[HPforGrownups] Harry & Lord Voldemort's Wands

[Kathryn Cawte]

No: HPFGUIDX 56102

 

Danielle wrote -
I agree with your son. Even though they are made of
different woods, because they share the same type of
magical core which just happened to come from the same
phoenix, I too would say they are the same. If the
phoenix feathers they had came from different
phoenix's they would be different. 

Now me -

I don't. I think Ollivander refers to the wands as 'brothers' - can anyone
confirm that? Which to me implies that they are related/linked because of
the magical core but not identical. I think it is the core that give the
wand its magical abilities but other than length, which I imagine is more of
a personal preference thing based on the size of the wizard involved, I
think the other properties - the wand's wood and its feel - must have some
effect, otherwise why bother? Why not make all wands out of the same wood
and the same swishiness and just make them in 3 or 4 standard sizes?

What I'd like to know is why Voldemort's wand chose him? Obviously we don't
know how this 'the wand chooses the wizard' thing works - so that should
make answering the question difficult. But why would a wand with a core of
phoenix feather - and not just any phoenix feather but one from Albus'
phoenix - resonate with someone as bitter and twisted (and I firmly believe
TR is both even before he becomes LV) as Riddle?

K