Olivander--Good or Bad?

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 115720


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "songwriter42" <sbyl at w...> wrote:
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> But Olivander put the twin phoenix feather wand into Harry's
hand---he didn't have to--knowing full well that there might be
something very powerful about the relationship. Was it intentional or
the wild guess he makes it look like in the story? 
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> Deb

bboyminn:

First, no one will ever convince me that Mr. Ollivander is in anyway
evil. Well, JKR certainly could, but no one else. True, he's a bit
creepy when Harry first meets him, but creepy to an 11 year old who is
in the wizard world for the first time ever, does not equal evil. 

That's nothing but my gut feeling.

Second, Ollivander did not /put/ the Fawkes feather in Harry's wand.
He put it in A wand, and put that wand on the shelf with all the
others. Years later Harry came in and was a match to that wand.
Remember, Harry tried other wands with phoenix feathers in them. In
fact, he tried nearly every wand in the store before finding a match.
That indicates that Ollivander did not try to push that wand off on
Harry. When they match, they match; and Harry, Hagrid, and Ollivander
all recognise the match. 

There is nothing to indicate any conspiracy on Ollivander's part.
Besides, I see no advantage to Voldemort, or any advanced knowledge of
the fact by Voldemort. 

Just my opinion.

Steve/bboyminn (was bboy_mn)