Neville's Gran

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 85758

>   Carol: 
> 
>   >I don't think we've really looked closely into the results from Ron's
>   new wand. Obviously it works better than the broken one, which
>   backfired to make him eat slugs and to wipe out Lockhart's memory. I
>   think JKR just takes the new wand for granted. Does Ron have problems
>   with his  used wand in SS/PS, before it's broken? (Movie contamination
>   here--I can see him turning Scabbers into a furry cup with a tail.
>   Does something like that happen in the book, and if so is it in PS?SS
>   or CS?) Anyway, just because Ron doesn't say, "Oh! I'm so happy to
>   have my own wand!" doesn't mean that the new wand doesn't suit him
>   better than the old one. It's like a new pair of shoes. If they pinch
>   your feet, you notice them. If they fit, you take them for granted. I
>   think that's what's happening here. Ron's new wand works fine. He's
>   stopped wreaking havoc. Why mention it?
> 
> 
>   Joj :
> 
>   That's true, but I was trying to point out the differences in the
reasons why both wands were broken in the first place.  
> 
>   Ron's wand  broke to serve the plot.  It was kind of a running
gag, until the real purpose was revealed at the end.  It rebounded the
memory charm back onto  Lockhart.  Not a humongous plot point, but
certainly the reason JKR wrote Ron's wand being broken.
> 
>   Which brings us to Neille.  There was no purpose served by his
wand being broken.  The importance of it happening, therefore, must
come in the replacing of that wand.  There must be either an
improvement with the new wand, or we find out something about the old
wand or if Gran will "kill him" for breaking it.  It just seems very
significant to me.  


Carol again:

I agree with you. The "purpose" for Neville's wand being broken has to
be its replacement with a wand of his own, which will suit him better.
My point was only that just because JKR didn't mention the improvement
in Ron's spell casting after he got his own wand doesn't mean that
there *wasn't* an improvement (as some people have argued) or that we
can discount Ollivander's "the wand chooses the wizard" statement,
which is extremely important with relation to Harry's and Voldemort's
"brother" wands. 

I'm certain that Neville will get much better results with his own
wand, and that improvement along with the increased self-confidence
we've already seen in him will make a huge difference. (He was also
handicapped by a bleeding nose in the DoM scene, which prevented all
his "Stubefy!" spells from working. He did the best he could, though,
and even made a catch worthy of a Seeker when Harry tossed him the
Prophecy. (Not worth looking up the page number, but the passage
jumped out at me when I was reviewing OoP last night.)

BTW, after researching holly and yew last night, I'll be very
interested in seeing what kind of wood Neville's new wand is made of.
I hope JKR tells us!

Carol