No: HPFGUIDX 112881
I'm just wondering if Fawkes gave the two tail feathers at the same
time? Mr. Ollivander seems to imply so when he said, "It so happens
that the phoenix whose tail feather is in your wand gave another
feather -- just one other. It is very curious indeed that you should
be destined for this wand when its brother -- why, its brother gave
you that scar."
However, simply because Fawkes gave two feathers doesn't mean he gave
both of them at the same time. Ollivander did not call the first
feather "its twin." He called the first feather, "its brother".
My "brother" and I weren't born at the same time, but twins would
be.
I see these possibilities:
1) Both tail feathers were given at the same time, which means they
were given by Fawkes prior to Tom Riddle's entry into Hogwarts, which
in turn, means that Harry's wand had been languishing in Ollivander's
shop for over 50 years(?!) at the time he purchased it.
However, simply because Fawkes gave two feather doesn't mean they
HAD to use both of them, does it? It would seem to me that this
would be an unusual event, to be avoided, given the potential for
forcing the Priori Incantatem. To me, there must have been a reason
for doing so; I see DD's hand all over this. But see # 4 below.
2) Both tail feathers were not given at the same time. This leads to
different possibilities:
Tom Riddle got the wand that was created with the first feather.
After DD saw what Tom Riddle had become, but before Trelawney's
prophesy, DD had Ollivander pull another tail feather and create a
second wand, anticipating the role such a wand would play.
OR
DD had Ollivander create a second wand only after Trelawney's
prophesy, anticipating the role that such a wand would play.
OR
(Admittedly gettin' crazy now)
DD had both wands created before Tom Riddle was born, based on a
prophesy made by Trelawney's great great (how many greats?)
Grandmother, the famous seer, Cassandra. (I admit, I have nothing to
support this, other than my curiosity as to why Cassandra is
mentioned by name as being such a famous Seer. After all, that is
why DD agreed to interview Trelawney in the first place.)
Other possibilities, ya'll?
This whole scenario raises some questions for me:
1) Was Fawkes DD's pheonix at the time he gave both feathers,
regardless of whether both were given at once, or separately?
I see nothing to suggest an answer either way, but I'm assuming that
Fawkes did belong to DD when both feathers were given. Just seems
like to much of a coincidence to be accidental.
2) Had Ollivander ever attempted to give Harry's wand to anyone
else?
I guess were are to assume that the wand would not choose a wizard
other than Harry, but I still wonder if an attempt was made. (I
wonder why Neville used his father's wand instead of getting his own?
It apparently wasn't a matter of money, like with the Weasleys. I
guess it was his Gran trying to "help" him be like his father.)
3) Couldn't DD have Ollivander pull another tail feather from Fawkes
and create another wand for himself?
Ollivander talks about nearly being gored by a unicorn when pulling
the hair from the unicorn that was in Cedric's wand (GOF), so
apparently the "donation" is not always voluntary. I don't see why
he couldn't pull another one from Fawkes. But, if so, why hasn't he
done so?
4) If DD in fact, had a second wand made, presumably for the one to
be marked by the Dark Lord, then why wasn't that the first wand that
Ollivander tested on Harry (assuming Harry is the one marked -- I
don't want to get into that on this thread)?
Ideas, anyone?
Angie