Wand cores -Random Thoughts

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 44387

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Susanne <siskiou at e...> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Monday, September 23, 2002, 6:48:44 PM, Steve (bboy_mn) wrote:
> 
> > In addition to this, it is my purely unfounded theory that 
> > when a pheonix gives up a feather, that feather is lost 
> > forever, so they are not real eager to give them up. 
> > Final conclusion; pheonix feather are relatively rare and 
> > the wizards who match them are also very rare.

 Susanne  Said with a <g>:
> 
> Hm...
> 
> So, you think a phoenix *decides* to give up a rare feather
> every now and then, but dragon heart string comes from dead
> dragons?
> 

bboy_mn replies in part:
Well, I did say it was an unfounded theory, and it does have a small
whole or two in it, but I'm trying to establish that pheonix feathers
are rare, and that theory certainly does it. 

Now consider that pheonix tail feathers are capable of lifting 300 to
500 pounds (Harry, Ron, Ginny, & Lockhart, and very easily), I
wouldn't think they would not be that easy to pull out. Again, maybe
it doesn't have to be a TAIL feather, maybe any feather of any size
will do.

Dagon heart from a dead dragon? Ummmm.... How else would you get a
piece of a dragon's heart? Unless dragon's heart string means
something that is not obvious. Still a dragon has to have a huge
heart, and clearly dragon's hide and dragon's liver are readily
available, so why not dragon heart. Although, it seems logical that
heart string is a smaller piece of the heart, and it's not clear how
many strings come from one heart.
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> And unicorns could just have their hair plucked out, or you
> could get a whole bunch from a dead one, so they are a dime
> a dozen?

bboy_mn replies in part:
Well, maybe a dollar a dozen. Ollivander said Cedric's wands unicorn
hair was plucked from a particularly magnificent male that almost
gored him. (not a direct quote). So if Hagrid and Grubbleplank or
whatever the substitute magical creatures teacher was named, can both
get unicorns on demand, it's not that hard. I will acknowledge that it
takes a very special and very skilled person to do it, but we've
already seen 3 or 4 unicorns, and saw them up close and personal. 

I wouldn't think hair from a dead unicorn would be good. I would think
that that would be somewhat cursed. I suppose if it died of natural
causes it might be OK, but I don't think I would want a hair plucked
from a dead unicorn (too creepy). That brings up the question, does it
have to be a whole plucked hair, or could you just trim some hair off
the tail and mane? Don't know.
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> 
> I guess it's possible, but I'm not sure I like this theory
> <g>.

bboy_mn responds in part:
Well, it is just a theory, but I'm confident that future books will
prove this or a somewhat similar theory to be true. Can I prove that?
Well NO.
-End- this part

> 
> I tend to think the person who wields the wand has a lot
> more to do with it's power than the wand itself, but I might
> be proven wrong very soon.

bboy_mn responds in part:
I agree with you 100%, the real power comes from the wizard. But the
wizard and his wand have to be in harmony to maximize his/her power.
Any wizard can use any wand, but to get the best results, they have to
 use a wand with which they have a magical harmonic resonance. I
believe that's how the wand chooses the wizard. A particular
combination of wood and core establish a magical harmony or resonance.
When a wizard with a matching resonance picks up the wand, that
resonance cause them to re-enforce each other. It's like the opera
singer who can break a glass with her voice, but to do it, she/he has
to hit a note that is at the same resonant frequency as the glass.
When that happens, the vibration in the glass become so extreme that
the glass shatters. Just and example of the power of harmony and
resonance. There are other example where this resonant effect
establishes that the whole is greater than the sum of it's parts.
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> 
> What kind of wand does Dumbledore have? Do we know?
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
>  Susanne

bboy_mn final ends with:
Dumbledore's wand? I don't think we know, but I suspect we will find
out in this next book. There is a theory (not mine but I like it) that
the Order of the Pheonix is really about wizard wands all sharing a
Fawkes cores which will be used to fight Big_V. 
                       
Nothing earth shattering; just a few more random thoughts. 

bboy_mn