Hermione's wrong about the wands. It's not Harry's confidence at all, but the fact that he hasn't won the wand. That's why the hawthorne one works fine. Hermione doesn't know wandlore, and hasn't yet had the experience herself, but Ollivander explains it to them.
The Elder wand belongs to Harry because Harry took Draco's wand. Harry's not bluffing, he's telling exactly what the book's laid out painstakingly with all those blackthorn and hawthorn and vine wands, plus Ollivander's explanation. Whether Voldemort is confident or not doesn't matter. Harry's the master of the wand because he's the master of the hawthorne wand because he yanked it from Draco some chapters back.
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Date: 2008-02-20 09:00 pm (UTC)The Elder wand belongs to Harry because Harry took Draco's wand. Harry's not bluffing, he's telling exactly what the book's laid out painstakingly with all those blackthorn and hawthorn and vine wands, plus Ollivander's explanation. Whether Voldemort is confident or not doesn't matter. Harry's the master of the wand because he's the master of the hawthorne wand because he yanked it from Draco some chapters back.