OOP: Neville's Wand and the Prophecy

[magicalme9]

No: HPFGUIDX 65720

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Koticzka" <koticzka at w...> 
wrote:
> "ar hp03" wrote:
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> It is weird that Neville was not chosen by the wand. Whatever the 
reason
> was, I suspect he will do much better with a new one.
> And there is no reason to suspect that the phoenix gave a third 
feather, nor
> is there proof that the wand does matter.

Me: In SS (Uk Paperback p. 65) Ollivander states "I remember every 
wand I've ever sold, Mr Potter. Every single wand. It so happens that 
the phoenix whose tail feather is in your wand, gave another feather -
 just one other." Well and that's the one in Voldie's wand. The wands 
matter for one reason, that Voldie can't AK Harry if Harry casts a 
spell at the same time as Voldie, because the wands then connect and 
neither spell works.
Agree, that Nevill will do better with an own wand, and that he's got 
loads of potential.

> The prophecy is not clear to me at all. And unless it is the nature 
of
> prophecies to be misty and fuzzy, it does not absolutely point to 
Harry.
> As I do not have the book with me (and am still spending time on 
theories
> instead of building a solid proof), the interpretation might be not 
exact.
> But the power the boy has, which V. is not conscious of, Neville 
might have,
> even though he is considered clumsy. The mark the boy was given by 
V. does
> not necessarily mean the scar.  Moreover, we do not know anything 
about
> Neville's scars.  He might also have one!

Me: What mark did Voldie give to Neville then, I wonder. Maybe we'll 
get to know in books 6 or 7...

> Coming back to the wand: If Harry's wand is the same as V's - is it 
not
> possible that Harry's destiny is to fight by V.'s side - 
consciously or
> not - and Neville's destiny is to win?

ME: Harry's wand is NOT the same as Voldie's. They share the same 
core, but Harry's is phoenix feather, holly, 11 inches and Voldie's 
is phoenix feather, yew, 13.5 inches. They're of different wood and 
length and that makes a difference, otherwise all the wands would be 
made of the same wood and have the same length.

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Me: Don't think Neville will be the hero, they're the Harry Potter 
series and not the Neville Longbottom series. I'm sure however that 
Neville will have some very important parts to play yet.
magicalme