OOP: Neville's Wand and the Prophecy

[Hannah]

No: HPFGUIDX 65738

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "magicalme9" <magicalme9 at y...> 
wrote:
> > "ar hp03" wrote:
> Snip
> > 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.
> > 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...

When I read  the prophecy, and then Dumbledore's explaination of it, 
the one Voldemort chose to attack is the one he considers his equal, 
and therefore the ONLY one who would be marked, scar or otherwise.  
The wand chose Harry because of that connection, and by inference, if 
Neville had been attacked, the wand would have chosen him, and Harry 
most likely would have one similar to his parents, and of course, he 
wouldn't have a scar.
> 
> > 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?

Because of Voldemort's incomplete information about the prophecy, 
Harry is the one who is "destined" to fight and either win or lose.  
Neville is excluded from this because he was not attacked.  It is one 
or the other, in this case, it is Harry and not Neville.

~*~Professor Granger~*~