Fleur and Wands (was: 50 Questions..)

[Katy Cartee]

No: HPFGUIDX 54938

Debbie wrote:

> GoF, p. 724 US
> "We will see each uzzer again, I 'ope," said Fleur..."I am 'oping to 
> get a job 'ere, to improve my Eenglish."
> Of course, does she specificially mean Hogwarts? I always assumed 
> that, but maybe she meant the U.K.

Ahhh, i had forgotten all about that part. But you're right, she could've meant Hogwarts, Hogsmeade, Diagon Alley or anywhere in the UK. She didn't seem impressed with Hogwarts at all when she first arrived, but perhaps she changed her mind by the end of the tournament. I want to see some more action from her "tempermental" wand.

In fact, that brings me to another question. I started reading book #1 again and noticed a few things about Olivander's shop that i hadn't before:

    SS pg. 83 US
    "Rubeus! Rubeus Hagrid! How nice to see you again...
    Oak, sixteen inches, rather bendy, wasn't it?"
    "It was, sir, yes," said Hagrid.
    "Good wand, that one. But I suppose they snapped it 
    in half when you got expelled?" said Mr. Ollivander, 
    suddenly stern.
    "Er - yes, they did, yes," said Hagrid, shuffling his 
    feet. "I've still got the pieces, though," he added brightly.
    "But you don't use them?" said Mr. Ollivander sharply.
    "Oh, no, sir," said Hagrid quickly.

So wands get snapped in two when you're expelled from Hogwarts. I suppose the same practice is used when a wizard is sent to Azkaban? And "pieces" of a wand can still be used to perform magic after the wand is broken. Interesting. 

    SS pg. 81 US
    "Just Ollivanders left now - only place fer wands, 
    Ollivanders, and yeh gotta have the best wand."

Well that makes it sound as though Olivanders is the *only* place to buy wands. But obviously Durmstrang students don't travel to London to buy their school supplies. This is further proven by the following quote:

    SS pg. 84 US
    "Every Ollivander wand has a core of a powerful magical 
    substance, Mr. Potter. We use unicorn hairs, phoenix tail 
    feathers, and the heartstrings of dragons."

So Ollivander only uses those three items as wand cores. But apparently other people/shops use other ingredients - such as the Veela hair in Fleur's wand. Apparently Hagrid was just sharing his biased opinion that Ollivanders is the BEST wand shop. But i do wonder why Hagrid said "yeh gotta have the best wand"...as if there are different degrees of good, better and best wands. If it were me walking into the shop, i guess i'd be praying that a cheap wand "chose" me ;)

I wonder what other cores you could put into a wand and what effects they would have? I think i'd make one that had a Niffler hair as the core...cause they're so darn kute and cuddly :D

~Katy~
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