Wand Question

[leeann mccullough]

No: HPFGUIDX 107174

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Sheri <fandomfan at r...> wrote:

> > Sorry if this has been discussed before but I can't figure it out. If
> > the wand chooses the wizard, why can Ron and Neville use another
> > person's wand?


Iamvine added:
> I always thought "the wand chooses the wizard" was probably Mr Ollivander's idea of
> marketing - encouraging people not to use their ancestors' wands but to buy their own.

Marny now:

What Mr. Oleander says is "You'll never get such good results with another
wizard's wand" (SS, Chapter 5 Dagon Ally, pg. 84 (Scholastic)), which is not
exactly the same thing as saying "If you use another wizard's wand it won't
work at all."  Maybe you get more "oomph," more precision, something
from a well-matched wand.  And after all, neither Ron nor Neville is a champion
wizard.



Leeann Adds:

I have always wondered about Ron and Neville's wands. They have both been fair wizards up till now. they both started at Hogwarts with a hand-me-down wand. JKR didn't say, and maybe I'm just imagining it, but Ron seemed to improve in POA and later. Not so much mention of him having trouble with spells and such. There is allot of talk about the quality of his "paper work". He and Harry are not so much book smart, but seem to be able to do the practical part OK. Anyway, I have been wondering ever since I first read OotP if Neville would greatly mature in year six with his "own" wand. He has the genetic factor going for him, maybe he just didn't have the right wand!