Harry's wand

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 176351

---  "Monica" <mosu22 at ...> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> 
> ... But if not, we know Harry's wand rebounds on 
> Voldemort because of a strange recognition of him, 
> and attacks him on its own. 

bboyminn:

Sorry, though I'm sure you are asking a good question,
I can't seem to decipher what it is. Which incident 
are you referring to above? If this is the escape in
beginning of the book, then that was explained to
a limited extent. When Harry and Voldemort's wands
connected in the graveyard in GoF, some of Voldemort's
power was transferred into Harry's wand. That 
transfer gave Harry special magical powers when ever
his original Holly Wand faced Voldemort. 

> Monica:
>
> ... does anyone have any idea 
> about why his wand wouldn't work against a horcrux?
> Seems to me that the part of Voldemort that Harry's 
> wand recognized was his soul, so if it came into 
> contact with his soul in the form of a horcrux, it 
> would be capable of destroying it. I know it got 
> broken before they really had a chance to test that 
> theory, it's just a curiosity.

bboyminn:

Again, I think we need more details; whose wand against
which Horcrux? 

You seem to be implying that because of the special
power that Harry's Holly wand had with regard to
Voldemort, that Harry's Holly wand should have been
able to destroy Horcruxes; implying that Harry 
would have not need for the Sword, Basilisk Fangs,
Feindfire, or other special magic to destroy the 
Horcruxes.

That's an interesting thought. A piece of Voldemort
was in each Horcrux. Harry's wand had the unique 
ability to recognise Voldemort, and Harry's wand had
extra power and ability when confronting Voldemort. 
So, by extension, could Harry's wand, recognizing
Voldemort in the Horcrux, have then been a 
special weapon against the Horcrux? All I can say 
is 'maybe'. 

Sadly, Harry's wand is destroyed before he ever gets
a chance to use it against a Horcrux. Since Harry
and his wand, and the Horcrux were together for a
significant amount of time, it seems that the Wand
would not spontaneously act against the Horcrux.
Possibly because the Horcrux wasn't actually 
attacking Harry as Voldemort was in the Escape at
the beginning of the book.

Since, the Wand would not spontaneously attack, 
Harry would have had to know how to direct his wand.
He would have had to have some kind of spell, or
at least a strong clear intent with which to direct
the Wand to attack the Horcrux. 

But first and foremost, Harry would have had to
realize that his wand had this special Horcrux
destroying power. As much as I love him, Harry
isn't the most deep thinking person. I think
he would have had to convince Hermione of the 
Wand's special power, and let her work out how
to apply it. But that never happened.

Still, the idea that the special power of Harry's
wand /could/ have destroyed a Horcrux is an 
interesting one.

Steve/bboyminn