Voldemort's wand (was Re: Wormtail's Wand)

[Alex]

No: HPFGUIDX 54804

<snip Troels' expert canon citations establishing Voldemort's wand usage 
(I've slapped my wrist)>

aesob: 
> >  I'm almost positive that it is explicitly described that Voldemort
> >  commands Pettigrew to "kill the spare (Cedric)", though.

Troels:
> That seems quite certain. Those words ('Kill the spare') are spoken
> in that 'high, cold voice' that is associated with Lord Voldemort,
> while the curse is cast in a second voice.

So isn't it particularly odd that JKR has Pettigrew kill Cedric with Voldemort's 
wand? What's JKR up to? Is there a reason?

> >  If Voldemort has the capacity to use his wand, why isn't he 
> >  using it for numerous other day-to-day reasons during that 
> >  entire school year that we would see come out of the wand 
> >  before Frank, Bertha and Lily and James emerge?
>
> Because Rowling couldn't be bothered with these details?
> IIRC there are even spells that we know he cast that are missing.
> I have long planned to go through the thing carefully with an eye
> to exactly this, but I haven't found the time yet ;-)
> I also wonder how Voldemort 'questioned' Bertha. Did it really
> involve no spells at all? (There is no indication of any spells
> emerging between the shadows/echoes of Bertha and the first of
> Harry's parents (James or Lily depending on edition).

Authors do make mistakes. Perhaps it's just JKR conveniently overlooking 
details to get to the point and keep the tension high during priori incantatem. 
We know she's not perfect, but we don't know if it's on purpose or accidental.

~~aesob, who promises no more nitpicking until Monday as he won't be near 
a computer all weekend...