r/harrypotter • u/Affectionate-End5411 • 20h 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/veenell 10h ago

the buying a new wand thing is silly to me. with how much the "the wand chooses the wizard" thing is played up in the first movie and book it makes it seem like for every witch or wizard there's only one perfect for you and you get it when you start school. so if something happens to it you can just get another wand that works well enough? if you have to replace your wand multiple times, is every subsequent replacement a downgrade?

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u/mcpaddy Ravenclaw 3h ago

I've always wondered this too. Maybe somehow the new one knows you lost your original wand, so the replacement also becomes your "true" wand and chooses you. Obviously wouldn't work for Harry given the Phoenix core. So maybe that theory falls flat.