Wands/Motorbike/No. of Students

[grey_wolf_c]

No: HPFGUIDX 31662

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., faux pas <unfauxpas at y...> wrote

> 1) Wands in general. Ollivander seems to make it clear
> that the wand chooses the owner. Why does Ron get his
> brother's wand then? Why would Charlie get a new one
> while Ron just gets the old one? Do wands wear out?
> The only thing I can think of to compare it to would
> be custom made shoes. They fit the person they're made
> for but wouldn't fit anyone else as well. 
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Of course, it could be Ollivander's unconfirmed theory (sort of a 
religious belief. Ollivander IS a bit odd). Wands DO get old and have 
to be changed from time to time, anyway, so it's not af it's a "for the 
rest of your life" choice, even if wands select their owners.

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> 2) Sirius' motorbike. In PS/SS, after Hagrid drops off
> Harry at the Dursley's, he says that he has to take
> the motorbike back to Sirius. In PoA, he says that
> Sirius told him to take the motorbike because he
> wouldn't be needing it anymore. Is Hagrid remembering
> wrongly or is it a mistake.
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If someone lends you his car, telling you he's not going to need it 
more, you would nonetheless give it back, would you? Posibly Hagrid 
understood that Sirius wouldn't be needing it for some time, and, 
anyway, they were both more than a bit shocked then.

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> 3) Number of students. My theory is that each house is
> further divided for classes. For example, Gryffindor
> first years might be divided into A, B, and C for
> classes so they can get to know other houses. HRH are
> all in the same group. So GryffindorA might take
> Potions with SlytherinA. However, why don't they mix
> them up more? But I also think we're only shown a
> small portion of the classes. Potions is mentioned
> frequently while others barely at all. 
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I actually like this theory so much, I'm going to start to defend it 
myself. Very well done. In my school, that was the exact situation: 
there was an A clas and a B class, and I didn't even know the names of 
the people of the other class (some of them, I wouldn't recognize in 
the playground as of my year).

Anyway, hope that helps.

Grey Wolf