The Harry Potter Wand Test

[Carol]

Jen: 

Snape *3rd* for you Carol?!?  Course there can be a difference 
between finding fictional qualities fascinating & wanting to marry 
someone with them. ;) 

Carol:
It was about two percentage points, very similar to your scores only
involving three men instead of three boys and a man. <grin> But, yes,
there's a big difference between a fascinating fictional character and
an ideal husband. (I don't think there's anyone in the HP books I'd
want to marry. Maybe Cedric if he'd been allowed to grow up and were
closer to my age.)

> Jen: 
> 11 2/3", Oak, Veela
> 
> "Oak signifies wisdom, endurance, protection, and authority. The 
> veela hair as a wand core means that you are slightly unpredictable 
> but very powerful."   
> 
> Woo-hoo!  Watch out Mike - I'm powerful. Mwahahaha.
> 
> I want the phoenix core though. *pouts*  Oh, maybe that's why I got
Veela...emotional. <g>

Carol:
11 2/3 inches! You must have charged into battle while I, thinking of
my real self now rather than an imaginary teenage self, ran away. At
fifteen, or even twenty, though, I'd probably have charged into the
fray and been promptly killed. Especially with my little 9-inch wand.

BTW, Potioncat, I didn't like some of the questions, either, and had
to decide by process of elimination, the least bad or least
inappropriate choice when "none of the above" was the right answer but
not an available option.

Jen: 
> Anyone else have a hard time deciding what class you'd want to take 
> at Hogwarts?  I liked chemistry & potions sounds similar. Charms
would be fun.

Carol:
I chose Potions on the assumption or in the hope that Snape would be
teaching it. I'd have been inspired by his poetic speeches and his
knowledge, as Hermione clearly was, and not at all afraid of him
(oops--I think I chose the wrong character to identify with!) or
deterred by his sarcasm--though I'd try hard to avoid having it aimed
at me! Also, Potions is useful. Charms is just silly (except maybe
Accio, which would be handy for finding keys and other misplaced
objects) and what's the point of turning a hedgehog into a pincushion
and similar Transfiguration spells? (Please--don't anyone attack me
for criticizing your favorite Hogwarts subject. I'm just describing my
own purely subjective reaction.)

Jen:
> Ancient Runes & Arithmancy both sound promising but we never see a
class.  Not much interested in the outside classes like herbology &
magical creatures.  And Transfiguration is squicky to me.  I'd find
Divination entertaining if nothing else.  
> 
> What to choose, what to choose.

Carol:
Squicky? I'm not quite sure what it means, but I like it. Is it a
portmanteau word, to use Lewis Carroll's term, combining two familiar
words into a new one? Transfiguration makes you squeamish 'cause it's
icky? Please explain.

I'd take Ancient Runes because it involves language and translation
and, probably, an element of history (because the runes are ancient).
I assume that there's a connection with Druids (who ought to have been
covered in History of Magic along with Goblin rebellions, Giant
rebellions, Goblin rebellions, Witch burning, Goblin rebellions, and,
oh, yeah, Goblin rebellions). Arithmancy, OTOH, involves numbers,
which lets that subject out right away. (I may not be as bad at math
as JKR, but it's by no means my forte.) Divination would be okay, but
given a choice between it and Ancient Runes, I'd take ancient Runes.

I agree with you about COMC and Herbology. Who wants to be attacked by
a magical creature or child-eating plant?

Carol, the Ravenclaw