One of the things that surprised me about DH was the magical aspects concerning wands. In all the other books, wands have been a pretty straightforward subject. And now, suddenly, we find out about all those intricate and complex aspects of wand mastering and wand allegiance (who takes wands from who and in what circunstances). Ollivander explains that this is a complex and obscure branch of magic, that not even wandmakers pretend to understand everything about it and that it all depends on the circumstances and on the wands themselves. But doesn't this make it likely for a lot of confusion to happen with wands? I mean, it doesn't have to be in battles to the death. If we use Expelliarmus against someone, it could be enough for that person's wand to become ours and stuff like that, right? And Expelliarmus is something you can practice with your friends. Even admitting that the wands somehow recognize when it is not a real fight, it's tricky. Comments on these "temperamental wands"!
2007-09-29
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