Did JKR ever address why H's wand protected him from V "all on it's own"?

Question

When they were trying to get to the first house from Privet Dr.?

Answer 1

"He was more afraid than you were that night, Harry. You had accepted, even embraced, the possibility of death, something Lord Voldemort has never been able to do. Your courage won, your wand overpowered his. And in doing so, something happened between those wands, something that echoed the relationship between their masters.
"I believe that your wand imbibed some of the power and qualities of Voldemort's wand that night, which is to say that it contained a little of Voldemort himself. So your wand recognized him when he pursued you, recognized a man who was both kin and mortal enemy, and it regurgitated some of his own magic against him, magic much more powerfull than anything Lucius's wand had ever performed. Your wand now contained the power of your enormous courage and of Voldemort's own deadly skill: What chance did that poor stick of Lucius Malfoy's stand?"

Dumbledore, pg 711 chapter 35: King's Cross; Deathly Hallows

Answer 2

This is a weird explanation. The book explains it in one of the final chapters of the seventh book (when Harry is in King's Cross talking to Dumbledore).

Basically, it works out that Harry had a piece of Voldemort inside him as a result of the Curse when he was a child. Voldemort had some of Harry inside him due to the resurrection ritual.

Wands, who choose their masters, not vice versa, also take in some small part of their masters. How this works isn't spelled out, but it could be either a merging, or just an effect of leftover energy that the user channeled through it. Either way, the wands hold a piece of their masters as well.

When the wands joined at the end of Goblet of Fire (made possible by the twin cores) they exchanged energies as well.

All of this adds up to Harry's wand having 'tasted' its enemy and could, and would, work on it's own to defend its master from him; even without the twin core wand.

Answer 3

The cores of H's wand and V's wand were the same, phoenix, which made them like magnets in a duel.

H's wand twisted around in his hand because of that, I think...his wand would respond to V's wand whether H knew what was going on or not, it seems!
Almost like the wand would protect itself if it could, and so protect Harry, too. (But it broke, huh...hmmm)

Answer 4

Harry's wand and Voldemort's had the same cores. Voldemort wanted a wand like Harry's so he captured Ollivander.

Answer 5

Yes, look at the chapter King's Cross for Dumbledore's thoughts.

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Answer 6

Yes, but dumboldore explained it in the forth book, it was becuase of the twin cores.
If you're talking about the seventh book it was becuase Voldermart didn't win Lucius's wand, he just made him give it to him.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

because harry was a horcruxs, which meant that he had a piece of voldemort in him. the wand recognized that piece, and deffended harry from him, its in the chapter Kings Cross (pages 710-711usa )

Answer 9

It is because Harry potter and V's wand had the same phoinex feather and the wands were brothers. Its wierd but its true.

Answer 10

I don't remember that she said that in the book. But check this website with an interview and see if she says anything about it...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19959323/

Hope it helps... I think I might have to read Deathly Hallows again...