OoP: Neville's wand

[Grey Wolf]

No: HPFGUIDX 63069

innovan wrote:
> Neville was using his fathers' wand all this time instead of a wand 
> fitted to him personally? No wonder why he's been having so many 
> problems casting magic!

That's uncanonical. On the other hand, we have McGonagall saying that 
"All Neville needs is confidence". And indeed, he improves tremendously 
after joining DA and isn't as preasured.

> My prediction is when Neville gets a new wand that's actually fitted 
> to him he will improve dramatically in his spell casting. He may even 
> surpass Potter now that his handicap is gone.

I doubt it. Ron got a wand suited for him in PoA and his powers did not 
sky rocket. And considering Harry probably has the powers of Voldemort 
in addition to his own, I doubt Neville will be able to surpass him. 
And of course, metathinking tells us that, since the books are called 
"Harry Potter and... " that it is unprobable that the hero will be 
surpased.

> Less sure prediction: Longbottom will also find a phoenix feather 
> wand exactly fits him. Potter and Longbottom will find this first 
> when starting the D.A. meetings again and the golden cage is formed 
> between them. They will at first find this annoying, but then 
> practice at it to get better at how to fight Riddle.

Unfortunately, this is uncanonical too. The priori incantatem effect 
was due to the fact that the cores of both wands came from the same 
animal, Fawkes the phoenix, and we know that Fawkes only gave two 
feathers for wand making (PS).

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf, catching up after dinner