OWLs and future Aurors-Neville

[mtwelovett]

No: HPFGUIDX 74225

 "Sue Nissen" <fc26det at a...> 
> wrote:
> >I think anyone can use any wand but for the 
> >wand to perform properly and with full functions it has to be 
> >the "one" for you.  I also think that his grandmother has stunted 
> >his growth as a powerful wizard by comparing him to his father.  I 
> >think that once he gets a new wand, he will flourish!!

>greatelderone replied: 
> Not necessarily afterall Ron was using Charlie's old wand in the 
> first two books and when he got a new wand in POA there wasn't very 
> much of a change in magical ability.


Maybe Ron and Charlie are a closer magically overall than Neville and
his dad, (Brothers/shared parents vs father/son) so Charlie's wand is
a better Magical Match for Ron than Neville's dad's is for him. Maybe
Neville's true magical talents are closer to his mother's than to his
father's making the wand somewhat of a hinderance to him... that or
the thought of "living up to" expectations of him to be like his
father which I think has something to do with it as well. So in that
sense, I agree with Sue. Wheather consciously or unconsciously,
Neville has been hindered by the use of his father's wand, once that
"pressure" is gone when he gets his own, he is likely to show some
improvement....

Just playing devil's advocate...;)
Mtwelovett