Wands and Animagi

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No: HPFGUIDX 2199

Go House Elves, Go! (I'm partial to those magical creatures myself 
and secretly wish they really existed 'cause I really need one at 
home!)

I've always questioned the necessity of wands. Harry was clearly able 
to do spells without a wand...the boa constrictor incident, the Aunt 
Marge incident. That leads me to believe wands just provide a fixed 
outlet for the magical power/energies of wizarding folk. 
;-)

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Scott " <harry_potter00 at y...> 
wrote:
> Well firstly the House Elves, who IMO are the group most likely to 
be 
> developed in furture books (but thats another post), don't need 
wands 
> to do their magic either.  OT but I wanted to point that out.
> 
> Secondly, (I've said this before, and I'm saying it again)...When 
the 
> PI first took place it was Harry's wand to which the light thing 
was 
> traveling, and therefore it would have been Harry's wand to 
> regurgitate spells. But it didn't.  V.'s wand was the one to spit 
> back its spells, not Harry's and this was caused by-?  One might 
> venture to say that Harry was a more powerful wizard but I really 
> don't think so, at least not yet. The best explanation is that 
Harry 
> had a stronger will.  If his will could change the course of the PI 
> then IMHO in could also affect the order of the PI, though that to 
is 
> another post.
> 
> Scott
> 
> > There would be no point for us to have been told
> > about the wands in PS and then for the effect that occurs in GoF 
to 
> have
> > been caused by Harry. This effect could also be, and I think will 
> be,
> > important in the later books.
> > 
> > Simon (who should stop making predictions for future books, if 
for 
> no other
> > reason then that is one of my FAQ's)