Ron's Wand

[grey_wolf_c]

No: HPFGUIDX 39021

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "ellaenchanted87" <ellaenchanted87 at y...> 
wrote:
> As I'm fairly new here I'm not sure if this is a topic you've 
> covered here before, but it suddenly occured to me that, according 
> to the "rules" Ms. Rowling has set up about the world of wizards, 
> Ron should not have been able to inherit his wand from one of his 
> older siblings (from which one, I'm not sure as I haven't got the 
> book here in front of me). When Harry was buying his wand at 
> Ollivander's, Mr.Ollivander 
> himself told him that "the wand chooses the wizard," and not the
> other way around. How, then, was Ron able to manage with that old 
> hand-me-down wand of his? (I suppose one could argue that Ron 
> WASN'T in fact able to use it properly, and that this might be the 
> cause of some of the "mishaps" that he experienced in his first 
> several years at Hogwarts, such as the belching-up-slugs incident, 
> but I'm not sure I agree with that.)
> Sincerely,
> Ella :)

I have often discussed the "Reality Rules" that JKR has stablished 
for her world and, as you already guessed, this question has been 
discussed before. But I don't mind. New imput is always welcome. If 
not, our views tend to stale. And we wouldn't like that.

Anyway, my own theory on the matter is that, even if Olivanders is 
THE main expert in wands in Britain (or the whole world, for that 
matter), he is, nonetheless, a bit of a loon, and holds some rather 
strange (and scientifically and even magicaly improvable) theories. 
The "wand choosing the wizard" seems, in my opinion, one of those 
pet theories (like a car-seller telling you that "the car chooses 
the driver", which I've heard, even if semi-joking instead of dead 
serious).

My theory is not well-liked, though, since people tend to prefer the 
idea of thinking wands for some reason, so feel free to disagree. It 
does explain why people will happily change wands and accept other 
people's and USE other people's without turning a hair.

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf