How to Make Voldemort a GOOD Villain...
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- Опубліковано 4 лип 2024
- Lord Voldemort is a rubbish villain... But I can make him better! Today, I'm changing/re-writing the ending of EVERY Harry Potter book, to make Voldemort seem more credible, and even stronger!
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I like this idea because in the Deathly Hallows the goal was to make Voldemort killable and never to actually practice beating him in a duel, which would need to be done to kill him.
I hate that book
@@rayhoyer4829I love the book but some parts certainly are dumb
It’s said in the book that Voldemort doesn’t learn from his mistakes. He does the same thing over and doesn’t listen to anybody.
I definitely like the idea of making Voldemort a more menacing villain. Here is my suggestions:
Book 1: Quirrell shows 'weakness' in the confrontation with Harry so Voldemort performs some magic to cast out or possible 'eat' his soul and gives him just enough time and energy to potentially grab the Sorcerer's Stone from the 11 year old boy and kill him. Sort of a 'All-In' poker move but it shows that Voldemort is overly confident in his ability, ruthless towards his devoted followers, and capable of some pretty intense and dark magic.
Book 2: I agree that having the book stay a book is a better version. Perhaps an mouth opens on the page to call out the Basilik or an entire face, if the sorting hat can have a face and talk so can a book/horcrux.
Book 3: I also agree not every book needs to have Voldermort in it so leave it as Wormtail being the twist villain.
Book 4: I am torn about the idea of Harry escaping due to "sheer dumb luck!" One the one hand Voldemort loses no credit to his death eater followers as anyone can see that their Lord was ABOUT to kill the boy, yet on the other hand that scene also does add to a big part of our understanding about the protection that Lily put on Harry with her Death. If we want to make Voldemort seem more menancing, I would keep Cedric alive long enough to also witness Voldemort's rebirth. Wormtail can cast Impedimeta on both boys to freeze them, then have Voldemort torture him as a sort of 'appetizer before the main course', utilizing all three of the unforgivable curses in a minutes time. Perhaps first the Imperious curse to make Cedric dance around like a fool, then the Crucio curse to cause him to scream out in agony, and finally the Avada Kedavra curse to finish him off. It lets us see first hand that Voldemort not only has no line he wont cross but gleefully enjoys casting these dark curses and is already back to full fighting strength minutes after his rebirth.
Book 5: I feel that as happens in the book Voldemort should not actually get his hands on the prophecy, however, because he a skilled Legilimens caster he should find out just before the duel with Dumbledore that at least Harry knows the prophecy and then utilize his already established connection to fully learn the prophecy there in the ministry of magic. Harry, who has been failing to learn Occlumency with Snape, will fight but fail as Voldemort forces the recent memory to the forefront of Harry's mind and then Harry can stare directly into Voldemort's mirthful yet murderous eyes as he grins knownngly at Harry. Then the duel with Dumbledore can commence as usual.
Book 6: I'm not sure I agree with Voldemort showing up at Hogwarts through the vanishing cabinet, stepping onto Dumbledore's home field advantage is still too risk of a move at this point and he already has a solid Trojan Horse plan with Draco. Though they are more rare we do have a few scenes in the later books that are completely separate from Harry's point of view so we could have a scene or two of Voldemort on his hunt for the Elderwand and see some of the cruel magic he would inflict on innocent muggles and magical folk to get what he wants.
Book 7: Being the last book in the series, J.K. Rowling at least recognized that some characters were bound to die in the Battle of Hogwarts, but when Voldemort himself enters the fray, the significant injury count should be a lot higher. I think a lot of us forget that when Neville stands up to the Dark Lord, Voldemort summons the sorting hat, forces it onto Neville's head then sets it on fire. That is a truly villainous move and considering how much darker in tone the books grew as the characters and audience grew older, I would say its fair game to have more than just a ear be separated from some of our other characters. I wouldn't go so far as to brutal describe anyone being torn apart or dismembered but the carnage after just 5 minutes of Voldemort in the fray should be more than apparent.
Overall I love this video and the though experiment of 'improving' a classic villain. Thanks for the fun discussion.
A What If…? Series on Harry Potter actually sounds like a fun idea. If Voldemort successfully stole the stone, Tom Riddle succeeded with the basilisk, Sirius Black was never proven innocent, Harry was killed in the graveyard etc. I’d definitely delve into that territory.
I think book 2 can stay the same. This is teenage Voldy essencially, so he'd be weaker than normal Voldy.
And it is just a small part of his soul... so far less powerful than full version Voldy
@@frankbrugge5375Ehhh acc. It was the largest part of his soul as it was the first time he split his soul. I think that's why he appeared full body only that one time.
It's like Darkseid in the DCEU. The first time we get to see Darkseid he gets defeated in the extended Justice League movie and I was like, well, why exactly do we fear him again? It was the worst way to introduce the big bad villain I've ever seen.
And then he forgot the planet where he was defeated and also lost his boxes because the beating he got was so bad he must've had a memory loss lol.
The graveyard scene doesn't have to be a fluke.
As the ghosts tell Harry not to let go, he loses his footing, falls, and the spell connection breaks. He then gets up and runs away, and Voldemort tries to use his wand to stop him, but it doesn't work.
Harry tries his wand but it won't work either. He hears Voldemort yelling in anger and Harry feels that anger in his scar as it pains him. He also hears Voldemort yell at a Death Eater to retrieve the portkey.
That's when Harry remembers that the portkey can get him out, so his wand begins to work again as he uses Accio to summon the portkey once he finds Cedric's corpse after running away.
Why not have Voldemort take full control of Quirrell's body? He could make him strangle himself.
That would be even better 😮
I personally don’t think Voldemort needs to be more evil or stronger. I think that he should feel vulnerable early on, rise back to power, and ultimately fall due to his own overconfidence and hatred towards Harry.
Imagine being the 2nd most powerful man in the world 2nd only to a school principal but constantly getting your plans thwarted because your ambitions start with taking out a kid during the school year.
Curses! Foiled again!" lol
Imaging saying "school principal" trying to undermine the fact that Dumbledore is the most powerful Wizard in the world...
@@7gamex if Isaid he's 2nd only to the school principal wouldn't that make it very clear that the principal is the most powerful?
@@blazebburnin1 It's the fact that you're saying "school principal", by implying that the job he has makes it pathetic in some way.
@@7gamex right ok have fun with wherever you're going with this
Grindelwald is a much better villain than Voldemort. A lot smarter, more in connection with his own humanity, and is far more complex a character, making for a far more entertaining villain.
honestly something I would of liked changed in the films in particular would be to have Voldemort succeed in atleast killing Harry's parents and plenty of other wizards on screen before getting defeated just as he was about to kill Harry so establish just how terrifying and powerful he is at the start of the series, and for the series to atleast let him get close to succeeding in each of his plans to make it seem like Harry and the rest of the group are really straining themselves to their very limits every time they face against him, and especially let him have moments where he actually succeeds in his plans
He did kind of win in Goblet of Fire. Harry won the Triwizard Tournament and was sent to the graveyard exactly as planned. The Death Eaters returned to him, and he used Harry's blood to return to full power. He also wins in Half-Blood Prince when Dumbledore, the only wizard he ever feared, was killed so can no longer oppose him.
I never thought about it, but you’re right. The only time he did impress magic was at the very end where he was fighting Kingsley, McGonagall, and Slughorn at once.
Uh, what about the time he fought Dumbledore to a standstill in Order of the Pheonix and nearly killed Harry?!
How about when he blasted the hogwarts shield singlehandedly when an army could not? Or when he matched Dumbledore the greatest wizard of the age
@StefanWinchester Tbh, when he fought Dumbledore, it felt more like Dumbledore was holding back due to his plans and thoughts relating to hocruxes and therefore only did what was necessary.
@@TheAztecGamer123 Nah, I don’t think either was holding back. Harry was in danger and Dumbledore’s number 1 priority for most of the series is protecting Harry. Also, in the movie, you can visibly see how much Dumbledore is concentrating and how dialed in he is. Dumbledore and Voldemort were definitely both fighting at full strength
@jameslough6329 Eh, I'd always viewed it as from the moment Dumbeldore was there there was absolutely no danger. Hell even when voldermort entered Harry's mind a brief feeling of Harry's longing for Sirus kicked the emotionless bitch out(excuse the swearing)
Regarding Dumbeldore concentrating again bros got the Elder Wand I really don't think it was as difficult as he was making it seem as realistically Voldemort was dueling to kill Dumbledore whilst Dumbeldore was not as he wanted to figure out the whole secret and kill him for good.
Again, I do see what you're saying and fair enough.
your 4th instalment change beat the purpose of the prophecy that the dark lord will be defeated by " force he knew nothing about"
He'd still have absolutely no understanding of love.
I only agree with the deathly hallows change tbh. The first two show voldy being weak on purpose while giving the backstory of his power, off screen/book character development essentially. I don’t think there’s a need to change the 4th, if Cedric fell onto the portkey, he would’ve been transported with it assuming Harry falling onto him also brings him with it. Unless it’s a case of the person touching it having to be alive which makes things complicated. Even then, I’d argue it was a fluke regardless. Harry was losing until the ghosts, voldy couldn’t have predicted the ghosts which isn’t a slight on him at all. The 5th, again, him not getting the prophecy wasn’t a slight on him, it was on his followers being incompetent and as we see in the deathly hallows he punishes them more severely for their mistakes. The 6th isn’t necessarily a bad idea, it’s just makes some strange continuity with him leaving while Harry was at hogwarts where Voldemort could’ve just targeted him when snape had just proven his loyalty and dumbledore had now died. It would’ve been the deathly hallows without horcruxes meaning death for Harry even if it takes two go’s at it. I do really like the last change, makes it more suspenseful and it’s not a story altering change for the most part and just dramatises it a bit more even if it’s just for a few more pages / minutes. Interesting video regardless but think the first few changes in particular are a bit unnecessary.
By changing endings, we are changing continuity. One thing I would change is that Dumbldore dies not by the hand of Snape in sixth book, but rather by the hand of Voldemort in fifth book. I would change ending to the Order Of Phoenix.
Dumbledore dies at the hands of Voldemort.
Harry is believed to be dead.
Voldemort while victorious is heavily injured and retreaves.
Hardest part is to make Harry's death believable, especially to the reader or viewer. Nevertheless, the most important thing is that the cast believes Harry to be dead and that all hope is basically lost. Sixth book would be from the perspective of Ron and Hermione and not untill the end of sixth book Voldemort is fully healed and Harry comes back.
At the end of GOF, I would have Riddle deliberately let Harry go, because he is such a master manipulator that he can predict that this will only weaken Dumbledore's position because Fudge is too much of a coward to face reality. Have a scene at the very end of GOF where Harry realizes that Riddle didn't show him any mercy but made him into a weapon.
I love this approach and agree for the most part. You're definitely right, Voldemort as the big villain should definitely have been shown as more active, more successful, and more threatening. This is actually also a big reason why people perceive Umbridge as a bigger villain than Voldemort, because while she doesn't do genocide, she is very successful in her plans and actively shown to do harm and revel in it. Voldemort does not quiet reach that level. He is not an active threat actually influencing Hatty's current life, he is the idea or memory of a threat. He hides behind more successful people doing his work for him.
I think in The Philosopher's Stone, he hasn't been shown as villainous as he could have been, because that is the introduction book that was made for children to get into the series. Like this one is probably on purpose due to factors out of the story. One detail that was added in, but usually overlooked because it's such a small and insignificant moment, is that Dumbledore said how Voldemort left Quirrell to die, because he shows just as little mercy to his followers as to his opponents. In a way, this could be interpreted that Voldemort made sure Quirrell would actually die, but yeah, I think the writer didn't want to go that direct in the first book, which was very much made for children.
For the second book, I actually disagree with your suggestion, because personally, I think that Riddle almost gaining physical form was a big sign of the power he already had as a teenager. And that's the thing here: What we are dealing with in book two is not actually the big bad Voldemort we hear of, but him as a teenager, barely older than Harry himself. It is to show just how powerful he already was at that age, how his most dangerous skill is manipulation, which influences the plot and how characters act, and how successfully he almost regains a physical form through taking the life of Ginny, only though words and manipulation. In general throughout the books, I feel like teenage riddle is shown as much more successful than his older self ever was, but that's another story. So it's actually good to see his teenage version almost succeed and almost kill someone here. What might have made him seem more powerful in this book, would have been if he actually had killed someone. Not necessarily Ginny, as that would have meant he had regained full physical form. But all of the victims only were petrified and could be brought back later, so everything he did was in vain. If someone had actually died, that would have sent the message that he actually is a threat. And not a victim who died 50 years ago and still is around as ghost whom people don't take serious, but someone from the times that they currently live in, who then vanishes from the story forever, except in memory. That would really have shown that he IS an active and successful threat. More like gow Cedric was treated, although it wasn't even Voldemort who did it. Peter was more of a threat than him.
But I think once again, they left it out because that book was still mainly written for children who needed to see the "good guys" safe everyone.
Agree with all of your changes except #2. Voldemort needed to be in ghostly form to summon the basilisk. The diary can't speak parseltongue.
Bro, I literally saw a letter yell at Ronald Weasley and ripe itself up. The newspaper moves.
I’m pretty sure if this was the intention then books can speak in this universe. It’s also fiction so if JK wanted to have some plot armor and have some book summon the basilisk, she would have.
@@brandonking238 I know but there still needs to be some logical consistency even in this fantasy world, and we never saw the book actually talk. Point taken though, maybe JK needs to clarify this about the diary.
@@brandonking238 The fantasy example I always refer to is Lord of the Rings, which had a logical consistency despite it being fantasy. And I always come back to that.
First Book
-Maybe, but I think abandoning Quirrel shows how callous Voldemort was. Not being able to kill him directly makes it clear makes it clear how weak Voldemort has become. It's also important that Voldemort learns just how powerful (if untrained) Harry is against him specifically with Voldemort's inability to even touch him.
Second Book
-Nope. I think this one should remain unchanged. This is Voldemort when he was much closer to Harry's Age. It's the closest thing they have to what should be an even battle. Having Tom Riddle manifest allows us to see just how powerful Tom Riddle already was before he became Voldemort and what Harry is up against. When we later learn what Horcruxes are, it also helps us understand (in retrospect) how evil he already was at this point.
Third Book
-I agree, but then you didn't change anything.
Fourth Book
-Again, Nope. The "Priori Incantatem" was itself already a major fluke that neither Harry nor Voldemort expected. The graveyard scene (especially Voldemort using Harry's blood since it tethers Harry to life) is all important to establish Voldemort's hubris. Additionally, Harry's escaping by his own effort better showcases his abilities as a hero, especially since he managed to honor Cedric by retrieving his body. Having him stumble into the escape would just cheapen Harry.
Fifth Book
-I actually like your idea here. But maybe do something so that Harry and Voldemort both hear the prophecy at the same time. Maybe they both touch the prophecy ball at the same time and due to their existing link they're transported to some sort of memory world like in the pensive. When the prophecy finishes, Voldemort attacks Harry, but that breaks the link and they're both thrown back into the real world where they are both weakened by the experience. Dumbledore shows up to save Harry and Voldemort retreats, knowing that he can't handle Dumbledore in his weakened state.
Sixth Book
-Yet again, Nope. Voldemort serves no purpose here. Him showing up at the battle of the astronomy tower would actually make him look weaker. He has henchmen to do this stuff for him and it's their job to fail to make the heroes look stronger. If anywhere, he should have shown up in the cave. Maybe have Harry and Dumbledore barely escape with their lives, with Voldmemort somehow making Dumbledore's curse even worse, covering his entire body so now he knows he can no longer hold it back.
Seventh Book
-Again, nope. The point was to have Harry and Voldemort finally meet as equals, while still showing his conceit. In spite of Nagini's death, he was still convinced of his own superiority. He still thought he knew everything, even as Harry was explaining things to him.
IE: Harry tells him Snape was on their side all along and Voldemort insists he understands things about Snape Harry couldn't. Harry explains how The Elder Wand's loyalty went not to Snape then Voldemort, but from Dumbledore to Draco then to Himself. Voldemort insists that in that case, he'll "deal with Draco" after he _simply_ kills Harry.
At the end of Philosopher's Stone, I don't think Voldemort has the power to do w whole lot, having lost his host Quirinus Quirrell, and himself now disembodied.
I love how his changes to deathly hallows is what happens in the movie
Only thing about prisoner would be a very small epilogue where pettigrew as a rat arriving in Albania and actually returning to voldemort having smuggled himself on a ship. And helping Voldemort regain the form we see later in Goblet. Just explains how Voldemort returned from the vapour the last time we saw him.
Isn't there a thing about Quirell having had accepted a voluntary possession which means that when the possession ends he dies too?
First of all, he shouldn't have been on the back of Quirels head. It would have been more scary if he was something more phantom like... or better yet, giving the impression of him being closer to something like a deity, operating from the ether.
My take here was that voldemort showed up in nearly every year, and was thwarted one way or another every time the books concluded. That kinda just made him less scary. Usually it was Dumbledore and Harry's luck. Would've been better if we are introduced to voldemort for the first time directly in the graveyard. But yeah much of the books started out childish imo, don't know how to fix it short of an entirely different story in the same universe
It's not a bad idea, but how could Voldemort kill Quirrell without a body? He doesn't have physical form until Goblet of Fire when he became a newborn at some point between Books 3 and 4. Also, Quirrell was being controlled by Voldemort the whole time, he actually failed himself. That being said, killing Quirrell for failing when it wasn't even him that failed would be a great way of showing how ruthless and uncaring Voldemort was.
Hi there. Loving your channel! I do feel Voldemort was static. He could've been terrifying, he has no bloody soul. But though the books were great, she was bad at bad guys, romances, matching likely couples, writing believable deaths. LOL.
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Okay, Your going with the U.K. Title of the First Book, Don't Ask me why it was Changed to Sorcerer's Stone for U.S. Readers, I guess they just wanted to be Different, but as one who has Studied The Stone through Media Like The Real Adventures of Johnny Quest, Yes The one with The Cool CGI for when they go V.R., But I digress, Back to The Stone, The Philosopher's Stone is The Superior Title. Voldemort: QUIRINUS QUIRELL, YOU FAILED ME, NOW CHOKE ON ME, AVADA KADAVRA HYA! Yeah That's in line with Voldemort. Yeah, Diary Voldemort, And in The Prisoner of Azkaban The Villain was thought to be Serious Black, but was in fact Peter Pettigrew who returned to Voldemort as was the Prophecy. "The Servant shall return to the Master." Well he originally beat Voldemort with luck, and Harry is even quoted in saying "Most of the Time it was Luck." So we'll go with Fluke Portkey. There was a theory Floating around The Fandom that Just before the release of the Final book that Both Harry and Voldemort would die, as "Neither can live while Tho other Survives." But Yeah Okay Nagini lives to see the final Battle and is Killed by Neville Longbottom in an attempt to Kill Harry Potter.
Great video. For book four I would have liked to see not only Voldemort being the one to kill Cedric, but also allowing Harry to return. That way Voldemort not only seems more cruel (wait for it) and in control of the situation, but it also would show his biggest flaw by letting Harry announce his return.
This way his name strikes fear again and beating the boy who lived in silence... there is no glory in that if the world can not see the downfall of their biggest hope.
I totally agree with all of your changes.
I think the Chamber of Secrets should just have been a completely different villian and not Voldemort. Like distant relative, who is the new heir of Slytherin but he is a 5th-6th yr in Ravenclaw or something, not nesscarily Slytherin. Then people would know that there are still pure bloods in the pursuit of eradicating muggle borns.
The problem with Voldemort and co is that they're all just generic bad guys. They're evil just for the shits and giggles. I remember reading somewhere that Rowling wanted to portray a "Realistic" version of evil, yet she fails in doing so utterly. From the get-go in the books Tom Riddle is shown to be this Anti-Christ, Devil's Child from day one, with no chance of redemption. If Rowling had ever asked me for feedback about Voldemort and the setting of Harry Potter, I would say that Voldemort needs to be shown as a kind, but hurt young child abandoned and abused by Muggles. Expand upon his hatred for his Father abandoning his Mother, and his Mother for abandoning him in death. In short give an actual reason to hate Muggles and Muggleborns not just some old prejudiced that is inherited. Rowling sort of does this but its very lazy, and offers no sympathy for Voldemort. Also make the Muggle world an actual threat. Maybe the reason why Wizards are living in secret is because the UK government is actively hunting them to kill them. Make Wizards have a weakness to a readily available element that numbs their powers and allows for them to be captured. Thus creating a gray world for Harry and co. "Maybe Voldemort's right about the Muggles, How many Wizards did my parents indirectly kill by opposing Lord Voldemort?" Have the Malfoy's hate the Muggles due to a personal tragedy. Maybe Bellatrix was a kind women who fell in love with a muggle but hid her magic. They have a child, and knowing he would soon display magical abilities reveals herself to her husband. In shame and disgust, her husband slits his and their childs throats, driving Bellatrix insane, causing her to hate non-purebloods, and justifying the Malfoys prejudice. Things like this would make Harry Potter's themes more compelling and make their villain's better.
I disagree. Not every villain needs to be sympathetic, see Ozai in Avatar who also works so well because he is just evil beyond any redemption (which makes Aangs struggle at the finale really impactful). It's a very new trend to have multi-layered, complex villains but some stories are better with a more binary form of evil. I mean, no one is asking for Umbridge to be more sympathetic and have a complex backstory. If anything, i'd say Voldemort should have been made even more hatable, like for example they did for Bellatrix when she killed Sirius and tortured Hermione.
And if you are looking for more "grey-ish" forms of evil, the Harry Potter saga offer enough other characters. The Malfoys, Snape, Grindelwald, in some form the whole Ministry of Magic - or even the tense "relationship" between other magical species. Heck, even the young Dumbledore was so arrogant and power hungry, that you could label him "evil" at that time.
The saga has more antagonists than just Voldy and enough morally grey characters, so i think it works well if he as the main antagonist is really is "just evil". I mean, this also happens in real life. Some serial killers for example are just born without any emphaty. Its not unrealistic, its just that so many people want explanations for everything and can't accept any "thats just the way he is". But sometimes thats all that there is.
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one thing that pisses me about voldemort is... what's with his obsession with the Avada?
can he use something else beyond Avada and Crucio?
for the love of merlin... use a Diffindo!! even better, use sectumsempra. don't tell me the great dork lard didn't learn how to use it.
wounding harry until he dies from blood loss... that would be a great way to prove the dork lard is the most powerful and doesn't need to fear a child.
but... noooo... better try to use a painless curse that had already failed once and caused you to die. that's a lot better.
Voldemort is a complete joke of a villain.
by the way, I understand the plot need for harry to escape but... what was the dork lard thinking? wouldn't it be better to make a portkey that doesn't let harry escape or take care of it while harry is tied/unconscious? wait!! no. the dork lard knows better. let's leave it where it's easy to find and reach.
what was the point of attempting to steal the prophecy if only harry and voldemort can touch it? and, best of all, in the end he enters the ministry easily for that "final" battle. what was the point of sending the DE? or even tricking harry to grab the prophecy. c'mon... you can get it easily.
by the way... I wonder, did the dork lard learn how Lucius lost the diary? because he should had punished him severely. did that happen? no. why not? who cares about a horcrux? I have several.
I like most of these ideas because I completely agree that Voldemort just isn't a very threatening villain. One change I would make would be to have Voldemort fair far better in his duel with Dumbledore. Instead of Dumbledore single handedly, and casually, handling Voldemort and other death eaters, have Dumbledore start to lose ground to Voldemort, requiring the assistance of other members of the Order to push him back.
Seeing who we believed to be the most powerful wizard in the world overpowered by Voldemort would let us know that his powers have grown since his return, and we can't count on Dumbledore's protection.
And at the end of 6, Voldemort should directly order Snape to do it, right before Dumbledore's "please" further convincing Voldemort, a man who couldn't conceive of someone planning their own death, of Snape's loyalty and his power over the good guys.
Cant sit here and act like there is an age restriction on buying energie drings in the US lmfao
The problem is that if Voldemort can choke Quirrel to death he could've done it to Harry as well.
I'm not sure if I like the change of book four being luck but can't propose anything better. Maybe making it so that Harry only escapes because of a blunder from Peter Pedigrew?
I like the change on book seven, it makes the real identity of the boy of the prophecy a bit more ambiguous.
Good idea for the forth one
But I think Voldemort should kill Cedric and Peter just pushes him over and then Voldemort kills him as soon as he is alive
I would liked if by killing the snake made him mortal and hary beat and killed him in a final duel
I quite like the more longer form of content/theories videos
Really glad you like it!! :)
Voldemort would’ve been a better villain if there was more grey area when it came to his convictions. He’s evil for the sake of being evil.
Have to disagree with you on this one.
Voldemort is a very good villain and in Book 7 we get to see brief scenes with Voldemort which are very chilling and evil. I get the sense reading all 7 books that Voldemort was pretty much unstoppable and had a literal life-insurance policy which ensured he existed even if his body was destroyed. It seemed the only thing which could stop Voldemort were the fundamental laws of magic and along came Harry Potter: Voldemort's lust for power and mastery of knowledge was defeated by Harry's love for people and his selfless nature.
The most disturbing part of Voldemort are less his actions and more the actions of his followers: most of the death, destruction and torment were caused by the Death Eaters. Families lost loved one or were split apart or were utterly destroyed. Throughout the books we see this: Harry himself, Neville Longbottom, the Weasley Family, Sirius Black, Tonks, and on and on it goes.
Yes Voldemort was bested by a one-year old baby boy, but it seems Voldemort had at last crossed a certain line and the forces of magic, and the circumstances of the situation, created a protection which saved Harry and would have destroyed Voldemort utterly were it not for his Horcruxes.
Twice Voldemort came close to coming back and the third time he succeeded and became more powerful than ever. During Voldemort's first period of terror for two or three decades he attempted to control the magical community of Britain but never succeeded. Then his second period of terror he seized full control of the Ministry of Magic and ruled over all of Britain a mere two years after his resurrection. During the first stage of the battle of Hogwarts Voldemort won a clear victory, and if Harry really had been killed then I do not think there would have been much resistance.
Like all good villains Voldemort seeks power but also fears death. Voldemort made himself almost death-proof and it required the intelligence of Dumbledore to truly work out what made Voldemort so powerful and enduring- Voldemort's defeat was not an easy feat. Also, like every great villain, Voldemort is a grade-A hypocrite. He declares his hatred of muggles and mudbloods but keeps secret his muggle-born father. He loved Hogwarts but went on a killing spree as student that almost ensured the school's closure. He claims to respect history and ancestry, but he seizes ancient heirlooms and artefacts and turns them into horcruxes.
Finally, Voldemort is alone. No good person respects him or likes him or loves him. Most of his Death Eaters have no true loyalty to Voldemort and just want a slice of his power and to be on the "winning" side. Those few who do love Voldemort are utterly deluded- consider Bellatrix, she loves Voldemort and perhaps even has a physical attraction to him, but she does not realise that Voldemort feels nothing for her and is incapable of returning her feelings. Now Bellatrix is as villainous and sadastic as they come, but even she is capable of some form of love. But that is beyond Voldemort's understanding.
That's how far Voldemort is gone. In some ways he goes beyond most villains because he lives in a fundamentally evil state: he cannot love, and what he does not love he will use or destroy as he sees fit. I don't think Voldemort is capable of self-love because the damage he inflicted to himself is so great that it literally degraded his physical body and shredded his soul.
A very good villain and a bit different from all the rest!
So many characters in HP sucked. Exept Neville he is the best.
(NOT INTENDED TO BE offensive) but I love your accent
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