Mr Ollivander (was:In bed with Harry Potter)

[senderellabrat at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 87228

Iris:
> Well, Mr Ollivander
 I have a problem with that guy. I don't know 
> where to put him on the chessboard. Of course I know that no one 
can 
> be only black or only white, and that ambiguity is a huge part of 
> JKR's writing style.
> What is Mr Ollivander's true incidence on what happens to Harry? 
How 
> can we interpret his prodigious memory? How can we interpret his 
> pernickety behaviour during the weighing of the wands? How much 
does 
> he know?
> Could he be the Organ Grinder? I just don't understand how the 
> character works, and it bothers me.
> Any thoughts? 


Me:

Honestly Iris, I feel the same way. I haven't quite figured out what 
he's playing at. Something did hit me, however, while hunting a few 
weeks ago. I was sitting there, freezing my hiney off, at an 
obscenely early hour trying to stay awake when it hit me like a bolt 
of lightning. I looked at my husband who was sitting in the blind 
with me and said, "Not everyone is/was aware Riddle = Voldywhat 
right?" Of course he looked at me like *I* grew antlers but finally 
figured out what I was talking about. He said he didn't *think* it 
was a known fact (except for the obvious people). I thought the same 
thing. Now anyone please correct me on that fact if I'm wrong. In SS, 
Olivander has has famous explanation of Harry's wand and the brother 
wand belonging to the person who "gave Harry that scar" etc. Now, 
unless Mr Tom Riddle ended up getting another wand later in life 
because he had an accident and needed a new one, wouldn't that mean 
Olivander sold TOM RIDDLE his wand. What I'm getting at is, unless it 
comes out later that Voldywhat's wand is *not* his original wand from 
his Hogwarts days, then Olivander knows Riddle = Voldywho (which I am 
under the assumption is not a well known fact!). It just seems fishy 
to me. It seems to me like Olivander is possibly on Voldythingie's 
side because of the fact that he's keeping that bit of information a 
secret. Unless of course it's like the whole Doctor/patient 
confidentiality sort of thing, but I doubt it. I know this made no 
sense, so I apoligize. 

Sen
Bumbling & Stressed out
No howlers please! It made sense in my head at 4am!