[HPforGrownups] How is it that Wormtail and others can use other's wands?

[Karen]

No: HPFGUIDX 147760


On Tuesday, February 7, 2006, at 09:41 PM, Karen wrote:

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> On Tuesday, February 7, 2006, at 08:21 PM, fuzz876i wrote:
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> > What I want to know is this:  how is it possible to use someone
> > else's wand when that wand is supposed to be specific to the owner
> > and backfire if someone else uses it?
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> kchuplis:
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> I've always been under the impression that you might just perform
> *better* with the right wand. Or perform certain things better. I guess
> there isn't any real cannon for this, but I expect that's the general
> idea.
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Sorry to reply to my own post but I realized after I sent this why I 
think this way. (So if for any reason someone does read my posts - I 
felt I needed to explain further). I play classical guitar. For years, 
all I had was this cheap Yamaha that was in the family. Yeah, it was 
okay, got the job done, but I always wondered what a better guitar, one 
that fit more how I played, fit me better would be. Through a series of 
incidents, a concert guitar, handmade, that belonged to a concert 
guitarist was gifted to me (as I would not be able to afford one of 
this caliber). Well, it answered my question. Things I could NOT do on 
my Yamaha, suddenly were much easier. The sound was hugely different. 
Practicing became pretty much a joy.  I guess I feel that a wand in 
Potterverse is rather like that of an instrument that fits you, like in 
our universe.