Why don't they brake or take the wands? Thoughts on Neville?

[Kristen]

No: HPFGUIDX 74400

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sarcasticmuppet" 
<sarcasticmuppet at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Ximena Valdivia" 
> <xvaldivia at y...> wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "agnesbrauner" 
> > <agnes_braunerhielm at h...> wrote:
> > > Before Harry 
> > > leaves the room, why not take the two death eaters wands (the 
> baby 
> > > head's and the one that is stunned on the floor) and brake 
them? 
> > Or 
> > > maybe keep them? If the two Death Eaters get back to normal, 
they 
> > > will be powerless without their wands. Harry just have to 
> > say "accio 
> > > wands!" and he will get them and be able to break them apart. I 
> > think 
> > > this is very obvious and it is very strange that they don't do 
> > that...
> > 
> > Probably Harry couldn't think right at that moment, let's 
remember 
> > that his main focus was to save Sirius (sob!) so probably he 
didn't 
> > think of all the possibilities that he could have had in that 
> moment 
> > to break all the DE's wands.
> > 
> > Ximena
> 
> Me (sarcasticmuppet):
> I think it has to do with the fact that a wand is something very 
dear 
> and personal to a witch or wizard.  Even in the heat of battle, 
> neither side would even think of destroying their enemy's wand.  
It's 
> just dishonorable.  It's sort of like an unspoken code of honor 
among 
> wizards.  Remember, a wizard will only perform his best with the 
wand 
> that chose him.  If it's broken, he will be a second-rate wizard 
for 
> the rest of his life.
> 
> This is all complete speculation, of course.  I hope we learn more 
> about the theory behind wands in the next books.
> 
> --Ashley--

For that matter, all the DE's had to say was "Accio, wands," and 
remove the wands from the disabled kids. It wouldn't have been as 
exciting a fight scene if no one had weapons, now would it? 

Do we really know if there is a code of honor regarding wands? I 
don't remember reading anything about this.

Also, is there really only ONE wand per wizard or witch? True the 
wand chooses the owner; I can imagine that when a wand is broken a 
new one is obtained from Ollivander's through the same process as the 
first one. It simply chooses its owner. It isn't reasonable to 
believe that when a wand is broken that a witch or wizard is forever 
disabled because their "one" wand is gone forever...doesn't make 
sense.

For me, I'm dying to find out how Neville does when he obtains "his" 
own wand. Me thinks this boy is going to show some new attitude and 
leadership. This may be a little off topic, but I think his 
grandmother knows about the prophecy and is doing everything she can 
to protect him from LV. Turning Neville into bumbling, inept, lack 
luster wizard is certainly a good disguise. I agree with others on 
this board that Neville is under some sort of memory spell. My 
memory's shot (old age tends to do that), but it's in tip-top shape 
compared to Neville's.  At any rate, Neville's DADA skills have to 
improve once he has a new wand...unless someone curses it...oh, dear!