[HPforGrownups] Re: wands - one more death - sexy Sirius

[Monika Huebner]

No: HPFGUIDX 18202

> -----Original Message-----
> From: margdean [mailto:margdean]
 
> rainy_lilac at yahoo.com wrote:
> > 
> > I have wondered for a long time about Sirius Black's wand and what
> > became of it-- and why he does not appear to have obtained a new wand,
> > now that he is free.

Well, he isn't exactly free. He is still hiding not only from the MoM,
but also from the rest of the wizarding world. I really can't see him
wandering around Diagon Alley and buy a wand. He cannot even buy
food and has to ask Harry to send him some. 

> Not necessarily!  The Firebolt could be purchased by mail order
> (owl order, whatever), but it seems likely that wand-buying has
> to be done in person -- at least, an exacting craftsman like Mr.
> Ollivander wouldn't have it any other way, since the wand has to
> be matched carefully to the person.

I can't see Mr. Ollivander sell wands by mail order, either, although I think
that Sirius would be happier with a wand that doesn't fit him 
perfectly than without one at all. He was even able to use Snape's wand
in the Shrieking Shack, and I really don't think that Snape and Sirius
are so alike that they would have similar wands. And Sirius can't
risk to steal a wand, he can't even risk to steal enough food, we know
he is still starving.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Amy Z [mailto:aiz24 at hotmail.com]

> We talked about this once before, and someone said the UK version 
> doesn't have this line.  It says "one more curse" or something like 
> that

Yes, in my UK version it says "one more curse", page 16 of the
Bloomsbury hardcover.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Catlady [mailto:catlady at wicca.net]

> Wizarding society seems very old-fashioned. No doubt it's the kind of
> culture in which pretty young witches wouldn't want their husbands or
> boyfriends to ever find out that the best sex they ever had was a
> quickie, in a cloakroom or something, with a prominent Death Eater.

I'll try to overread the "cloakroom or something". 8-) As other people
have already stated, there is no evidence in the canon that Sirius has
hunted down every witch in Britain before he went to Azkaban. Although
I can't believe he was of the shy type, being attractive and all, I don't
think the fact he wasn't married at the time really matters, because he
was still *very* young. Being locked away at 21 or 22 didn't leave him
much time to settle with a wife and children, and I am still not over
the revelation that Lily and James had Harry right after they graduated
from Hogwarts...

Monika

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