The flimsiness in "Harry Potter" is often part of the fun ... Readers didn't know that Dumbledore possessed the Elder Wand until the end of "Deathly Hallows," where he explained the whole thing ...

The age difference between Jude Law's and Michael Gambon's versions of Dumbledore is baffling, but one fan might have cracked the code.

Voldemort's lines throughout the Harry Potter series ... this meant that the Elder Wand would answer only to Severus Snape, the man who killed Albus Dumbledore. This led to an uneasy conversation ...

He has learned to be wary of the power of the Elder Wand. As he discusses the Hallows with Dumbledore ... Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. New York: Scholastic Press, Arthur ...

and this change also significantly alters Dumbledore’s story. In Harry Potter, legend has it that the person who unites the three most powerful objects – the Elder Wand, the Resurrection Stone ...