[HPforGrownups] Re: leaky poll -- wands

[jlcaron at gmail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 157635

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> AnnR:
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> Well in the series Voldemort has made many arrogant mistakes.
> Do you think that maybe he chose the wrong child?  Should it have
> been  Neville?  After all both sets of parents thrice defied him.
> Neville was given his father's wand if I remember correctly.
> Maybe if he had got to Ollivanders first Harry's wand would have
> chosen him.  I can't remember the core of Neville's wand and I
> do not have HBP with me at the moment.   Also I would suspect that
> Alice would have died protecting her child also as most mothers
> would, if so would the love protection have been on Neville and
> then vanquished Voldemort.  Is Neville the chosen one?  Even though
> Dumbledore thinks it's Harry.

Jaime:

Sorry, for such a short reply but Neville declares in HPB that his  
new wand is cherry and unicorn hair. Unicorns seem to be symbolic of  
purity and healing.

I thought it was irrelevant who was originally intended in the  
prophecy and that it only mattered that Voldemort chose Harry. Maybe  
I'm not understand Dumbledore correctly when he explained the  
prophecy at the end of OOTP but I thought he was making the point  
that who the Chosen One actually was is irrelevant and that it was  
Voldemort's decision that put these chain of events into action.