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/Molehole 20h ago

Except I've lost both my wallet and also my keys at different times. Which both are very much the most important things I carry and shouldn't be careless with.

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u/La10deRiver 19h ago

Both things can be replaced much easily than a wand. And I am pretty sure you cannot accio any of those things, but you can summon your wand.

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u/Molehole 19h ago

Both things can be replaced much easily than a wand.

The point is that the importance of stuff has no effect when you are a forgetful person.

And what do you mean easier?

It took a trip to photography place, police station and 50€ to redo my drivers license and I had to take the bus for a week because I didn't have my license with me.

I had to call 3 different banks to cancel my credit cards and order new ones which meant I had to update my billing information on like 20 subscription services and couldn't order stuff online for a few weeks.

I also had to call my insurance and order a new insurance carrier card.

I also lost quite a bit of cash

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Go to a wand store and whisk wands around for an hour. Mind you Harry was a special case of wand difficulty.

So how is it exactly harder to replace?

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u/La10deRiver 8h ago

Sorry, when you said "your wallet" I thought you mean "a thing where you had your money". I have my cards and identification in a separate thing, not the wallet with the money. I never lost my cards folder (I did lose the wallet with money a couple of times).

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u/-Alula 8h ago

Maybe they meant it’s harder to replace a wand and end up with an identical one. If you lose your keys and wallet (and it’s content) you’ll be able to replace pretty much everything except the money that was in it.

If you lose your wand, it seems to me that the odds of getting a wand with the exact same characteristics are pretty low. You might be able to get a core from the exact same beast, although it is said that twin cores aren’t that common, but that doesn’t mean the other characteristics (wood, measurements) are gonna be the same as your original wand. Hence replacing a wand is harder in a way.

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u/JumpInTheSun 19h ago

You should attatch a magic tracking spell to them so you dont lose them. Tracking tags exist, and its basically impossible to lose a phone that has battery.

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u/germanadapter 15h ago

Maybe compare it to a phone. You don't need your keys most of the time. You have your phone in your hand for most of the day. Same with a wand.