getting wands back - Nitpick Hagrid

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 90898

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Eleri Hamilton"
<LapHuntress at c...> wrote:
>  Carol wrote:
> 
> > how Sirius got his
> > wand back. (He used Snape's in PoA.)
> 
> I've wondered this too... I'm suspecting that once he was cleared in 
> Dumbldores mind, that Dumbledore could have had a word with Mr. 
> Ollivander, and arranged a late-night trip to the store for a new 
> wand. 
> 
> Hmm. I wonder if Hagrid could get a new wand that way, officially. 
> He has been cleared of being responsible for the CoS death 50 
> years ago.
> 
> ...edited...
> 
> Eleri

bboy_mn:

Pardon me while I pick a little nit. People now know that Hagrid
wasn't involved in any of the problems 50 years ago, or in the more
recent Chamber of Secrets troubles. Harry pretty much proved this,
when he resolved things in CoS.

But there is a difference between people knowing Hagrid wasn't
involved and his name having been formally cleared. Even in the
current book (OotP) Hargid mentions that strictly speaking he is not
suppose to do magic. I speculate that the reason he, strictly
speaking, isn't suppose to do magic is because there has been no
formal hearing to reverse the decision of his original trial. As far
as his expulsion, I think the headmaster and Board of Governors can
fix that, but there seems to be a criminal record too. Until the
Ministry holds a formal hearing and officially reverses Hagrid's
status there will always be a cloud hanging over him. Personally, I
wish they would do it and get it over with, even if it is done 'off
page'. There is, afterall, a war on and we need every able soldier
armed and ready..

In PoA and CoS, Sirius is on the run and living on his own, and I'm
pretty sure in both cases, he didn't have a wand. Now that he is
living in his ancestral home, he has a wand again. So, I find it very
easy to make a connection between being home and having a wand. I
speculate, as I so often do, that he is using a wand he found at home;
his brother's, mother's, father's etc.... Probably not a prefect
match, but using the wand of a family member (or 3) would give a
better match than a random wand.

Just a thought.

bboy_mn