The theory that Molly asks the question about the platform for Harry's benefit is cute, but over-complicates the matter. She asks the question because she's a mother with excitable children. She knows where the platform is of course, and she knows her kids (especially Ginny) are excited to get there. And so she allows them (again, especially Ginny) to prove their knowledge and so join in on the Hogwarts experience (an experience Ginny will need another year to join). Her question is one of inclusion, just not for Harry. It's a fun test, like asking a small child, "What shape is this?" Yes, you know it's an octagon, but they're excited to demonstrate their knowledge. I love this moment in the book, and it's a pet peeve of mine whenever this theory comes up and over-complicates this simple matter lol.
I don’t see why it couldn’t be both. Molly sees Harry struggling and provided an opportunity for both her children and him to learn something useful. I agree that she did what she did for her own children but included Harry in it too as the motherly figure she is. It also could’ve been just for her kids and Harry happened to be near them but I don’t see the problem with both being true. They aren’t controversial and in line with her character.
That or it’s one of those things she reviews with the kids on a regular basis. My parents used to quiz us on our home phone number, address, and the Exit we lived off of.
It also help reassure her that the children know it themselves for future times when they will be making the trip unsupervised, or as chaperones for their younger siblings when they are older (which we see exactly that happen in the later books/films). It's a Parenting 101 trick commonly used by people with multiple children. Harry was just fortunate to arrive at the same time as the Weasleys to get some collateral benefit from it.
She also could’ve JUST been asking Ginny, it didn’t specify who she was asking and only Ginny answered when Percy of all people would’ve piped up and answered, but wouldn’t if it was only meant for Ginny
^ This I also get annoyed when people ask questions as to the true reason this scene happened. You don't need to over complicate things by adding more layers. Molly was just being motherly to her own (direct) children is explanation enough. Sure, she and all of her children should already know about platform 9¾, but that's the thing, you don't constantly talk about the things you already know, you just bring them up when they are relevant. Molly was just doing a motherly check with her own kids, said in a loud voice because they were at a train station, and if any lost or unsure nearby first years overheard this conversation is just a happy accident. There doesn't need to be an ulterior motive for something good that happens to the protagonist.
If we go by the idea that Remus' suitcase was a gift from James, I personally think the "Professor" print was a friendly dig at how Remus was always the studious one in the group.
Whenever I think of Umbridge, I am in awe of Imelda Staunton. She made that character so unbelievably hateable, to the point she's compared to the darkest wizard in modern history and perhaps all of wizarding history
Yea that women does not get enough credit for bringing Umbridge to life. She put such a convincing preformance on that I've rarely seen people hate an onscreen character as much as Delores..it's truly a feat of acting. One of the most convincing villains ever in cinema, up there with Emperor Palpatine and Hannibal Lecter, and probably THE best female villain preformance.
Not a theory, but in Fantastic Beast the first movie did you ever notice that in the department store near the end, there are Christmas decorations? meaning it's set just weeks away from the Birth of Tom Riddle JR, as he was born on 31.12.1926
Why is it people always jumps to that conclusion with Molly asking about the platform number? It's pretty clear to anyone that she asked that question in order for her children, specifically Ginny but maybe also Ron, to feel included, since Ron had never gone there before, and Ginny was too young. Have you have had kids? If you ask them questions they know they are very eager to answer, especially if it's about something they are interested in. Molly simply asked the question so that Ginny wouldn't feel left out, it's called being a parent.
Well no. If you actually want to get into it, she asked her kids because it’s a book, and the author needed a way to include the weasly’s in a subtle way before Harry gets on the platform. Your thought of the story is just as valid as another, because none of this actually happened, people just like to insert their own little ideas into the story. Why do people like shitting on people’s ideas?
The Molly and platform one is just..over-complicating things. Teaching by asking questions is very common in parents and teachers. Parent: "What do we do when crossing the road?" Kid: "We look both ways and walk across. Parent: "That's right." I don't get why that is so difficult to understand. This theory takes away from Molly's character as a warm and competent mother, and makes her into a secret agent sent by Dumbledore. She wasn't even in the original OoP, so it doesn't fit her at all. She is perfect the way she is. A nurturing and loving yet somewhat stressed mom who only shows her Fangs when her kids are in danger.
Exactly, this is Parenting/Pre/Grade School Teaching 101 stuff. Harry was simply just lucky enough to have shown up when the Weasleys did. It's really that simple.
Really? Does it actually take away from her Motherly character? Because it’s pretty like Molly to see a young boy struggling to get to school, and want to help him without directly confronting him so he wouldn’t be embarrassed. Parents often want to help their children, without taking away their own agency.
Not necessarily, for one it has been 12 years and we don’t know how long they had the cat at the time of their deaths. A kitten and even a young cat can change a lot as they grow. Sirius would have assumed the cat was either killed or taken in by someone, if he even thought about the cat at all. The store would have given the cat a name when it arrived there. Any previous name he had would have been forgotten.
@@andrzejzborowski4920They had the cat during the period when they were in hiding though, right? And they probably didn’t see much of Sirius in person, which is why she sent that update letter. What I’m getting at is Crookshanks may have remembered Sirius but Sirius didn’t exactly remember him.
Not really any reason for the Marauder's Map to stop working after Lupin dies. Death of the creator doesn't instantly mean the artifacts they create suddenly lose their power. The locket, tiara, the Sorting Hat, Dumbledore's deluminator, etc etc etc. The series is stuffed full of numerous magical items from large to small, and relatively innocuous to insanely powerful that keep on doing what they do just fine for centuries after the death of their makers. Also, we know for fact that there are still several people around after Lupin died that know the key phrases (George, Harry, Ron, and likely Hermione and Ginny). Especially since the twins had been using the thing since BEFORE Lupin arrived. * Again Lupin hadn't arrived yet when it was implied they'd had and been using the map for at least a year * James was dead * Sirrius was still in Azgaband * And Peter was still masquerading as Scabbers and wouldn't have wanted anyone to really know about the map since it could have (and as we read/saw, it did in fact) reveal that he was still alive and in Hogwarts. So someone other than the Marauders had to have figured out how it works for it to have been confiscated in the first place and for them to have learned how it works as well, since they clearly didn't get that info from any of the Marauders directly. There's really nothing to say that the map wouldn't keep on working just fine so long as someone knew or learned what the key phrases were until either the map itself or Hogwarts itself were destroyed.
I believe the map would still work, as you say. When Lupin confronts Harry about the map, he says, he knew for a fact that it had been confiscated years ago, suggesting that one of the marauders got caught with it, I suspect this was on purpose, as they wanted the map to stay in the school to be passed on to the next mischief makers, after they graduated. I don't think anyone had used the map before Fred and George snatched it from Filch's office a few years later.
Unless maybe the Marauder’s Map was created by all 4 of the friends and only once all 4 were dead would the map lose its magic? Lupin was the last of the four to die so it might have ended when his life did? 🤷
@@Blakmage3 The Sorting Hat was also enchanted by all four Hogwarts founders, they're surely dead and it still works, and I don't think the enchantments on the castle had to be renewed after they passed, especially since some of the magic they used seems to be forgotten to the generations.
@@Blakmage3 yeah, but again there's not really anything to indicate death of the wizard causes magical items they create to suddenly stop working. Beyond curses, which aren't the same as magical items, there's not really a precedent for that to be the case. Magical items large to small, powerful to minor, are scattered throughout the series. Made by numerous individuals and groups that keep on working perfectly fine centuries and centuries after the death of the original creators. Even more so there's an argument that the map being voluntarily given to a direct blood descendent of one of the original creators (Harry) means even less reason for it to just stop working. Especially when the 2nd time it was given to Harry by one of it's creators (Lupin). There are way more arguments for it to keep on keeping on, than for it to just decide to randomly stop working when we've been repeatedly shown throughout the series that magical items and artifacts keep working after the death of their creator(s).
I feel like the defining difference between Hagrid and Newt is that Newt can recognize when something is dangerous. I don't think Newt would have kept an acromanchula egg let alone gave it to a young student
But the thing is newt also sees the true nature of creatures and achromantulas aren't bad creatures. Remember hagrids pet refused to attack Harry and Ron. It was only his children that attacked because as he says himself "I cannot control my children". Newt would know that they are intelligent and non violent to friends and with Hagrid raising and protecting the thing it would not harm him. Remember it's only after aragog dies that the other spiders start to pose a threat. Also newt is more about magic beasts aren't 9/10 times bad. I can only think of 1 creature that newt wouldn't defend
Disagree with the Umbridge theory. She probably was quietly prejudiced muggleborns before the forbidden Forrest incident. She was just showing her true colors in book 7 because it was now acceptable to do so, not because hermione tricked her. Also, she enjoys positions of authority and being able to punish people.
Something tells me that it was Rookwood that wrote the DOM memo about how muggle-borns supposedly obtained their magic. No, I think Umbridge despised muggle-borns beforehand, because she was a half-blood hiding as a pureblood. She despised her own brother, who was a squib. No, she did her best to distance herself from muggles, even hiding her father away. I doubt that Crookshanks was the Potter's cat, as it would have been old when Hermione bought him. Plus, Sirius never recognized the cat as the one from the Potters, only that it was a smart cat. Crookshanks was supposedly part Kneazle, and nobody knows how long they live, but a regular cat would have been at least 12-13 years old when Hermione bought it, if it was the Potters. House cats live from 12-18 years, so Crookshanks would have been very old, and then add on six more years to that where the story ends. .
I agree with you in all points and like to add, that during her interrogations it is quite obvious, that Umbridge doesn't like Hagrid and asks questions specificly about his "giant nature". She already has her prejudices when she attends Hogwarts as a "normal" teacher.
Why does she need to test Ginny? Is Ginny going to be going to the platform alone next year? Why does ginny need to memorize the platform, a year before she actually goes to school, when her parents are taking her anyway?
The name could have been enchanted to show whatever title he held. I like the idea that the marauders called him professor, but they probably stuck with their transformation name: Lupin.
I have heard the cat theory before and it doesn't hold water. Firstly, Sirius says in the book that it took him some time to explain to Crookshank what he, Sirius , wanted. If the cat had belonged to Lily and James then Sirius and Lupin would have recognized it right away. And as they were telling Harry so much in that book and in future books it seems likely that someone would have told HP the cat belonged to his parents. The Umbridge theory was new to me but, again, I don't think it fits. Deloris would have taken ANY job with the new order just to keep herself safe and in power. She cared about her own well-being. And she hated half breeds before that. She had written laws that kept werewolves from being hired. I think Deloris Umbridge was a nasty monster BEFORE she went into the forest. She may have been traumatized but she was prejudiced already. AND she would have said she hated muggle borns because that's what the Ministry (under Voldemort) was pushing.
All of Remus' possessions were scruffy, presumably because he wasn't able to always take good care of them when he transformed into a werewolf, plus he was too poor to afford good replacements. I wouldn't be surprised if the suitcase was fairly new, but just got damaged during a rough transformation.
He wouldn't have had the title of professor in a British muggle school. Apart from at Hogwarts, that's an American affectation. In the UK, the title of professor is awarded to certain high level research positions at universities. Schoolteachers in UK schools are addressed by their pupils as "Sir" or "Miss".
I don’t think the cat theory is true otherwise Sirius would have mentioned it to Harry. Like why wouldn’t he, “Hey Harry this is the cat that you almost killed as a baby lolz”
Not necessarily. If Sirius ever even met the cat, he would have remembered a kitten. How could he be sure these two cats were the same? When they met later in life, I assume their level of communication wasn't good enough to explain it. I have heard this theory before, I really like it, though if I would venture a guess this comes from a fan who wanted to find a connection where none exist.
@@khra83 Why would Sirius only see the cat as a kitty? Cats don't stay kitten-size for very long, by the time the kitten is a year old, it would be adult-size. And for the level of communication, well, Sirius was able to communicate with Crockshanks enough to have him trying to catch Scabbers for him, and enough that he took the order form for Harry’s Firebolt to the post office for Sirius.
@saphiramystique2086 Kitten or young cat, makes little difference. Sirius was in Azkaban for a long time, so unless there was something truly spectacular with how the cat looked like, I really doubt Sirius would remember it more than they had a young ginger cat.
My theory is built on the dead prisoners of Azkaban are turned into demintors thoery. In that Barty crouche’s wife who died in her son’s place in azkaban was turn into a demintor and was the demintor who suck the soul out of her own son in the goblit of fire. A real irony moment in that inorder to save her son for prison and the demintors; she inevitable became the very creature to rip the soul out of her own son body.
Molly didn't ask her Harry's benefit, and she didn't ask because she didn't know the answer. She asked because she has a young child. And hoping they know the answer and if not then she can remind them. Like when your parents would ask. What's our address? To see if the child knows since it is important information they should know, not because they don't.
My thoughts on these: 1) Highly possible, even very likely as it sounds completely in-character for Moody to do this. He knows as no other that one better not go lightly into war and he has given more than most in the fight against Dark Wizards. Harry was a bit too eagerly to go to war. 2) Plausible, but I don't think this is the case, personally I'm more inclined to believe that R.J. Lupin is in fact Lupin's grandfather and that Lupin is using it as a hand-me-down. We know that hand-me-downs in Harry Potter is often used to signal poverty so it isn't unlikely that this was the case here also. 3) Highly possible, even very likely as this too sounds in-character for Molly Weasley. 4) Possible, the only thing going against it is Sirius not recognizing the cat as Lily's cat but we don't know how old the cat was when Lily had them but twelve years have passed since and it is entirely possible that the cat in question was a more so a kitten or an otherwise very young cat. For all we know someone gave Lily a kitten as a birthing gift, which make them about a year when Sirius would have seen them for the last time. Also, Sirius doesn't seem the type to really pay attention to Lily's cat as he was also more a friend to James and the only reason why he became friends with Lily was because she was dating and later married his best pal. 5) Highly possible, how many travellers do we know in this setting that carry fantastic beasts on their person on the regular, who would visit Hogwarts and who might find it a good idea to drop something off like that with Hagrid. Though, of that latter I'm not sure. Hagrid said Aragog that he was given Aragog by a traveler when he was an egg but is it really unlikely that a mischievious young Hagrid couldn't help himself and stole the egg... But whatever is the case, it was likely that Newt was that traveller carrying the egg in the first place. 6) I thought it was confirmed that James Sirius Potter stole the map, so if did no longer work, what is the point of stealing it... 7) Possible: while Umbridge was never a pleasant person, it isn't that hard to imagine that her character didn't improve after being attacked by centaurs by a ruse created by a Muggleborn. If there were already pre-existing prejudices against muggleborns, and that is quite likely given her track record and family history, that stunt of Hermione probably have worsened.
1) I like this theory, and I think it fits what little we learn of Moody’s character in the series. 2) I like this theory also and it would explain why Remus kept using the battered old suitcase even after getting a job and would have been able to buy a new one at any time during his time as a professor at Hogwarts. But I can also see James adding professor on the briefcase as a joke. 3) How would Molly know Harry would be alone on the platform? She didn't know yet how awful the Dursleys were, Molly asking what the platform was, was just JKR giving Harry a way to meet the Weasleys and a way to learn how to get onto the platform. Though I doing like what a few commenters on here suggested, Molly was just making sure her children were paying attention and making sure Ginny and Ron knew the answer. 4) I have heard this theory a few times, and though it's a cute theory, I don't see how it's possible. For one, Crockshanks didn't recognize who Sirius and Pettigrew were, he recognized they weren't really animals and Sirius says it took him a while to get Crockshanks to trust him, if he knew Sirius, I wouldn't think it would take him a while to get Crockshanks to trust him, plus Sirius talks about Crockshanks as if he never meant him before, then there is the fact, either Sirius or Remus would have mentioned if the cat once belonged to Lily. 5)Interesting theory, not sure if Newt would have given someone such a dangerous creature, especially in a castle full of children. 6) I've heard somewhere, don't remember where, but JKR has said James stole the map from Harry right before he started Hogwarts, why would he do that if the map didn't work anymore? 7)Umbridge was already shown hating werewolves, and what she called half-breeds, so, it's highly likely she hated muggle-borns before being tricked by Hermione. Umbridge was just a hateful person.
3.) just sharing my thought here, it could be that Molly just saw Harry struggling and wanted to help without going up to him and making him feel embarrassed for not knowing.
This is just facts,not a theory JK wasnt truly involved with the writing,they just put her name there etc. And JK said it was canon simply cause she liked the person that wrote this.
She also endorsed the stage production because otherwise U.K. Law would have obligated her to sue it out of existence. And Rowling, at least at the time, was very fond of her fans taking inspiration from her work and making their own stories.
About theory 2: have you wondered *why* he was tired on the trip? Just look at the phase of the moon that day! For theory 3, SuperCarlinBrothers has an alternate idea: what if Dumbledore had told her what to say? 4: I know this one- from the August '81 letter! 5: Makes sense! 6: Interesting! And in the order they appear on the map, the bearer of each name outlived exactly the ones stated afterward!
You know, though it is tempting to read things into all these innocuous occurrences, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar and a scene is just a scene. For instance, the letters on Lupin's case could just as easily be pealing because he's tried to stick the letters onto an old and battered surface without proper preparation. This may cause them to peal. And as for Cruickshanks, I find this ridiculous. It seems perfectly plausible to me that any creature, magical or otherwise, would know an animagus for what it is: a human and not a true animal. As for Umbridge, it was Hermione who first set her off by asking awkward questions in class. Umbridge does not like to be challenged and it was a muggleborn who first challenged her. I was far more concerned that she retained her position after relinquishing her Hogwarts posts than about her prejudices which, to me, were obvious.
Re: Umbridge's escalating ugliness. I can't be sure but I think it had more to with a lack of meaningful consequences after Year 5. She never reallly faced trial. Then in yeqr 7, the conditions were right for her to be more openly cruel, instead of thinly masking it as a professor at Hogwarts. The Ministry enabled her hate even more than in Year 5. Thoughts?
9:21 I honestly think the Ministry being taken over by Voldie just freed her of restrictions she had on herself. She could go after creatures and infected werewolves. Dumbledore would have stopped her going after muggleborn and halfbloods. So once you have a full blood bigot in charge she just reveals that side. Although granted she seems to switch targets after freed.
I have another idea about why Lupin's suitcase had the title of "Professor" on it already. If James Potter had given it to him as a gift, either James or Remus might have put the letters there to make it easier for him to get any kind of job. Just knowing that someone is a professor can elevate one's credentials, and the power of suggestion could make someone more likely to trust Lupin.
The spiders eat humans, except the human who raises them. Why would Newt want one in a school full of children? Even if he belives it still deserves to live, it's clear they'd eventually attempt to eat the children of that school.
My theory: it was Riddle who had worked out something about the chamber, about the characteristics of the monster. Well, the on the surface it eats everyone but not he hair. The spider was just a future-alibi.
Since Umbridge is celebrating Voldemort day, hating on "mudbloods" and working with Dementors at Hogwarts in the alternate timeline without the centaur experience, I am pretty sure it's not their fault she became like that. The woman even disowned her own family for not being pure - you can't blame Hermione for that
I am pretty sure the map keeps on working after the death of all the marauders. There are numerous examples of permanent magic in HP universe. Hogwarts itself has enchantments holding since the time of the founders, multiple magical artifact throughout the series, Goblin magic, Gubraithian fire, the permanent sticking charms used on the posters in Sirius' bedroom, the talking portraits who definitely had personalities of their own. If a 16 year old Sirius can perform permanent magic to stick posters in his room then the magic must not be that rare or difficult or exclusively dark (as suggested by mischievous and dangerous artifacts).
This isn’t a Theory: Umbridge got off easy being sent to Azkaban after the Dementors were removed. At least Voldemort faced justice (in the books more-so because he didn’t disappear in a cloud of ash but was merely a dead body with a broken soul in the afterlife). Voldemort wanted a messed up world and would gladly manipulate people and children to achieve that goal. Umbridge did the same except tortured Children. Voldemort was a murderer and approved/did torture his enemies, but she tortured children and literally scarred them. She deserves the dementor’s kiss or at least as much twisted happiness that could be taken away from her as possible.
I don’t buy the idea that when Remus died so did the map. It was a far too advanced bit of charm craft with far too many interlocking elements to have simply been a basic enchantment that fails at the death of the caster. I would put it in the same category as the Sorting Hat. The hat belonged to Godric Gryffindor, but was enchanted by all four founders. Same idea. Multiple people were involved in the enchantment of the map.
I always theorised that Ron kept his mother informed about Harry's well being at school, witch is why she's so happy to see Harry In book 2, she's just happy Harry's in an environment with unconditional love, and why in prison of askaban she says she might as well be his mother
I think it's possible that Lupin's bag previously belonged to his father, who could have been a professor (somewhere other than Hogwarts) and had the same initials as his son.
In all my years I've never actually noticed the blatant and outstanding hypocrisy in the Ministry's decree regarding Muggle-borns; They plainly state their belief that only when wizards reproduce, is a wizard born: No two muggles can create a non-muggle - Yet if you claim to be a wizard born to muggle parents, it must be the case that you stole the magic, when in fact the most obvious conclusion should be by their own definitions, the child being a half-blood with an unknown wizard parent Wait, what was the Ministry's opinion on Squibs at this time?
another theory: nobody wanted Crookshanks, because he's a smelly cat. They wouldn't take him to the vet, and he was obviously not people's favorite pet, he was not a bed of roses, he's friends with Voldemort (those with no noses).
It is entirely possible that Crookshanks was Lily Potter's cat before winding up in the Magical Menagerie to be bought by Hermione. The fate of the Potters' cat after Voldemort killed James and Lily was never mentioned, and I doubt he would have been concerned about a cat.
Last one I gotta disagree with. Umbridge was always hateful and prejudiced. But she was "lawful evil." She was finally allowed to, by law, push her views to the extreme. Don't think it had anything to do with Hermione. As for Molly on the platform, that sounds perfectly fine. But the idea that "it doesn't make sense otherwise" is a, well, ignorant claim. Parents ask such things to keep their younger children, yes, even children at age 10, involved in what's going on all the time.
Theory The diary is Not the First horcrux. He never intended it to be a horcrux. It was Myrtle’s diary that was turned into one after the basilisk killed her while Tom riddle opened the chamber. And how did Tom know where the chamber of secrets. Because the ring told him
If the diary was Myrtle’s why was it inscribed with Tom Marvolo Riddle? Although I always wondered why he would have a diary it just seems odd and uncharacteristic of him to have a diary.
Moody's picture isn't a theory, just a detail to explain emotion. Molly's is rowling letting harry know where to go but also can be explained by asking ginny where to go as a test or confirmation to know where to go, either way who cares why. Lupins brief case has no meaning to look into. I like the aragon one, never thought about it tho. The umbridge one is her true colors show the more you know her. When you first meet a person evil or not you don't know the extent until you know more about them. She showed extreme prejudice already and the more acceptable it became she didn't have to hide it. Crookshanks doesn't have enough evidence to prove or disprove. And when did the marauders map stop working? Is that a cursed child thing?
It has to do with Gamps laws of elemental transfiguration one can’t transfigure food but if you know where some is you you can conjure it or if you already have some you can multiply it
Eh I think Umbridge was already evil enough to torture teenagers and destroy a school, I think it’s safe to say she was just malevolent and found a new outlet for her evil in the deathly hallows
1. Moody - wouldn’t exactly call that a theory… that’s very far reaching for a theory and not consequential to the story. 2. Lupin - the suitcase would have just been tacky and battered due to Lupins inability to find work and his struggle with money. 3. Molly - I think she was just flustered due to the amount of kids being around her. She always seems to be in a “differ” or a little stressed out with majority of her children around. 4. Crookshanks - that’s a very far reaching theory. Even Sirius himself just said he’s a very smart cat for his kind. 5. Traveler - probably one of the more plausible of the theories. Because Newt would have taken a liking to Hagrid and would have known he would had been safe with Hagrid. 6. Marauders - interesting theory! But magic can be indefinite. Look at the spells that still linger at hogwarts. And old magic that permeates throughout the wizarding world. 7. Umbridge - I believe that she was always prejudice towards the pure bloods. But let’s not forget she was also wearing a Horcrux causing her negativity to increase 10 fold. Interesting theories. One or two seem reasonably plausible the others are just too far reaching.
The theory that I have invented is that Pansy sent Hermione the envelope containing bubotuber pus. I believe this because Pansy was eavesdropping when Hagrid asked Harry and Ron why Hermione wasn't in class. Why else would Pansy have cared about such a thing? She had to be the one who did it.
I honestly don't buy the theory that the marauders map lost its magic once the last of the marauders died. Since when does magic within items disappear once their creators die? No other item or physical interaction through magic disappears once its creator dies, so why should the map be any different? That theory is just imposing our irl logic on a fantasy world where such logic isn't present at all.
I find the cat theory unlikely. Even if the cat was a kitten when he was owned by the potters he would then be as the same age as harry and its not mention in the books that he dies so also i several years owned by hermoine. That makes its a very rare long age for a cat.
I'm probably going to get crucified for this, but Umbridge isn't evil. She's horrible and stupid and wrong but not evil. I also don't think her personality changed after her experience with the centaurs. She was horrible and stupid and wrong before, and she's horrible and stupid and wrong after.
What if the egg was actually given to Hagrid by Tom Riddle? Tom Riddle dressed up as a traveller and gave Hagrid the egg, so that he could blame Hagrid to cover up his basilisk actions.
I have a hard time seeing Molly so innocently. I suspect she was on the muggle side for the sole purpose of finding Harry and winning--at minimum--a rich and politically powerful friend for her children. Especially Ron, who is unlikely to do well. Given Molly never approved of the Twins success because it wasn't proper, I'd assume she's very likely more interested in politics. While its possible they always come 'the muggle way' to save money. Ron's lie to Harry that he couldn't find a free compartment doesn't help shine the family in a good light. And at least the book's description of the Molly-Auther relationship is not one I find very healthy ether. Especially when taken in light of Molly's constant badgering of the Twins and Bill about 'respectability.' I don't think Molly was meant to be anything but a loving mother. But I find her way to suspicious, to go along with that particular view of her.
I’ll have to reread the books to look for what you are describing about M/A relationship. Most of the disappointment with the twins comes from before they make a success of their store from what I remember….Stemming from a concern about how will they make a living that way.
To Harry, the map wasn’t just a tool for mischief like it was to the twins. It was a tangible piece of his father. He and Ron also had gotten into the habit of watching over students during the horicrux hunt, with Ginny and Heromine still there they would have continued to check it often.
Ive been into harry potter since the book released in 97. Was at each midnight release for the books and movies... have listned to jim dale and stephen fry... and i gotta say some of the theories you and the other harry potter content creators come out with are just wild.
Lupin's briefcase, Moody's explanation over the photograph, Crookshanks being the Potter's pet cat and Aragog's egg are so inconsequential that it simply doesn't matter. Those are perfectly plausible theories, but also just that, theories. Molly's behaviour with her children is better explained as just good parenting. But the marauder's map losing its magic when Lupin died is questionable at best, as it would have lost at least part of it with the deaths of James, Sirius and Wormtail. Because that didn't happen, it's difficult to agree to what happened with the map after the Battle of Hogwarts because we don't have any information about it. And that theory about Umbridge is just illogical. The centaurs, even though not precisely tame, are very far from evil beasts who would torture a witch just for the fun of it. Worst case scenario, they gave her a good scare and left her lost in the middle of the forbidden forest. Best case, they just grabbed her and released her on the other side, basically banishing her from the place. That's not enough for a PTSD based hatred. It's much more likely that being hated by pretty much everyone and having a locket which messes with your head around her neck for months, made her radicalize. Oh, yeah, and then there's the fact that she's a prejudiced half-blood with a squib brother who, by becoming the head of muggle-affairs, skipped being questioned about her heritage.
Well we can't blame anyone on the Theories topic since nothing is true and everything is just the imagination of the fans. I know your working hard on the channel so i don't want to say bat stuff but for me Theories are just to pass the time and they don't heave any value since nothing is true or canon.
The theory that Molly asks the question about the platform for Harry's benefit is cute, but over-complicates the matter. She asks the question because she's a mother with excitable children. She knows where the platform is of course, and she knows her kids (especially Ginny) are excited to get there. And so she allows them (again, especially Ginny) to prove their knowledge and so join in on the Hogwarts experience (an experience Ginny will need another year to join). Her question is one of inclusion, just not for Harry. It's a fun test, like asking a small child, "What shape is this?" Yes, you know it's an octagon, but they're excited to demonstrate their knowledge. I love this moment in the book, and it's a pet peeve of mine whenever this theory comes up and over-complicates this simple matter lol.
I don’t see why it couldn’t be both. Molly sees Harry struggling and provided an opportunity for both her children and him to learn something useful.
I agree that she did what she did for her own children but included Harry in it too as the motherly figure she is.
It also could’ve been just for her kids and Harry happened to be near them but I don’t see the problem with both being true. They aren’t controversial and in line with her character.
That or it’s one of those things she reviews with the kids on a regular basis. My parents used to quiz us on our home phone number, address, and the Exit we lived off of.
It also help reassure her that the children know it themselves for future times when they will be making the trip unsupervised, or as chaperones for their younger siblings when they are older (which we see exactly that happen in the later books/films). It's a Parenting 101 trick commonly used by people with multiple children. Harry was just fortunate to arrive at the same time as the Weasleys to get some collateral benefit from it.
She also could’ve JUST been asking Ginny, it didn’t specify who she was asking and only Ginny answered when Percy of all people would’ve piped up and answered, but wouldn’t if it was only meant for Ginny
^ This
I also get annoyed when people ask questions as to the true reason this scene happened.
You don't need to over complicate things by adding more layers.
Molly was just being motherly to her own (direct) children is explanation enough.
Sure, she and all of her children should already know about platform 9¾, but that's the thing, you don't constantly talk about the things you already know, you just bring them up when they are relevant.
Molly was just doing a motherly check with her own kids, said in a loud voice because they were at a train station, and if any lost or unsure nearby first years overheard this conversation is just a happy accident.
There doesn't need to be an ulterior motive for something good that happens to the protagonist.
If we go by the idea that Remus' suitcase was a gift from James, I personally think the "Professor" print was a friendly dig at how Remus was always the studious one in the group.
Whenever I think of Umbridge, I am in awe of Imelda Staunton. She made that character so unbelievably hateable, to the point she's compared to the darkest wizard in modern history and perhaps all of wizarding history
Yea that women does not get enough credit for bringing Umbridge to life. She put such a convincing preformance on that I've rarely seen people hate an onscreen character as much as Delores..it's truly a feat of acting. One of the most convincing villains ever in cinema, up there with Emperor Palpatine and Hannibal Lecter, and probably THE best female villain preformance.
I always thought book umbridge was a much nastier character, but imelda did a fantastic job. She was very hateable indeed.
the only other actress who really pushes the buttons right the same way she does is helena bonham carter
I’ve heard that Lena Headey from Game of Thrones has more than her fair share of hate mail as Cersei
Umbridge was already believably hate-able. Imelda delivered a solid performance that made her even more hate-able.
Not a theory,
but in Fantastic Beast the first movie did you ever notice that in the department store near the end, there are Christmas decorations?
meaning it's set just weeks away from the Birth of Tom Riddle JR, as he was born on 31.12.1926
Nice one thank you
Why is it people always jumps to that conclusion with Molly asking about the platform number? It's pretty clear to anyone that she asked that question in order for her children, specifically Ginny but maybe also Ron, to feel included, since Ron had never gone there before, and Ginny was too young. Have you have had kids? If you ask them questions they know they are very eager to answer, especially if it's about something they are interested in. Molly simply asked the question so that Ginny wouldn't feel left out, it's called being a parent.
Well no. If you actually want to get into it, she asked her kids because it’s a book, and the author needed a way to include the weasly’s in a subtle way before Harry gets on the platform. Your thought of the story is just as valid as another, because none of this actually happened, people just like to insert their own little ideas into the story.
Why do people like shitting on people’s ideas?
I always thought that she was just having fun with her children. Retrospectively, it may have been for Harry's benefit too.
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You're the only one shitting on other people's ideas here.
The Molly and platform one is just..over-complicating things. Teaching by asking questions is very common in parents and teachers. Parent: "What do we do when crossing the road?" Kid: "We look both ways and walk across. Parent: "That's right."
I don't get why that is so difficult to understand. This theory takes away from Molly's character as a warm and competent mother, and makes her into a secret agent sent by Dumbledore. She wasn't even in the original OoP, so it doesn't fit her at all. She is perfect the way she is. A nurturing and loving yet somewhat stressed mom who only shows her Fangs when her kids are in danger.
Exactly, this is Parenting/Pre/Grade School Teaching 101 stuff. Harry was simply just lucky enough to have shown up when the Weasleys did. It's really that simple.
Really? Does it actually take away from her Motherly character? Because it’s pretty like Molly to see a young boy struggling to get to school, and want to help him without directly confronting him so he wouldn’t be embarrassed. Parents often want to help their children, without taking away their own agency.
Sirius would surely recognize the Potters' cat and tell Harry about it.
and he would probably know its name
Not necessarily, for one it has been 12 years and we don’t know how long they had the cat at the time of their deaths. A kitten and even a young cat can change a lot as they grow. Sirius would have assumed the cat was either killed or taken in by someone, if he even thought about the cat at all. The store would have given the cat a name when it arrived there. Any previous name he had would have been forgotten.
surely not
@@MythStarFire he would. He was their best friend. Best friends remember such things
@@andrzejzborowski4920They had the cat during the period when they were in hiding though, right? And they probably didn’t see much of Sirius in person, which is why she sent that update letter. What I’m getting at is Crookshanks may have remembered Sirius but Sirius didn’t exactly remember him.
Molly could've also simply been quizzing Ginny to make sure she had been paying attention.
Not really any reason for the Marauder's Map to stop working after Lupin dies. Death of the creator doesn't instantly mean the artifacts they create suddenly lose their power.
The locket, tiara, the Sorting Hat, Dumbledore's deluminator, etc etc etc. The series is stuffed full of numerous magical items from large to small, and relatively innocuous to insanely powerful that keep on doing what they do just fine for centuries after the death of their makers.
Also, we know for fact that there are still several people around after Lupin died that know the key phrases (George, Harry, Ron, and likely Hermione and Ginny). Especially since the twins had been using the thing since BEFORE Lupin arrived.
* Again Lupin hadn't arrived yet when it was implied they'd had and been using the map for at least a year
* James was dead
* Sirrius was still in Azgaband
* And Peter was still masquerading as Scabbers and wouldn't have wanted anyone to really know about the map since it could have (and as we read/saw, it did in fact) reveal that he was still alive and in Hogwarts.
So someone other than the Marauders had to have figured out how it works for it to have been confiscated in the first place and for them to have learned how it works as well, since they clearly didn't get that info from any of the Marauders directly. There's really nothing to say that the map wouldn't keep on working just fine so long as someone knew or learned what the key phrases were until either the map itself or Hogwarts itself were destroyed.
I believe the map would still work, as you say.
When Lupin confronts Harry about the map, he says, he knew for a fact that it had been confiscated years ago, suggesting that one of the marauders got caught with it, I suspect this was on purpose, as they wanted the map to stay in the school to be passed on to the next mischief makers, after they graduated. I don't think anyone had used the map before Fred and George snatched it from Filch's office a few years later.
Unless maybe the Marauder’s Map was created by all 4 of the friends and only once all 4 were dead would the map lose its magic? Lupin was the last of the four to die so it might have ended when his life did? 🤷
@@Blakmage3 The Sorting Hat was also enchanted by all four Hogwarts founders, they're surely dead and it still works, and I don't think the enchantments on the castle had to be renewed after they passed, especially since some of the magic they used seems to be forgotten to the generations.
@@LordTKII Oh fair point actually. I didn’t think of that.
@@Blakmage3 yeah, but again there's not really anything to indicate death of the wizard causes magical items they create to suddenly stop working. Beyond curses, which aren't the same as magical items, there's not really a precedent for that to be the case. Magical items large to small, powerful to minor, are scattered throughout the series. Made by numerous individuals and groups that keep on working perfectly fine centuries and centuries after the death of the original creators.
Even more so there's an argument that the map being voluntarily given to a direct blood descendent of one of the original creators (Harry) means even less reason for it to just stop working. Especially when the 2nd time it was given to Harry by one of it's creators (Lupin).
There are way more arguments for it to keep on keeping on, than for it to just decide to randomly stop working when we've been repeatedly shown throughout the series that magical items and artifacts keep working after the death of their creator(s).
Newt doesn't take me as foolish enough to give Hagrid a giant magical spider.
I feel like the defining difference between Hagrid and Newt is that Newt can recognize when something is dangerous. I don't think Newt would have kept an acromanchula egg let alone gave it to a young student
But the thing is newt also sees the true nature of creatures and achromantulas aren't bad creatures. Remember hagrids pet refused to attack Harry and Ron. It was only his children that attacked because as he says himself "I cannot control my children". Newt would know that they are intelligent and non violent to friends and with Hagrid raising and protecting the thing it would not harm him. Remember it's only after aragog dies that the other spiders start to pose a threat. Also newt is more about magic beasts aren't 9/10 times bad. I can only think of 1 creature that newt wouldn't defend
Disagree with the Umbridge theory. She probably was quietly prejudiced muggleborns before the forbidden Forrest incident. She was just showing her true colors in book 7 because it was now acceptable to do so, not because hermione tricked her. Also, she enjoys positions of authority and being able to punish people.
Something tells me that it was Rookwood that wrote the DOM memo about how muggle-borns supposedly obtained their magic.
No, I think Umbridge despised muggle-borns beforehand, because she was a half-blood hiding as a pureblood. She despised her own brother, who was a squib. No, she did her best to distance herself from muggles, even hiding her father away.
I doubt that Crookshanks was the Potter's cat, as it would have been old when Hermione bought him. Plus, Sirius never recognized the cat as the one from the Potters, only that it was a smart cat.
Crookshanks was supposedly part Kneazle, and nobody knows how long they live, but a regular cat would have been at least 12-13 years old when Hermione bought it, if it was the Potters. House cats live from 12-18 years, so Crookshanks would have been very old, and then add on six more years to that where the story ends.
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I agree with you in all points and like to add, that during her interrogations it is quite obvious, that Umbridge doesn't like Hagrid and asks questions specificly about his "giant nature". She already has her prejudices when she attends Hogwarts as a "normal" teacher.
It seems more likely that Molly was asking where the platform is to test Ginny for the future as she would be attending Hogwarts the following year.
Why does she need to test Ginny? Is Ginny going to be going to the platform alone next year? Why does ginny need to memorize the platform, a year before she actually goes to school, when her parents are taking her anyway?
I would definitely buy the “James got Lupin his bag” theory. I got myself a sign for my door that said “Attorney at Law” when I was in law school.
The name could have been enchanted to show whatever title he held. I like the idea that the marauders called him professor, but they probably stuck with their transformation name: Lupin.
I have heard the cat theory before and it doesn't hold water. Firstly, Sirius says in the book that it took him some time to explain to Crookshank what he, Sirius , wanted. If the cat had belonged to Lily and James then Sirius and Lupin would have recognized it right away. And as they were telling Harry so much in that book and in future books it seems likely that someone would have told HP the cat belonged to his parents.
The Umbridge theory was new to me but, again, I don't think it fits. Deloris would have taken ANY job with the new order just to keep herself safe and in power. She cared about her own well-being. And she hated half breeds before that. She had written laws that kept werewolves from being hired. I think Deloris Umbridge was a nasty monster BEFORE she went into the forest. She may have been traumatized but she was prejudiced already. AND she would have said she hated muggle borns because that's what the Ministry (under Voldemort) was pushing.
All of Remus' possessions were scruffy, presumably because he wasn't able to always take good care of them when he transformed into a werewolf, plus he was too poor to afford good replacements. I wouldn't be surprised if the suitcase was fairly new, but just got damaged during a rough transformation.
I always thought Lupin worked as a muggle professor as he was shunned from wizard society.
Never thought of this but it makes perfect sense.
What would he even teach nonmagic children ?
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He wouldn't have had the title of professor in a British muggle school. Apart from at Hogwarts, that's an American affectation. In the UK, the title of professor is awarded to certain high level research positions at universities. Schoolteachers in UK schools are addressed by their pupils as "Sir" or "Miss".
I don’t think the cat theory is true otherwise Sirius would have mentioned it to Harry. Like why wouldn’t he, “Hey Harry this is the cat that you almost killed as a baby lolz”
Yeah Sirius definitely would of mentioned something
Not necessarily. If Sirius ever even met the cat, he would have remembered a kitten.
How could he be sure these two cats were the same?
When they met later in life, I assume their level of communication wasn't good enough to explain it.
I have heard this theory before, I really like it, though if I would venture a guess this comes from a fan who wanted to find a connection where none exist.
Also, he probably would have paid more attention to Harry, snuggling him, etc.
@@khra83 Why would Sirius only see the cat as a kitty? Cats don't stay kitten-size for very long, by the time the kitten is a year old, it would be adult-size. And for the level of communication, well, Sirius was able to communicate with Crockshanks enough to have him trying to catch Scabbers for him, and enough that he took the order form for Harry’s Firebolt to the post office for Sirius.
@saphiramystique2086 Kitten or young cat, makes little difference.
Sirius was in Azkaban for a long time, so unless there was something truly spectacular with how the cat looked like, I really doubt Sirius would remember it more than they had a young ginger cat.
My theory is built on the dead prisoners of Azkaban are turned into demintors thoery. In that Barty crouche’s wife who died in her son’s place in azkaban was turn into a demintor and was the demintor who suck the soul out of her own son in the goblit of fire. A real irony moment in that inorder to save her son for prison and the demintors; she inevitable became the very creature to rip the soul out of her own son body.
Molly didn't ask her Harry's benefit, and she didn't ask because she didn't know the answer. She asked because she has a young child. And hoping they know the answer and if not then she can remind them. Like when your parents would ask. What's our address? To see if the child knows since it is important information they should know, not because they don't.
My thoughts on these:
1) Highly possible, even very likely as it sounds completely in-character for Moody to do this. He knows as no other that one better not go lightly into war and he has given more than most in the fight against Dark Wizards. Harry was a bit too eagerly to go to war.
2) Plausible, but I don't think this is the case, personally I'm more inclined to believe that R.J. Lupin is in fact Lupin's grandfather and that Lupin is using it as a hand-me-down. We know that hand-me-downs in Harry Potter is often used to signal poverty so it isn't unlikely that this was the case here also.
3) Highly possible, even very likely as this too sounds in-character for Molly Weasley.
4) Possible, the only thing going against it is Sirius not recognizing the cat as Lily's cat but we don't know how old the cat was when Lily had them but twelve years have passed since and it is entirely possible that the cat in question was a more so a kitten or an otherwise very young cat. For all we know someone gave Lily a kitten as a birthing gift, which make them about a year when Sirius would have seen them for the last time. Also, Sirius doesn't seem the type to really pay attention to Lily's cat as he was also more a friend to James and the only reason why he became friends with Lily was because she was dating and later married his best pal.
5) Highly possible, how many travellers do we know in this setting that carry fantastic beasts on their person on the regular, who would visit Hogwarts and who might find it a good idea to drop something off like that with Hagrid. Though, of that latter I'm not sure. Hagrid said Aragog that he was given Aragog by a traveler when he was an egg but is it really unlikely that a mischievious young Hagrid couldn't help himself and stole the egg... But whatever is the case, it was likely that Newt was that traveller carrying the egg in the first place.
6) I thought it was confirmed that James Sirius Potter stole the map, so if did no longer work, what is the point of stealing it...
7) Possible: while Umbridge was never a pleasant person, it isn't that hard to imagine that her character didn't improve after being attacked by centaurs by a ruse created by a Muggleborn. If there were already pre-existing prejudices against muggleborns, and that is quite likely given her track record and family history, that stunt of Hermione probably have worsened.
Your videos are brilliant.
1) I like this theory, and I think it fits what little we learn of Moody’s character in the series.
2) I like this theory also and it would explain why Remus kept using the battered old suitcase even after getting a job and would have been able to buy a new one at any time during his time as a professor at Hogwarts. But I can also see James adding professor on the briefcase as a joke.
3) How would Molly know Harry would be alone on the platform? She didn't know yet how awful the Dursleys were, Molly asking what the platform was, was just JKR giving Harry a way to meet the Weasleys and a way to learn how to get onto the platform. Though I doing like what a few commenters on here suggested, Molly was just making sure her children were paying attention and making sure Ginny and Ron knew the answer.
4) I have heard this theory a few times, and though it's a cute theory, I don't see how it's possible. For one, Crockshanks didn't recognize who Sirius and Pettigrew were, he recognized they weren't really animals and Sirius says it took him a while to get Crockshanks to trust him, if he knew Sirius, I wouldn't think it would take him a while to get Crockshanks to trust him, plus Sirius talks about Crockshanks as if he never meant him before, then there is the fact, either Sirius or Remus would have mentioned if the cat once belonged to Lily.
5)Interesting theory, not sure if Newt would have given someone such a dangerous creature, especially in a castle full of children.
6) I've heard somewhere, don't remember where, but JKR has said James stole the map from Harry right before he started Hogwarts, why would he do that if the map didn't work anymore?
7)Umbridge was already shown hating werewolves, and what she called half-breeds, so, it's highly likely she hated muggle-borns before being tricked by Hermione. Umbridge was just a hateful person.
3.) just sharing my thought here, it could be that Molly just saw Harry struggling and wanted to help without going up to him and making him feel embarrassed for not knowing.
Top of the list. CURSED CHILD ISN'T CANNON!!!!😂
This is just facts,not a theory
JK wasnt truly involved with the writing,they just put her name there etc.
And JK said it was canon simply cause she liked the person that wrote this.
She also endorsed the stage production because otherwise U.K. Law would have obligated her to sue it out of existence. And Rowling, at least at the time, was very fond of her fans taking inspiration from her work and making their own stories.
About theory 2: have you wondered *why* he was tired on the trip? Just look at the phase of the moon that day!
For theory 3, SuperCarlinBrothers has an alternate idea: what if Dumbledore had told her what to say?
4: I know this one- from the August '81 letter!
5: Makes sense!
6: Interesting! And in the order they appear on the map, the bearer of each name outlived exactly the ones stated afterward!
You know, though it is tempting to read things into all these innocuous occurrences, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar and a scene is just a scene. For instance, the letters on Lupin's case could just as easily be pealing because he's tried to stick the letters onto an old and battered surface without proper preparation. This may cause them to peal. And as for Cruickshanks, I find this ridiculous. It seems perfectly plausible to me that any creature, magical or otherwise, would know an animagus for what it is: a human and not a true animal. As for Umbridge, it was Hermione who first set her off by asking awkward questions in class. Umbridge does not like to be challenged and it was a muggleborn who first challenged her. I was far more concerned that she retained her position after relinquishing her Hogwarts posts than about her prejudices which, to me, were obvious.
Re: Umbridge's escalating ugliness. I can't be sure but I think it had more to with a lack of meaningful consequences after Year 5. She never reallly faced trial. Then in yeqr 7, the conditions were right for her to be more openly cruel, instead of thinly masking it as a professor at Hogwarts. The Ministry enabled her hate even more than in Year 5. Thoughts?
Love your videos always ❤
I want a video why we didn't see any more half human wizards like Hagrid in hogwarts. Like half goblin or half merfolks, or half vampires.
9:21 I honestly think the Ministry being taken over by Voldie just freed her of restrictions she had on herself. She could go after creatures and infected werewolves. Dumbledore would have stopped her going after muggleborn and halfbloods.
So once you have a full blood bigot in charge she just reveals that side. Although granted she seems to switch targets after freed.
I have another idea about why Lupin's suitcase had the title of "Professor" on it already. If James Potter had given it to him as a gift, either James or Remus might have put the letters there to make it easier for him to get any kind of job. Just knowing that someone is a professor can elevate one's credentials, and the power of suggestion could make someone more likely to trust Lupin.
The spiders eat humans, except the human who raises them. Why would Newt want one in a school full of children? Even if he belives it still deserves to live, it's clear they'd eventually attempt to eat the children of that school.
My theory: it was Riddle who had worked out something about the chamber, about the characteristics of the monster. Well, the on the surface it eats everyone but not he hair.
The spider was just a future-alibi.
Since Umbridge is celebrating Voldemort day, hating on "mudbloods" and working with Dementors at Hogwarts in the alternate timeline without the centaur experience, I am pretty sure it's not their fault she became like that. The woman even disowned her own family for not being pure - you can't blame Hermione for that
I am pretty sure the map keeps on working after the death of all the marauders. There are numerous examples of permanent magic in HP universe. Hogwarts itself has enchantments holding since the time of the founders, multiple magical artifact throughout the series, Goblin magic, Gubraithian fire, the permanent sticking charms used on the posters in Sirius' bedroom, the talking portraits who definitely had personalities of their own. If a 16 year old Sirius can perform permanent magic to stick posters in his room then the magic must not be that rare or difficult or exclusively dark (as suggested by mischievous and dangerous artifacts).
"You can't deny, Dumbledore's got style."
This isn’t a Theory:
Umbridge got off easy being sent to Azkaban after the Dementors were removed. At least Voldemort faced justice (in the books more-so because he didn’t disappear in a cloud of ash but was merely a dead body with a broken soul in the afterlife).
Voldemort wanted a messed up world and would gladly manipulate people and children to achieve that goal. Umbridge did the same except tortured Children. Voldemort was a murderer and approved/did torture his enemies, but she tortured children and literally scarred them.
She deserves the dementor’s kiss or at least as much twisted happiness that could be taken away from her as possible.
I think the umbrige theory actually makes sense when you look at it that way
I don’t buy the idea that when Remus died so did the map. It was a far too advanced bit of charm craft with far too many interlocking elements to have simply been a basic enchantment that fails at the death of the caster.
I would put it in the same category as the Sorting Hat. The hat belonged to Godric Gryffindor, but was enchanted by all four founders.
Same idea. Multiple people were involved in the enchantment of the map.
I never thought about Umbridge being negative effected by the locket before.
Imelda Staunton once said that portraying Delores Umbridge had a negative effect on her health. Not everyone can play the villain.
Lmao i buy into fan theories way too easily
I always theorised that Ron kept his mother informed about Harry's well being at school, witch is why she's so happy to see Harry In book 2, she's just happy Harry's in an environment with unconditional love, and why in prison of askaban she says she might as well be his mother
That Map theory is rather sad. I never thought of that.
No issues here. In fact, the most highly plausible theory is that Molly Weasley was surreptitiously tasked with guiding Harry onto platform 9 3/4.
Theory 1 - agreed
Theory 2 - could be
Theory 3 - disagreed
Theory 4 - agreed
Theory 5 - agreed
Theory 6 - disagreed
Theory 7 - could be
The letters on the suitcase might have been peeling off because they merely didn't stick well to the battered leather.
I think it's possible that Lupin's bag previously belonged to his father, who could have been a professor (somewhere other than Hogwarts) and had the same initials as his son.
I still think it makes more sense for Crookshanks to be Regulus Black, trapped in cat form.
In all my years I've never actually noticed the blatant and outstanding hypocrisy in the Ministry's decree regarding Muggle-borns;
They plainly state their belief that only when wizards reproduce, is a wizard born: No two muggles can create a non-muggle - Yet if you claim to be a wizard born to muggle parents, it must be the case that you stole the magic, when in fact the most obvious conclusion should be by their own definitions, the child being a half-blood with an unknown wizard parent
Wait, what was the Ministry's opinion on Squibs at this time?
another theory: nobody wanted Crookshanks, because he's a smelly cat. They wouldn't take him to the vet, and he was obviously not people's favorite pet, he was not a bed of roses, he's friends with Voldemort (those with no noses).
The world would be a lot better place with more Weasleys in it.
Great video❤
It is entirely possible that Crookshanks was Lily Potter's cat before winding up in the Magical Menagerie to be bought by Hermione. The fate of the Potters' cat after Voldemort killed James and Lily was never mentioned, and I doubt he would have been concerned about a cat.
the newt scamander theory is cute, but i always assumed riddle gave aragog to hagrid. would’ve made it easy to frame him
I've always believed the theory that Dumbledore asked molly look out for Harry and after that molly seen as a son.
Bob Paisley at 4.46. 😲
Only HP Theory i categorically deny is "Harry should have ended up with Hermione." That relationship would have ended in bitter divorce.
if we take cursed child as canon, the map still worked after Lupin died
Last one I gotta disagree with.
Umbridge was always hateful and prejudiced.
But she was "lawful evil."
She was finally allowed to, by law, push her views to the extreme.
Don't think it had anything to do with Hermione.
As for Molly on the platform, that sounds perfectly fine. But the idea that "it doesn't make sense otherwise" is a, well, ignorant claim.
Parents ask such things to keep their younger children, yes, even children at age 10, involved in what's going on all the time.
The dark Lord may have been a serial killer but Dolores Umbridge is a different kind of evil more vindictive, more insidious.
Theory The diary is Not the First horcrux. He never intended it to be a horcrux. It was Myrtle’s diary that was turned into one after the basilisk killed her while Tom riddle opened the chamber. And how did Tom know where the chamber of secrets. Because the ring told him
If the diary was Myrtle’s why was it inscribed with Tom Marvolo Riddle? Although I always wondered why he would have a diary it just seems odd and uncharacteristic of him to have a diary.
“Theft or force”!?!? She just got done saying that magic is genetic, and in the next breath she says it can be stolen. Umbridge is so infuriating.
Sure. Maybe Harry's father bought the briefcase for him? Or maybe it was a hand-me-down? Maybe he shares a name with his father
Moody's picture isn't a theory, just a detail to explain emotion. Molly's is rowling letting harry know where to go but also can be explained by asking ginny where to go as a test or confirmation to know where to go, either way who cares why. Lupins brief case has no meaning to look into. I like the aragon one, never thought about it tho. The umbridge one is her true colors show the more you know her. When you first meet a person evil or not you don't know the extent until you know more about them. She showed extreme prejudice already and the more acceptable it became she didn't have to hide it. Crookshanks doesn't have enough evidence to prove or disprove. And when did the marauders map stop working? Is that a cursed child thing?
How did Mcgonnicgall make the platter of sandwiches when you can’t transfigure food
It has to do with Gamps laws of elemental transfiguration one can’t transfigure food but if you know where some is you you can conjure it or if you already have some you can multiply it
One theory I have that no one will take away from me is that Dumbledore is celibate
Molly could have just asked to quiz Ginny
Eh I think Umbridge was already evil enough to torture teenagers and destroy a school, I think it’s safe to say she was just malevolent and found a new outlet for her evil in the deathly hallows
Some of these are just plot points missed by the movie fans
1. Moody - wouldn’t exactly call that a theory… that’s very far reaching for a theory and not consequential to the story.
2. Lupin - the suitcase would have just been tacky and battered due to Lupins inability to find work and his struggle with money.
3. Molly - I think she was just flustered due to the amount of kids being around her. She always seems to be in a “differ” or a little stressed out with majority of her children around.
4. Crookshanks - that’s a very far reaching theory. Even Sirius himself just said he’s a very smart cat for his kind.
5. Traveler - probably one of the more plausible of the theories. Because Newt would have taken a liking to Hagrid and would have known he would had been safe with Hagrid.
6. Marauders - interesting theory! But magic can be indefinite. Look at the spells that still linger at hogwarts. And old magic that permeates throughout the wizarding world.
7. Umbridge - I believe that she was always prejudice towards the pure bloods. But let’s not forget she was also wearing a Horcrux causing her negativity to increase 10 fold.
Interesting theories. One or two seem reasonably plausible the others are just too far reaching.
tbh the biggest theory i belive in come form j and ben super carling brother about dumbledores big plan
The theory that I have invented is that Pansy sent Hermione the envelope containing bubotuber pus. I believe this because Pansy was eavesdropping when Hagrid asked Harry and Ron why Hermione wasn't in class. Why else would Pansy have cared about such a thing? She had to be the one who did it.
I honestly don't buy the theory that the marauders map lost its magic once the last of the marauders died. Since when does magic within items disappear once their creators die? No other item or physical interaction through magic disappears once its creator dies, so why should the map be any different? That theory is just imposing our irl logic on a fantasy world where such logic isn't present at all.
I find the cat theory unlikely. Even if the cat was a kitten when he was owned by the potters he would then be as the same age as harry and its not mention in the books that he dies so also i several years owned by hermoine. That makes its a very rare long age for a cat.
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I'm probably going to get crucified for this, but Umbridge isn't evil. She's horrible and stupid and wrong but not evil.
I also don't think her personality changed after her experience with the centaurs. She was horrible and stupid and wrong before, and she's horrible and stupid and wrong after.
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Nah crookshanks was an arabella fig cat
What if the egg was actually given to Hagrid by Tom Riddle? Tom Riddle dressed up as a traveller and gave Hagrid the egg, so that he could blame Hagrid to cover up his basilisk actions.
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I like the theory that the Dursley’s were so horrible and mean to Harry because he was a horcrux
I have a hard time seeing Molly so innocently. I suspect she was on the muggle side for the sole purpose of finding Harry and winning--at minimum--a rich and politically powerful friend for her children. Especially Ron, who is unlikely to do well.
Given Molly never approved of the Twins success because it wasn't proper, I'd assume she's very likely more interested in politics.
While its possible they always come 'the muggle way' to save money. Ron's lie to Harry that he couldn't find a free compartment doesn't help shine the family in a good light.
And at least the book's description of the Molly-Auther relationship is not one I find very healthy ether. Especially when taken in light of Molly's constant badgering of the Twins and Bill about 'respectability.'
I don't think Molly was meant to be anything but a loving mother. But I find her way to suspicious, to go along with that particular view of her.
FInally someone else who sees this.
I’ll have to reread the books to look for what you are describing about M/A relationship.
Most of the disappointment with the twins comes from before they make a success of their store from what I remember….Stemming from a concern about how will they make a living that way.
During Harry's 7th year, he was not at Hogwarts. He should have given the map to Ginny or someone else.
He still wanted to know what’s happening at hogwarts and he could see that through the map. He also wanted information on snape and his whereabouts.
To Harry, the map wasn’t just a tool for mischief like it was to the twins. It was a tangible piece of his father. He and Ron also had gotten into the habit of watching over students during the horicrux hunt, with Ginny and Heromine still there they would have continued to check it often.
The map theory is wrong.
Actually those theories sounds logic to me and i can accept those theories.
I’ll give you a “sure, why not.”
Ive been into harry potter since the book released in 97. Was at each midnight release for the books and movies... have listned to jim dale and stephen fry... and i gotta say some of the theories you and the other harry potter content creators come out with are just wild.
Lupin's briefcase, Moody's explanation over the photograph, Crookshanks being the Potter's pet cat and Aragog's egg are so inconsequential that it simply doesn't matter. Those are perfectly plausible theories, but also just that, theories. Molly's behaviour with her children is better explained as just good parenting. But the marauder's map losing its magic when Lupin died is questionable at best, as it would have lost at least part of it with the deaths of James, Sirius and Wormtail. Because that didn't happen, it's difficult to agree to what happened with the map after the Battle of Hogwarts because we don't have any information about it. And that theory about Umbridge is just illogical. The centaurs, even though not precisely tame, are very far from evil beasts who would torture a witch just for the fun of it. Worst case scenario, they gave her a good scare and left her lost in the middle of the forbidden forest. Best case, they just grabbed her and released her on the other side, basically banishing her from the place. That's not enough for a PTSD based hatred. It's much more likely that being hated by pretty much everyone and having a locket which messes with your head around her neck for months, made her radicalize. Oh, yeah, and then there's the fact that she's a prejudiced half-blood with a squib brother who, by becoming the head of muggle-affairs, skipped being questioned about her heritage.
Well we can't blame anyone on the Theories topic since nothing is true and everything is just the imagination of the fans.
I know your working hard on the channel so i don't want to say bat stuff but for me Theories are just to pass the time and they don't heave any value since nothing is true or canon.
The cat could have been anyone's and there is no evidence for the suitcase. Maybe Lupin worked at Durmstrang or Beauxbatons and was fired?
5:21: Dumbledore told her to do it.
I've always thought Dumbledore asked Molly to keep a lookout for Harry in the train station, knowing he'd be alone. I love this theory.
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