Why Dumbledore HIRED Gilderoy Lockhart - Harry Potter Explained
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Hey everyone,
Welcome to another installment of Harry Potter Theory. In this video we’re going to be discussing Hogwarts, the role of Defence Against the Dark Arts professor, and none other than Gilderoy Lockhart.
Defence Against the Dark arts was perhaps one of the most important parts of the curriculum at Hogwarts- a course that focused on teaching students how to defend themselves against aspects of the dark arts. During the time that the trio attend Hogwarts, Voldemort and his followers were very much on the rise. Some doubted it (Fudge), but others knew that it was inevitable, and fortunately one of the people who knew it was going to happen was Dumbledore.
A resurgence of Voldemort and the death eaters meant a resurgence of dark magic, and so it made sense that students would need to be able to properly defend themselves against such magic. Avada Kedavra, Crucio, Imperio- the students needed to know about these spells so that they could defend themselves- at a certain point understanding these spells became a matter of life or death. But, this just makes the question even more potent- why on earth was Gilderoy Lockhart ever hired? Let’s take a look at the man that became the 92-93 school year’s defence against the dark arts professor.
Gilderoy Lockhart was a british half-blood wizard born in the year 1964 to a witch mother and muggle father. His parents had two other children, two girls, but Lockhart proved to be the only one that was magical, which (whether she would admit it or not) made him his mother’s favourite child. Lockhart was a clever, good-looking boy, and when he realized quite early on that he was magical it only went to his head, and inflated his already massive ego even further. In 1975, Lockhart began attending Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, 4 years after notable characters like Severus Snape, Sirius Black and James Potter, to name a few. When Lockhart first walked through the doors of the school, he was met with disappointment, as he came to the crushing realization that at a school for witches and wizards- he was just another magical young boy. In the muggle world, Gilderoy was exceptional, but here he didn’t stand out, and that’s all he ever longed for. It’s been expressed that as a young boy, Lockhart did possess slightly above-average abilities, but nothing particularly noteworthy, and his lack of attention only fuelled the fire inside of him to be successful. Lockhart was eventually sorted in to Ravenclaw house, which is not entirely befitting of him in my opinion, and narrowly avoided being sorted in to Slytherin.
Even in school, Lockhart loved to brag and inflate his own ego, even going as far as to blatantly lie if it meant that it would positively change someone’s perception of him. It was ingrained in him since childhood- he wanted to be great- he wanted to be the man that people talked about in legends.
However, there was actually quite a sinister side to Lockhart that I feel wasn’t addressed to the extent that it should have been in the books/films. You see, Lockhart was a memory charm master, and this was one of the reasons that he had been able to falsify his..well..existence. Lockhart actually wasn’t a troll conqueror or dragon tamer, he was a phony, and all he did when he travelled around the world was hear the stories of genuinely accomplished wizards, wipe their memories, then claim the accomplishment as his own. Though Lockhart is eventually found out and stripped of his titles, I don’t think that the severity of wiping people’s memories without their consent was ever properly addressed to the extent that it should have been. However, Lockhart paid his dues when his own memory charm backfired on him- effectively erasing all of his memories and causing him to become a permanent resident of St.Mungos Hospital.
So, this man, this phony. How could he have ever become a professor at Hogwarts- surely Dumbledore must have been able to see right through him, right?
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*cough* Order of Merlin, Third Class, Honorary member of the Dark Force Defense League, and five times winner of Witch Weekly's Most Charming Smile Award. *cough*
Gilderoy Lockhart lmao
@Olaf the Snowman Excellent, even I enjoy watching an edit of myself. My smile is amazing
@@gilderoylockhart2161 You forgot Fraud of the Century
2 bad that some of your 'achievements' arent actually yours
This made me laugh too hard
Dumbledore took one look at him and went “there is no way he works for Voldemort”
LMAO HAHAHAHA
I love Lockhart but im just gonna say...he is pretty dumb for him to work for you know who😂
lol yes
Well, he didn't work for Voldy. He was just a conman., He wasn't evil, just kind of a dick. LOL
@@satan3959 Erasing someone memoir sounds pretty evil to me.
@@Felzorful yeah, and he looks like a (fart in Spanish) teacher to me, ngl.
Gilderoy Lockhart was a good author, if he just wrote books without taking credit for the stories, he would've lived a happy famous life without being exposed of being a fraud.
People do this in the Muggle World 😥
John Doe
omg
John Doe why you hacking roblox?😢
I’m called Finn too
I thought of that. Lockhart could have sold the books as interviews
Dumbledore should’ve been a fisherman, he’s been using Harry as bait his whole life.
His whole life? Even before Harry was born?😂
@@PrawilnaMordka you don't get the expression don't you?
@@PrawilnaMordka Yep, he started after winning with Grindelwald xD An unborn bait.
"Potter is a boy! Not a piece of meat!"
Wolfbane8 He does have one tho
Perhaps Dumbledore saw Harry's possible future of fame mongering and purposefully put a poor example of it directly in front of Harry to teach both humility, and the value of hard work. Harry actively avoids over recognition the rest of the series.
Harry never sought recognition. Dumbledore saw to Harry being “humble” by giving him to the Dursley’s when Dumbledore knew full well that his rightful guardian, his godfather Sirius Black, was innocent but left him in Azkaban. Anyone with a pair of eyes could tell Harry was abused. Dumbledore hired a fraud, Voldemort, a disguised Death Eater, allowed the Minister to place Umbridge in the position, who was very obviously not qualified, and Remus. Remus was forced to resign because of Dumbledore’s last defense hire, Severus Snape, a petty, dark, abusive man that should have been locked up right along with the headmaster. That’s right Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore should have been thrown in a cell right next to Grindelwald. After having his magic stripped and given to Harry. Albus was a senile, selfish, abusive old man that used Harry to exonerate himself of blame for the way Tom Marvolo Riddle turned out. His is not a hero.
Dumbledore knew harry would likely die within 5 years so I'm not so sure this was his plan
harry potter that’s only because Dumbledore manipulated events to happen that way. The prophecy itself actually states that Harry is more powerful than Voldemort and it does not say who will die only that one of them will at the hand of the other. Albus is a senile old man that is so used to having everyone tell him he is right the the very fact that he is ENTIRELY WRONG. Escape everyone.
yeah i kinda agree with this ... i always thought Dumbledore hired Lockhart just to show Harry what he could become if he wasn't careful & humble.
JuanMata Harry stood against and defeated Voldemort in his 1st yr and neither talked or even mentioned it. In fact it is made abundantly clear is the first book that Harry hates his fame and attention although it is thrust upon him. This idea of hiring Lockheart to show humility to Harry would only server to show that Dumbledore is Not only senile but completely oblivious to the real world,
In the book, among the trio, it is Ron who first points out that he is purportedly a fraud. When Hermione praises him for all the brave deeds that Lockhart’s done, Ron mutters, “He says he’s done.” This shows that Ron was not just a side-kick to Harry. The movies just ruined his and Ginny’s characters.😖
I mean duh - the director of HP movies just had a massive hardon for Hermione, Ron was literally the favourite character of many kids since book one. Im still not over the fact that they changed the whole slug scene - where he was the one explaining the blood statuses to Harry.
Don’t know if I’d actually want this, but it would be interesting to see a full remastered version of HP that focused more on the canon
@@MattiMCFC exactly but a series would be nice, the books have so many details we didn't see in the movies
Alberto Gonzalez Agree, and yes -a series would be great! As long as it has some good directors and actors, that could be amazing!
I gave up on the movies after the fourth one. I tried watching the fifth one at home, and gave up on it. No offense to anyone who did enjoy the films, but after the first two it just wasn't close enough to what I had in my head from reading the books to enjoy them.
“hopefully harry will kill this one too”
- Albus Dumbledore on hiring Gilderoy Lockhart, 1992.
@Dharma Queen no
Almost did
Yeah likr the first one
Technically, it's not Harry but Ron. And it's not kill, but disable.
So goal achieved I guess.. one way or another
@@SilentAdventurerNumber02 thanks to Ron’s janky, broken wand lmao
I believe Chamber of Secrets gave a reason as well. Hermoine says to Hagrid that Dumbledore thought that Lockhart was the most qualified candidate for the job. To which Hagrid repleid that Lockhart was the only candidate.
Kwalified?
@@beedoubleu547 yea I was wondering about that too
@@beedoubleu547 Qualified?
Excuse me, changed it!
@@rikbakker2117 I like it better with Kw, sounds better 😏
Also, Dumbledore could not aford to risk loosing Snape to the "Defense against the dark art curse" i think
Well, Snape is crucial since he is able to place himself inside Voldemort's inner circle, so yes, Dumbledore couldn't risk him
Yeah we know that but hiring an actual teacher wouldn't hurt snape at all.
Injured Hungrzard there weren’t any. Apparently it was hard to find a DADA prof cause of the rumoured curse...
@@Val.Kyrie. Yes. Plus the fact that wizards are actually pretty rare. (Have you ever met one?) There just isn't much of a pool of qualified teachers to choose from, so Dumbledore has to take what he can get. This is why so many Hogwarts teachers are just bad at their jobs.
But what was the curse
He is, by far, my favorite character portrayed on the screen. While Alan Rickman also nailed Snape, Kenneth Branagh was BRILLIANT at the arrogant, clueless, hapless Lockhart. I wish Universal would make his wand...
This is the comment I've been scrolling for. Great call!
He portrayed Lockhart so well that I was shocked for days to know he directed Thor.
He is a great Shakespearean actor whose career has lost some of its luster.
The Chris Columbus films nail every single casting perfectly. Obviously most of the characters are established from Philosopher's Stone, but think of the new characters introduced in Chamber... Lockhart, Lucious Malfoy, Fudge and the teenage Voldemort.
Chris Columbus doesn't get nearly the recognition he deserves for building such strong foundations.
@@Millsy383 god other than Rickman in the role of Snape, Jason Issacs was a phenomenal casting call for Lucius Malfoy… the guy ooozes creep from his pours, lol. He was great in The Patriot as the douchey British Commander as well 🤣🤣
LOCKHART'S NAME WILL BE WRITTEN IN THE HISTORY BOOKS!!(in crayon)
Squidward?
@@superpuggus8594 yup
😭😭😭😭😭😭😂😂😂😂😂😂
Make it a white one
The year 7’s and 5’s that year: sure Dumbledore but we have very important *tests* this year... and you give us this guy!?
One phrase:
'It was for the greater good'
He thought them off the book surely, which would've contributed to the O.W.L. but since they got cancelled, it really didn't matter 💯
@@Error-xo9df I don't think OWLS and NEWTS were cancelled, they are too important
@@scarletturbomachine1041 It was, since the chamber of secrets were open, I think
@@Error-xo9df well maybe delayed, after the summer or something
I'm just thinking: why isn't Obliviate an Unforgiveable Spell? I mean isn't tempering with someones mind equally as bad as something like torture? And Oblivate is also a spell that goes hand in hand with the other Unforgiable Spells of Imperio and Crucio I would say.
Don't they use that spell on muggles? Which kind of sets apart this spell from the others, since as far as I remember no one can use the unforgivable spells (except when Barty Crouch sr allowed aurors to use them against death eaters, which was a very specific situation and controversial iirc). Oblivate is used frequently so I guess it is forgivable, tho I'm hoping it's use was regulated
There is a lot, I mean a lot of stuff in the Wizarding world that makes virtually no sense. Seems everything can be done, like cast a nonverbal spell until you can’t, to warp anywhere you want in the world and live in a tent that looks like the ritz inside until you can’t, to spells to fix and summon anything until you can’t
Don't forget dumbledore also brought him to teach harry some humility so he wouldn't fall into the same fame trap as Lockhart.
isn't that what he legit said several times in the video? bruh...
I would like to think that he hired lockhart not just for Harry’s “lesson” on humility but also for the whole school on critical thinking skills and recognising frauds. If Dumbledore hired him just to teach one pupil a lesson, then he is horrible since he is putting the education of the rest of the school at risk. Personally I think he was not able to hire anyone else, knew Lockhart was a fraud and wanted to expose him, and to teach ALL the pupils a lesson. However since Lockhart is good at memory charms one would hope Dumbledore was monitoring him to make sure he is not a pedophile. Lockhart just used his job as a scam to peddle the crap he wrote by setting them all on the booklist forcing all of the students to buy them.
@@ryanstoddard1803 i agree. i knew he did it for that purpose it's just wasn't mentioned about harry. we could have a harry potter over himself and fame-hungry which makes what dumbledore did Brilliant. '
@@ryanstoddard1803 I agree. Aside from Lockhart, each Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher had a personal agenda for choosing the post. No one signed up for normal teaching reasons, so Dumbledore probably couldn't get any one else
@@DivisonXx what was Lupin's agenda? 🤔
There was something fishy about his Valentine's Day party, but the exact details seem to have escaped my mind.
Noncehart
well I only remember that Lockhart appointed some kind of creatures ( sorry I can't remember the name ) at Hogwarts to deliver love letters and Ginny sent a love poem for Harry through that ceature and the Slytherins made fun of Harry beacuse of that.
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They were dwarves
I wish they added this scene to books coz that would have introduced dwarfs and it would have been funny to see students getting love tokens
My theory: can you starve a dementor to death by keeping it away from society (because human happiness is what it lives off of)?
Damn that’s a good one
Interesting theory dude.
I think it can also thrive off an environment that brings misery or once did. Just like Azkaban where it was created. The island was left alone until the ministry found and made into a prison where they then brought the convicted. the dementors were still thriving their even without people around
dude this is such a good idea
Damn I honestly never thought of that
I think Dumbledore hired Lockhart hoping someone discovered he was a fraud.
If dumbledore knew he could have exposed him if that is what he wanted.
nathan christman I think dumbledore wanted someone to find out for themselves or Lockhart to expose himself. Because dumbledore is a kind person and it would create conflict if he lashed out at Lockhart.
@@sabrielguindon148 even the teachers knew he was lying, they were hoping one of the students would find out that he is a fraud
Dumbledore hired him to see if he was as brave as he was in his illustrated novels, It gave him a chance to be exposed 💣
Having a fraud teach things they don't know is the best way to expose them.
Voldemort...
*curses role*
*proceeds to be on the back of the head of the Defence against the dark arts teacher*
Congratulations. You played yourself.
I don't think Voldemort actually cursed it tho. The line is that the position is jinxed. Not that Voldemort put a physical jinx on it. He didn't like hex the office or anything
@ARSAL
Buddy, I think you need to understand something here: a jinx doesn't literally mean a JINX. If there's a jinx on something, that doesn't mean it's a literal hex or curse. That means it's jinxed. The DADA job is jinxed because nobody lasts longer than 1 full year. It's jinxed as in there's a superstition on it, where everybody thinks there's a jinx. There's NO physical jinx. It's simply a superstition.
Similar to like a haunted house in real life. If the house had 5 owners in 5 months, you'd say it's jinxed to never have an owner.
purposely hiring a bad teacher just to "learn what not to do" still seems like a bad decision to me. its putting students in more danger than they already are in. i would think that proper understanding of dark magics would be especially crucial for everyones safety
Gotta also realise that no one else applied, and Dumbledore just needed to fill the role. Proving he was a fraud, while something Dumbledore wanted to do, was really secondary.
@@CallanElliott fair point
Putting students in danger... Dumbledore would never allowed that! Like hiding a dangerous three headed dogmonster inside the school, letting a teacher torture the pupils,.... or leaving a baby on thr doorstep of some magic hating lunatics... overnight.... in autumn!
@@siggilinde5623 Yeah, I never realised that before ; He left Harry at the Dursley's on November 1st !
I think that’s why snape would help
I just figured he needed someone disposable for the role and the fact he could expose a fraud was just the icing on top, or killing two birds with one stone
Next video: should Obliviate be considered an unforgivable curse?
Yes, because it enables the erasure of one's identity, which is just another form of death.
Depends on what you delete😂 I'd love if someone obliviated our embarrassing memories 😂
It couldn't be made unforgivable, how could wizards prevent muggles from knowing they exist without a spell to do so?
Obliviate!
It should be sorta like how weed is controlled, because lets same simeone wanted to get rid of bad memories, then with permission from the government they are allowed to have a professional do so. Just like how some people need weed for medical purposes.
Could you imagine being a O.W.L or N.E.W.T student during Lockharts time. Having to teach yourself the actual course rather than do the pathetic work Lockhart was setting them.
They had the same with Umbridge tho
@@zsolesz1228 thats true also. Her intentions were much more sinister, whilst Lockhart was not qualified enough to teach.
To be fair in year 12 history I chose the essay subject (pre ww2 Japan) the other class had been learning and received better marks than anyone in our class got writing about the rise of soviet Russia.
Have to teach yourself, so just like muggle school.
@@zsolesz1228
I don't wanna be that person, but Umbridge was only against practicing spells. She feared students being trained in combat against the ministry. She at least had them read a legit textbook, it was just all theory and not practical.
Lockhart by contrast read aloud his books that were fabricated based on other people's achievements. He also included things like his favorite color because he likes to talk about himself. His textbooks are all glorified fake autobiography.
Snape applied every year for the position of Defence against the dark arts, almost like he knew it would be vacant.
I always felt, it was a sign of how poorly the DADA job was viewed by the public. Voldemort cursed the job quite some time ago. Since then, teachers leave every single year. Quirrel seemed to be a competant teacher, though he turned out to be evil, but then came Lockhart. This is the first sign that the job is hard to fill. In year 3 and 4 he has to resort to asking friends to do it, Lupin and Moody, but they are only doing it as a favor. Finally, year 5, for the first time, he can't find one at all. Then the ministry steps in. Lastly, having no choice left, he gives it to snape, and gets a new potions master instead. The bad teachers always seemed to me to be out of despiration.
Even back when I was seven years old, I could never take Lockhart seriously. My mum read his dialogue in such an obnoxious voice, and it was obvious she was holding back her laughter when reading off the book list Harry and friends need in Diagon Alley. Now that I'm a children's librarian, well aware of copyright infringement and the jail time you can do if you plagiarize someone's work (It was drilled into me countless times during high school and university, in addition to library school.)... I may not have been inspired to write or read Harry Potter fan fiction as a kid, but it was revisiting Lockhart's sham existence that caused the seed of a story to fully germinate in my brain.
Having seen student assistants and assistant professors teach (multiple) course sections and help to grade papers, I envisioned a young professor (only 20 years old in Harry's second year) having her warm welcome to Hogwarts staff being mistaken for typical "mindless fan girl praise" by Lockhart. She would be "playing hard to get" in his mind by refusing his increasingly extravagant gestures toward her. Theodosia Barrett, half-Blood witch and fellow Ravenclaw alum, will have her story told someday; I just haven't figured out how to write her voice/the author's voice about her character yet.
Oo that sounds like a good book idea
Teaching degrees are usually longer than 2 years so you don't have 20 year old teachers with 18 year old students. A student teacher yes but she's only be there for a month or so. In most western countries a young teacher will be minimal 22 when they actually start teaching.
I’m on the waiting list
You don't go to jail for plagiarism.
I find it crazy and really amusing that Voldemort’s curse on the Defense against the dark arts position at hogwarts was arguably his most successful long term plan.
He cast it and no one ever got around it until the day he died.
After his death the world became normal as his magic broke down.
Dumbledore’s plan included allowing the students to miss out on a year of education...
Not entirely his fault. Voldemort cursed the position
Actually they would lose anyway, Lockhart was only one who accepted the post
Sounds like covid. Students a whole year behind.
Lawl, why were there multiple photos taken instructing Harry to look uncomfortable around Lockhart XD
@Maikunt Izichi I know he was, but many of these aren't even scenes from the movie they're like set up photo shoots or something, and the fact there were multiple done, I dunno just struck me as funny somehow
Because someone had a crush ;)
I WAS ABOUT TO COMMENT THAT : D
lel
Ahaha
Canon ;) Haha lol
F.B.I - Federal Bureau of Investigation it was a joke stupid
As Hagrid said in the Chamber of Secrets book:
"He was the only one for the job."
(He said this in chapter 7: Mudbloods and Murmers.)
Yep and also what not to do
Yeh I seen it too
You answered the title much better than the several minute video. These videos are pointless, just read the books lmao
garad123456 yeh there are tons of videos saying the exact same thing made ages ago
Smacks Beard that doesn’t make sense
I believe JK Rowling made Dumbledore gay just to answer this question.
Dumbledore thought Lockhart was attractive and his last serious relationship was with Grindewald.
AUSEHAUSEHSAEUH good one
You won hahah
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Definitely the best
Yeah, I didn't think it went deeper then eye candy for dumbles.
When Harry and Ron bring Lockhart out of the chamber and he’s lost his memory, Dumebledore says ‘impaled upon your own sword’. He always knew what was going on. Whether or not it was a GOOD decision is another debate, but there is no argument that it was at the very least an informed decision.
Very risky plan. What if Lockhart had grabbed Harry's wand instead of Ron's, or managed to defend himself with his own... Eyupp, two mind wiped heroes, a dead Ginny and the school closes due to Slytherin's monster and the return of You-Know-Who.
Thats why Dumbledore let it slide to Donby that Harry Potter was in Danger, prompting him to close down the way to Gate 94/3. That way, Harry and Ron had to use the Car to go to Hogwarts, land in the Whipping Willow, breakibg Rons Wand in the Process.
It was all planned by Dumbledore.
I feel like the Super Carlin Brothers sum this question up perfectly. Dumbledore didn’t want Harry to grow up craving the fame and power that he had since 1 years old. He wanted him to reject it, and reject it he did.
Dumbledore staring at a magazine of Lockhart like a 12 yo girl: "a bad professor is a lesson...of how NOT to be....now leave me alone and close the door"
@Dharma Queen 😁
I mean, he's quite cute for a 40 something dude.
I never knew Voldemort wanted to teach. Christ, how would that have gone?
He probably just wanted the post to influence young witches and wizards into believing his extremist views. Basically doing what he did with the Death Eaters, though much sooner and on a much younger scale.
He would teach dark arts instead of teaching how to defend from it😂
In the Half-Blood Prince, we read about the reason Voldemort wanted to teach: he was after treasures to be found at Hogwarts, wizard heirlooms, for making them into Horcruxes. The best strategy to get at such items was to applying for a job there so he could search the castle.
Kruszynka Lailen so what the Carrow twins did? 😂
It has spin-off written all over it.
What I want to know is: Did the witches and wizards who Lockhart took the credit from ever get any recognition for their accomplishments? At least those two Dumbledore knew, since I don't know how the others could be found.
Lockhart used obliviate on them
@@wolfgirl4486 I know but with the two Dumbledore knew, did he ever tell them or do something to help them?
@@jasmidnurmi9857 well... He can't fix the spell since obliviate can't be reversed but he might have told them I'm not sure
@@wolfgirl4486Exactly. They cannot get their memories back but they still deserve recognition for their heroic deeds. And Lockhart needs to be exposed, so that people don't think they can trap ghouls with tea-sets or something like that
@@wolfgirl4486 Voldy managed to reverse memory charm in Goblet of fire
What would have happened to Harry if he destroyed all the horcruxes (besides the one in him) and defeated Voldemort?
Voldemort wouldn't have died
Same thing that happened when he was defeated the first time, except he would come back faster as he and other people would know what to do.
Julian but then harrys body would have to go in the pot and there would be no blood
@@firefox7647 why would Harry's body have to go in the pot? It says blood of foe, not blood of Harry Potter. Any member of the order of the phoenix would do.
Julian beacase voldemort is stronger with harrys blood
I think that’s the most well explained reason I’ve heard. I think it’s funny listening to everyone give their explanations about why exactly he got the job.
"So, who do we appoint for the defense against the dark arts teacher?"
"I dunno, some asshole."
Could you explain why the Dursley’s were so against Harry reading his letter and going to Hogwarts? If they hated him so much, wouldn’t they be glad they would be getting rid of him for 9 months of the year?
I think deep down they have been jealous and afraid of his powers as both Lily and James were wizards they probably knew he'd be one too and they (the Dursleys) weren't.. so they knew that he possibly could do a lot of damage to them and therefore were afraid to let him know about his wizarding powers
I have been thinking the same!! If they hated him so much, wouldn't they want him away as posible?
Edgar Retana I understand your explanation and thank you for doing so. I just find it strange that they wouldn’t want Harry going off to Hogwarts, okay they hate magic, but Harry is going to be able to do magical things (albeit not as much) even if he doesn’t go to Hogwarts. Wouldn’t they still rather he was out of their home for 9 months of the year by letting him go, rather than keeping someone they fear/hate in their home?
@@gowdyy it's not that they hated Harry, but what he stands for.
That's something JK Rowling answered before she started changing shit all over the place.
I'll try to make it short, but well, it still is a bit of a story.
Lily got her letter from Hogwarts, and Petunia, as her sister, had high hopes to receive one, too. But that never happened, so she despised anything to do with magic, or even "unnormal" eventually she met Vernon, they fell in love, and iirc, Vernon only met Lily and James once, immediately thinking lowly of James. Of course, to Vernon, who is about as spicy as flour, James looked like a bum, and sounded like a lunatic, talking about stuff like riding on a broom and whatnot. James having no job as far as Vernon understands didn't help either. Petunia eventually opened up to Vernon, about what Lily and James are, scared je would leave her. Instead he was like "I love you, no matter how abnormal your family is".
Petunia projected her jealousy on Harry, because, if she couldn't have that life, why should he? And Vernon didn't want a wizard in his house anyway. Their plan was to subdue that, no matter what.
Again, the hate doesn't go against Harry himself
None of your business Yeah I know all that. I’ve gone through all the books. My point still stands though, they did NOT want Harry. So why not get rid of him for 9 months out of the year by allowing him to go to Hogwarts? He would be out of their hair, they wouldn’t have to see him and he wouldn’t have to be in their home
I think it’s probably cause Lockhart got an order of merlin which is pretty cool so there
He probably got that from one of the many things that he wiped there memory clean
@@kIdeoCash_TMG Grindelwald
Also by keeping Lockhart in Hogwarts he's not out destroying other people's minds/memories
day *one* of asking Harry potter theory to make a video about if james sacrificed instead of trying to fight back
Dumbledore was desperate, he was running out of candidate for the job. Remember he hired Lupin and Moody afterward? Hiring Lupin was a risk that could cost his job, while Moody was semi-retired auror who happened to be his long time friend. The question should be WHY would a celebrity like Gilderoy ever want to take a job at Hogwarts in the first place?
I can answer this question in 1 sentence
Dumbledore hired him cuz nobody would take the job
See I saved u time :)
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Me : Always
How powerful wizards was Lockhard able to obliviate? Something tells me if he tried on Snape or Dumbledore he would have a bad time.
One of the best characters of the Harry Potter series. I remember reading the Chambers of Secrets way before there was any movie. The actor who portrayed him was way better than I could ever imagine. Even though this is a Harry Potter movie, the character itself had pretty realistic motives.
I always loved Lockhart, he is my second favorite character because of his stupidity and humor. I always new that Dumbledore was aware of his fraud. The look he gives Lockhart at the scene of the first attack was always hilarious. I also put together that the role was cursed and he hired him because he needed to but I never though about his plan of exposing Lockhart and teaching lessons to students
damn the witches in this universe were utterly obsessed to cleanse humanity of magical blood marrying muggles left and right
I have a question, what would happen if someone would make a phoenix as a horcrux?
Interesting.....very interesting
I guess that's voldys mistake not to do it 😂
Phoenixes eventually die.Like 300-400 years later.It's in Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them book.
So Dumbeldore basically ruined a whole year of people's education?
Dumbledore obviously didn’t care much for the student’s education. He hired Lockhart just to expose him, he hired Trelawney to protect her from Voldemort, he hired Firenze to protect him from the centaurs, he hired Hagrid because he’s his friend and he keeps boring Binns on because he’s a ghost and doesn’t need to pay him. Also he hired Slughorn for information but he wasn’t that bad of a teacher like the others.
Yes think of all the poor fifth years who had to take their OWLs in DADA with only Lockhard to instruct them.
I think Dumbledore knew everything about Lockhart. I think he grabbed Lockhart to stop the dark Lord from using him. Those memory charms could have been used very effectively by the dark lord. Dumbledore was taking out a threat, while exposing the fraud.
Good one
They need to write Harry Potter from every characters point of view
I'm just reading the one from Draco's pov😁it's really good
"He was a dark wizard catcher, a dragon tamer, a troll conqueror-"
A race car driver, astronaut, firefighter, and knows the U.S. President, previous, current and future, so you better not say anything mean, or else.
"Ah Dumbledore, you are indeed wise."
Oh yes, so wise, using a child as bait on more then one occasion, that will most definitely cause both combat and non-combat P.T.S.D.
Yep. Dumbledor playing 6D Chess again. lol
Gilderoy Lockhart has his memory erased with the backfired memory charm then becomes a full on muggle. He takes his dwarves and turns them into Oompa-loompas and builds a chocolate factory. Later he changes his name to Willy Wonka.
I always believe that Dumbledore hiring Gilderoy Lockhart was a strategic move. It exposed Lockhart as the true fraud he was and helped teach students and even the teachers what kind of people they shouldn't become. Dumbledore wasn't perfect and he did make mistakes, but he made a lot of wise choices, including his scheme to expose Gilderoy Lockhart. Three cheers for the greatest Headmaster Hogwarts ever had!
Yes, but by doing so, delivered great danger into the students. I dont know why dumbledore never accepted Snape, he would have been perfect for the role. He was powerful, had experience with dark arts (being for the time a death eater) and knowledge. I know this went on well, as lockhart was exposed as the fraud he was and harry (with help) defeated voldemort once again.
@@felipeterrero Voldemort actually cursed the position of DADA teacher position that one could not last more than one year
Jeeze, that "backround" music gets ridiculously loud, very quickly. I had to adjust the volume continuously throughout this video
Dumbledore put Harry’s life in risk by hiring Lockhart. If Lockhart succeeded in Erasing Harry and Ron’s memory.................
PowNite Entertainment Ron, “I have an Uno reverse card.” To Harry, “My broken wand.”
If he use his motivation to stand out to his studies, he’d be better than above average
For real, I ain't bullshitting.
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JK Rowling just wanted to put some light humour and that''s it. Nothing else! LOL
Remember in the first Harry Potter movie when percy (i think) was telling Harry who the teachers were and said "snape has been after quirrell's job for years"
By that Percy meant that Snape had long wanted to teach the Defense Against the Dark Arts subject.
Ole Gilderoy lol man he was so full of shit I was shocked Dumbledore hired him..........
Great job I was just reading that part in the book Harry Harry Harry Harry 😂
I bet the only reason why he was sorted into Ravenclaw was to not have every bad guy in Slytherin.
Can someone please link the music of this music, pls
Agreed
Why 😂
@@James-dl6ne What do you mean by why? Are you stupid or something, the music is good?
Still, Dumbledore's decision seems s bit naive. Lockhart wasn't just a fraud, he was a criminal. Because wiping people's memories should be a criminal offence. And he willfully exposed his studentts to such a criminal. If Ron's wand had not backfired, Dumbledore would've been very much regretting his decision, let me tell you.
I wonder what your thoughts are in a WHAT IF -- Voldemort had become a professor at Hogwarts (keep your enemy close? or could he have been swayed that early in his life?)
"So, in our first lesson we learn the best and only Spell against the dark arts. Now, get into pairs, raise your wands, and repeat: AVADA KEDAVRA!"
Dumbledore played chess and brought Lockhart for two reasons. First, to show Harry how not to let fame and success bring you to ruin. Second, Dumbledore brought Lockhart in "to impale himself on his own sword." Dumbledore's words. Great video!
Sounded like an innuendo now.
It's pretty Cannon to dumbledore's character, to use others for gains. Knowing Harry was at an impressionable age, Dumbledore used Lockhart to temper Harry's ego. It worked, and it almost backfired a lot. Thankfully, counter spells work instead of civil court lawsuits
Dumbledore was Gay and he probably liked him so why not hire him as a teacher 👁👄👁
I always figured it was to prevent him from falling under Voldemort’s group. He wished fame and praise and he would have gotten that, and with his skills as a memory charmer he could have been very valuable to Voldemort.
Lockhart was the best candidate, because he was the only candidate
7:13 imagine someone looking at this pic without any context.
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Lockhart lost the thing he valued the most, his identity.
Dumbledore: There's much to learn, even from a bad teacher.
That explains Snape.
I always figured it was the start of Dumbledore getting desperate to fill that position. I never thought Dumbledore was fooled, I just assumed any teacher was better than no teacher.
True. Who wouldn't be desperate with an annual turnover?
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Watch my vids, this chanel is ment to be a parody
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And what, drug dealers, are u 10 year old or something?
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I never understood how Snape was never an option. Weren’t there rumors about how he’s always wanted the position?
U keep blowing my mind 🤯with revealing the actual ages of these characters. I saw the movies before I read the books, so the over-aged actors where set in my mind. But with ur video of Umbridge telling me how young she was and now Lockhart 🤯!...
Well lockhart was atleast better than umbridge
Bro till when will u get content from Harry potter some day it will finish and u will run out of content try to do something new or think about the future
Stop
The real question was what was Dumbledore's plan to expose Lockhart, obviously the chamber happened but Dumbledore couldn't have known about that. Had he hoped that the students would write to their parents exposing this fraud?
No hate towards this channel but he hired him for a prank this could be explained in seconds but you extended it to 9 minutes so I recommend choosing multiple or a larger subject for videos
That's not the reason
Also no one wants a 9 second vid
It most definitely was not a 'prank' to hire Lockheart.
Oh I heard loads of other theories saying it was a prank so assumed that was true but I am gonna take your word for it because I have found out loads about Harry Potter from you love the vids btw ❤️.
Lil Badge how the tables have turned
Is it just me or did TuS Dumbledore Till the second year really looked like Santa Claus 🎅
It really sounds like lockhard is a narcissist
I thought he was the only one that applied though?
Dumbledore hired Lockhart because he had a crush on him
Wherea does all the info come from ;/?
Gilderoy Lockhart was very cunning to get away with stealing the noble and brave acts of other witches and wizards, until the memory charm backfired in The Chamber of Secrets, of course. He was hungry for attention and fame. A good example of how to not be, as Dumbledore had said.
@Soumodeep Guha not quite exactly. He still asked if they wanted his autograph, when Harry and his friends accidentally met him at St. Mungos in the Order of The Phoenix.
Defense against dark arts has been around way before Tom riddle. He tried to get the job so he could recruit. The headmaster before dumbledore told him he was too young. And then dumbledore told him no, riddle put a jinx on the job which is why they only last one year.
Maybe dumbledore was like "the last teacher was burnt alive, lets see if this one can too! #byerowena
Huh. Though Lockhart was Dumbledore's "lmao hired" moment
I literally thought that Dumbledore hired Lockhart cos he fancied him
...I should not be here...
Why am I so not surprised hearing about all this?
Part of his frustration at Hogwarts was enhanced by the fact that he thought he was so special yet he was completely overshadowed by James Potter and Sirius Black the top students with immense talent and fame around the school who were at the height of their fame when he arrived, not to mention Lily Evans the top potion student who would have been demonstrating that by her fifth year. He would have been in his fourth year before they left and even after they were gone they likely would have been talked about even more once they joined the Order, which at the time seemed public knowledge. While these recently graduated top students were fighting a war against the most powerful dark wizard in the country he was stuck as Hogwarts trying, and failing, to fill the void the Marauders and company left. And by the time he graduated Voldemort was gone the infant Harry Potter, child of two students that had overshadowed him for years was the most famous baby in the Wizarding world. Worse for Lockhart James and Lily were now equally famous for their tragic deaths, Sirius would never be forgotten for his apart betrayal and Peter Pettigrew was now a famous wizard who would overshadow him in apparent death even after all Lockhart's alleged victories. It really must have stung to always be surpassed by them, to likely see them as rivals while they probably never even knew he existed unless they heard about one of his stunts at school.