[HPforGrownups] Re: Voldemort's Wand

[Carol Bainbridge]

No: HPFGUIDX 47379

Darla said:

>   Erm, well, I actually think it would be extremely out of character
>for Hagrid to purchase a wand. Yes, he has a certain disregard for
>the rules when it comes to illegal pets *grin*, but I believe this is
>driven mostly out of love for them, (and a touching innocence in his
>ability to care for creatures most of the WW turn their noses up at
>and fear more out of ignorance then any real basis).

That's true.  Hagrid does love his animals, but illegal is illegal and he 
knows it.  How on earth could he expect to keep an illegal dragon hidden in 
his wooden hut?  He just doesn't always think things through very 
well.  And he's careless.  McGonagall points that out to Dumbledore in 
PS/SS and Hagrid does tell the "stranger" in the pub how to get past 
Fluffy.  If that's not careless, I don't know what is.

>   When Hagrid respects someone, he respects them, and I don't believe
>he would betray Dumbledore by going behind his back to by a dodgy
>wand.

His respect for Dumbledore does not stop him from buying that dragon or 
from telling someone he's never met before how to get past Fluffy.

>His wand was broken, and he's very quick to assure Mr Olivander
>in PS that it's remained so, and Hagrid definately isn't one to buy
>something simply to 'look' at it, or think it's pretty.

Yes, he's very quick to assure Mr. Olivander, which is why he wouldn't be 
able to get one from him.  And he's also not supposed to use a wand or do 
magic either in PS/SS, but he does.  We all suspect that he has the pieces 
of his broken wand in his umbrella.  To me it's not that big of a stretch 
to go from using his broken wand to buying a wand that he really shouldn't 
have.  He doesn't need to know that the wand is Voldemort's.  Also, he 
could buy that wand anytime -- at the beginning of Harry's second year or 
at the end.  We just know at the beginning that Hagrid DOES go to Knockturn 
Alley.  By the end of Harry's second year, Hagrid has been cleared of any 
wrong-doing in his youth.  Yet JKR has pointedly left out any mention of 
whether Hagrid is allowed to use a wand bought a new wand or is now allowed 
to use magic.  It's left out in PoA and in GoF as well.  And I do think 
it's in character for Hagrid to buy something because it's nice to look at. 
Or just because he wants it.  He would justify as "I'm not going to *use* 
it, so there's no harm in it."  He doesn't usually think past the moment.