Purebloods, and Wands

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 31680

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Aja Fair Romano <aromano at i...> 
wrote:


> 
> And since I'm on the subject of my theories I'm going to venture 
a
> question that's been bugging me since my first read of Book IV. 
I always
> have wondered why, if the wand chooses the wizard, the wand 
containing the
> feather of the noble and pure Fawkes chose Tom Riddle?  
That truly baffles
> me. After reading the wand dueling scene in GOF, I thought it 
possible
> that Voldemort had used someone else's wand to kill Lily and 
James, and
> had been hanging onto it ever since. After all, Harry *did* hold 
on for a good deal after his parents' shades emerged, but no 
one else came out.  What if Voldemort used someone else's 
wand, someone else who also has a special connection to 
Harry, to perform his parent's murder?
> 
> Thoughts on this? I'm anxious.
>

Welcome Aja!
   Just as Dumbledore could use his powers for evil if he chose, 
so a phoenix feather can be used to do evil. If wand cores 
influenced character, Ollivander would surely not  use the 
heartstrings of violent and bloodthirsty dragons.
   It is a bit odd that no further shades came from Voldemort's 
wand. Dumbledore does remark that if the connnection had 
lasted longer there would have been more.  I am all for finding 
clues and speculation, but I am afraid that this is probably just 
some more of JKR's notorious inattention to mathematical 
detail.   If such things make you anxious I'm afraid you are in for a 
hard time.

Pippin
who thinks the number of Hogwarts students is like the location 
of Watson's war wound in the Sherlock Holmes stories or the 
ammo capacity of a six-shooter in a Hollywood western: variable.