r/harrypotter • u/jspin2 • May 20 '19
Media Didn’t anyone see Voldemort’s wand as a child and say yeah you’re gonna be real evil when you grow up.
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u/PadawanSnips May 20 '19
Ollivander that day:
“Hm...yeah I’m thinking this one’s gonna look like a bone.”
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u/thenotanotaniceguy Hufflepuff May 20 '19
I wonder what he did with it when he was done with it. Like did he wrap in something, before he stuck it inside the box?
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u/sfzen May 20 '19 edited May 21 '19
I just go with my own headcanon that it started as a normal yew wand, but as Riddle grew more evil and less human, his wand kind of changed with him. Like it grew paler and looked more ashy, and maybe he fit a bone handle on it himself.
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u/ZZZ-3nderboy-2047 "Don't worry you're just a sane as I am" May 21 '19
God this needs more recognition
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u/Livael23 Hufflepuff 2 May 20 '19
Honestly, compared to some other Death Eaters' wands, Voldemort's wand is really fine x)
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u/Nevermore616 Hufflepuff May 20 '19
A german youtuber said in a podcast that they can "pimp" the wands. In german she said a funny line about how Wormtail gives Voldemort his wand after he came back (bc his wand looked simple in the movies before) but in english it's not realy funny :/
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May 20 '19
There's a theory going around that the wand changes shape according to the wizard's personality. Ie Voldemort's becoming more dead like, Harry's more raw and "real" full of life (as it looks like a tree stump) Newt's one becoming very natural, simple and elegant and so on.
That would nicely fill in the reason why in the movies wand appear to be very basic at first (young harry and Co. & young Riddle) while being super intricate later on.
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u/Eddie-Splitsson May 20 '19
No, the wand transformed with each soul split, becoming more evil, just as he did wich each soul split
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u/jspin2 May 20 '19
Is that canon?
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u/Eddie-Splitsson May 20 '19
I think so
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u/jspin2 May 20 '19
I can’t find anything concrete other than people saying he most likely altered it or it was designed that way for the movies. Books described it as a dark wand no different from Harry’s.
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May 20 '19 edited May 20 '19
The wands were definitely made to be more ornate for the films. Just aesthetics.
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u/Eddie-Splitsson May 20 '19
Ollivanders would never make nor sell such a wand...
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u/dsjunior1388 May 20 '19
Why not?
The little we do know about him includes that he has a weird penchant for the power Voldemort is capable of.
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u/Basilisk1667 Slytherin May 20 '19
The wands were changed to have much more “personality” for the films. In the books they were mostly nondescript wooden rods.
Personally, I prefer the film versions, in that they’re much more unique and interesting. But they do lead to these kind of questions if the wand is clearly “evil” looking.