wands (was: Housing and HP female talent, wands, acronym definitions

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

No: HPFGUIDX 28639

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Tabouli" <tabouli at u...> wrote:

> Now that raises a thought - if each wizard has one "right" wand
> that recognises him or her instantly with sparks and so on, how
> does this work if the wand is destroyed?  Does another wand 
> magically become The One, or is there a second best then beecomes 
> The One kind of arrangement? 

I believe that it is not that each wizard has One Right Wand, but 
that each wizard is a particular magical 'type' and each wand works 
for one particular magical type. Maybe there are eight or twelve or 
twenty very common magical types, and a successful wandmaker would 
have a good supply of wands suited to those types. Maybe Roger Davies 
and Terry Boot are the same magical type. Roger is older, went to 
Ollivander's first, took the first wand that he tried that suited his 
type. When Terry came along, that wand was gone but there were plenty 
of others that suited their type. If Roger had taken a different one 
that would have worked equally well for him, Terry might have gotten 
the one that in this world Roger got, and it would have worked just 
fine for him.

The customers who especially interest Mr. Ollivander would be the 
ones who are unusual magical types. He must have a good supply of 
one-off wands in his back room. He brings them out to be tried in an 
order determined by increasing uncommonness (i.e. the least uncommon 
first) adjusted for what he guesses of their type from their results 
with the wands they have already tried.

Suddenly I realise that it is rather like shoes. Most people can 
just wear a 6 1/2 B or an 9 AAA or a 3 EE but some people HAVE to 
get their shoes custom made in order to fit.