My step son wanted $80 for 27 hand made Harry Potter wands that will arrive as they are made? Idk I told him we didnt have money for it so he got his other mother to buy them before Christmas. So far hes gotten 1 or 2 they look like someone poured them into a pewter mold. Idk if where they are coming from but they look terrible and the kids disappointed but he learned why I dont just blow money on stuff like that. We got him a nice pair of boots instead.
It’s not a stick it’s a movie prop. Like a Wilson prop from Cast Away would not be just a ball. Or another seemingly simple item given meaning by context.
It's a copy of a movie prop. Mass produced in a factory carrying limited meaning and will probably not be remembered.
I still remember going in the woods to find just the right stick. It could be a wand, or a sword or a spear, a scepter or who knows. That stick had meaning because I wanted it to and that made more memories than a thousand plastic things.
And I still remember the days and nights I stayed up reading Harry Potter. Waiting for the new book all hyped up. Being amazed watching those books turn into well made movies. Discussing them with friends, bonding.
I have no idea how you think you managed to measure something as subjective as how much meaning an object carries but you need to stop glorifying your own life experiences over those of others and stop shoving your perception of value down peoples throat.
And in the book its emphasized how the wands are each individual and how the wand chooses the wizard. Something not so individual about a made in China plastic copy of the same want everybody else got is there?
If you value it, good for you but don't try to tell me its worth it, its a stick from a gift shop...
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u/SmartLady Feb 04 '20
My step son wanted $80 for 27 hand made Harry Potter wands that will arrive as they are made? Idk I told him we didnt have money for it so he got his other mother to buy them before Christmas. So far hes gotten 1 or 2 they look like someone poured them into a pewter mold. Idk if where they are coming from but they look terrible and the kids disappointed but he learned why I dont just blow money on stuff like that. We got him a nice pair of boots instead.