Wands& Phoenix

[ecuman24]

No: HPFGUIDX 36846

Edblanning at a... wrote:
>>I don't think we have evidence that the feathers themselves are 
>> bad/good.<<


And Finwith says: 
> And I don't believe a wand - or wand-incredient can be "good" 
> or "evil" --- just because Mr. Psycho uses a knife to kill doesn't 
> make his knife evil, does it? Wand's a tool - and tools don't have 
> good/evil intentions!
> 
> But "Wand chooses a wizard" - and "you don't get as good results 
> with someone elses wand as you do with your own". 

Well I don't think that a wand is just "a tool" like a knife is to a 
psycho.  A wand is more than that.  It is sort of alive in a way.  
After all, you also mention Olivander's famous quote of "its the wand 
that chooses the wizard."  Well does a knife choose its killer?  The 
wand has a mind of its own, to some degree.  It reminds me of Mr. 
Weasley's advice to Ginny and Harry about "Never trust anything that 
can think for itself, if you can't see where it keeps its brain."  I 
began this thread of Harry's and Voldemort's wands being "good and 
evil."  I still stand by the idea of it and the brotherhood that the 
wands share: the one evil brother rising to power and the deserving 
brother triumphing later over him (post # 36717).  Wands are not 
merely any tools for they augment the magic of the wizard.  And the 
wands in this Universe have a predetermination to who they go to.  
Well, not really but something to the sort. Now, I'm not also saying 
that they totally control the wizard but they give the wizard 
potential.  Its up to the wizard what deeds he will do or not do.  It 
just all goes back to the question of why 2 feathers and why from 
Fawkes. And that is where my ramblings always stop.

Your friendly neighborhood Ecuamerican,

Juan