Priori Incantatem - further thoughts (longish)
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Mon Jun 7 03:35:00 UTC 2004
No: HPFGUIDX 100219
Geoff quotes:
...."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
do battle.... a very rare effect will take place. One of the wands
will force the other to regurgitate spells it has performed - in
reverse. The most recent first
. and then those which preceded
it...."
He looked interrogatively at Harry and Harry nodded.'
(GOF "The Parting of the Ways" p.605 UK edition)
Bookworm:
Something I didn't pick up until rereading your quotes just
now: "One of the wands will force the other to regurgitate
spells..."
By continuing the discussion of what the wands do, Dumbledore
glossed over the fact that *Harry's* wand made Voldemort's
wand do the regurgitating. What makes one wand stronger that the
other the wand itself or the wizard using it? Is it strength
or the spells used? Foreshadowing?
Ravenclaw Bookworm
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