Harry & Lord Voldemort's Wands

[mtwelovett]

No: HPFGUIDX 56173

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "darrin_burnett" <bard7696 at a...>
wrote:
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> I wonder how long Dumbledore has had Fawkes? Because I wonder if 
> Dumbledore, smelling trouble with Tom Riddle back in the 40s, called 
> Ollivanders, asked which bird's feather was in Riddle's wand, and 
> made a point of having one more, and only one more, feather plucked 
> for a future wand. And then he took in the bird.
> 
> No canon, just a thought.
> 
> Darrin

I am under the impression that the wands would have some similar
traits because they share the same kind of core. Because they came
from the same phoenix, they would be closer in likeness than ones
coming from two different phoenixes, so in that sense they are
related, but since the woods and lengths are different they wouldn't
be exactly the same. I wonder if when the wood comes from the same
plant and the cores are different if that would make them related in a
similar way or if the core is more important to the "qualities" of the
wand? But I do think that the wizard has something to do with it as
well. Just as no one else's wand works as well for another wizard as
it would for the owner, I think if there were two "identical" wands,
they would still react differently because of their owners. 

Initially I thought that the wands (H & LV's) were made at the same
time, but had the thought the other day of what if they weren't? How
long was Harry's wand sitting on the shelf in the shop?--70 years, or
13 years or maybe only 2 years...? And althougth the wand picks the
wizard, how much control does Olivander have over this? I know that
they went through a bunch of wands when Harry was purchasing his, but
when Olivander finally pulled the Fawkes wand for him to try, he had
some inkling about it's relationship to Voldermort, and seemed to have
a notion that it might work before handing it off to Harry. (sorry
don't have the books with me to pull quotes from) So are these wands
Brothers from having the same parent (Fawkes) in different years, or
are they closer to faternal (is that right?) twins? (born at the same
time, but look different)

It seems to me that it is pretty significant that Fawkes is the
phoenix the cores are from and the emphasis on the fact that Fawkes
has only given two feathers is interesting, especially, as has been
pointed out, since phoenixes are reborn so essentially live
forever.... 2 feathers out of eternity is probably pretty rare
indeed... and does Fawkes have any "special" things about him that
other phoenixes don't? (I suspect we may find out something about that
in June.) And how rare indeed must it be for the wizard to actually be
in contact with the creature that provided the core for it's wand?
(Although I believe Fleur had a hair from her veela grandmother in hers.)

What could it mean? I'm not sure, but it is something to think about
while I wait not so patiently for the 21st of June to arrive... 

Mary