightiest of all witches of the superhuman size. It is barely 
+possible to do it in the book, where the suspense of unbelief is 
+more simple, but when they tried to make a film from the Narnia 
+Chronicles, the result is a pure disaster: thirteen year old boy 
+fighting adult warrioress just looks ridiculous, whatever film 
+magic you apply (similarly, it turned impossible to make a good 
+film Aslan … whatever they tried he looks still like a overgrown 
+plush toy).
+
+The same problem applies to the Harry Potter series: we need to 
+believe that a seventeen year old boy (with substandard training 
+in the magical defence) beat adult superwizard who has otherwise 
+no adversary equal to him (and whom we seen in the end of the 
+sixth volume battle with Albus Dumbledore in show of incomparable 
+strength). The only way how to get around it and not finish 
+completely ridiculous is to arrange some trick (or make it 
+a group battle with Harry’s allies on his side … e.g., the finale 
+of “`Escape by SingularOddities`_”). However, if you consider the 
+subtle net of intrigues and stratagems which all must to fall in 
+proper places for whole thing to work and Harry survive, it is 
+absolutely crazy to consider that as a reasonable war plan. If 
+this was the best Albus Dumbledore came up with, then his 
+strategical thinking was not very impressive. So, that’s my 
+opinion on the seventh book of the series. (and don’t let me 
+start on films: day after the last battle, when still plenty of 
+dangerous criminals are running through the land, the main hero 
+and the primary target of any possible assassination is 
+effectively wandless, because he didn’t repair his original wand, 
+and broke The Elder Wand).
+
+Now technically (using only arguments from the inside of HP 
+universe) to the problem of wands. Obviously, any disarming 
+cannot lead to the change of ownership of a wand, that would be 
+crazy. “`The Wheel Is Come Full Circle by White_Squirrel`_\ ”
+came with the limit, that there must be an intent of the winner 
+of the duel to use the acquired wand as his own, not only to 
+disarm your opponent. That actually works in the Deathly Hallows 
+situation (more or less, it doesn’t explain very well how Draco 
+Malfoy became owner of the Wand of Destiny in the first place, 
+but both Harry in the Malfoy Manor, Dumbledore in the duel with 
+Grindewald, and Grindewald stealing the wand from Grigorovitch 
+work), and it can limit the potential misuse of the rule in the 
+normal magical life. Another alternative is to limit this 
+ownership exchange theory just to the Elder Wand (or any possible 
+special super-wands) and all other wands just follow the 
+Ollivander’s mantra of “wand choosing her master” and make wand 
+transfer effectively impossible (meaning, every wand works 
+somehow for every wizard/witch, but the ones which haven’t chosen 
+their owner, work very poorly; but that doesn’t explain how 
+Hermione battled successfully against Bellatrix Lestrange using 
+her own wand, which she did not acquire in the duel with her). It 
+is just a mess.
+
+.. _`Summer Vacation`:
+    https://archiveofourown.org/works/18853210
+
+.. _`Escape by SingularOddities`:
+    https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11916243
+
+.. _`The Wheel Is Come Full Circle by White_Squirrel`:
+    https://archiveofourown.org/works/14072127