[HPforGrownups] Re: Hagrid's Wand with a side ponder

[srsiriusblack at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 48883

In a message dated 27/12/2002 18:14:20 Eastern Standard Time, 
Malady579 at hotmail.com writes:


> He told
> Ollivander, "I've still got the pieces, though."  I wonder if he is
> telling the truth there.  Seems he would be feeding the "his wand was
> snapped" lie to people for so long, he might actually believe it
> himself in passing comments.  So, I don't think his saying this could
> actually mean it was in fact snapped.  Or even that the pieces are
> still "pieces".  Then it could be just a half-truth.  He has the
> pieces but they were pieced back together well.  We all discredit
> Hagrid on this site, so it is possible he is flustering his truths
> again.  A lie hiding in a truth.


I, personally, don't think Hagrid really ever lies like this. Dumbledore says 
in PS that he would "trust Hagrid with his life". My personal opinion on 
Hagrid is that he always means well and when he has lied it seems to have 
been very difficult on him. He hates ever disappointing Dumbledore. Lying 
would be a disappointment, wouldn't it?

It also makes sense that the wand would be snapped into pieces--- however, I 
could see Dumbledore "fixing it" for his own reasons-- because the MoM 
wouldn't want untrained witches and wizards about the place running amok with 
wands. So, the wand would be broken upon expulsion... 

The reason I think maybe Dumbledore could have "fixed" the wand is that 
Hagrid has permission from him to use some magic in the quest to pick up 
Harry and deliver him to Hogwarts. Perhaps Dumbledore think Hagrid should be 
allowed to use Magic to a certain extent and that useage is a secret between 
the two of them?

Just throwing out some ideas... 

-Snuffles 
"All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty 
recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the 
dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with 
open eyes, to make it possible. This I did."  T.E. Lawrence- Seven Pillars of 
Wisdom


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