I just saw your analysis and I've gotta say, THANK YOU so much! They were awesome! I've got a few more and I think you might find them interesting too! - Pine and Nundu Heartstring, 10 3/4 inches" whippy | Beech and Phoenix Feather, 9 1/2 inches" surprisingly swishy | English Oak and Phoenix Feather, 10 3/4 inches" whippy| Could I once again get physical descriptions? Please?
I’m very glad you liked it! And yes, I can do physical descriptions for these too. Just a note - going forwards I am going to be deleting asks from people with “tumblr-standard” icons, so if you’re planning on sending more wands, please be aware.
Pine and Nundu Heartstring, 10 3/4 inches" whippy
Pine wands select for the independent, though how much of this independent “loner” appearance is by choice is up for debate. Generally speaking Pine wands seek out creative masters and have a knack for selecting wixes likely to live a long time. Given the core of this wand the impression I get is of a wix whose isolation is not necessarily entirely by choice. Wands cored with Nundu Heartstring tend to lean towards those who feel strongly, for good or ill, and those who are perceptive and quick with comments. It is quite possible this individual was isolated less by their own will and more for some quirk they never thought of as a quirk and, by way of their forced outsider perspective, saw perhaps more than some of their bullies wanted and commented on it. I fear that such a person would become settled in their isolation as they become older, never quite escaping the apparent insecurity that their wand’s length (at the shorter end) and flexibility (incredibly so) seem to indicate. This person lacks self-confidence, perhaps due to a lack of positive social reinforcement, and is adaptable to the point of changeability; it seems to me this is the wand of someone who wants very much to fit in but was never given much of a chance to. Then, as they got older, they settled into their isolation, deciding it better than whatever those that rejected them had; I suspect this individual might end up with something of a superior attitude quite effectively concealing whatever insecurities may remain.
I see this wand as being angular, with swooping curves to distinguish shaft from crossguard from handle from pommel but all coming to sharp abrupt edges, almost pointed. When gripped tightly, this wand marks it’s bearer’s hand. I also see it slightly detailed with a deep stain to distinguish the pommel and crossguard, almost black against the pale of the pine.
Beech and Phoenix Feather, 9 1/2 inches" surprisingly swishy
Beech wands tend to select those either wise beyond their years or who have had experiences that enhance their understanding; they avoid the narrow-minded and intolerant and should their wix become so they may fail to work. In this case, given the wand’s length, I suspect this is the wand of someone quite young (so short a wand indicates a great lack of self-confidence, which suggests to me both youth and perhaps a newness to magic, as well as a good chance of self-doubt). The core however suggests versatility; I expect this individual will find themselves doing better than expected magically, though I worry at what this wand’s flexibility might mean. Flexibility generally indicates adaptability and potential for change, but when things get to the swishy and whippy end it can indicate someone too changeable for their own good. In this case, combined with the wand’s length and what I suspect is a very young bearer, I fear this is the wand of someone who, if they are not careful, may be swept up into extreme movements that present themselves as progressive or in defence of on marginalised group at the expense of another. Experience and youthful wisdom in no way preclude great mistakes, after all, and it can be very easy for people who genuinely want the best to be suckered in by seemingly progressive ideologies that can be readily reframed to exclude those in need of help.
I see this wand as an almost soft thing, elegant in carving with soft curves to it. The handle as a soft in-groove, while the lower end of the wand shaft has soft out-curves to it, like a small stack of blueberries, before the shaft smooths out.
English Oak and Phoenix Feather, 10 3/4 inches" whippy
English Oak wands select for... well, in many ways, the ideal Gryffindor - people with strength of will, courage, and loyalty - but this is only the surface layer (and after all, just because someone has these traits in no way means that they value them in such a way as they would be sorted so). On a deeper and more subtle layer, English Oak wands have a tendency to select for those with a knack for understanding the magic of the natural world - Magizoology and Herbology - and those with something of an intuition for it. Coupled to a core of such versatility I can see this wand selecting someone as destined for Gryffindor as Hufflepuff - if this is their first wand. This could also be a wand for someone a little later in life, perhaps partway through school or just after it. The length and flexibility here limit my belief at an older age range; the length is not fully self-confident but it is hardly self-doubting and far from arrogant - this is the wand of someone who’s become somewhat more confident in their own ability - while the flexibility indicates to me someone still very adaptable and with a great potential for change. However, given the nature of an English Oak wand, the sheer flexibility here does not worry me as much as it might; English Oak suggests a kind of steadfastness that I think suggests a wix who is less likely to change for social approval and more an ability to change as required but without much warning, perhaps seeming abrupt to those who do not yet know them well.
Forgive me, but I feel a need to go almost traditional with this: a simple wand with no staining; the only detailing I see on this wand is a simple mark to distinguish handle from shaft, with oak-leaves close-carved on the handle and smaller and more loosely up the shaft; an acorn carved to the very pommel of it.
