Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we're discussing Hogwarts and the topic of PUNISHMENT. How are bad students PUNISHED? If you don't know already, corporal punishment is an old system of punishment that was actually surprisingly common in the school system- that is, until it was banned in 1986 (in the UK at least). Other countries went on to ban it at different points in time, and I think that it may actually still be allowed in some places.It's also worth mentioning that corporal punishment also exists outside of the school system, however the school system will be the focal point of this video. Corporal punishment involves inflicting physical pain upon someone- and in a school setting it would be administered when students failed to pay attention, or gave professors flak. Though not restricted to these methods, common methods of inflicting pain would involve spanking or paddling- both of which are completely unacceptable. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we're discussing elves and why, despite being so powerful, they choose to serve witches and wizards. As you may recall, elves – and the concept of house-elves – are introduced in The Chamber of Secrets when Harry meets Dobby, the resident house-elf of Draco Malfoy’s family and the family’s home, Malfoy Manor. Through this introduction, we discover that the upper class of the Wizarding World all seem to “own” house-elves – elves who are magically bound to serve their masters and work in servitude for well-to-do wizarding families without compensation. Their tasks range from cleaning to cooking and running errands – all without question. The only way that they can be freed from their magical ensl*avement is if their master gives them a piece of clothing. Of course, this sounds quite miserable. And, so, it was unsurprising when we learn that Dobby longs to be free from his indentured servitude to the cruel Malfoy family, who mistreat him and underestimate his abilities and intelligence. This of course, inevitably leads to Harry helping Dobby secure his freedom, tricking Lucius Malfoy into tossing an old sock to the elf. However, despite Dobby being the first house-elf we are introduced to, we come to learn that he is actually quite an anomaly when compared to the majority of the elves that we come across throughout the remainder of the series – from Dobby’s friend, Winky, who Harry meets at the Quidditch World Cup when he mistakes her for Dobby, to Kreacher, the miserable house-elf of the Black family, who is inevitably left to Harry after Sirius Black’s death. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome Harry Potter Theory. Today we're 5 pros and 5 cons of Fantastic Beasts: Secrets of Dumbledore. The film just came out in North America a few days ago, and by this point it's come out in theatres across MOST of the world- so I thought it'd be a good time to release a list of my pros and cons- limiting myself to just 5 of each. If you want a full-scale review AND breakdown, I've done that as well- I'll leave a link down in the pinned comment.- I'll be alternating PROS with CONS as to not overly hype up or bog down the experience.- Let's get in to it. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Here's my HONEST Review for Fantastic Beasts: Secrets of Dumbledore. This film has been a LONG time coming, almost 4 YEARS to be exact, as Crimes of Grindelwald, the last film, was released in November of 2018. But that isn't even when we were first introduced to this story and these characters, as the VERY first film came out in November of 2016. NEARLY 6 YEARS AGO. We've been waiting a LONG time for this story to continue. I digress.- Today- I'm going to be giving you my HONEST review of the film. Including but not limited to.. What I expected out of it, what there is to come, what was good, and what was bad. This review WILL contain SPOILERS, and I'd hate to ruin it for anyone, so if you are NOT okay with that then come back to this video once you've seen it. BUT, if you have seen it, then stick around, and afterwards- be sure to leave a comment with what YOU thought of it down below. I'll give a score at the end. Let's dive in. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hey everyone, welcome to another installment of Harry Potter Theory. Today, we’re discussing Harry Potter- the boy-who-lived, and a rather disturbing instance in which he’s able to effectively use CRUCIO- one of the unforgivable curses. Now- we’re taught quite early on that the Unforgivable Curses are to hard to use, largely due to the fact that they are ‘horrible’ spells that require GENUINE intent for them to work properly. In this case, we’re discussing Crucio OR the Cruciatus Curse- which is arguably the hardest one to wield without proper intent.  Crucio is most often used by dark witches and wizards and a known proponent of Crucio is Bellatrix Lestrange, who used it to t*rture Alice and Frank Longbottom. When cast, crucio inflicts excruciating pain on the victim - pain so excruciating that it is considered to be t*orturous. Casting Crucio is said to require a wand and incantation, and its effects are said to vary depending on the casters desires and emotions. To produce the excruciating pain implied by the name, the caster must despise the victim and enjoy causing pain. Harry Potter, after crucio was cast on him, described it as feeling like ‘his head was being split open’ while ‘having his bones set on fire’. But Harry hasn’t just been on the receiving end of Crucio. Evidently, our boy wonder has actually attempted to use Crucio on numerous occasions, which is awfully surprising considering Harry is well…good..and this spell T*ORTURES people. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we're going to be discussing the top 15 most powerful wizarding artifacts to have ever existed, and we'll be going through each one by order of least to MOST powerful. You'll notice that common magical objects like portkeys and wands – well, MOST wands – are absent from the list below. That's because this list focuses on the most powerful ARTIFACTS. That is to say, rare and historically significant items that wield great power, rather than those which are common and owned by many. Let's get started... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we're discussing the fabled prophecy, and what is arguably the most important date in Harry Potter lore as a whole- and that is the day that Lord Voldemort travelled to Godric's Hollow to murder the Potters. Most of you probably know why Voldemort travelled there on that fateful night- to kill baby Harry- but what some of you might not entirely understand is why it HAD to be done. Why did he HAVE to kill the Potters? Wasn't he the all powerful dark lord with legions of followers? What immediate threat did this family pose to him? The answer to this question lies inside of the famous 'prophecy'. 'The prophecy' of course refers to the prediction foretold by Sybil Trellawny in Hogsmeade pub in the year 1980. We know Sybill as the professor of divination at Hogwarts, and we know that she has a track record of successful predictions- predicting at the end of the 93-94 school year that Pettigrew would escape, and that Voldemort would return. However, she was not always so successful, and in 1980 found herself in the Hogsmeade pub with Dumbledore, interviewing for her post as professor. While her poor reputation preceded her, Dumbledore gave her a chance because she was the great grand-daughter of famous seer, Cassandra Trelawney. During her interview, a disappointed and unimpressed Dumbledore began to lose interest, when suddenly Sybill entered in to a trance. In her trance-like state, Sybill spoke of the famous prophecy that we all know, explaining that Voldemort would be defeated. It spoke of a boy, that would be born at the end of July, that possessed the power to defeat the dark lord himself. What Dumbledore and Sybill did not know, however, was that Snape (who was then a death eater), was eavesdropping at the door. This simple fact immediately placed Sybill in great danger from Voldemort- and in an effort to protect her, Dumbledore hired her for the position at Hogwarts. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we're ONCE AGAIN (this is the fourth time I'm saying that now) be discussing the events that transpired in the Harry Potter universe AFTER the books and films ended. I have made 3 separate videos on this topic to date, parts 1, 2 and 3- which each cover 10 separate characters and what they got up to post Deathly Hallows. Between those 3 videos I've managed to cover.. Voldemort Neville Hermione Ron Harry George Luna Hagrid Draco The Dursleys Umbridge Fudge Lockhart Flitwick Filch Ollivander Kingsley Shacklebolt Pomona Sprout Arthur / Molly Weasley Percy Weasley Aberforth Dumbledore Fleur Seamus Finnigan McGonagall Narcissa / Lucius Cormac Mclaggen Grawp Rita Skeeter Slughorn & Dean Thomas Today, I'm going to be continuing that trend and giving you part FOUR of..WHAT HAPPENED to these 10 characters AFTER the war? I'll link parts 1, 2 and 3 in the PINNED comment.- Let's dive in to it. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we're discussing the darker side of the wizarding world- the history of the dark arts. Just like any other line of magic, the spells and charms that the wizarding community feared most... the dark arts... has a long, complex history. - But, unfortunately for modern historians, much of it has remained shrouded in secrecy. If it weren't for a few ancient Dark Wizards, like the sorcerer named Godelot who wrote the resource book Magick Moste Evile, we would know very little of the methods dark wizards employed in their crafts. But thanks to their texts, and the resurgence in dark magic that Tom Riddle brought about towards the end of the 20th century, we're able to chart a course from the earliest days of -dark magic, to the modern era.... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we’re going to be discussing the most prominent mentors in Harry Potter’s life in order of most influential and greatest importance. Got any guesses on who makes this list? I’m sure you do! Let's get to it! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we're discussing Newt Scamander, Magical (Fantastic) Beasts, and his trusty suitcase. More specifically- we’re going to be diving in to one very big question: HOW Does Newt Scamander’s Suitcase work? And just HOW BIG are the environments within it? Let’s jump in. Now- just last week I was rewatching Fantastic Beasts 1 and 2, prepping myself and making sure that I was on top of all of of the details of the prequel films in advance of the release of the THIRD installment- coming April 15- Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore. The films- which I’ve seen just a few times at this point (a stark difference between the number of times I’ve seen the Harry Potter films, probably hundreds there) were more or less just as I had remembered, however- there was one lingering question in the back of my mind: just HOW on earth does NEWt Scamander’s suitcase work? And, more importantly, just HOW many magical creatures are housed within it? Which creatures can be found inside? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory, in today’s video we’re going to be discussing Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. More specifically- we're going to be discussing Harry's encounter with Dementors on the Hogwarts Express and the shocking truth behind what Harry hears during these attacks. I’m also going to be discussing a theory for WHY Dementors seem to be so drawn to Harry. Are his numerous run-ins with dementors the result of sheer dumb misfortune? Or were they drawn to him for another, more sinister reason? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.