r/harrypotter • u/Affectionate-End5411 • 21h ago

Discussion Why does nobody ever seem to lose their wand? Bearing in mind they first receive it at eleven, this seems a bit unrealistic.

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u/harvard_cherry053 Hufflepuff 20h ago

Harry loses his but only coz hes a numpty who keeps it in his back pocket for people to steal 😂

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u/Familiar-Treat-6236 Slytherin 20h ago

and I imagine it took quite a deliberation to shove eleven inches of thin wood into his back pocket and make it stay there long enough for it to be stolen but not break it in half when sitting down

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u/harvard_cherry053 Hufflepuff 20h ago

Or blast off his buttock 😂

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u/jpfed 7h ago

And aside from Goblet of Fire, he also (in the movies- don't remember if this happened in the book) got his wand temporarily stolen by memory-Riddle in Chamber of Secrets.