Lupin's middle name; Ron's wand

[Bex]

No: HPFGUIDX 112377

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at m...> 
wrote:
> 
> Jenn wrote: 
> > And two when Ron gets his new wand it has a unicorn hair 
> core...again. His first wand had a unicorn hair, we know this 
> because he mentions that it is poking out in SS (btw if this wands 
> was handed down to him, how did it choose him? Wouldn't it have 
> chosen the person who had it first?). 
> 
> Potioncat:
> I don't remember which brother owned the wand before Ron.  Nor do I 
> know if we're told whether it came new to that brother.  I would 
> think that whenever you purchase a wand, the most approprate one 
> chooses you.  I would tend to believe that Ron and the original 
> owner of his first wand were very similar. We'll have to see if 
> there is any difference with Neville and his new wand.
> 

Yb:
It was Charlie's old wand. Note that Charlie (in the few times we've 
seen him) is very interested in Quidditch, and from a line in GoF, 
when he's talking about Ireland's chances: "Bulgaria's got one good 
player, Ireland has seven." Said somewhat hotly. I think this shows 
Charlie has a bit of a temper, like Ron. So Charlie's wand was 
probably a decent fit: In PoA through OotP, we don't see a major 
change in Ron's magic skills, now that he has his new wand. Thus the 
old one must have been a decent fit. I suppose the "same core" rule 
applies for most cases, since most wizards would get a wand from an 
older siblinbg or parent, someone they were moderately similar to. 
Though, had Charlie and Ron been more like Bill and Percy (in 
personality comparison), maybe Ron's new wand wouldn't have had the 
same core as before. I'm interested in how different Neville's new 
wand will be from his father's old one.

~Yb