The Virtues of Hagrid

[doddiemoemoe]

No: HPFGUIDX 175437


> Doddie  wrote:
> 
> Harry couldn't have done this..DD already repaired Hagrid's wand  
> with the Elder wand years ago, and gave it a disguise. I'm sure DD 
> probably gave Hagrid lessons too.(Just like he did with Harry only 
> probably had a great deal more "how to cast certain spells" focus 
as  opposed to a Tom Riddle focus.). 
>  
> Melissa wrote:
 
> 
> I doubt it.  
>  
> When Hagrid takes Harry to Ollivander's in SS/PS, Olivander 
comments  on 
> Hagrid's expulsion and says (paraphrased) "I suppose they broke  
your wand when 
> you were expelled?"   Hagrid says yes and then adds  that 
he "still has the 
> pieces", Ollivander is quick to ask/state/verify "but you  don't 
use them?"   
>  
> IMO that exchange confirms that Hagrid's wand is indeed broken AND 
in  
> occasional use (in the pink umbrella)
>  
> Melissa

Doddie now:

Hagrid lied--how else can you explain Hagrids wand-like umbrella? 
How else can you explain the "snapped wand" at DD's funeral--yet DD 
was buried with the elder wand???

Who else would have repaired Hagrid's wand?(we know spello tape 
doesn't work...and Hagrid does have all the pieces..they are just 
reunited!)..and why would Hagrid tell Harry at the end of HBP.. "I 
KNEW that it was summat like that" when Harry told Hagrid 
the "aquamenti charm"??!?(Hagrid was given the boot in his fifth 
year I think....Harry learns this charm in year six..

Didn't Hagrid try to shuffle his umbrella out of Ollivander's sight 
or guilty touch where he had hid it in ss/PS?

Also where on earth might Harry get an idea that the Elder wand 
could repair wands? He sounded doubtful, yet hopeful...and if Harry 
repaired his wand..he would have repaired Hagrids too, but I believe 
Harry already knew..DD already had(why on earth wouldn't DD repair 
Hagrid's wand...DD alone knew Hagrid didn't open the COS.

I just think that if Hagrid's wand had not been repaired we would 
have heard more about magical creatures like house elves, giants, 
and goblins having "non-wand status"..not to mention that I don't 
think DD would have sent Hagrid to pick-up "baby harry" or send 
hagrid out to deliver Harry's Hogwarts letter w/o a wand...

Doddie,
(Who's still laughing at Hagrids support party in DH. LOL! And 
wonders if he's keeping his wand such a secret and concentrates upon 
it so much that he lets other info in advertently slip..)