Chapter 36 Summary: Priori Incantatem - Brother Wands

[clairey at airy-fairy.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 16318

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Indigo" <indigo at i...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Doreen" <nera at r...> wrote:
> > 3. Any thoughts about what causes one of the wands in a pair of 
> > dueling "brother" wands to gain dominance and force the other one 
> > to start regurgitating spells through the Priori Incantatem 
effect?
> 
>  ***
> > I think since they both have feathers from a Phoenix, and the 
> > Phoenix's song was in Harry's head, it was helping him and not 
> > Voldemort. And an aside ... I wonder what Dumbledore, Sirius, 
> > Snape, and Lupin's wands are made of? And if this has anything to 
> > do with the OoP?
> 
> More thoughts:
> 
> Harry has already showed an affinity for the Phoenix.  Dumbledore 
> told him in CoS that Harry must be (I know this isn't verbatim 
> phrased) very pure of heart to have summoned Fawkes.  
> 
> We know the Big V's affinity is for Snakes, even though Harry is a 
> parselmouth.
> 
> Advantage: Harry.
> 
> Then there's also the fact that Harry's young, hale, heaarty, and 
has 
> been well cared-for, vs. the fact that the Big V was only just now 
> returning to his former level of power and thusly was not at full 
> strength when he challenged Harry to the duel.  Voldemort was 
> potentially overconfident because Harry's blood permitted him to 
> safely touch Harry now.  
> 
> Advantage: Harry.  
> 
> There could also be the possiblity  that since the wands are made 
of 
> two different woods, there are two different power-levels with 
regard 
> to the interaction of the wood with the phoenix feather, and 
> responses to its brother feather in another wand of a different 
wood. 
> 
> I'd like to think it's an simply indication of Harry's strong will, 
> that he caused Priori Incantatem, rather than the other way around, 
> but I just like to see the good guys win.
> 
> Indigo





kinda boring priori incantatem if it was harrys wand! what we got?


spider fighting i guess....
stupefy
expelliaramus
stupefy
impedimenta
stupefy



nowhere near as exiting as mr v's....