Neville's Wand

[tangentialone]

No: HPFGUIDX 113206

--- "aubussonjd" <aubussonjd at y...> wrote:

> <snip> Once Neville is 
> suited with an appropiate wand that has chosen him, I can see 
nothing 
> stopping Neville from becoming a very powerful wizard. He must 
> certainly have talent to be able to master spells with another 
> wizard's wand. Any thoughts on this?
> 

Tangent:
Well, we have an example in canon of something similar--Ron having to 
use Charlie's old wand.  But it didn't seem to me as though *he* 
became much more powerful/capable when he got his own wand, 
presumably better suited to him.

Of course, power seems to be at least somewhat hereditary, and the 
Weasley parents haven't struck me as particularly powerful, so there 
might not be much potential for Ron to be powerful, even with a wand 
that's well-suited.  Whereas it seems the Longbottoms *were,* so 
Neville might have some power that he's going to come into.

I suppose there could even be occassion for Neville to have his wand 
replaced--clumsiness gets turned into a plot point.

~~Tangent(quickly introducing self, then skittering back into the 
shadows of lurkdom)