Quote:Jorlem wrote:Just had a fridge logic moment as to why that might be.
Oh, here's another fanfic cliche: custom made wands being superior to Ollivander's standard stock.
According to Pottermore, and this wiki page, before the current Ollivander took over the family business, everyone had custom wands made, with materials they chose. (This is how Fleur's wand was made.) The current Ollivander invented a system that matched powerful cores (he only uses three types) with different types of woods (many types), and then let the wand choose the wizard, instead of the other way around. Ollivander's method is recognized as producing superior, better matched wands than the custom method, so not only is the custom wand thing a cliche, it directly goes against canon.
Assumption: Treat Magical energies as a unified waveform that responds to the users input.Assumption: Given that each person is different due to life experiences, et all, their personal energy input to the equation is equally unique
Result: the wood and core choices for wands act like a transformer, changing ones' personal energy frequency to one that best interacts with the existing waveform. This could imply why Ollivander wands have such better results, not so much because of the custom vs mass production, but rather because of the large number of cores/wood combinations he can provide the best 'transformer' result. This would also explain why even after having taken so many measurements Ollivander still must have a client try up to a fairly large number of wood/core combinations to match 'frequencies'
Hear that thunder rolling till it seems to split the sky?
That's every ship in Grayson's Navy taking up the cry-
NO QUARTER!!!
-- "No Quarter", by Echo's Children