Lupin's middle name; Ron's wand

[slgazit]

No: HPFGUIDX 112396

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Bex" <hubbarrk at r...> wrote:
> It was Charlie's old wand.

Yes.

> 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.

What always bugged me is why, if the wand chooses the wizard based on
some intrinsic fit, do they ever replace them. Doing so appears fairly
common - in SS Olivander refers to Harry's parents buying "their first
wand" - implying they later bought another. Both Ron and Neville get
hand-me-down wands (though in Neville's case I would think that this
was more an emotional decision than a financial one).

On the other hand, note Olivander's surprise at how well Harry's wand
fit him, and Voldemort, who changed so much since he bought his wand,
yet still used the same wand he bought at age 11.

I think that the "perfect fit" does not always exist. Most people buy
the wands that best fit them of what selection happens to be available
in the store. Producing a wand is clearly a major endavour - the core
needs to be acquired (how?) and the right wand tree needs to be found.
Each wand is unique. So it's likely that re-visiting the store later
might yield a better fit wand than the one that happened to be at the
store when a person first bought theirs.

Regarding Charlie's wand (which was later passed on to Ginny), I would
guess that it was bought used to begin with (thus an even smaller
selection). Wands are very expensive - Harry's cost something like 17
Galleons I think. For the Weasleys to afford 7 new ones would be hard.
Makes more sense to buy them used for school, and let the kids buy new
ones once they graduated and made enough money to pay for them by
themselves.

Salit