My thoughts on some things.......

[Adzuroth]

No: HPFGUIDX 148371

> Adzuroth:
> > <snip> If their wand gets snapped in half, so what? Hagrid had 
> > no problems performing spells in books one and six (putting the 
> > pig tail on Dudley and putting out the housefire, respectively).
> 
> vidar_fe:
> Well, Hagrid had his very special umbrella.... :-)

Adzuroth:
You're right vidar_fe, and if memory serves me right, Hagrid had his 
two wand halves inside his umbrella, allowing him use of his spells.  
Of course that raises other questions, like how Hagrid could cast 
spells with a broken wand without any mishaps.  If you'll recall in 
book 2, Ron's wand was only partially broken (and patched with spell-
o-tape) but he had all sorts of trouble casting stuff.