Harry Can Hold Both A Wand And Another Object (WAS: Harry's wands)

[Grey Wolf]

No: HPFGUIDX 43926

Richelle Votaw wrote:
> I will say that I didn't think of the possiblity someone (sorry, 
> sorry,can't remember!) mentioned that as a Quidditch player Harry's
> reflexes are extremely fast and the wand could even have gone into
> his pocket while in transit through the portkey, if you can move at
> the time.  I've never used one, wouldn't know. :)
> 
> Richelle

That was me, but you misunderstood my suggestion: I said that a 
possibility was that Harry had accioned the cup and while *the cup* was 
flying towards him, he put the wand away to have the hand free to catch 
the cup. I still prefer the other possibility (Harry simply had the 
wand all along but forgot about it - I tend to forget I'm wearing my 
glasses, and they're closer to my eyes!), but this one should work.

The only problem I see with it is that it is possible that the wand 
must be kept pointing towards the accio object all the way, but I 
somehow doubt it: not all objects are easily catched with a hand full 
of wand, so I think that the "accio" spell is more of a "launch and 
forget" kind: oncce you've used it, you can use the wand for other 
purposes, and if the object is far away, you've got enough time to put 
the wand away. In the Graveyard Gathering, the cup *wasn't* very far 
away, which is why I suggested that Harry's hand-reflexes were fast 
enough to put the wand away while the *cup* was being accioed.

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf