LV's and Harry's wands -Wands vs Wizards Dueling

[laylalast]

No: HPFGUIDX 95969

> bboy_mn wrote:
> I can only assume that you are refering to the 'Brother Wand
> Effect', but you must realize that that only occurs under very 
> specific conditions; conditions with require split-second timing.

<snip> 

> AmanitaMuscaria again:
>  - If we are to believe Dumbledore ..., he just  says, '"They will 
> not work properly against each other" ... "If, however, the owners 
> of the wands force the wands to do battle ... a very rare effect 
> will take place"'
>
> I read that as Voldie can use his wand on Harry, Harry can use his 
> wand on Voldie, but if they both use their wands, but not 
> necessarily at the same instant, the 'rare effect' will happen. 
 
> bboy_mn responded:
<snip> 
> You say Harry can curse Voldie, and Voldie can curse Harry, but
> they can't curse each other with out the 'Brother Effect' occuring
> (paraphrased). 
 
<snip>
 
> I think the duel between Draco and Harry where their curse struck 
> each other in mid-air and bounced off hitting bystanders was JKR's
> step up to introduce this concept to us. 

<snip>

> Now I make the distinction between wizards dueling and 'Wands
> Dueling'. In the Harry/Draco event, the force being channeled
> through the wands meets nearly head-on, and we find that those 
> forces are not able to penetrate each other. In most duels, these
> channeled force pass each other in the air as the travel toward 
> their wizard target.
> These forces may skim each other along the edges, perhaps even
> overlap to a very limited extent, but when they come in 
> significant contact with each other, they meet a substantial 
opposing force. 
 
<snips rest of otherwise excellent post> 

> Then again....?

Lilian throws in a minor thought:

Then again....The only thing I can think of that would make the 
duelling of wizards with a 'brother' wand different from the way you 
describe, is that the magical forces coming from (or through) the 
wand are drawn to each other just because of it.
Instead of going to the aimed target (the other wizard), the curse 
will go of tangent as it has to come together with its brother 
curse. They are magnetically drawn to each other.
As you already pointed out, this can only happen when both curses 
are 'up in the air' and have not yet reached the other wizard.

Lilian