Priori Incantantem

[Dai Evans]

No: HPFGUIDX 23307

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Cheryl Dimof" <cheryl_dimof at y...> wrote:
> I'm sorry if this has been discussed before, but I was unable to 
find posts
> on it with the "search" tool. 

I don't remember this being descussed before in any detail, so don't 
worry. Your life is spared.

> Dumbledore says, regarding Harry's
> confrontation with Voldemort, that when brother wands meet, one 
will force
> the other to regurgitate the spells it has cast, beginning with the 
most
> recent.  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. I don't have my book to refer to at the moment, as 
someone borrowed it and moved house, but as I recall, Harry drives 
the bead of light into Voldemorts wand by some sort of will power, 
thus forcing Vs want to regurgitate it's past usage.

 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. This lends some worrying weight to the 
super-harry theory, which I've always hated, if Harry, at 14 is 
stronger than V magically, well, the Super Harry theory is the only 
answer. Although V has just been reborn; he may not be at full 
strength yet. Harry, on the other hand has been preparing for the 
third task for the past few months, and his magic has been going from 
strength to strength.

I hope it has more to do with will power, as the super-harry theory 
scuppers one of the main messages of the books - that what harry 
achieves he does by teamwork and friendship.

There could be some other explanation of course, that somehow the 
scar and events of Halloween 1981 give Harry the power to defeat V, 
or that V using Harrys blood in the ressurection give him a similar 
advantage (gleam in Dumbledores eye anyone?). But we won't know until 
we hear more from the goddess herself.


Dai