Wands - the Forgotten One - Back to the beginnings

[iris_ft]

No: HPFGUIDX 68745

Hi,

I was lurking through all the messages when I found this one, 
concerning wands. I was stuck by some comments I read in it; here 
they are:

"***Koticzka's comment: - Some people were discussing were wizards 
have they wands - so it sounds as if Olivander was not the only one 
in UK (we know there are some other's). It is more than possible 
taht there are many places one can buy a wand and perhaps it is like 
with portkeys - one has to have a permition or be accredited to make 
wands. So it is also possible that there are illegal or"selfmade" 
wands. 

                                                                     
    The creatures being studied during lessons
in OoP make me think of wands, too. So, this particular wand is
specifically interesting to me. And there is no indication whose 
wand it
might be.

If Harry already has his proper wand, perhaps there is another very 
important person in the series?
However, changing the main character would be neither wise, nor 
proper as a
literary technique (When did I get to be so wise? ;)). It is 
impossible, so
I do not buy that solution.

Than again - one question is: "Who will defeat Voldemort?" and 
another one
is "Will Voldemort be killed and by whom?"."

I think Koticzka is on something important, and that wands will play 
an important part in the continuation of the story.
There's clearly a problem between Harry's wand and Voldemort's. They 
both contain a phoenix feather, and we saw the result in GoF: they 
tend to neutralize each other. Voldemort's "Avada Kedavra" didn't 
manage to kill Harry, nor Harry's "Expelliarmus" managed to disarm 
Voldemort.
And in GoF, chapter 26, p 605 (UK paperback), we can read:
  "- So what happens when a wand meets its brother? said Sirius.
-	They will not work properly against each other, said 
Dumbledore. If, however, the owners of the wands force the wands to 
battle
 a very rare effect will take place. One of the wands will 
force the other to regurgitate spells it has performed – in reverse
"

"They will not work properly against each other". That's an open 
door to many possibilities.

1)It could mean that we mustn't expect a wand duel between Harry and 
Voldemort as an end of the conflict. Will they kill each other using 
wandless magic?
  
2)If Voldemort understood what was happening during the duel in the 
graveyard, he could try to kill Harry by another way than a spell. 
Poison would be a solution, especially if we consider the importance 
of Potions in OoP, and the puzzle the kids have to solve in PS/SS, 
chapter 16. He could also try to destroy Harry's wand, or to curse 
him when he's disarmed. Or if Harry decides to be Voldemort's victim 
in order to stop him at last, he could throw his wand away, and wait 
for the curse. Would the curse turn against Voldemort, as it did 
when Harry was a baby? After all, we don't know how Harry survived 
the Avada Kedavra.

3)Supposing that Harry decides to kill Voldemort, he will have to 
find another way than his wand too, or change his wand.
He could buy another, or make it himself (after all, he studied 
Bowtrucles, that could be a clue).
In that case, we would find another time the debate about choices. 
It ties up with the wand topic, if we believe Mr Ollivander: "the 
wand chooses the wizard". Can a wizard choose his wand? Will Harry 
be an exception to the rule?

4)Will Neville or someone else do the dirty job for Harry, though it 
wouldn't fit with the story (Harry is the hero, but after all, what 
does it mean, is there more greatness in performing miracles than in 
being simply human
)?

5)And I don't know what I could add to that list
 except that JKr's 
solution to the problem will probably be a surprise, as often.

Sorry if there's nothing new in all my post,

Amicalement,

Iris