OOP: FAQ: Wands

[joywitch_m_curmudgeon]

No: HPFGUIDX 64572

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "bluesqueak" <pipdowns at e...> 
wrote:

> Neville's Wand
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> · No wonder Neville was bad at magic! He had his father's wand, not 
> one suited for him. Now that he'll have a proper wand, he'll surely 
> become much more powerful! After all, Olivander said "You will 
> never get such good results with another wizard's wand" 

First, thanks very much to Grey Wolf and the Admin Team for posting 
the OOP FAQs.  It was helpful to those of us who can barely keep up 
with reading the subject headings, much less all the posts.

I just wanted to add something to the above.  It seems to me that we 
have been taking it as a given that a wizard will "never get such 
good results with another wizard's wand" but I think we have to 
consider the source of this information -- the guy whose business it 
is to sell wands!  The wizard world's economy is a capitalist one, 
and as such, all merchandising claims and advertising should be taken 
with a grain or two of salt.  Of course *Ollivander* says everyone 
needs their own wand -- but until I hear it from someone else, I'm 
not convinced, and I'll be purchasing my wands and the junk shop.

--Joywitch