The Harsh Life Of A Squib
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I was actually on Filch's side in the second book when he wanted to punish Harry for spreading mud around.
Harry: It was only a little bit of mud!
Filch: Yes, it's only a little bit of mud to you, but to me, it's an extra hour of scrubbing!
Yeah, I would definitely be pissed if I were in Filch's shoes.
As a parent I have to agree. Don't put mud on my floors
They go to school in an area of the world that is extremely rainy and muddy. And Harry was made to clean mud all the time by the Dursleys. To him, a little extra work was preferable to other things Harry had been punished with. I don't agree with him getting on any student for mud, but the Weasley twins' dungbombs, yeah he had a right to be angry about those.
I would rather live as a Muggle with no knowledge of the Wizarding world than be a Squib and see all the magic and wonder and not being able to contribute to it.
Same. Just imagine knowing magic exists within arms reach, but you are isolated from the rest of the magical world because your magic gene isn't active. Just imagine knowing that a magic world exists, and not being able to do any magic, and seeing your friends, and family all being able to do magic, and all being able to be a part of the magical world, but you can't because your magical gene isn't active.
I'd rather be a muggle, and not know that magic exists, than being a squib because at least i wouldn't know that i'm missing out.
Definitely, imagine being Filtch and being forced to do manual labour such as cleaning while everyone watching could do it with a flick of their wand
Eh, disagree. Both of the main squibs got to contribute in their own way. Aunt Muriel was the one who expressed a sentiment similar to yours and she was sort of the worst.
I think I would still rather be a squib because it’s probably still better to be able to interact with some aspects of magic, even if you are not magic yourself. Magical medical care for example, or using potions even if you can’t brew them yourself. Stuff like that.
@@FatRonaldo1 Exactly. It must suck to say the veeeery least.
I often sympathise with Petunia seeing her sister becoming a talented witch, being a spuib living in magical society must be absolutely soul crushing
Though Petunia is technically just a muggle, a squib seems to be the term used when the bulk/if not entire extended family is magical but you're born powerless.
@@averymartin1327 yeah it was bad enough for Petunia to watch even though everyone else she knew was a muggle, imagine seeing everyone have powers except you
@@FatRonaldo1
Yeah. That's how Mirabel from Disney's Encanto felt, especially when her Abuela (grandmother) kept giving her grief about it.
@@lexeddy4561 What if Encanto takes place in the HP universe and Mirabel IS a Squib and Bruno is a Seer? I mean, they live in Colombia in South America. We don’t know much about South American wizards.
Petunia wasn't a squib and her parents weren't magical. Lilly was just a muggle born. Just like Hermione was.
If I were a student at Hogwarts, I would gather a group of students dedicated to make things better for Filch. I would call this group Filch’s Army. And if worked in the Ministry of Magic, I would try to make things better for Squibs.
If I were a Prefect at Hogwarts myself, I would make sure to assign the majority of detentions I would give to other students to assisting Filch. Guy has to clean an entire freaking castle without magic, so giving him some assistants for a few years would probably make him happier.
You say this because your a muggle lol maybe you wouldn't care as much if u were magical
@@redbeard3606 Maybe not, I'll give you that, but I am of course speaking from my own perspective in in the here and now. As I am now, I get that Filch, grouch he may be, deserves better. I can't know for sure how I might feel if I were magical though, though I have always been brought up to treat people equally, so who knows for sure?
Maybe he would be a better caretaker if they did.
@@ronaldolson6553 you hit the nail on the head. What a great perspective.
It would be sad to be born as a Squib, but then I look at someone like Jacob Kowalski who just happens to find the magical world by accident. He can't do magic but is still able to experience the wonder.
Squibs can still see dementors and ghosts which Muggles can't. They can also mix magical potions. So, if they go into the Muggle world, they might do pretty well for themselves.
It was heavily implied that squibs can't actually see Dementors. It was simply a lie told to defend Harry. But yes, there is no reason they cannot create most potions except for the handful that require a spell be cast over them at a particular stage.
I think it would be far more merciful for squibs to have the choice when they’re old enough to have a memory charm placed upon them to make them forget about the wizarding world as I cannot imagine the frustration one must feel seeing your parents and siblings be capable of such feats of power but always unable to do so because of how you were born.
Fortunately squibs seem very rare when compared to muggleborns but even so, it seems one of the cruelest and loneliest existences one can have to be so close to greatness and unable to grasp it all the same.
The only issue with asking for a memory charm is that you'll no longer be part of your parents life or any of your family if you go that route.
Ironically, Muggleborns are more common but all of them are descended from Squibs that integrated into muggle society, some of them are a few generations removed from the squib ancestor, but that is how Muggleborns obtain magic. So, squibs have the ability to accidentally pass on magical traits.
The majority of squibs integrate into muggle society, which i think is a good thing.
I really hope that when Kingsley became minister, the ministry started keeping records of squibs, and not being corrupt anymore
I'd like a story of a squib perhaps trying to activate their magic gene, I can see a villain opportunity there.
They must still have the ability to see spirits, since muggles cannot see c ghosts and dementors. On wizard card in video games, Thaddeus Thurkell turned all 7 squib sons into hedgehogs, proving just how much harsh their lives r.
It’s not clear if they can truly see dementors. Mrs. Figg might have been lying at the Wizengamot.
Filtch was unhappy because he couldn’t participate in the world. When I wrote an OC, one of my favorite parts was having him hire Filtch to assist with his magical creature reserve, due to his great bond with Mrs. Norris. He made sure Filtch had the right accommodations and was able to experience magic in a way Filtch never could before this.
Just imagine knowing magic exists within arms reach, but you are isolated from the rest of the magical world because your magic gene isn't active. Just imagine knowing that a magic world exists, and not being able to do any magic, and seeing your friends, and family all being able to do magic, and all being able to be a part of the magical world, but you can't because your magical gene isn't active.
I'd rather be a muggle, and not know that magic exists, than being a squib because at least i wouldn't know that i'm missing out.
Here’s a non-Harry Potter example of a squib: Graydon Creed, son of X-Men villains Mystique and Sabertooth of Marvel Comics.
What if muggleborns are related to squibs? Would that make sense why they can do magic? It remained dormant a couple of generations after the 1st squib they are related to, and then you get this "muggleborn."🤔
It is actually the theory. After all squibs still have magical genes that can be passed and eventually made some of their descendant a wizard.
I know the squib population is low, but I refuse to believe there are no others who could take over Filch’s role instead of the child hating torture enthusiast 😂
I think it would be preferable to be a Muggle with no knowledge of the Wizarding World than to be a Squib with no magical ability. The latter can be quite upsetting, and cause one to feel left out.
As a person with a physical ‘different-ability’ I would prefer a world with opportunities. Although in truth, the muggle world is honestly just as cruel. So its really a no-win situation with no right answer.
“Different ability”? What on earth does that mean?
@@davidkennedy8929 Most people call it a Disability, but I hate the negative spin of that word.
@@tammydreamwriter2877 Just say disability because it's the right word. Disability defines it because there's an ability you lack, even if it doesn't define you as a person.
I would chose to live as a squib inside the wonderful world of magic if given half a chance, as long as we still had friends, we'd have it made, a world with out the horrible problems of this world.
You would think that there would be a way to magically or surgically unlock a squib’s magic gene.
that would be a neat fan fic.. about a magical surgeon trying to unlock the magic hidden in Squibs.
Squibs HAVE to have SOME magical ability even in some microscopic quantity as they can enter Hogwarts
To muggles, the bridge to Hogwarts appears as some kind of Bridge Out sign with a barricade but squibs seem to be able to see the bridge for what it is
Even Jacob Kowalski was able to see the bridge in the third movie in the Fantastic Beasts movies
Yes. They do have the magical gene, but it lays dormant so they have magic. They just can't use it.
In that case if I'm a squib I'd 100% go to the Muggle world. Having trace amounts of magical ability is a huge advantage to the muggle world.
I still don't understand how Filch was able to keep up the castle without magic. Did he have special helpers like goblins who were magical?
the house elves
And Dobby
He had one heck of a tall ladder (in the movie)
He doesn't. The Houselves are the one who do the actual job, Filch is just a glorified PR so people don't realize there are houselves.
The story of Squibs just show the hypocrisy of the magical world. People dislike those pure bloods families who want magic to stay in magical families and not allow muggles or muggle borns access to their world, but most people are quite happy to look down on Squibs (not all people, like, I can't imagine the Weasley's looking down on Squibs, the Weasleys are just too damn kind).
Well, the Weasley family didn't talk about Molly Weasley's second cousin, who worked in a financial career and was implied to be a squib. Even Ron seemed embarrassed to even mention him to Harry.
1. You can stay in the magical community without being able to perform any magic.
2. You can try to find a job in the muggle world without any proper education.
Tough choice.
If the wizards knew more about the muggle world and at least they tried to send their squib children in the muggle school it wouldn't be so bad.
But imagine a Weasleys kid going to a muggle school, while having parents that have no clue how to use a phone or traditional mail and live in a hut falling apart in a middle of nowhere. And that would be a child of a government worker that deals with muggle inventions for his work and tinkers with muggle car in his spare time! Other wizard families know even less about the muggle world.
Can squibs use magic items like brooms and port keys or flue dust? If so it seems like there would be a lot of items they could use if enchanted by others.
Exactly. Also surely you could learn potions as a way to do magical things.
It truly is a weird feeling, being caught between worlds
Are ypu a Squib?
@@Jonas_Albert worse, high functioning autistic. I'm too high functioning to fit into special needs, but too needy to fit into normal society. I can drive a manual transmission vehicle and work on diesel semi's no problem. The second you put another human in front of me, my brain locks up tighter than Gringotts
Let's not forget that Lockhart's own sisters were squibs and that Lockhart himself was spoiled tremendously due to being the only one with magical ability, so um... Yeah...
I understand his situation made him bitter, but Filch chose to remain. It wasn't the fault of the magical children that he was a squib. But he was determined to make them suffer. Frankly, as bitter and vengeful as he became, he shouldn't have been permitted to work in school with kids. Child abuse is child abuse, no excuses.
He never abused any children ever. Worst he did was roughly grab them by their robes. Other than that he just enforced rules to an extreme degree. But never once put a hand on a child even when he thought a kid had just killed his only true friend Mrs. Norris.
@@redbeard3606 Well, he DID try, but was stopped.
It could be vengeance as his motivation to be crabby. Or it could just be that kids are shitty to school janitors in general. Especially those who expect that someone else is there to clean up after them. I do agree that he didn't have to stay. Maybe he was afraid of the Muggle World, even though he'd have fit in.
Verbal abuse is still abuse. Granted not as bad as physical abuse, but he hated all the kids, accused them of stuff with no proof, & talked about wanting to physically hurt them. Would you want a school janitor walking around telling your little kids that if he had his way he would hang them by chains in a dungeon to listen to their screams of pain? He gleefully endorsed everything bad that Umbridge did & didn't care that she used truth serum on them (against the rules) & did physical punishments like the painful quill one that left permanent scars on Harry & other even younger kids.
@Redbeard grabbing someone is abuse. And he verbally terrorized the children. Even describing torture to them. By the time the HP books take place corporal punishment in the British school system had been abolished by law. Grabbing anyone would be punishable not only by the termination of his job but actual jail time. Again, Argus made the choice to stay in the magical world even knowing he'd be discriminated against. It wasn't the kids faults he was a squib. He shouldn't have been allowed to work in a school.
Could JK Rowling be a Squib and if so could Rowling be a Wizarding surname?
She is a witch with b
Maybe. But us muggles will never know.
I would go to the muggle world make something of myself and be glad that I know the magic world existed then to never know how somethings happen
I've always wondered about the squib euthanasia policies.
Squibs are mistreated and looked down upon similarly to bastards in Westeros
I’d choose Squib life in a heartbeat! Am I second class? To others, probably, but not to myself. To be exposed to Magic, live with Magic, so what if I can practice it myself? I am still apart of the Magical Community, and I can still do good. I would be envious at times of course, but if I had a loving family and friends, I’ve got something worth staying for!
Magical ability does not equal deserving of life.
The more I learn about Wizards the more I start to think that I would hate them
Why Petunia?
@@Jonas_Albert The fact that they murdered Squibs for trying to fight for their rights and then forbidding them from ever trying to do it again is just awful in my opinion.
@@wem_iii Yes, but muggles also murdered jews, or many others groups for doing exactly the same thing. Many people are judgemental idiots, Wizard or not. Many Wizards may be judgemental, but many muggles are aswell. Don't blame wizards for being like that because muggles are too. It's basic human nature to fear the unknown even if it isn't right. Muggle, or wizard. That's just how it is. Them being Wizards has nothing to do with this behaviour. It's just basic human behaviour.
I don't think it would be all bad. If one had supportive magical parents, they could perform spells that could advantage them in the muggle world.
I haven't seen a video on squibs yet, thank you!
He already made one before.
@@Jonas_Albert oh did he? i haven't seen it
@@Jonas_Albert ty tho ill watch it at some point
@@Wrubliw It's the same video. He reposted it.
@@Jonas_Albert so why did you say he already made one leading me to believe that they're two separate things
I was your first view on this video good luck and god bless u dean
" Don't put away your wand Harry they might come back."
Squibs are the equivalent of "red headed stepchild." LOL that's funny.
Why would they need magic to make potions :/ ?
For me it would depend on the family I was born into.
Harry doesn’t even use magic until the fourth book. You can still travel and take advantage of all the magic in the world, like the tents from the 4th book. You can also use bags of holding etc what else do you need
Some must have some “magical” ability as Mrs Figg could see the Dementors who attacked Harry and Dudley. Non-magical people can’t see Dementors. Or am I completely wrong? My books are in storage. 😢
The SuperCarlin Brothers put out a theory video supposing that Filch wasn’t a squib, but a poltergeist that didn’t know he was a poltergeist
Muggle borns are squib descendents
Yes.
Poor squibs
Hogwarts Legacy: Could a Late-Bloomer be mistaken for a squib?
If so how would a pure-blood family react only to find out later their family member was a late bloomer?
Just like Neville. Neville was mistaken as squib as he is a late bloomer and considering he came from a pureblood family, his uncle and grandma were pissed about this. His uncle even threw him out from the window to triggered his magical ability
Dude it really hurts to see your views suffering like this. I hope we don't lose you bro 🥺
Did he have anything he could do to a student on his own, it's always just crazy these magic kids literally have more lower than him and also How did he make it in Voldamorts rule
I think the best job for a squib is to be an informant and researcher of muggle technology and bringing said technology over to wizarding world for testing with wizard and their magic on how the magic effects each technology so as to better prepare for the eventuality of muggles finding out about the wizarding world and thus that faithful day based on how muggles react that day if bad it means war if good it means setting up an embassy like wakanda did in marvel so as to show how wizzardz can help Sheppard the muggles into a new age of peace and growth together
I see being a squib is very similar to being disabled. The magic world is wonders but it's also backward in a lot of ways. In days of old disabled people were wheeled into rooms and locked out of society. Speaking as a disabled person myself this is throwing away a perfectly good resource. I'm writing this on Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Squibs could be excellent spies. Magic people seem clueless about how to get on in the Muggle world. Did you see Mr. Weasley in the subway station, Utterly clueless. And he was supposed to be some sort of study of Muggle artifacts. Makes you wonder how clueless the rest of them are. Disabled people have to find ways around things that other people can't even see. Squibs would make great intermediaries or guides for stranded witches or wizards. In return magical folk could help them out in hard times. Oh well, the more things change the more they stay the same. People are people magical or not.
I’m sure I’m not the only one who noticed some of the parallels between the world of Harry Potter and our own, how it can be seen even today.
Yesh. There are some.
would rather live as a muggle without knowledge of magic or the Wizarding world than be a squib. I can imagine the torture it would be to see your friends and family doing something that I couldn't do.
Does not being actively magical percent them from using magical items s or crafting them? Can they not make poisons or work with magical animals? What about basic non magical jobs in the wizard world like carpenter, brick layer, clothing maker, Do wizards really need magic to sow a needle?
Squibs seem to be the same as Wiccans. They’re born to family of real witches but don’t have any magic/powers of their own. They practice ancestral magic (that’s why they hang out in cemeteries) and familiar magic (temporarily absorbing magic from relatives) this I why witches wear black, to protect their magic from being absorbed by others.
First of all, I am a squib who's doing quite well. So, I dont mind it. 😅 Second, maybe Petunia is a squib. If squibs still have the ability to pass the wizard/witch gene on to their offspring (the narrator doesn't talk about this), then maybe a squib can be born to muggle parents who aren't aware of their magical lineage. And the squib has siblings born with the abilities because of said lineage - like Hermione (I dont know if there is magic in her ancestry). 🤔 Her abilities had to come from somewhere.
As fun of a universe it can be, the magical world are terrible people. Non magic folks are slurs, elves are slaves, and even being related to non magic blood makes you a second class citizen.
Great video!!!
Do squibs have a normal life span or a magical one of over 100 years
Can they actually learn potions?.
Preferably, never to have known.
I would rather live in the muggle world with my family. That way I can enjoy their magic and they can enjoy our technology. Best of both worlds.
Are squids allowed to legally buy and or obtain magical items or artifacts that are enchanted for them to use even tho they can't use magic they probably still could drive a car that was enchanted to fly or something 🤔
So, I know they can see Dementors, but how long do Squibs live? Do they live twice as long as muggles like other magical folk?
I would rather have no magical parents.
I'd rather be stuck in a airtight box,with a never ending fart than be a squib.
That wouldn't be so bad. After not so long you will become immune to the smsll, and firget there is even a fart.
@@Jonas_Albert ah no sir. The air circulates so you don't get acclimatised to the odour
Love this
I would rather be a Muggle than a Squib.
Didn't you already do a video of this?
Nice job 👏👍👌😀🙌😄
Honestly, if I had the choice, I would rather be a muggle and not know that real magic exists because to me I think it would be less painful mentally/emotionally and I would have an easier life. I wouldn't want to be a squib because why would I want to be in the wizarding world if i'm not able to use magic and really contribute to the wizarding world? I would honestly feel depressed being in the wizarding world, being so close to it, yet not being able to use their magic and contribute to their society.
No wonder Filch was sour.
5:34 WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME?!?
I'd hate to be a squib born to a family that hates them. If it was an ok family then at least when grown I could still get them to send me magical transport like a port key in order to visit them at holidays. No dealing with planes! But it would still suck to know magic was real & not be able to do it. Definitely I wouldn't continue living in a wizard town.
The GOAT!
I'd rather be a squib. At least I'd be around magic and could enjoy some things from the wizarding world.
I would rather choose the easier but grey option which is to just simply not live at all, you could say this option is "a cowards way out" but I beg to disagree, as living as a squib in the muggle world depending on your race, sexuality or gender you're still gonna face some type of discrimination in the same way as if you were a squib in the magical world the only key difference would be that; if you're a squib in the muggle world you wouldn't know magic....
so for example if I was born a squib but I was still black, trans & gay, adhd, autism ect; I'd still face racism for being black, I'd still face Homophobia & transphobia and every other type of discrimination you can think of difference is I'd face these discriminations just as a muggle in a mundane way without magic...
if I was a black trans gay squib with mental health issues but chose to live in the magical world I'd still possibly face the same discriminations that I'd face in muggle world but the main/most discrimination I'd face or be focused in is me being a squib as apposed to me being black, trans, gay and disabled mentally.
So, having said all this I'd rather just not exist in any of these worlds 🤷🏿♂️
If I have a squib in my family I would have the squib children choose their own destiny and I would give them money to accomplish their dreams
Are there magical spells or something that allow Squibs to see, much less be, in a place like Hogwarts? Or is just awareness of its existence enough to let them see through the anti-muggle enchantments around the place? Otherwise I can't imagine the sadness of a Sorting Hat gently outing someone happening....poor guy.
I'd rather live as a muggle and not know anything about magic than be born into a magical family without magic myself.
Same.
Just imagine knowing magic exists within arms reach, but you are isolated from the rest of the magical world because your magic gene isn't active. Just imagine knowing that a magic world exists, and not being able to do any magic, and seeing your friends, and family all being able to do magic, and all being able to be a part of the magical world, but you can't because your magical gene isn't active.
I'd rather be a muggle, and not know that magic exists, than being a squib because at least i wouldn't know that i'm missing out.
@@Jonas_Albert good point
Sad
Do Squibs live as long as the rest of the Wizarding community, or just as long as Muggles do?
So a squib can see magic, or Filch, Martha, or Angus would not be able to enter the magical schools. Also why would Filch want to clean Hogwarts since he can't use magic to make the job go by faster?
the house elves. Filch doesn't do all the messes, I would assume he monitors them and cleans up what he can but the house elves do a bunch of it.
Amazing 👏🙀😮😲😯
I’m capable of being happy for others when they have something I don’t. I would rather be a squib who is caretaker at Hogwarts than perform any job in the muggle world. I know money is a factor as well, but this is all hypothetical in the first place.
To be honest even though it's a hard life, I would rather live as a squib then the life I have now. I think everyone could agree.
If you could see all your friends and family performing magic and you couldn't and you had no idea why. You could see the magical creatures, see the effects of magic, and everything that went on with the magical world... I'd rather not know the magical world existed personally...
I disagree. Just imagine knowing magic exists within arms reach, but you are isolated from the rest of the magical world because your magic gene isn't active. Just imagine knowing that a magic world exists, and not being able to do any magic, and seeing your friends, and family all being able to do magic, and all being able to be a part of the magical world, but you can't because your magical gene isn't active.
I'd rather be a muggle, and not know that magic exists, than being a squib because at least i wouldn't know that i'm missing out.
@@DB-tt5fy He is right.
If I were a squib, knowing my friends and family can do magic, but I can't due to one tiny genetic quirk, I'd either ask someone to Obliviate me and put me in the Muggle world, or kill myself. I'm the only one in my family can't do magic? Nope, I'm out, one way or another.
Squibs may actually be the reason for muggle borns now that I think about it, if a squib marries a human than maybe over a couple generations that's why a magically active child could eventually be born?
Muggle
I once wrote a story where Draco secretly had a squib older sister that accepted a small sack of gold and left. She was never loved or accepted by any of the Malfoys in the least, and she knew that Voldemort wanted to use their home and that if she was found she'd be tortured and killed.
Second lol
1st
Lucky u lol
nope, you werent
@@Wrubliw probably was
@@jedderski they werent
WHO THE FRELL CARES?!?!???!! NOBODY!!!!
You already made this exact video. You are beginning to repost. Stop this before this channel gets ruined.
I'll be honest if I was a squib I'd probably have just jumped off a cliff or something. Knowledge of magic and not being a part of it but just outside it would be a hellish life
Most of us In real life get treated like squibs anyway so
Not really.