| themanwithnoname said: Meh, Deathly Hallows is just bad. Elder Wand lore that comes from nowhere, makes no sense and is just typical lazy deus ex machina meant to drive the plot. That and the final battle is pretty anti-climactic and the epilogue is just atrociously "and they lived happily ever after." I would be happier with the series if I had never read the last book. |
You can dislike the Elder Wand storyline (and I'm not crazy about it) but it's definitely not a deus ex machina. Nothing is solved through the Elder Wand. The Elder Wand doesn't fix or really even change anything. It's an item to pursue that Voldemort thinks will fix his problem when the point is that, ultimately, his failure is pursuit of objects in the first place.
With or without the Elder Wand, Voldemort loses. I think it was a mistake to make such a fuss over the Disarming of Malfoy/Snape but that's really just me quibbling over details.
You can argue, however, that wands having the ability to fight, choose their owner, etc. is a deus ex machina. But it's not one that really bothered me.
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