[HPforGrownups] Re: Priori Incantantem

No: HPFGUIDX 23369

 --- Dai Evans <dwe199 at soton.ac.uk> wrote: 

> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Cheryl Dimof" <cheryl_dimof at y...> wrote:

> Any thoughts on why Harry's wand forced Voldemort's to do 
> this, and
> > not vice-versa?  Does this suggest that Harry's powers are stronger
> than
> > Voldemort's at this point?

> It does seem to. <snip>

>  This could indicate that Harry has more will power than this 
> homicidal maniac or better concentration, both of which are possible 
> as V is clearly insane. Or it could mean that Harry is stronger, 
> magically than V in some ways. 

Yet another theory: it could also have something to do with the nature
of their wands.  Recalling that Harry has been helped in the past by
Fawkes, who donated the tail feathers for both wands, it could be that
Harry is somehow better attuned to the (for lack of a better word)
nature/essence of his wand at its core than Voldemort. 

If this attunement to his wand was an influencing factor, Harry would
not necessarily have to be stronger as a wizard than Voldemort.  There
is probably also merit to the idea that Voldemort, having been so
recently reborn, was probably not at his full strength when the event
occurred. If the two ideas are combined, it seems quite plausible that
Harry's wand 'overpowered' Voldemort's without implying him to be some
sort of "super-Harry."



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Respectfully,
Morgan

"Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes."

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