leaky poll -- wands

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 157613

> > Carodave:
> > I think there will be a tie-in between the importance of the
> > wand/wizard connection, and the disappearance of Ollivander.
> There has to be some significance to the fact that Neville was one 
of the last to purchase a wand prior to Ollivander's disappearance.

> Anna:
> So we have to ask:  If Harry is the only
> person who can kill Voldermort why would Voldemort's "twin" wand
> choose Harry?  This has puzzled me since I read the scene in GOF
> where the wands connect and then when Dumbledore explained whey 
they didn't work against one another like they should.  How is Harry 
to defeat him if his wand is not going to work properly?  I think
> Ollivander was taken and made to create a new wand for Voldemort; 
or went into hiding to prevent just that from happening.  I also 
think it will come down to Harry having to learn "wandless" spells.


Tonks:
Well I know that we have to ponder every word that JKR writes and 
ask ourselves why she put this or that in there.  I never thought 
about the fact that Neville was the last to purchase a wand from 
Ollivander.  This could mean nothing, or it could be a clue to 
something.  

Wonder what sort of conversation Grandma and Ollivander had?  Maybe 
she triggered his memory of the Longbottom's torture and with Bella 
on the loose; he started getting a bit concerned.  Maybe Neville 
will remember something that was said. 

Then there is the problem of the wand in the window.  I have always 
wondered if this wand was Gryffindor's.  DD said the Sword was the 
only "known" relic of Gryffindor.  I think that there is something 
that is "unknown" somewhere.  Or there is my rather lame theory that 
Ollivander is a descendant of Ravenclaw and the wand is the 
Ravenclaw wand.  I really don't know.  Drives me crazy, but it must 
all mean "something"!

As to the brother wands. I think the important thing was that 
because Harry had the brother wand, LV could not kill Harry. I don't 
think that LV will use his own wand on Harry again. What he will do 
instead is anyones guess. But Harry will defeat LV in another way, 
and not by killing. So again I think the main reason that Harry's 
wand has Fawkes feather is for a more noble reason and also to 
protect Harry from LV.

Tonks_op