@@seanoflaherty6678 what? Could you please explain to me that it made no sense at all? Not judging either only my stupid self for not understanding what you mean by your comment that's all. So if you can be so kind to explain that to me I would appreciate it so much? Thank you and I hope you have a wonderful and blessed day and stay safe out there! 😊😁☺️
@@nekogamer2508he’s just making a joke since they guy has trauma from his family situation and his best friend future wife is slytherin and he turned evil and its implying trauma and slytherin friends can turn anyone from any house into dark wizards my ? Is tho if him and the wife are so dark why not kill the daughter as soon as they find out she’s a squib
Recognizing patterns And acting on the information you have is normal If one particular set of circumstances always leads to a bad outcome. When you see that particular set of circumstances approaching, you would avoid it. Are you being a racist or are you just trying to avoid trouble?
Artemisia is another name for the plant known as Wormwood. It's a component of the intoxicant called Absinthe and has been used to treat intestinal parasite infections. 🌱
While Absinthe does contain wormwood it's not the ingredient responsible for most of its taste, that goes to Anise. Malört on the other hand is both named for and heavily tasting of wormwood. The name of the intoxicant is literally just the Swedish name of wormwood. Literally the word Malört translates to "Moth Herb", but it has a double meaning in old Swedish which basically means something like "Illweed", as in, a herb that is bad for you.
"Muggle fear and misunderstanding of magic led to widespread suspicion and violence." Or it might be the multiple killer magic hedge mazes that ate thousands of people. That might also get a rise out of the muggles.
1- Creating giant, elaborate, magical mazes = Hard work and Patience. 2- Punishing muggles = Justice in his mind. 3- His life choices = Loyalty to magic.
That, and everyone looks down on them. Even in the first book; "Everyone says Hufflepuff are a load of duffers (idiots)." "Imagine being in Hufflepuff, I think I'd leave, wouldn't you?"
@@stethespaniard2 yes and no. You could probably end up getting in Hufflepuff from extreme work ethic alone. If that's the case and you don't have the loyalty trait to an extreme degree then the chance of a dark wizard from Hufflepuff is entirely possible. I mean working hard but for nothing, not me, I'd go rouge. Not necessarily kill people over it but I would go rouge in other ways. Like do what I want rather than contribute to things that don't interest me.
Why Hufflepuff is about loyalty, hard work and they except everyone equally unlike the other houses that think themselves better then everyone else also known as arrogants.
I've always thought that a Hufflepuff willing to do terrible, terrible things, in the name of loyalty, would be a very compelling villain. A good example from other media would be like, Killmonger.
Yh, I'm one of those people who always wants like spin offs, origin stories, stories about other characters and events in that universe.... And boy am I drooling for a book or film about maze man.
I mean, don't purebloods deserve justice, too? Do you assume them all to be inherently evil and undeserving of justice based on their lineage? Justice is justice, and excluding someone on the basis of their social status at birth alone would absolutely be against the egalitarian values of Helga Hufflepuff. I'm pretty sure it's outright illegal in most of the civilised world IRL, too.
Eunon Blackwood is proof that intolerance from Muggles can drive witches and wizards towards the Dark Arts. I highly doubt he was the only dark wizard from Hufflepuff, it is just simply improbable of that not happening. This is particularly true of Muggle-borns, as they face intolerance from Purebloods and Muggles alike.
You know what else I would think would drive muggle born to the dark arts? Being plucked out of everything they know and taken away from everything and everyone they know at age 11 and placed in a completely alien world with absolutely no support or resettlement support or anything like that at all. Hogwarts is woeful when it comes to pastoral care.
@@milanka882 Pretty sure they send representatives to explain things to Muggle born. Herminonie mentioned in the first book how she already knew she was different, but didn't realize all the things she was doing were magic. Besides she still had contact with her parents.
Since Hufflepuff is my Hogwarts house, I was always curious about the stories of Hufflepuff wizards who went down the wrong path. I appreciate this Dark history lesson; it's a great cautionary tale.
You do know this is make believe right? Like this isn’t real lol. Y’all get so caught up in this made up world it only shows what you’re lacking in the REAL world 😂
Good. Maybe every Hufflepuff rper I meet will stop acting like doormat with a free hug sign. I say the most likeable I met had a short temper but still displayed Hufflepuff traits.
@@meka6626 Just explain to them they should play them like Canadians. Then introduce them to what the Canadians accomplished in the World Wars. There's a difference between patience and weakness.
So if you want to completely avoid being harmed by Blackwood you just have to forego going into any hedge mazes that appear suddenly without explanation?
Medieval people who believe in magic and fairies: "Hey, where did this giant foreboding hedge maze come from this morning? Should we A. run into it like idiots, B. burn it down, C. call the village priest?" People centuries later, who have heard folktales of these killer hedge mazes eating people for a dozen generations: "Yes, instant hedge maze, looks totally legit." Seriously, wherew/how would people even have _heard_ the tale that there's allegedly gold in those magically appearing hedge mazes (so that they're enticed to wander right in in search of treasure), when _at the same time_ the story claims Muggles forgot that magic exists? So... what would be their scientific explanation for a suddenly appearing hedge maze on their front lawn? And if not magic, why would there be gold in it? And in all that time, nobody ever thought of just building a wooden tower outside the outer rim and looking into the maze from above? Heck, Muggles now have technology that can fly... send some camera drone in, invade magic airspace.
We have to remember that Hagrid getting expelled from Hogwarts was due to a Slytherin (Tom Riddle), so Hagrid has a bias against that house. Further, was Quirrell really evil? Remember that Quirrell's evil acts took place when he was possessed by Voldemort.
@@darajeeling Quirrell was weak willed, and Voldemort had a powerful will, even in his weakened state. Quirrell had no chance. Lockhart was driven by his ego and his need fame and glory.
I always took that Quirrell wasn't evil, perse, when he was younger, but that he was too eager, foolhearty, and weak-willed, when it came down to it, and that he allowed for the possession from Voldie.
I like to think of myself as a Gryffindor, must most of my friends think I'm more Ravenclaw. But, I have this head-cannon about the early days of Hogwarts when the founders were still running things. A group of students are gathered and the first three pick the ones they want and the leftovers are scooped up by Hufflepuff. She takes them aside to her corner of the castle and sits them down and tells them, "You aren't the smartest, the bravest, or have the connections of magical upbringing, so what do you do? The one thing you can do, the one thing that can overcome the advantages of the others is you can WORK HARDER than all of them. There are plenty of smart people, or brave people, or connected people who simply never amount to anything. Hard work will see you through were those things won't" So, its not that Hufflepuff sought out hard workers, but that she MADE them hard workers.
A pureblood who doesn't hate Muggleborns, but instead feels bad for them and sees them as victims of Muggles is something I never knew I needed. Although, it does make one wonder, in the Middle Ages, did Muggleborns get killed out of fear by their parents?
Given how brutal the Witch Hunts of that era were? Yea. I imagine a Muggleborn's parents would also get targeted for heresy/witchcraft if they had a wizard in the family.
As an avid tie knot enthusiast, let's just appreciate the different knots and styles at @0:17 You can so clearly see that Malfoy is from a high ranking family, knows how to tie a proper knot and has done so his entire life. Crabbe and Goyle simply not caring like the goons they are and Pansy just in between with a slightly crooked four-in-hand. Just perfect. It's these kinds of attention to detail that really make a movie.
Slytherin favors the ambitious. People that put their own needs above those of others. The second requirement is, atleast 1 wizarding parent. mudbloods are not welcome, muggles are not welcome. So they take the ambitious "nobles". They take the leaders. Because the Slytherin look down on mudbloods, so they'll never follow a mudblood, But an ambitious self-centered mudblood may rise to evil, he'll just not be sorted in Slytherin. Do not worry, there 11 schools of magic and only Durmstrang and Slytherin bar muggle-born mages entry.
slytherin has had many muggleborns in history, there is no requirement to be a halfblood or pureblood. muggleborns just rarely get sorted into slythering because its hard to have ambition in a world you know nothing about, instead they are either brave for accepting the opportunity to join a new world, or hungry for knowledge about said new world, and occasionally just hardworking, but not often ambitious
Anyone else think that Isidora Morganach from Hogwarsts Legacy should have been a Hufflepuff instead of a Ravenclaw? It you think about, what drove her to do the things she did was essentially everything that makes Hufflepuffes so great corrupted and perverted into madness.
That just . . . isn't true. In chapter 5 of the first book, Hagrid says: “There’s not a single witch or wizard who went bad who wasn’t in Slytherin. You-Know-Who was one.”
Interesting fact that seems to be overlooked as well: each of the four founders was from a different country of the UK at that time: Gryffindor was English, Ravenclaw was Scottish, Hufflepuff was Welsh, and Slytherin was Irish.
I’m pretty sure based on the descriptions given, it was Gryffindor (from wild moor) who was Irish, Hufflepuff (from valley broad) who was English and Slytherin (from fen) who was Welsh.
Moors are associated with Scotland or Yorkshire. The Fens, or marshes, were an area of SE England mostly since drained to make farmland, but trying to sink back into marsh. It would so not be associated with mountainous Wales, where Gryff-- names are commonly found. But I just study historical onomastics, not make believe by lazy authors.
@@hollyingraham3980 the word Moore/Moor is originally Irish, Meaning Bog, it is also a surname from Ireland. The original scottish word for Moore is Miur. When the Irish traveled to Scotland they brough many of their words. Then again many of Irish and scottish words have similar origins. Before that though the scotts were primarily Pictish and had a whole different language. Just like Gaelic, Pictish is a dying language with few knowing the language. Moor/Moore and Miur are the same. But no, Moors are more commonly known in Ireland. My Mother is a Keith of the Keith clan, she is Half Norwegian but a quarter Scottish and a quarter Irish, she was born in Ireland, her father is a Keith and was half irish/Half Scottish while his father is from Scotland.
I have always thought about it this way. Evil wizards coming from slytherin usually share the same thing: they value blood purity. The death eaters shared this ideology, hence why they all originate from slytherin. An evil wizard that is just mental and enjoys killing people no matter WHO they are doesn’t have to be categorized in a specific house. Evil wizards that values blood purity - slyterin. Evil wizards with other ideologies - any house.
In Harry Potter lore, if you look at what they say about Morgan LeFay, she is not a Slytherin...she's a Hufflepuff. Her house is never directly said, and most people associate her with the real world mythological character, which cause them to think she's a Slytherin. But her descriptions in Harry Potter lore actually tend to describe a Hufflepuff more than a Slytherin. And given that she was in opposition of Merlin who we know is a Slytherin, it also makes sense as a Hufflepuff is about as opposite as you can get to a Slytherin.
Ive always been a slytherin. Im a merlin type not a salazar/riddle type. But as for hufflepuff being opposite of slytherin, ive always said what you said. its obvious
I thought she was considered a Ravenclaw? She was described as having a thirst for knowledge as well. Probably a hatstall if you think about it. She embodies a lot of traits of each house. She is ambitious, she was not always confrontational. Though many remember her for being at odds with Merlin. She could be brave like a Gryffindor or loyal to her cause like a Hufflepuff. Then of course there were the rumors that she had 'a sort of sight' which could be indicative of a Seer. Combined with a thirst for knowledge, that sounds like a Ravenclaw.
@@stephaniesojovelazquez3324 Hello there, one of the more interesting things about Harry Potter lore, is its lack of comment on Morgan LeFay in both the books and films. We just don't really know a lot about her in Potter...and some of what we know 'sort of' contradicts itself. Merlin/Morgan in Potter seem to semi-reflect their real world mythological counterparts in that they existed at the same time and they didn't seem to get along. Now, we are clearly told how powerful and influential Merlin was to the Wizarding World, so it wouldn't be too big of a stretch to say Morgan was equally powerful/influential. I have seen a few videos here that have put her as the most powerful witch in the Wizarding World (and given my love for her I agree), but the truth is that we just don't really know all that much about her in Potter to say that with any certainty. As for which house she would belong to. We do know some things about her in Potter that can give us something to stand on. For example, those who say she is a Slytherin often rely on the fact she is labeled a "dark Witch' on her trading card. But as this video points out, and we have all learned...not all Slytherins are dark or evil, and there are dark/evil people in all houses. So this doesn't automatically make her a Slytherin. I say she is a Hufflepuff due to the other things we know, or can infer, about her. As I said earlier we know she did not get along with Merlin and they even went toe to toe in a duel. So she obviously had a problem with Merlin specifically, but maybe with Slytherin mentality in general. We also know she was an animagus, a lover of herbology, a potions expert, and the thing that stands out the most...a known powerful healer and practitioner of healing magic. And this is why I believe she's a Hufflepuff, could this be a Ravenclaw also? Absolutely. A Gryffindor? Eh...maybe...I just don't see it that way. For me it's either Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw. But animal knowledge, potions, herbology, healing....I get pretty strong Hufflepuff vibes. I just wish we had more to go off of, maybe one day we will.
@@mlpfanboy1701Nah, the Sorting Hat doesn't care about the blood purity thing. And I'm sure Slytherin loves having muggleborns sorted into their house. Obviously they wouldn't let "creatures" like house elves into the Slytherin dormitory, not even for cleaning. So who do you think does all that cleaning & fetching drinks & other basic slave work?
The story of Sleeping Beauty may come from this story. Many princes tried to enter the thorn hedge to rescue her, but no one returned, until the last one (perhaps a powerful wizard) could do it.
Another example of an evil Ravenclaw is Gilderoy Lockhart. He stole credit for others accomplishments and used the Memory Charm to leave them amnesiac. That’s arguably worse than if he just killed them
Im pretty sure he just erased their memories of specific events. It would be a lot more suspicious if a bunch of competent wizards lost all their memory whenever they met with Gilderoy.
Dolores Umbridge should have been a Hufflepuff. One of her biggest flaws was a toxic sense of loyalty to Fudge and the Ministry, and loyalty was a key value of Hufflepuff. Not only would it have shown that loyalty is not always good (if it is to the wrong person or organization), but it would have been a great opportunity to show that all people and Houses are capable of evil. She was also more Hufflepuff in the aesthetics of how she dressed and decorated her office.
The problem with that is that Dolores Umbridge favoring Slytherins was a major plot point and she would have favored her own house >^.^< also it's likely that she chose Slytherin the same way Harry and others chose their house due to her pure blood mentality.
When I theorized about how a Hufflepuff could go evil I figured it might be everyone they’re loyal to getting horrifically killed causes them to snap and go crazied revenge fulled rampage. But this is even more interesting and true to life. Blackwood was never taught the value of loyalty because those who should have been most loyal to him aka his family were horrible to him.
one flaw in this story, burning st stake dont actually affect wizards. they just feel a tickle. wedlin enjoyed it so much she let muggles burn her 46 times. her mother could of done a nonverbal freezing charm.
Maybe Artemisia didn't die, she only made the muggles believe that she was dead, then she joined Eunon and they went on to live secretly somewhere together.
Depends if they were able to cast the spell to make them immune to fire. Wizards are hardier than the majority of muggles, but not invulnerable; seeing as a lot of them fall unconscious by being knocked around, get wounded from sharp objects, and earn broken bones from falls - they should also burn by being... burned. This can also be seen during floo travel. People who don't use it properly can still get slightly bruised, burnt or singed. Its possible that A was knocked unconscious before being lit on fire, the pain and her panic not allowing her to cast the spell wandlessly. Or they may have just killed her then burnt her corpse. Wizards and Witches are just as mortal as Muggles - both can die to a lethal spell or a gunshot. The former just has more ways to protect themselves. On a side note, if getting burnt tickles her, Wedlin's a masochist. I can barely handle being tickled for a few minutes straight, let alone being tickled for a few hours.
It would be a way to fake it so she doesn’t have to deal with her squib daughter anymore, and that’s why her husband didn’t try to stop it, he knew she was fine.
What I don't get is how medieval muggles would manage to capture a wizard in the first place. They come with their pitchforks and somehow stand a chance against fireballs and all manner of offensive magics? I don't see it.
It’s because bad is subjective and in general in the wizarding world the underlying features of slytherin is a purist view which is considered bad by the wizardingworld portrayed in the books
There's a much more sadistic form of darkness and domination that people completely miss when thinking about the dark potential of Hufflepuffs. It's called "trading freedom for security", and "it's for your own good". And for Ravenclaw, "I know better than you what is good for you." The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
There could be wayyy many more dark Hufflepuff wizards. Justice? Simple, punish other dark wizards, becoming a sort of auror, but doing it on their own terms as their determination extends beyond the written laws.
@@cfcblue8 Dumbledore would probably see an Unspeakable Evil racing toward him, calmly say "No.", and the Unspeakable Evil just _stops and leaves_ like a told-off puppy.
In the case of this video's opening, I think it's narratively important to have secondary and tertiary characters be inaccurate when explaining things to the main character. Hagrid being wrong about this sets the stage for Harry to have preconceived notions that he then has to overcome. I know this is a small part of this extensively studied video, but I like that you pointed it out
Hagrid is ignorant. He didn't finish school. He says all evil wizards are from Slytherin because _most_ evil wizards *IN HIS GENERATION* were in Slytherin... since they were Voldemort's class mates and (wannabe) friends.
I remember rejecting the "team" I was put into at school because to me power was (and still is) not the ability to tell others what to do but the rejection of being told what to do. In later years, I appreciated the irony that collective punishment is being so immoral as to be against the Geneva Convention but, in a trivial way, this is what the house system actually is.
His lore is the context for sidequest challenges in Hogwarts Legacy about four different magican mazes with a chest of random loot at the end of each. Nothing fancy in-game, very short and easy mazes with no danger to you at all, but a very interesting tidbit of lore from the history notes found at each maze.
Which is understandable, considering lots of Gryffindors love pretending all of Slytherin are like the Malfoys while simultaneously being unable to shut up about their self-righteous and self-proclaimed moral superiority... I got put into Ravenclaw but I'd rather pick Slytherin or Hufflepuff over Gryffindor.
@@The_Real_Mr_Al im a ravenclaw too. super weird i took the test a dozen times and got into gryffindor once. all the rest the the test said ONLY a ravenclaw would answer the questions so perfectly to get into gryffindor, welcome to ravenclaw. lmao
Not really The guy was loyal to his friend/wife and thus joined in her muggle-views… Loyalty being a Hufflepuff trait. He was ambitious to learn which in of itself requires Hard Work, especially being muggle-born playing catch-up - hard work being a Hufflepuff trait He felt victimised by his muggle family as did his wife, people entered the mazes on account of stealing his riches - you could argue that’s Justice
I'm pretty sure Hagrid is actually a Slytherin, he was roommates with Tom Riddle. How else would Voldypoo know about the massive spider under his bed? He hates slytherin because his own house betrayed him
Exactly some of us slytherins are not that evil up to old voldy. Sure the snake represents deception, cunning, ambitious, daring, sligh single minded and swift.
The thing that does not make much sense here is how Artemisia Blackwood was just burned at the stake? I mean wouldn't she be able to just disaperate? Also considering how powerful magic is shown to be in the books and films I am sure muggle "witch hunters" would not be too big of a deal for fully trained witches wizards to deal with.
The going theory is that Dumbledore's grand plan for Harry required him being in any house but Slytherin. Hagrid would do anything for Dumbledore so it's likely he was hand picked specifically to escort Harry and sour his view of Slytherin before he got to the castle.
In the books, doesn't it mention that during the witch hunts, the burning of magical people did nothing but slightly tickle them that some even disguised themselves to look different just so they can repeatedly get burned? How did the mother die from the burning, and why didn't she just use her power to escape?
How did the witch hunters manage to burn Artemisia at the stake? I recall reading that witches could just cast a fireproofing charm on themselves. There was one witch who liked the sensation of being "burned" so much that she made sure to repeatedly get outed as a witch so as to be burned again and again.
Was Quirrel Evil? Wasn't he possessed similarly to how Voldemort possessed Harry in the Order of the Phoenix, only Quirrell didn't possess Lily's protection to protect him. From what i Recall Quirrell was wandering a forest in search of some creature or something and Voldemort stumbled across him and used his head as a AirBnB. It makes me wonder though... why did he need unicorns blood? He had existed at that point as a spirit for 11/12 years. And had no need for Unicorns blood until after he possessed Quirrell? Also... it is said that drinking the blood gave you a cursed half life. Does this include those who drink it unwillingly? And who was Cursed? The person drinking... or the spirit in control who was reaping the benefit? That simple question of "Is Quirrell Evil?" is a deep rabbit hole. BUT.. you want to really bake your noodle? After he was yeeted out of Quirrell... how in the name of Merlins great stained y fronts... did Voldemort get from being a spirit... to the withered baby corpse he was in the Goblet of Fire? There is no explanation for that apart from speculation that i can find.
Quirrell was actually seeking out Voldemort in Transylvania, having been obsessed with finding him. Voldemort then took over him due to his obsession, weak mind and the fact that he was about to begin teaching at Hogwarts, and we begin Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's (Philosopher's) Stone
It's often misquoted about Horcrux's but Rowling has an idea of how Voldemort got a rudimentary body back after being a spirit and it almost made her editor throw up. I often hear it talked about it being the Horcrux creation process that made her want to throw up but that is incorrect. But we never hear or get a idea of what that process might be in the series.
to answer your questions, the unicorn blood was so Voldi could inhabit Quirrell, he needed that magic influx to maintain himself. His magic was almost depleted and couldn't cast wand magic, only reason he remained alive was due to the Horcruxes. Who was cursed? Quirell of course, he was the living host, the homunculus (the baby) that Voldi inhabited was created with the help of Wormtail, Voldemort knew the steps needed for him to regain a body but as i said couldn't cast magic, Wormtail being a death eater answered the summons of Voldi and followed his instructions, the homunculus needed feeding, but now Voldi had Nagini, who was also an Horcrux, that milk was a much better catalyst to anchor his spirit to the homunculus. In the Goblet of Fire, Wromtail tries to talk Voldi out of trying to capture Harry, saying "any blood would do" but Voldi wanted to counter the protection Harry had, so he needed his blood "unwillingly taken", and used Wormtail's bones "willingly given" to complete the alchemic process, he then entered the cauldron and was able to regain his body (mutilated as it was of course). that's from the books, but i believe, if allowed to regain power, Voldi would have continue regenerating his body to his prime, since what Wormtail did was so butchered wrong, so he would stop being so snake like but human looking. But that's just my theory.
Eunon had other children too that nobody talks about. What he did will explain why all Blackwoods are typically pure-blooded and sorted into Slytherin.
I never really took hagrid's statement as 100% fact. I figure he was making a generalization or exaggerating a tiny bit And accepted it as far more dark wizards come from Slytherin than from anywhere else
Seeing Hagrid in the beginning of this video kinda reminded me of a moment a couple of years ago: My best friend and I, we used to play Lego video games when we were kids (Batman and Star Wars). So out of nostalgia, he bought the Harry Potter Lego game and we got right into it (switch I think). ... First or second mission, I as Hagrid start an absolute massacre at Diagon Streets while screaming: "Out of my way mortals, I am HAGRID THE TERRIBLE!!!". ... my best friend looked at me as if I'd just kicked his cat😅😂🤣
@@HarryPotterTheory you are most welcome. I have loved the world of Harry Potter for a very long time and your videos keep it so very much alive and fresh.
It makes sense honestly, I’ve heard hufflepuff has the least standards meaning any student not meeting the criteria for the other three houses would go to hufflepuff. So it would make sense to me if there was a kid from a normally slytherin family or just a bad kid who wanted to get into slytherin but “wasn’t good enough” and was only good enough for hufflepuff I could see that being a motivation for a witch or wizard to go bad
So Harry Potter canon includes the mobile games, the stage play, the Fantastic Beasts films even though there are contractions, random things that JK says without any proof to back them up from the novels, and now video games. I wish Harry Potter canon was simple. I can't even look up stuff on the Wiki page without seeing something ridiculous from either the mobile game or Cursed Child pop up as if it's canon.
Hp canon only includes tings rowling wrote or approved as canon for example)all the orignial 7 books, curse child story, fantastic beasts script, book of spells story and rowlings wog(twitter quotes, rowlings archive in wizarding world)
Well as Slytherin has the most dark witches/wizard, Hufflepuff has the fewest. Can't exspect them to alway live up that way. I'm a hufflepuff, and being open-minded means I c things in the middle, instead of fully on 1 side that needs time to change my thought. I give the benfit of the doubt on both sides at 50-50. Eunon Blackwood rare ability to manipulate blackthorns must been a chlorokinetic ability that's rare like metamorphmagus and seers, or nonverbal wandless plant based spells he was good at.
@@LizardKing5983 That's rude and insensitive of u! And I've got friends! And I'm not a nerd what-so-ever! I've been a fan of HP since the movie 1st came out! 😠
Fellow Hufflepuff here: Our traits are seen as admirable (Hard Work, Loyalty, justice etc) but all of these can be used to do bad things. People do bad things in the name of Justice and Loyalty to a cause 👍 Eunon unfortunately had trauma and bad influences at school, channeled this into his vindictive ways Hufflepuffs often do well in Herbology too, at least in present day. And yes his power was indeed rare, Voldemort said that he could control animals, Merlin could detect ancient magic… some skills are indeed unique
Still, that's a long way from "all (or nearly) all Slytherins are SOBs (or worse ... far worse)." Given that Hogwarts was founded in the 9th or 10th century ... and GIVEN that the victor's usually write the history ... I've often wondered if Slytherin wasn't nearly as "evil" as he's been made out to me ... maybe he was from a family horribly persecuted by Muggles / Muggle-Born (and rightly feared them), maybe the Basilisk was simply a doomsday weapon / fail-safe against muggles gone horribly awry (or mis-used, given that the length of time between when he squirrelled it away and when it was released). Given a thousand years of solitary confinment, even a magical beast might get very cranky ... not that Basilisks are generally known for their charming personalities and sweet tempers. My point is, maybe Salazaar (sp?) isn't nearly the b*st*rd made out to be in HP, and was simply trying to save Wizards and Witches from persecution at the hands of Muggles / Muggle-born. A LOT can happen in ~ 1000 years, including vastly distorted history ...
So a maze created by teachers who protect and teach these kids from a young age who then if they so choose to enter the tournament, can technically be killed by their teachers hand because they created a maze that kills? I dont get it
@@ethanmcelwaine1010 They have a Forbidden Forest which is forbidden because of the danger there. And then send stufents there in the middle of the night as punishment. They have a 3 headed guard dog behind a locked doorthat opens with a simple charm. They allow professors to openly verbally abuse or show blatant favortism to students. It ain't a great school honestly.
In the books it's Hagrid who states that there wasn't a Witch or Wizard who went bad that wasn't in Slitherin...But in the first movie it is stated by Ron during the sorting hat ceremony when Draco Malfoy gets placed in Slitherin. Also honestly i am surprised that more Hufflepuff house members haven't turned evil. Their work is claimed by others, they are likely abused a good bit or gas-lit into thinking "it's for the best" but someone can only take so much of that before they snap...also...Wasn't Gilderoy Lockheart originally from the Hufflepuff house? Also i love that Blackwood made hedge mazes out of a kind of bush he could control so easily and used people's own greed as their bait for getting them to go into the maze that's probably most akin to a flytrap that has an angler's lure deep inside so no one knows they are in danger till it's too late to do anything about it.
@@jmoore1172 Yeah, my understanding is that most students _can_ go into multiple houses, and the Hat sorts them based on which of the four traits they "value _the most"_ at the time of the Hat being on their head. So at that moment, he might have valued Hard Work enough to end up in Hufflepuff, while having hidden ambition that later developed...
No one ever played her on screen so no actress but the photo was done with a model as part of the lore/promotion so try looking for that. Hope that helps!
@@dilwindersingh-x7b It seems to be from the Forbidden Journey theme park ride. Cast and crew lists are available online, but none of them mention that particular lady's name.
Thank you for putting a picture of a hobbit hole in your description of Hufflepuff because in my opinion most hobbits would be sorted into Hufflepuff with a smaller number probably from Gryffindor and ravenclaw anyway thank you from the Tolkien fans amongst us
I mean, the guy could control plants with his mind and he made hedge mazes that killed people. These things would more or less have to be Horcruxes, wouldn't they?
How to turn a Hufflepuff evil
1. Give them a trauma
2. give them a Slytherin friend
voila
@@seanoflaherty6678 what? Could you please explain to me that it made no sense at all? Not judging either only my stupid self for not understanding what you mean by your comment that's all. So if you can be so kind to explain that to me I would appreciate it so much? Thank you and I hope you have a wonderful and blessed day and stay safe out there! 😊😁☺️
@@Nancy-hy5sowormtail
Oh no… NEWT 😭
@@nekogamer2508he’s just making a joke since they guy has trauma from his family situation and his best friend future wife is slytherin and he turned evil and its implying trauma and slytherin friends can turn anyone from any house into dark wizards my ? Is tho if him and the wife are so dark why not kill the daughter as soon as they find out she’s a squib
Wait a minute, that's literally me
We need more dark wizard documentaries
Yes, that.
True
Working on it!
Awesome thankyou @@HarryPotterTheory
@@HarryPotterTheoryyeah I bet theirs a lot more evil Gryffindors then you think
Hufflepuff evil is the worst because it's unexpected.
As a hufflepuff I can confirm this
Like the Spanish Inquisition.
why
@@leahluostarinen Because they can easily mask their intentions unless someone see through their niceness.
I agree! Beware the unassuming ones. They don’t show their true darkness until they want to. Usually when you are at your most vulnerable.
My guy Hagrid out there house profiling smh
Despite making up only 25% of Hogwarts houses, Slytherin account for 95% of all Dark Wizards.
To be fair he was almost jailed for life for something he didn’t do because of a Slytherin.
Recognizing patterns And acting on the information you have is normal
If one particular set of circumstances always leads to a bad outcome. When you see that particular set of circumstances approaching, you would avoid it. Are you being a racist or are you just trying to avoid trouble?
To be fair it was Voldemort who lied and got him expelled from school and his wand broken
house profiling makes sense because students are picked into houses based on their personalities.
Artemisia is another name for the plant known as Wormwood. It's a component of the intoxicant called Absinthe and has been used to treat intestinal parasite infections. 🌱
Its also made people go into insane murderous drunken fits.
@@joea.9969It's a myth that was debunked many times already.
@@Boris_Belomor actually yeah i know that i was saying it for sarcasms sake.
I guess it didnt translate well in writing,
While Absinthe does contain wormwood it's not the ingredient responsible for most of its taste, that goes to Anise.
Malört on the other hand is both named for and heavily tasting of wormwood. The name of the intoxicant is literally just the Swedish name of wormwood.
Literally the word Malört translates to "Moth Herb", but it has a double meaning in old Swedish which basically means something like "Illweed", as in, a herb that is bad for you.
Dont forget draught of the living death
"Muggle fear and misunderstanding of magic led to widespread suspicion and violence."
Or it might be the multiple killer magic hedge mazes that ate thousands of people. That might also get a rise out of the muggles.
INIT
Ok but which came first?
@@mlpfanboy1701 chil dude, you ain`t an actual wizard 😂
@@anuragrai8283wym? It’s a valid question?
@@sebastionherring4196 chil dude, you ain't an actual wizard 😂
1- Creating giant, elaborate, magical mazes = Hard work and Patience.
2- Punishing muggles = Justice in his mind.
3- His life choices = Loyalty to magic.
Hmm… My god you’re right!
You'd think Hufflepuff would produce the most dark wizards. Considered their work is taken advantage of.
That, and everyone looks down on them. Even in the first book;
"Everyone says Hufflepuff are a load of duffers (idiots)."
"Imagine being in Hufflepuff, I think I'd leave, wouldn't you?"
@@NeidalRuekk defo
Except that goes against the fundamental nature of being a hufflepuff
@@stethespaniard2 yes and no. You could probably end up getting in Hufflepuff from extreme work ethic alone. If that's the case and you don't have the loyalty trait to an extreme degree then the chance of a dark wizard from Hufflepuff is entirely possible.
I mean working hard but for nothing, not me, I'd go rouge. Not necessarily kill people over it but I would go rouge in other ways. Like do what I want rather than contribute to things that don't interest me.
Why Hufflepuff is about loyalty, hard work and they except everyone equally unlike the other houses that think themselves better then everyone else also known as arrogants.
I've always thought that a Hufflepuff willing to do terrible, terrible things, in the name of loyalty, would be a very compelling villain. A good example from other media would be like, Killmonger.
Yh, I'm one of those people who always wants like spin offs, origin stories, stories about other characters and events in that universe.... And boy am I drooling for a book or film about maze man.
Bellatrix lestrange should have been a hufflepuff
Loyal to evil and hard worker are some terrifying qualities
Add a sense of justice that goes against everyone else's idea of what justice is... Yeesh
Hufflepuff values loyalty and justice imagine loyalty to the wrong cause or them pursuing justice for purebloods
Unexpectedly evil
I mean, don't purebloods deserve justice, too?
Do you assume them all to be inherently evil and undeserving of justice based on their lineage?
Justice is justice, and excluding someone on the basis of their social status at birth alone would absolutely be against the egalitarian values of Helga Hufflepuff.
I'm pretty sure it's outright illegal in most of the civilised world IRL, too.
I have always believed that Bellatrix Lestrange should have been a Hufflepuff.
The worst atrocities known to man have all come when the wicked believed themselves to be righteous.
Hufflepuff worse aspect is like WH40K Nurgle, familial commitment to extreme
@@ruud9761even the most “wholesome” of traits can have an evil twist
Eunon Blackwood is proof that intolerance from Muggles can drive witches and wizards towards the Dark Arts. I highly doubt he was the only dark wizard from Hufflepuff, it is just simply improbable of that not happening. This is particularly true of Muggle-borns, as they face intolerance from Purebloods and Muggles alike.
Same thing happened to Dumbledore's father and Grindelwald.
You know what else I would think would drive muggle born to the dark arts? Being plucked out of everything they know and taken away from everything and everyone they know at age 11 and placed in a completely alien world with absolutely no support or resettlement support or anything like that at all. Hogwarts is woeful when it comes to pastoral care.
@@milanka882 Pretty sure they send representatives to explain things to Muggle born. Herminonie mentioned in the first book how she already knew she was different, but didn't realize all the things she was doing were magic. Besides she still had contact with her parents.
@@brainflash1explaining things once is not the same thing.
@@mlpfanboy1701 Well I don't know how they explain it, I just know they don't kidnap Muggleborn children like milanka claimed.
Since Hufflepuff is my Hogwarts house, I was always curious about the stories of Hufflepuff wizards who went down the wrong path. I appreciate this Dark history lesson; it's a great cautionary tale.
People forget that the mascot is a Badger...
You do know this is make believe right? Like this isn’t real lol. Y’all get so caught up in this made up world it only shows what you’re lacking in the REAL world 😂
my hogwarts house is Hufflebuff to.
And mine.
Same here, I’ve always been so curious about this
Blackwoods at Stone Haven?? That is Bracken land!!
I knew hufflepuff had a skeleton in the closet
🚪💀 Wuaahahhuhuh
Good. Maybe every Hufflepuff rper I meet will stop acting like doormat with a free hug sign. I say the most likeable I met had a short temper but still displayed Hufflepuff traits.
What do you expect it's hogwarts...
I mean found a skeleton the other day in a broom closet...
The more you know
Dearie... they use the bodies for fertilizer.
@@meka6626 Just explain to them they should play them like Canadians. Then introduce them to what the Canadians accomplished in the World Wars. There's a difference between patience and weakness.
So if you want to completely avoid being harmed by Blackwood you just have to forego going into any hedge mazes that appear suddenly without explanation?
Medieval people who believe in magic and fairies: "Hey, where did this giant foreboding hedge maze come from this morning? Should we A. run into it like idiots, B. burn it down, C. call the village priest?"
People centuries later, who have heard folktales of these killer hedge mazes eating people for a dozen generations: "Yes, instant hedge maze, looks totally legit."
Seriously, wherew/how would people even have _heard_ the tale that there's allegedly gold in those magically appearing hedge mazes (so that they're enticed to wander right in in search of treasure), when _at the same time_ the story claims Muggles forgot that magic exists? So... what would be their scientific explanation for a suddenly appearing hedge maze on their front lawn? And if not magic, why would there be gold in it?
And in all that time, nobody ever thought of just building a wooden tower outside the outer rim and looking into the maze from above? Heck, Muggles now have technology that can fly... send some camera drone in, invade magic airspace.
"Hey this should be a movie."
Hbo: lets reboot the films
We have to remember that Hagrid getting expelled from Hogwarts was due to a Slytherin (Tom Riddle), so Hagrid has a bias against that house. Further, was Quirrell really evil? Remember that Quirrell's evil acts took place when he was possessed by Voldemort.
So letting Voldemort posess you is a good thing? Also - what about Lockhart? He was Ravenclaw as well and he was not the nicest either
@@darajeeling Quirrell was weak willed, and Voldemort had a powerful will, even in his weakened state. Quirrell had no chance. Lockhart was driven by his ego and his need fame and glory.
@@darajeelingwasn’t Umbridge in Ravenclaw too?
I thought she was a Slytherin @@theultimatenerd9825
I always took that Quirrell wasn't evil, perse, when he was younger, but that he was too eager, foolhearty, and weak-willed, when it came down to it, and that he allowed for the possession from Voldie.
I like to think of myself as a Gryffindor, must most of my friends think I'm more Ravenclaw. But, I have this head-cannon about the early days of Hogwarts when the founders were still running things. A group of students are gathered and the first three pick the ones they want and the leftovers are scooped up by Hufflepuff. She takes them aside to her corner of the castle and sits them down and tells them,
"You aren't the smartest, the bravest, or have the connections of magical upbringing, so what do you do? The one thing you can do, the one thing that can overcome the advantages of the others is you can WORK HARDER than all of them. There are plenty of smart people, or brave people, or connected people who simply never amount to anything. Hard work will see you through were those things won't"
So, its not that Hufflepuff sought out hard workers, but that she MADE them hard workers.
Like a true badger, he f*cked things up for everyone.
A pureblood who doesn't hate Muggleborns, but instead feels bad for them and sees them as victims of Muggles is something I never knew I needed.
Although, it does make one wonder, in the Middle Ages, did Muggleborns get killed out of fear by their parents?
Given how brutal the Witch Hunts of that era were? Yea. I imagine a Muggleborn's parents would also get targeted for heresy/witchcraft if they had a wizard in the family.
The persecution of witches and wizards was a major factor in the secrecy of magic, so it seems safe to assume that muggleborns were in danger at home
I havent watched you in like a year but you are still great
Thank-you! Welcome back
Oh yes, Eunon Blackwood. I remeber him from the stories you can read when you meet the magic labyrinths around the huge map of Hogwarts Legacy
As an avid tie knot enthusiast, let's just appreciate the different knots and styles at @0:17
You can so clearly see that Malfoy is from a high ranking family, knows how to tie a proper knot and has done so his entire life. Crabbe and Goyle simply not caring like the goons they are and Pansy just in between with a slightly crooked four-in-hand. Just perfect.
It's these kinds of attention to detail that really make a movie.
evil hufflepuff is like an evil butterfly
Evil butterly? I would follow the spiders then.
it is called a moth, disgusting creatures that vanish in a puff of dust when squished
You mean wasps?
No one suspects the butterfly
No one ever suspects the butterfly
The goblet of fire maze is a Blackwood maze?.?.
Yes
a mimic of a Blackwood Maze,
Imitation of one, by the looks of it
Is he the dude that made the man in hogwarts legacy
i dont think so. the books never stated the mazes moved. just in the books.
Slytherin favors the ambitious. People that put their own needs above those of others.
The second requirement is, atleast 1 wizarding parent. mudbloods are not welcome, muggles are not welcome.
So they take the ambitious "nobles". They take the leaders. Because the Slytherin look down on mudbloods, so they'll never follow a mudblood,
But an ambitious self-centered mudblood may rise to evil, he'll just not be sorted in Slytherin.
Do not worry, there 11 schools of magic and only Durmstrang and Slytherin bar muggle-born mages entry.
There are many more than 11 schools. These 11 are just the big ones that are registered with the International Confederation of Wizards.
slytherin has had many muggleborns in history, there is no requirement to be a halfblood or pureblood. muggleborns just rarely get sorted into slythering because its hard to have ambition in a world you know nothing about, instead they are either brave for accepting the opportunity to join a new world, or hungry for knowledge about said new world, and occasionally just hardworking, but not often ambitious
Anyone else think that Isidora Morganach from Hogwarsts Legacy should have been a Hufflepuff instead of a Ravenclaw? It you think about, what drove her to do the things she did was essentially everything that makes Hufflepuffes so great corrupted and perverted into madness.
That would have made perfect sense too, and is a great observation!
thats cool and makes sense but remember any house member can be angelic or diabolical
@@doctortachyon3969 of course. I just think that Hufflepuff fits her better than Ravenclaw given her motives.
@@ZalymBiscayn thank you for the compliment
Are you sure? I could have sworn she was in Slytherin, not Ravenclaw.
An Evil Hufflepuff could be a great example of lawful evil
haggrids line only appears in the movies. In the books it merely says that Slytherin produced more of them.
That just . . . isn't true. In chapter 5 of the first book, Hagrid says: “There’s not a single witch or wizard who went bad who wasn’t in Slytherin. You-Know-Who was one.”
Interesting fact that seems to be overlooked as well: each of the four founders was from a different country of the UK at that time: Gryffindor was English, Ravenclaw was Scottish, Hufflepuff was Welsh, and Slytherin was Irish.
I’m pretty sure based on the descriptions given, it was Gryffindor (from wild moor) who was Irish, Hufflepuff (from valley broad) who was English and Slytherin (from fen) who was Welsh.
@@LordHayabusa85yup.
Moors are associated with Scotland or Yorkshire. The Fens, or marshes, were an area of SE England mostly since drained to make farmland, but trying to sink back into marsh. It would so not be associated with mountainous Wales, where Gryff-- names are commonly found. But I just study historical onomastics, not make believe by lazy authors.
@@hollyingraham3980 the word Moore/Moor is originally Irish,
Meaning Bog, it is also a surname from Ireland.
The original scottish word for Moore is Miur.
When the Irish traveled to Scotland they brough many of their words. Then again many of Irish and scottish words have similar origins.
Before that though the scotts were primarily Pictish and had a whole different language.
Just like Gaelic, Pictish is a dying language with few knowing the language.
Moor/Moore and Miur are the same.
But no, Moors are more commonly known in Ireland.
My Mother is a Keith of the Keith clan, she is Half Norwegian but a quarter Scottish and a quarter Irish, she was born in Ireland, her father is a Keith and was half irish/Half Scottish while his father is from Scotland.
@@hollyingraham3980 so technically you are correct yet not at the same time. But yeah Moor does not come from Wales.
I have always thought about it this way. Evil wizards coming from slytherin usually share the same thing: they value blood purity. The death eaters shared this ideology, hence why they all originate from slytherin. An evil wizard that is just mental and enjoys killing people no matter WHO they are doesn’t have to be categorized in a specific house. Evil wizards that values blood purity - slyterin. Evil wizards with other ideologies - any house.
In Harry Potter lore, if you look at what they say about Morgan LeFay, she is not a Slytherin...she's a Hufflepuff. Her house is never directly said, and most people associate her with the real world mythological character, which cause them to think she's a Slytherin. But her descriptions in Harry Potter lore actually tend to describe a Hufflepuff more than a Slytherin. And given that she was in opposition of Merlin who we know is a Slytherin, it also makes sense as a Hufflepuff is about as opposite as you can get to a Slytherin.
Ive always been a slytherin. Im a merlin type not a salazar/riddle type. But as for hufflepuff being opposite of slytherin, ive always said what you said. its obvious
I thought she was considered a Ravenclaw? She was described as having a thirst for knowledge as well. Probably a hatstall if you think about it. She embodies a lot of traits of each house. She is ambitious, she was not always confrontational. Though many remember her for being at odds with Merlin. She could be brave like a Gryffindor or loyal to her cause like a Hufflepuff. Then of course there were the rumors that she had 'a sort of sight' which could be indicative of a Seer. Combined with a thirst for knowledge, that sounds like a Ravenclaw.
@@stephaniesojovelazquez3324 Hello there, one of the more interesting things about Harry Potter lore, is its lack of comment on Morgan LeFay in both the books and films. We just don't really know a lot about her in Potter...and some of what we know 'sort of' contradicts itself. Merlin/Morgan in Potter seem to semi-reflect their real world mythological counterparts in that they existed at the same time and they didn't seem to get along. Now, we are clearly told how powerful and influential Merlin was to the Wizarding World, so it wouldn't be too big of a stretch to say Morgan was equally powerful/influential. I have seen a few videos here that have put her as the most powerful witch in the Wizarding World (and given my love for her I agree), but the truth is that we just don't really know all that much about her in Potter to say that with any certainty.
As for which house she would belong to. We do know some things about her in Potter that can give us something to stand on. For example, those who say she is a Slytherin often rely on the fact she is labeled a "dark Witch' on her trading card. But as this video points out, and we have all learned...not all Slytherins are dark or evil, and there are dark/evil people in all houses. So this doesn't automatically make her a Slytherin. I say she is a Hufflepuff due to the other things we know, or can infer, about her. As I said earlier we know she did not get along with Merlin and they even went toe to toe in a duel. So she obviously had a problem with Merlin specifically, but maybe with Slytherin mentality in general. We also know she was an animagus, a lover of herbology, a potions expert, and the thing that stands out the most...a known powerful healer and practitioner of healing magic. And this is why I believe she's a Hufflepuff, could this be a Ravenclaw also? Absolutely. A Gryffindor? Eh...maybe...I just don't see it that way. For me it's either Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw. But animal knowledge, potions, herbology, healing....I get pretty strong Hufflepuff vibes. I just wish we had more to go off of, maybe one day we will.
Question? Where do i find content other people know about outside the books and films?
@@unarealtaragionevoleHow exactly is the most interesting thing about it? The thing they don't mention?
It's the hash slinging slasher! Run for your lives!!!
I’ve been telling people this story for a while now. Who knew a hufflepuff may have more killings to their name than even Voldemort?
Ok lets be honest, the only reason he was not accepted into Slytherin is because he is muggle born.
@@mlpfanboy1701Nah, the Sorting Hat doesn't care about the blood purity thing. And I'm sure Slytherin loves having muggleborns sorted into their house. Obviously they wouldn't let "creatures" like house elves into the Slytherin dormitory, not even for cleaning. So who do you think does all that cleaning & fetching drinks & other basic slave work?
I had no idea Hufflepuff produced a Dark Wizard. I just knew Slytherin produced the most of them
No matter how I answer the questions I'm ALWAYS a Hufflepuff GO PUFF❤😂🎉
The story of Sleeping Beauty may come from this story. Many princes tried to enter the thorn hedge to rescue her, but no one returned, until the last one (perhaps a powerful wizard) could do it.
Video starts at 3:32
Another example of an evil Ravenclaw is Gilderoy Lockhart. He stole credit for others accomplishments and used the Memory Charm to leave them amnesiac. That’s arguably worse than if he just killed them
Im pretty sure he just erased their memories of specific events. It would be a lot more suspicious if a bunch of competent wizards lost all their memory whenever they met with Gilderoy.
How would they suspect him if they never remember meeting him?
I’ve never been early and being a Hufflepuff this is an awesome video to open UA-cam to🔥❤️
Loyalty is a characteristic most sought after by the mob.
Good point very good point
Most Hufflepuffs are busy little Honey Bee's, or happy little Bumblebees.
This dude was a Wasp.
I’ve benn subscribed so long I actualy had to check. I’ve been subscribed since I was in highschool. I’m almost 30 now.
Dolores Umbridge should have been a Hufflepuff. One of her biggest flaws was a toxic sense of loyalty to Fudge and the Ministry, and loyalty was a key value of Hufflepuff. Not only would it have shown that loyalty is not always good (if it is to the wrong person or organization), but it would have been a great opportunity to show that all people and Houses are capable of evil. She was also more Hufflepuff in the aesthetics of how she dressed and decorated her office.
That is also Slytherin(following the rules) since the Ministry makes all the laws, and is charge of enforcing it.
Ah, but it was her ambition that led her to show that kind of loyalty, not a loyal streak on its own.
The problem with that is that Dolores Umbridge favoring Slytherins was a major plot point and she would have favored her own house >^.^< also it's likely that she chose Slytherin the same way Harry and others chose their house due to her pure blood mentality.
Pettigrew and Squirrel were not truly evil, but with week character and hungry for approval.
And neither one were in Slytherin.
Pettigrew was evil
Pettigrew was evil
3:32 when the video actually starts
When I theorized about how a Hufflepuff could go evil I figured it might be everyone they’re loyal to getting horrifically killed causes them to snap and go crazied revenge fulled rampage. But this is even more interesting and true to life. Blackwood was never taught the value of loyalty because those who should have been most loyal to him aka his family were horrible to him.
one flaw in this story, burning st stake dont actually affect wizards. they just feel a tickle. wedlin enjoyed it so much she let muggles burn her 46 times. her mother could of done a nonverbal freezing charm.
Maybe Artemisia didn't die, she only made the muggles believe that she was dead, then she joined Eunon and they went on to live secretly somewhere together.
Depends if they were able to cast the spell to make them immune to fire.
Wizards are hardier than the majority of muggles, but not invulnerable; seeing as a lot of them fall unconscious by being knocked around, get wounded from sharp objects, and earn broken bones from falls - they should also burn by being... burned.
This can also be seen during floo travel. People who don't use it properly can still get slightly bruised, burnt or singed.
Its possible that A was knocked unconscious before being lit on fire, the pain and her panic not allowing her to cast the spell wandlessly. Or they may have just killed her then burnt her corpse.
Wizards and Witches are just as mortal as Muggles - both can die to a lethal spell or a gunshot. The former just has more ways to protect themselves.
On a side note, if getting burnt tickles her, Wedlin's a masochist. I can barely handle being tickled for a few minutes straight, let alone being tickled for a few hours.
It would be a way to fake it so she doesn’t have to deal with her squib daughter anymore, and that’s why her husband didn’t try to stop it, he knew she was fine.
Completely depends on the wizard being able to perform that charm, or if they have a wand.
What I don't get is how medieval muggles would manage to capture a wizard in the first place. They come with their pitchforks and somehow stand a chance against fireballs and all manner of offensive magics? I don't see it.
The History of Dark Hufflepuffs was most likely forgotten if by the time Harry Potter arrived to HOGWARTS Hufflepuff House was looked down upon
It’s because bad is subjective and in general in the wizarding world the underlying features of slytherin is a purist view which is considered bad by the wizardingworld portrayed in the books
There's a much more sadistic form of darkness and domination that people completely miss when thinking about the dark potential of Hufflepuffs. It's called "trading freedom for security", and "it's for your own good". And for Ravenclaw, "I know better than you what is good for you."
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Great video HP theory, you've done it again!
There could be wayyy many more dark Hufflepuff wizards. Justice? Simple, punish other dark wizards, becoming a sort of auror, but doing it on their own terms as their determination extends beyond the written laws.
Cursed hedge maze: _exists_
Me: "Accio Flamethrower."
I'd pay good money to see Grindelwald and Dumbledore navigate their way through that and the magic they'd use along the way
@@cfcblue8 Dumbledore would probably see an Unspeakable Evil racing toward him, calmly say "No.", and the Unspeakable Evil just _stops and leaves_ like a told-off puppy.
@@WackoMcGoose for any ordinary witch, wizard, or non magic folk, it is a death trap. For Dumbledore and Grindelwald, it's an escape room.
In the case of this video's opening, I think it's narratively important to have secondary and tertiary characters be inaccurate when explaining things to the main character.
Hagrid being wrong about this sets the stage for Harry to have preconceived notions that he then has to overcome.
I know this is a small part of this extensively studied video, but I like that you pointed it out
2:02 is when he finally starts talking about the dark wizard
Thats not what hagrid meant when he said that. He didnt mean only slitherin wizards are evil , he meant anyone in slitherin was evil.
I heard he was so bad he told the Hat to put him in Hufflepuff so nobody would suspect him.
Hagrid is ignorant.
He didn't finish school.
He says all evil wizards are from Slytherin because _most_ evil wizards *IN HIS GENERATION* were in Slytherin... since they were Voldemort's class mates and (wannabe) friends.
He didn't finish school because Voldemort framed him for a crime and got him expelled, because he's stupid.
I remember rejecting the "team" I was put into at school because to me power was (and still is) not the ability to tell others what to do but the rejection of being told what to do. In later years, I appreciated the irony that collective punishment is being so immoral as to be against the Geneva Convention but, in a trivial way, this is what the house system actually is.
Never heard of him from the Harry Potter nor Fantastic Beasts series at all...
Great backstory on him.
His lore is the context for sidequest challenges in Hogwarts Legacy about four different magican mazes with a chest of random loot at the end of each. Nothing fancy in-game, very short and easy mazes with no danger to you at all, but a very interesting tidbit of lore from the history notes found at each maze.
Slytherin the “chip on your shoulder” house. Green and silver. Always envious and feeling like you’re in second place.
Which is understandable, considering lots of Gryffindors love pretending all of Slytherin are like the Malfoys while simultaneously being unable to shut up about their self-righteous and self-proclaimed moral superiority... I got put into Ravenclaw but I'd rather pick Slytherin or Hufflepuff over Gryffindor.
@@The_Real_Mr_Al im a ravenclaw too. super weird i took the test a dozen times and got into gryffindor once. all the rest the the test said ONLY a ravenclaw would answer the questions so perfectly to get into gryffindor, welcome to ravenclaw. lmao
So basically he as not a hufflepuff turned evil, but just an evil slytherin mis-sorted into hufflepuff.
Not really
The guy was loyal to his friend/wife and thus joined in her muggle-views… Loyalty being a Hufflepuff trait.
He was ambitious to learn which in of itself requires Hard Work, especially being muggle-born playing catch-up - hard work being a Hufflepuff trait
He felt victimised by his muggle family as did his wife, people entered the mazes on account of stealing his riches - you could argue that’s Justice
5:58 in other words he would have been a slythern if it were not for the fact he was muggle born.
I'm pretty sure Hagrid is actually a Slytherin, he was roommates with Tom Riddle. How else would Voldypoo know about the massive spider under his bed? He hates slytherin because his own house betrayed him
Sick of the stigma towards my Slytherin companions! They're not all evil, lol.
Exactly some of us slytherins are not that evil up to old voldy. Sure the snake represents deception, cunning, ambitious, daring, sligh single minded and swift.
True, stop the Slytherin slander 😂🐍🐍🐍
Plus there’s Merlin, The Merlin 🧙🏼♂️ who was a slytherin
they aren't evil at all. pure blood are the good guys.
@@dilwindersingh-x7b Ah a fellow death eater or a fellow grindewald follower, a pleasure to meet you 🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍
The thing that does not make much sense here is how Artemisia Blackwood was just burned at the stake? I mean wouldn't she be able to just disaperate? Also considering how powerful magic is shown to be in the books and films I am sure muggle "witch hunters" would not be too big of a deal for fully trained witches wizards to deal with.
I thought for a second there you were going to say that the Blackwoods moved away and started fighting against their neighbors the Brakens. 😂😁
The going theory is that Dumbledore's grand plan for Harry required him being in any house but Slytherin. Hagrid would do anything for Dumbledore so it's likely he was hand picked specifically to escort Harry and sour his view of Slytherin before he got to the castle.
Some of the most horrific sh!t in the world was done in the name of fairness and egalitarianism
To me it feels like hufflepuff is the least likely to create a dark wizard considering acceptance and fairness are attributes of being a hufflepuff.
In the books, doesn't it mention that during the witch hunts, the burning of magical people did nothing but slightly tickle them that some even disguised themselves to look different just so they can repeatedly get burned? How did the mother die from the burning, and why didn't she just use her power to escape?
How did the witch hunters manage to burn Artemisia at the stake? I recall reading that witches could just cast a fireproofing charm on themselves. There was one witch who liked the sensation of being "burned" so much that she made sure to repeatedly get outed as a witch so as to be burned again and again.
Was Quirrel Evil?
Wasn't he possessed similarly to how Voldemort possessed Harry in the Order of the Phoenix, only Quirrell didn't possess Lily's protection to protect him.
From what i Recall Quirrell was wandering a forest in search of some creature or something and Voldemort stumbled across him and used his head as a AirBnB. It makes me wonder though... why did he need unicorns blood?
He had existed at that point as a spirit for 11/12 years. And had no need for Unicorns blood until after he possessed Quirrell? Also... it is said that drinking the blood gave you a cursed half life. Does this include those who drink it unwillingly? And who was Cursed? The person drinking... or the spirit in control who was reaping the benefit?
That simple question of "Is Quirrell Evil?" is a deep rabbit hole.
BUT.. you want to really bake your noodle?
After he was yeeted out of Quirrell... how in the name of Merlins great stained y fronts... did Voldemort get from being a spirit... to the withered baby corpse he was in the Goblet of Fire? There is no explanation for that apart from speculation that i can find.
Quirrell was actually seeking out Voldemort in Transylvania, having been obsessed with finding him. Voldemort then took over him due to his obsession, weak mind and the fact that he was about to begin teaching at Hogwarts, and we begin Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's (Philosopher's) Stone
It's often misquoted about Horcrux's but Rowling has an idea of how Voldemort got a rudimentary body back after being a spirit and it almost made her editor throw up. I often hear it talked about it being the Horcrux creation process that made her want to throw up but that is incorrect.
But we never hear or get a idea of what that process might be in the series.
He said wormtail helped him do it in the beginning of goblet of fire
to answer your questions,
the unicorn blood was so Voldi could inhabit Quirrell, he needed that magic influx to maintain himself. His magic was almost depleted and couldn't cast wand magic, only reason he remained alive was due to the Horcruxes.
Who was cursed? Quirell of course, he was the living host,
the homunculus (the baby) that Voldi inhabited was created with the help of Wormtail, Voldemort knew the steps needed for him to regain a body but as i said couldn't cast magic, Wormtail being a death eater answered the summons of Voldi and followed his instructions, the homunculus needed feeding, but now Voldi had Nagini, who was also an Horcrux, that milk was a much better catalyst to anchor his spirit to the homunculus.
In the Goblet of Fire, Wromtail tries to talk Voldi out of trying to capture Harry, saying "any blood would do" but Voldi wanted to counter the protection Harry had, so he needed his blood "unwillingly taken", and used Wormtail's bones "willingly given" to complete the alchemic process, he then entered the cauldron and was able to regain his body (mutilated as it was of course).
that's from the books, but i believe, if allowed to regain power, Voldi would have continue regenerating his body to his prime, since what Wormtail did was so butchered wrong, so he would stop being so snake like but human looking. But that's just my theory.
He needed unicorn blood to keep Quirrel alive.
Eunon had other children too that nobody talks about. What he did will explain why all Blackwoods are typically pure-blooded and sorted into Slytherin.
Just goes to show what happens when there is total absence of love.
I still think Barty Crouch Jr should be Hufflepuff on account of his fanatical loyalty
I never really took hagrid's statement as 100% fact. I figure he was making a generalization or exaggerating a tiny bit
And accepted it as far more dark wizards come from Slytherin than from anywhere else
Seeing Hagrid in the beginning of this video kinda reminded me of a moment a couple of years ago: My best friend and I, we used to play Lego video games when we were kids (Batman and Star Wars). So out of nostalgia, he bought the Harry Potter Lego game and we got right into it (switch I think).
... First or second mission, I as Hagrid start an absolute massacre at Diagon Streets while screaming: "Out of my way mortals, I am HAGRID THE TERRIBLE!!!".
... my best friend looked at me as if I'd just kicked his cat😅😂🤣
"I'll teach the lot, and treat them just the same" -Comrade Helga Hufflepuff
A Very Good Video 👌🏻👍🏻
Sounds like a King in Yellow reference almost. A being stealing souls through a land that is magical and tempts people. Vague but similar.
Excellent video, sir.
Thank-you!
@@HarryPotterTheory you are most welcome. I have loved the world of Harry Potter for a very long time and your videos keep it so very much alive and fresh.
It makes sense honestly, I’ve heard hufflepuff has the least standards meaning any student not meeting the criteria for the other three houses would go to hufflepuff. So it would make sense to me if there was a kid from a normally slytherin family or just a bad kid who wanted to get into slytherin but “wasn’t good enough” and was only good enough for hufflepuff I could see that being a motivation for a witch or wizard to go bad
So Harry Potter canon includes the mobile games, the stage play, the Fantastic Beasts films even though there are contractions, random things that JK says without any proof to back them up from the novels, and now video games. I wish Harry Potter canon was simple. I can't even look up stuff on the Wiki page without seeing something ridiculous from either the mobile game or Cursed Child pop up as if it's canon.
Hp canon only includes tings rowling wrote or approved as canon for example)all the orignial 7 books, curse child story, fantastic beasts script, book of spells story and rowlings wog(twitter quotes, rowlings archive in wizarding world)
Well as Slytherin has the most dark witches/wizard, Hufflepuff has the fewest. Can't exspect them to alway live up that way. I'm a hufflepuff, and being open-minded means I c things in the middle, instead of fully on 1 side that needs time to change my thought. I give the benfit of the doubt on both sides at 50-50. Eunon Blackwood rare ability to manipulate blackthorns must been a chlorokinetic ability that's rare like metamorphmagus and seers, or nonverbal wandless plant based spells he was good at.
"I'm a hufflepuff" you're a nerd is what you are. Nerd. Get some friends.
@@LizardKing5983 That's rude and insensitive of u! And I've got friends! And I'm not a nerd what-so-ever! I've been a fan of HP since the movie 1st came out! 😠
Fellow Hufflepuff here:
Our traits are seen as admirable (Hard Work, Loyalty, justice etc) but all of these can be used to do bad things.
People do bad things in the name of Justice and Loyalty to a cause 👍
Eunon unfortunately had trauma and bad influences at school, channeled this into his vindictive ways
Hufflepuffs often do well in Herbology too, at least in present day.
And yes his power was indeed rare, Voldemort said that he could control animals, Merlin could detect ancient magic… some skills are indeed unique
Still, that's a long way from "all (or nearly) all Slytherins are SOBs (or worse ... far worse)." Given that Hogwarts was founded in the 9th or 10th century ... and GIVEN that the victor's usually write the history ... I've often wondered if Slytherin wasn't nearly as "evil" as he's been made out to me ... maybe he was from a family horribly persecuted by Muggles / Muggle-Born (and rightly feared them), maybe the Basilisk was simply a doomsday weapon / fail-safe against muggles gone horribly awry (or mis-used, given that the length of time between when he squirrelled it away and when it was released). Given a thousand years of solitary confinment, even a magical beast might get very cranky ... not that Basilisks are generally known for their charming personalities and sweet tempers. My point is, maybe Salazaar (sp?) isn't nearly the b*st*rd made out to be in HP, and was simply trying to save Wizards and Witches from persecution at the hands of Muggles / Muggle-born. A LOT can happen in ~ 1000 years, including vastly distorted history ...
so this is the maze we see in the TriWizard Tournament?
Hogwarts is in Scotland so it’s entirely possible I suppose. 🤷♂️
No. That maze was created by the Hogwarts teachers specifically for the tournament.
So a maze created by teachers who protect and teach these kids from a young age who then if they so choose to enter the tournament, can technically be killed by their teachers hand because they created a maze that kills? I dont get it
@@ethanmcelwaine1010 They have a Forbidden Forest which is forbidden because of the danger there. And then send stufents there in the middle of the night as punishment. They have a 3 headed guard dog behind a locked doorthat opens with a simple charm. They allow professors to openly verbally abuse or show blatant favortism to students.
It ain't a great school honestly.
@@ethanmcelwaine1010they cant be killed in the maze
Great video and keep make great videos. I look forward see more videos.
The fact that Madeye was a Hufflepuff always suprised me.
In the books it's Hagrid who states that there wasn't a Witch or Wizard who went bad that wasn't in Slitherin...But in the first movie it is stated by Ron during the sorting hat ceremony when Draco Malfoy gets placed in Slitherin.
Also honestly i am surprised that more Hufflepuff house members haven't turned evil. Their work is claimed by others, they are likely abused a good bit or gas-lit into thinking "it's for the best" but someone can only take so much of that before they snap...also...Wasn't Gilderoy Lockheart originally from the Hufflepuff house? Also i love that Blackwood made hedge mazes out of a kind of bush he could control so easily and used people's own greed as their bait for getting them to go into the maze that's probably most akin to a flytrap that has an angler's lure deep inside so no one knows they are in danger till it's too late to do anything about it.
Lockhart was a Ravenclaw
To be fair, no one knew Pettigrew and Quirrell was evil when hagrid said what he said.
Just like Harry chose to be in Gryffindor, I'm sure this one simply chose Hufflepuff.
Or the sorting Hat not sure what to do with the boy decided upon Hufflepuff because one staple is to except everyone. 🤷
@@jmoore1172 Yeah, my understanding is that most students _can_ go into multiple houses, and the Hat sorts them based on which of the four traits they "value _the most"_ at the time of the Hat being on their head. So at that moment, he might have valued Hard Work enough to end up in Hufflepuff, while having hidden ambition that later developed...
lol harry didn't choose to be in gryffindor. embarrassing
2:41 who is the actress that plays helga hufflepuff??? i can't find anywhere on the net.
No one ever played her on screen so no actress but the photo was done with a model as part of the lore/promotion so try looking for that. Hope that helps!
@@tarotreadingsbysteven8545 thanks, i still couldn't find her though oh well
@@dilwindersingh-x7b It seems to be from the Forbidden Journey theme park ride. Cast and crew lists are available online, but none of them mention that particular lady's name.
Thank you for putting a picture of a hobbit hole in your description of Hufflepuff because in my opinion most hobbits would be sorted into Hufflepuff with a smaller number probably from Gryffindor and ravenclaw anyway thank you from the Tolkien fans amongst us
I mean, the guy could control plants with his mind and he made hedge mazes that killed people. These things would more or less have to be Horcruxes, wouldn't they?
if i remember correctly there a common spell to make flame lukewarm told around the 3rd book. Said to tickle instead of burning at the stake
A well done video as I was wondering about the notes found in the game of Hogwarts Legacy
what hagrid really meant was "I caught a golden snitch, and his name was tom riddle"