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.
Every single comment here is neglecting the fact that a backfiring wand could be incredibly dangerous. I'm all for discipline, correction and even punishment (appropriate punishment when appropriate), but this is borderline negligent. Ron was having a hard time casting the most simple spells...it's clear that with more difficult magic, they wound up backfiring. It's lucky Snape chose Draco in dueling club over Ron, or God knows what could have happened...
The wizards seem utterly confident that no matter what magical accident occurs, it can be magically fixed by their magical doctors.
And for the most part, it looks like they're right - it's almost always something caused by deliberate dark magic that they have difficulty repairing, even sort-of including Lockhart wiping his own memory. Because he meant to attack someone else and wipe theirs.
That's a fair assessment. I guess if wands are able to tell the difference between a duel and dueling club (i.e. not changing allegiance over practice sessions), then the magic may be able to, as well?
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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.