Harry's wand

[Monica]

No: HPFGUIDX 176371

Monica:
> > ... 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:
> 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. 

Maybe I should clarify; although I don't have the books on me, it
seemed that the wand possessed a recognition of Voldemort the person,
beyond just containing some of Voldemort's powers. I took that to mean
a recognition of his soul, a fragment of which was in the Horcrux.
> 
> > 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? 

Monica:
Harry's wand against any Horcrux, more specifically the locket I
suppose since that was the only one he had when his wand was still
functional.

bboyminn:

> ...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.

Monica:
Well, obviously this theory of mine never actually got tested. I guess
really the only place where it would have happened would have been
when the horcrux was opened and tormenting Ron, but obviously the wand
was broken by then. 

bboyminn: 
...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.

Monica:
Yeah, the only thing that pops into my head offhand would be an Avada
Kedavra type spell, but obviously that can't destroy souls, only
body-soul connections (death), although seemingly the soul piece is
dependent upon its "body" in the case of a horcrux, not the other way
around as in living beings. Maybe summon a dementor to suck the soul
right out of the horcrux? <g> (Incidentally, also a possibility I
suppose, albeit an unsavory one).

I'm not really asking because I think it is in any way relevant to the
plot, because obviously she didn't go anywhere with it and if she had
it would have been boring to see every horcrux just zapped by the
wand, rather than seeing how each gets destroyed in their own unique
ways. I was just lying around thinking about it yesterday, and it
seemed here would be the place to ask <g>

Thanks!
Monica