Fawkes and Wands (was favorite nonhuman)

[selah_1977]

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No: HPFGUIDX C6569
From: selah_1977
Subject: Fawkes and Wands (was favorite nonhuman)
Reply To: [Yahoo! #6566] Re: My favorite non-human in HP
Date: 8/10/00 9:32 pm  (ET)

"T^his just occurred to me. May be old news, but I'll bet that
Dumbledore's wand has a tailfeather from Fawkes in it. Which would make
it a brother to Voldy's and Harry's. If true, could be significant in
the future."
==Vicki

Actually, it's stated/implied in the books by Ollivander that Fawkes
only gave two tail feathers--one to Voldemort, the other to Harry.

I'll talk about this more during my week in October, but I have this
detailed classification theory that I'm working on. GoF made me take a
look at wands. They seem to select the wizard rather than vice versa. I'm
thinking that there is a specific reason for phoenix feather being a
unique wand core.

Had a PoA-specific question from listening to my tapes today--wizards seem
to able to use a wand not their own. So what are the rules for wand use?

Is there some connection to magical power? For instance, Sirius
was attempting to use the Trio's wands (don't ask me for specifics,
please--the tapes are in my garage).

Are there certain spells that would require the use of your own wand? If
not, why is wand selection such a big deal?

Don't want to start an off-schedule thread about this--just want to
gather some ideas.

Ebony AKA AngieJ