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In this post, I mentioned a fic where the author had an important plot point based on the fact that Malfoy's mother was choosing his wand for him. Anyway, I had someone ask me what fic it was so I've just had a quick look and the fic is Love Under Will - Part One: Transeamus. The point in question is in Chapter Four and reads as follows:
"At the Choosing," Malfoy was informing him, "the family gathers together and a reputable wand-maker presides over the ritual. It’s a very ornate ceremony, really complex. The wand-maker basically allows the wand to choose the child. The kid’s too young to have a say in the process so it’s all about determining the inherent natural abilities the baby possesses. It can take several days to choose sometimes, going through all those wands. You probably would have gone through it yourself if your parents hadn’t died."
Harry allowed himself an inward shudder at how naturally Malfoy had just referred to his parents’ murder, but he let it pass and asked instead, "If it’s such a big deal, why didn’t you do it?"
"I did," Malfoy answered shortly, gazing at him.
"But on the day we met, at Madam Malkin’s, you said your mother was looking at wands for you." Harry stopped. The image was suddenly as clear as if it were yesterday. Malfoy, his sharp features grown more angular and more handsome over time, was sizing him up with that same expression of half-disdain, half-curiosity he’d had when they were trying on robes together. After five years, Harry wondered why he remembered the moment so well.
From the look on his face, Malfoy was asking the same question. But he only responded, with some pride, "The wand I received at my Choosing was too powerful for a first-year. My father never let me touch it-always kept it locked away til I was ready to use it. That day we met, my mother just took my measurements to Ollivanders and got a standard wand there. I’d never even seen the wand meant for me til this summer."
So, quite an important point in the fic that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. I gave up on it shortly after that point. I can't be doing with reading fics that annoy me with the author's/beta's basic lack of knowledge on even the most simple HP facts.
taken from Malfoy Manor
"At the Choosing," Malfoy was informing him, "the family gathers together and a reputable wand-maker presides over the ritual. It’s a very ornate ceremony, really complex. The wand-maker basically allows the wand to choose the child. The kid’s too young to have a say in the process so it’s all about determining the inherent natural abilities the baby possesses. It can take several days to choose sometimes, going through all those wands. You probably would have gone through it yourself if your parents hadn’t died."
Harry allowed himself an inward shudder at how naturally Malfoy had just referred to his parents’ murder, but he let it pass and asked instead, "If it’s such a big deal, why didn’t you do it?"
"I did," Malfoy answered shortly, gazing at him.
"But on the day we met, at Madam Malkin’s, you said your mother was looking at wands for you." Harry stopped. The image was suddenly as clear as if it were yesterday. Malfoy, his sharp features grown more angular and more handsome over time, was sizing him up with that same expression of half-disdain, half-curiosity he’d had when they were trying on robes together. After five years, Harry wondered why he remembered the moment so well.
From the look on his face, Malfoy was asking the same question. But he only responded, with some pride, "The wand I received at my Choosing was too powerful for a first-year. My father never let me touch it-always kept it locked away til I was ready to use it. That day we met, my mother just took my measurements to Ollivanders and got a standard wand there. I’d never even seen the wand meant for me til this summer."
So, quite an important point in the fic that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. I gave up on it shortly after that point. I can't be doing with reading fics that annoy me with the author's/beta's basic lack of knowledge on even the most simple HP facts.
taken from Malfoy Manor