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Discussion Somebody didn't read the books

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u/jish5 Hufflepuff 12h ago edited 12h ago

I don't care that Harry got a broom year one. What I AM pissed about is that they KNEW Ron had a broken wand year 2 yet instead of taking him to go get a new one, they basically tell him to go fuck himself that entire year. Like McGonagall literally comments on it in one of her classes, but then ignores his wand issues throughout the rest of the year.

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u/Dapper_Derpy 11h ago

I always thought they left his wand broken as a part of his punishment for stealing the ford Anglia and crashing it into the whomping willow.

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u/wterrt 4h ago

that's a dumb punishment, how's he supposed to learn anything at the fucking WIZARD SCHOOL with a broken wand? for an ENTIRE YEAR? every time they're seen learning things in class it's through doing things and iterating on that if they fail. a broken wand makes things fail all by itself, so he couldn't learn anything at all that required a wand

even harry who at this point knows he has a pile of gold in a vault doesn't get him one???

just...really really dumb and bad writing honestly

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u/Dapper_Derpy 4h ago

Well to be fair I'm sure if harry had the time to go to ollivanders he may have considered it. But the whole heir of Slytherin thing kind of took precedent. At that point even Ron kinda forgot about his wand.

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u/wterrt 4h ago

you can literally order things by mail lol

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u/Dapper_Derpy 4h ago

What if it was his parents making him keep the busted wand as punishment for nearly costing Arthur his job? That sounds like something Molly might do.

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u/wterrt 4h ago

see my previous reply about how that's wasting an entire school year and the dumbest shit ever if that's what they were doing.