[HPforGrownups] Re: Wandlore

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 176453

Finwitch:
>Let's see... Crouch Jr. took Harry's wand by stealth, got stunned by
>someone (might be Avery) while the house-elf picked it up. Avery then
>gave Harry the wand back. But maybe Harry defeating Crouch's Imperius
>counts? At least, you don't have to be Master of the wand for it to
>work for you - so long as you don't try it against the master...

Bart:
The way it appears to me is that, if you capture a wand, it develops an affinity for you, but it does not lose its affinity for its original owner immediately; if the original owner recovers it, that affinity is reinforced, and the affinity towards you fades away. 

Bart