Ron/Charlie's Wand (was Voldemort's wand (was Re: Wormtail's Wand)

[gingerssnape1966]

No: HPFGUIDX 54795

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Megalynn S." <megalynn44 at h...> 
wrote:
> What I want to know is why did CHarlie give up his wand in the 
first place? 
> It was in fine working condition when Ron first got it in the first 
year. If 
> the wand was "suited" to Charlie, why would he give up a working 
wand?  It 
> couldn't be to save money because Charlie would just have to go out 
and buy 
> another wand for himself. If money muct be spent on a new wand, why 
not buy 
> one "suited" to Ron in the first place?

Me: 
It's the law of hand-me-downs.  Remember that in Ron's first year 
Charlie was in Romania.  He had a job and was supporting only 
himself.  As an older brother, he knew his parents were sending four 
(soon to be five) kids to Hogwarts on a very tight budget.  Buying 
Ron a new wand himself may have been embarrasing for his parents.  
Remember how Harry senses not to offer them money? (I do hope he had 
the manners to send a thank-you gift)  

It would be more of an "older brother" thing to do to buy himself a 
new wand and then, in an offhand kind of way, to mention that his old 
wand is still functional, and offer it to them for Ron's use.  

Totally unsupported by canon, but Charlie may have let Ron play a bit 
with his old wand and realized they were compatible.  Not that he 
would have let him do magic, but just holding and swishing it, like 
letting little kids "drive" when the car is shut off.

Ginger, who is having fond big sister memories of buying herself a 
new bike so that baby sister Dobby (her nickname which predated HP by 
a decade) could have the old one as she didn't have one.