Hagrid and Magic

by Mel

7 comments

1 A.M.S. { 11.15.15 at 9:12 am }

Hmmm. Who actually snapped Hagrid’s wand? Was it Dumbledore, who would have had misgivings about Hagrid’s actual guilt over the Chamber being opened and maybe used a spell that gave the wand the appearance of being broken but allowed it to maintain its functionality when it was concealed in the pink umbrella? Just a theory that bubbled to the top of my foggy brain

2 sassymonkey { 11.15.15 at 10:11 am }

It’s about the cores. The core of Ron’s was not broken. Harry’s was. I suspect the core of Hagrid’s was not completely snapped.

3 Jessica { 11.15.15 at 9:21 pm }

Well Dumbledore had the Elder wand which was capable of repairing Harry’s want (am I remembering that correctly?).

So perhaps Dumbledore fixed Hagrid’s wand with the understanding that it must be concealed in an umbrella and used only in special circumstances.

4 No Baby Ruth { 11.16.15 at 5:24 am }

I always suspected that it was more about usefulness. Hagrid’s need for magic is far less than Harry’s or Ron’s, so while a broken wand is still useful for him (making pig tails and rowing a boat), a similarly incapacitated (though still “working”) wand would essentially be useless to Harry or Ron.

Although, I also really like A.M.S.’s idea of Dumbledore helping Hagrid out with a working “broken” wand. That would be very much like him.

5 mijk { 11.16.15 at 1:26 pm }

I Just can’t get over the fact that Harry needs glasses. It seems such a muggle thing. And even they have invented contacts!

6 Heather { 11.18.15 at 9:18 am }

Upgrades. Hagrids was before the upgrade to Wands 2.0

7 Kasey { 11.18.15 at 2:40 pm }

I was going to go with Dumbledore and see other commenters already there. He had the Elder wand, my theory is he fixed it and concealed it for Hagrid.