Harry Potter Theory EXTRA

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we'll be discussing why Professor Remus Lupin was sleeping on the Hogwarts Express during Harry Potter's journey to his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. While at first, this question may seem fairly straightforward--perhaps the poor Professor was simply feeling sleepy--there are actually a couple of different aspects to this question...

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we'll be discussing whether or not Harry Potter became LESS powerful after the death of Lord Voldemort. It's no secret that Harry Potter possessed greater power than the average boy wizard, even from a young age. And while some of that may be attributed to his sheer will to live up to the expectations that the wizarding world had for "The Boy Who Lived", ther...

Today we're diving into the mysterious world of an early, unpublished draft of J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone." Join me as we review the draft and speculate on how these changes might have impacted the entire Harry Potter series. Socials: https://linktr.ee/hptheory See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#d...

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we'll be discussing what exactly makes a person a GRYFFINDOR.As Harry Potter's House at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Gryffindor is likely the most well-known of the four school Houses, which also includes Slytherin, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff. Gryffindor is named after one of the four founding members of the school, Godric Gryffindor, and student...

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we'll be discussing why the Goblet of Fire ALLOWED a fourth participant and didn't REFUSE Harry Potter's entry. The entire plot of the fourth instalment of the series revolves around the magical Goblet of Fire, a wooden goblet that emits powerful flames. Created sometime in the Middle Ages, the Goblet is only taken out during a Triwizard Tournament, and acts...

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we'll be discussing the MOST EVIL professors to have ever taught at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Of course, through the ages, there have likely been a many number of rather questionable professors at Hogwarts. To prove this point quite quickly, one only has to consider the likes of Professor Quirinus Quirrell, whose hubris resulted in Lord Vold...

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we'll be discussing whether or not Harry Potter had any other surviving family members that he could've searched for--in addition to the Dursleys. When Harry Potter's parents, James and Lily Potter, were murdered by Voldemort, Albus Dumbledore made the decision to leave Harry with his only known relatives, the Dursleys. Petunia Dursley was Lily Potter's siste...

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we're going to be diving in to a segment from the autobiography of JK Rowling, published over a decade ago on her old website, where she discusses the struggles she faced in life as she wrote the first Harry Potter novel. Among many other things, we find out how she chose the name 'Potter', who the Chamber of Secrets was dedicated to, how the book nearly faile...

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we're going to be discussing Hogwarts Headmaster Albus Dumbledore, and trying to unravel one of his dirtiest darkest secrets....Let's dive inSocials: https://linktr.ee/hptheory See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we'll be discussing why Dementors are used on prisoners BEFORE they go to trial. Now, it may make complete sense for Dementors, the soul-sucking ghoul-like creatures that feast on the happiness of people, to guard the many evil and dangerous witches and wizards who reside in the wizarding prison of Azkaban. However, it's not entirely clear as to why these dre...

Hey everyone, welcome to another instalment of Harry Potter Theory. Today, we'll be discussing why no one believed Harry Potter when he told the wizarding world that Voldemort had returned. Although a young 11-year old Harry encounters a form of Voldemort in the very first instalment of the series, it's not until three years later that he chooses to share with the magical community that Voldemort...

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we're discussing whether or not Muggle parents ever visit their magical children at Hogwarts. It goes without saying--and yet, I'm about to say it--that if you found out your child was a witch or wizard and was about to get shipped off to some magical castle out in the middle of the Scottish highlands, you'd WANT TO VISIT.First let's address the fact that it w...

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Now, lately I've talked a lot about Sacrificial Protection - an ancient, potent and enduring counter-charm that's invoked when an individual willingly and selflessly sacrifices themselves out of a profound and unadulterated love to protect the lives of their loved ones. And the reason that it's been brought up is that Sacrificial Protection is in fact a form of Anci...

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we'll be discussing why in Merlin's Beard Snape would've given the Sword of Gryffindor to one of Voldemort's most devoted Death Eaters, Bellatrix Lestrange. Now, the question here arises since--in the end--Professor Severus Snape turned out to be, for lack of a better term, "a GOOD GUY". This means that in looking back on the series, there are certain instanc...

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we'll be discussing how Neville Longbottom retrieves the Sword of Gryffindor from the Sorting Hat during The Battle of Hogwarts in The Deathly Hallows. The Sword of Gryffindor was, of course, once the property of one of the four founding members of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Godric Gryffindor. Made for him by one of the finest goblin silversm...

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we're going to be discussing 10 iconic pieces of literature that DIRECTLY inspired the Harry Potter story. These books are the primary influences and in some instances motivators that prompted JK Rowling to create the vast Wizarding World we've all come to know so well. Some of them are quite obvious, but others are remarkably subtle. I'll also add that Rowlin...

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we'll be discussing why in Merlin's Beard EVERYTHING in Harry Potter takes place in Albania. Okay, so that's a little bit of an over exaggeration because, of course, not EVERYTHING in the Harry Potter series happens there. The large majority of things actually take place in the United Kingdom, primarily London and the Scottish Highlands. However, there are a...

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we're discussing how it's possible that Voldemort didn't realize he'd made Harry into one of his Horcruxes. Horcruxes are, of course, one of the darkest bits of magic known to the wider wizarding world. In fact, they are considered to be so dark and dangerous that teaching on the subject has been banned at Hogwarts for years, with even the Restricted Section...

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we'll be discussing the expected timeline for the newly announced, highly anticipated HBO Max reboot of the Harry Potter series--since we all want to know--WHEN are we going to be able to see this thing!?!Well, in its original medium as novels, the Harry Potter series took readers on a seven-year journey that revolved around Harry's magical education at Hogwa...

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we'll be discussing the rise and fall of the once extraordinarily wealthy House of Gaunt. The Gaunt family lineage descended from two very famous wizards of old--Salazar Slytherin and Cadmus Peverell. The former, of course, being one of the four founding members of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and the latter being the middle of the three fabled...

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we'll be discussing whether or not the architect who built Hogwarts was MORE POWERFUL than the school's four founding members. For those of you who may not know, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was not actually built by Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin--the powerful witches and wizards who founded it. In r...

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we'll be discussing the brand new television adaptation of the Harry Potter series that has just been officially announced by HBO Max. On April 12, the WarnerBrosDiscovery's direct-to-consumer offering shared on Twitter:"Your Hogwarts letter is here. Max has ordered the first ever #HarryPotter scripted television series, a faithful adaptation of the iconic bo...

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we're discussing just how RICH Hermione Granger was during the Harry Potter series. While both the affluence of powerful wizarding dynasties like the Malfoys and the lack of wealth of families like the Weaslesy were made abundantly clear through glimpses of wardrobe, magical accessories and ancestral homes, the monetary standing of many of the series' Muggle-...

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we're going to be discussing Albus Dumbledore and Transfiguration. More specifically- we're going to be honing in on one particular branch of transfiguration- the branch surrounding becoming an Animagus. An animagus, simply put, is a witch or wizard that is able to transform themselves into an animal and back again. Animagus is a combination of the word "anima...

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we'll be discussing what happened to Aunt Marge, the rather unpleasant relative of the Dursleys. As the older sister to Vernon Dursley, Harry's uncle by marriage, Marjorie Eileen Dursley was known to Harry Potter since he was a chi*ld as simply "Aunt Marge". Due to his actual blood relation in the Dursley family being Veron's wife, Petunia--who was the older...