Mr Olivander's Opinion

[grey_wolf_c]

No: HPFGUIDX 42762

> Felicia wrote:
> May we assume therefore that it was just the luck of the draw that 
> Harry got the wand that was Voldemort's twin then, and that it is a 
> coincidence that both are made out of wood associated in some form 
> with death i.e. *Holly and Yew*, and that Lily Potter's wand was good 
> for charm work and James's wand better for transfiguration by more 
> arbitrary selection?
> 
> Surely it would be better to suggest that all wands will work to a  
> greater or lesser extent with all wizards BUT that the right wand in 
> the right hands would perform over and above a wizard's expectations. 
> 
> I think Mr Olivander has a point.
> 
> Felicia

I never said that ther aren't better suited wands for every person. 
What I'm saying is that wands *do not* have the intelligence to choose 
the wizard they are going to be bought by. Someone used an example with 
a violinist and violins, but he didn't suggest that when the violinist 
went into the music shop the violin chose him, instead of him choosing 
the violin that suited him best. We've seen more than our share of 
intelligent objects in Potterverse in these four books, and the wands 
are *not* as intelligent as the map or the diary, at least not 
intelligent enough to choose. 

If you had taken some time to read through my post, you may had noted 
that none of the above arguments contradict it: I agree that some wands 
are better suitedfor some people and that they are better suited for 
some sorts of magic. The only things that I believe in are that the 
wands *don't* have that magical brain Arthur dislikes so much and that 
when Olivader *says* that the wand selects the wizard, it is either a 
figure of speech, or a strange theory of a strange man which is not 
exactly true. The trouble is that that sort of figure of speech is 
easily missinterpreted, especially in a world where cars can fly and 
live wild in a forest, maps answer back to people and diaries control 
the reader's mind.

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf