Fleur and Wands (was: 50 Questions..)

[Jaimee]

No: HPFGUIDX 55206

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "finwitch" <finwitch at y...> 
wrote:
> well... did he get a new wand or keep the fixed one?
> 
> -- Finwitch



I was reading the messages concerning Hagrid's wand, and something 
occurred to me: Is there really any proof that the wand ever snapped 
into pieces? I mean, it is suggested in the conversation with 
Ollivander....But really, if you think about it, Hagrid is not being 
truthful for most of the conversation. He responds uncomfortably to 
each of Ollivander's questions, and he lies in response to the latter 
question (about using the pieces). So who is to say that he is not 
lying in response to the former? 

Here is my reasoning....Think about who was probably in charge of 
expelling Hagrid? Dumbledore says in CoS that the Heads of the House 
are responsible for the punishments of their students...So, who was 
most likely the Head of Hagrid's house at this time? If DD wasn't 
Headmaster (which we know he isn't), than I would bet anything he was 
the Head of Gryffindor! And if Dumblerdore was put in charge of the 
punishment, do you really think he would snap Hagrid's wand when he 
believed deep down that Hagrid was innocent? Keeping Dumbledore's 
character tendencies in mind, I would definitely assume NO!!!

Can't you picture the situation...Hagrid, with huge tears the size of 
water balloons crashing to the floor, howling to Dumbledore that he 
would "never do something like that!" That "Aragog would never hurt 
anybody!" And Dumbledore being his normal, everyone-deserves-a-second-
chance self...hinting to Hagrid that he [Dumbledore] will be made 
Headmaster before long and that Hagrid can stay at Hogwarts as an 
employee--eventually as gamekeeper or groundskeeper or whatever. And 
I would bet that Dumbledore and Hagrid turned the wand into the pink 
umbrella the moment Hagrid was expelled--to hide the fact that it was 
never snapped into a million pieces. Of course, on one condition: 
that Hagrid uses his wand sparingly so no one becomes suspicious.

Very typical of Dumbledore--right along the lines of exceptions he 
has made for Snape and Sirius and Remus. 


That's just my 2 knuts!

~J