Harry's Wand Hand

[sayse22]

No: HPFGUIDX 33640

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Alexander <lav at t...> wrote:
>   Greetings!
> 
> > Christi wrote to us in her wisdom:
> 
> c>  I got the impression from the scene when Harry gets his wand 
> c> (SS/PS) that he holds his wand in his right hand, but the 
> c> illustration for PoA12 shows him holding his wand in his left 
hand. 
> c> Did the illustrator make a mistake? Could the illustration have 
> c> gotten flipped when the book was layed out? Or did I just 
> c> misunderstand which hand Harry holds his wand in? Ah, the things 
you 
> c> notice when you are trying to do anything other than clean the 
> c> house...
> 
> c>  Christi
> 
>   <snip> But my version is that it's not important at all - you can
> hold your wand by your right or left arm with no troubles.

I disagree.  I am not really left-handed or right-handed.  I bat with 
my left, but throw with my right, etc.  When I learn a new activity I 
basically have to somehow discern if I should do it left or right 
handed, and usually one way seems a lot more natural than the other.  
I feel, for whatever reason, that I would definetly hold a wand in my 
right hand.  Not that I have or need a wand, sadly.  Yet I feel 
really sure that handedness would matter.  Think of it like this, can 
you write with your left or right hand at will?  No, most people have 
to choose on or the other, and I think the same would stand for 
wands. 
> 
>   Did anyone consider an alternative punishment for wizard
> criminals? I mean, why bother with Dementors and Azkaban,
> when you can simply cut bad dude's arms off and break his
> wand (just in case)? Despite the cruelty, I think this to be
> a much more humanistic approach to punishment than to let
> the guy go insane and die in 1-2 years...
>   Of course, this still doesn't guarantee the punishment if
> one can hold a wand by his foot fingers, or in the mouth...

Well, wizards don't necessarily need wands to commit crimes, so 
taking away their wands wouldn't quite do the job.  I mean they could 
still do damage in the same ways that nonmagical people do. 

Sandi
(right-handed wand holder)