Fawkes - Wand Feather

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 104697

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "bwerschkun" <bwerschkun at g...>
wrote:
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> Barbara:
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> However, Voldemort's wand also contains one of Fawkes' feathers and 
> when he and Harry duel at the end of GoF, there is green light 
> emerging from Voldemort's wand, while red light is from Harry's... 
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Asian_lovr2:

Wand light in this case is related to the curses each wizard cast.
Voldemort cast the Death Curse which is always green. Harry cast the
Disarming Curse which is always red. Note: the Stunning Curse is also red.


>Barbara continues:
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> I have always wondered about this: why does Voldemort have a wand 
> with a feather from Fawkes? I mean, "the wand choses the wizard" 
> and Fawkes is so closely related to Dumbledore and also appears to 
> have some special connection with Harry, not to mention how he 
> repeatedly comes to Harry's rescue against Voldemort - why would 
> Voldemort, the heir of Slytherin and deadly enemy of both Dumbledore
> and Harry be chosen for a wand containing a part of Fawkes?

Asian_lovr2:

Those who have been here a while have heard me express this theory
many times, ...and here it is again.

A wand is not an intelligent being; it do not sing and dance, or walk
and talk, nor do they make moral or intellectual judgements. When the
wand chooses the wizard it does so from a magical perspective; the
wizard and the wand have a magical commonality, a share magical
resonance. That magical resonance is morally and intellectually neutral. 

Therefore the wand does not care what Voldemort's politics or moral
views are. If they match, they match. If they share a magical harmonic
resonance, then they share it and the wand is a match. 

Also, the wand chooses the wizard only in the sense that the wizard
can NOT choose the wand. Because wand choice is not based on aesthetic
appeal, intellectual analysis, or personal preference, there is
nothing for the wizard to choose. 

When the wizard and wand match, it is, again, because the wizard and
wand share a common magical harmonic resonance.


> Barbara:
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> What is the story with the name "Fawkes"? ... Many of you, who are 
< British, will know this much better, but as far as I know Guy Fawkes
> was an English rebell ... and "Guy Fawkes Day" is still being 
> celebrated in England with bonfires .... Is that about right? So is
> the name Fawkes, as a mere symbol of "fire", only referring to the 
> phoenix' ability to die and be reborn from flames? Or is there a 
> deeper meaning? ...edited....
> 
> Barbara

Asian_lovr2:

Of course, I can't state that my answer is right by any means, but my
opinion is that the meaning is just the obvious and superficial meaning.

We have a guy named Fawkes who burns in effigy and with a failed bomb
attempt, and we have a bird who burn when it regenerates. They both
burn, and that's as far as it goes. 

As far as the suggestion that Fawkes is ACTUALLY Godric Gryffindor, I
think that's ridiculous and pointless. Do you know how long a 1,000
years is? Why would one of the greatest wizard be content to spend
centuries sitting on a perch. What's the point of a /person/ being
immortal if they are going to spend centuries sitting in a room taking
a nap. Remember, that's just my opinion.

As to the possibility that Fawkes could be Gordic's own Phoenix, that
is much more possible. I have speculate in the past that, in a sense,
the Heir of Gryffindor is the one who carries on the Gryffindor
legacy, but not necessarily the Gryffindor blood line. 

And more importantly, it is Fawkes who determines who that legacy is
passed to. At some point by joining Dumbledore, Fawkes selected
Dumbledore as the Legacy Heir of Gryffindor. I also believe the when
Dumbledore is gone, Fawkes will ally himself with Harry, thereby
making Harry the Legacy Heir of Gryffindor.

For what it's worth.

Steve/asian_lovr2