4 Things Magic CANNOT Do in Harry Potter

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Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we’ll be discussing a list of four major things that magic simply CANNOT do.
As any witch or wizard will tell you-especially the ones who were Muggle-born-magic can do A LOT of things. It can make tidying up your home or flat a rather quick and easy task. It can literally knock the wand out of another person’s hand or make things levitate off the ground. It can create fire from thin air, make people look like other people, or appear invisible. It can even cause instant death. In fact, the list of what magic CAN do often seems rather endless. But there are actually a many number of things that magic CANNOT do-of which we’ll be covering four in today’s video.
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@CrazyAnimeGamer2 4 ай бұрын

There's potions that can regrow bones, but there's no magic or potion that can fix your eyesight?!

@samstromberg5593 4 ай бұрын

I find it unlikely that it's truly impossible and more likely just that it's not common knowledge Like we know Luna's mom would create her own charms so I'd bet it's pretty safe to assume there's some hermit somewhere who's figured out how and just never cared to profit off it Though I don't believe it's possible to regrow limbs - it's possible Moody just wanted the intimidating look of a wood leg but more likely you can't regrow them

@Mr33500 4 ай бұрын

Yeah. Irl, we can temproraily fix eyesight for several decades but wizards can't create a procedure to fix eyesight permanently with magic? The only way i can see that being plausible is stagnation in the wizarding community.

@CrazyAnimeGamer2 4 ай бұрын

@@samstromberg5593 I'd see regrowing limbs as possible since they can regrow bones.

@maryholder3795 4 ай бұрын

Maybe it depends on how the wound is treated before getting to St Mungo's. Or the type of curse used

@frosthounded 3 ай бұрын

Pretty sure they could if they wanted to but probably have never got around to the nitty gritty of it. In fact we do know that taking the Polyjuice potion does just that. It can fix errors of refraction (Harry becoming goyle) and it can also cause errors (everyone becoming harry). Its simply a matter of changing of changing eyeball length and shape. I think they could do it but probably would need to be precise and individualized and it would probably wear off necessitating applying the precise spell again. They could possibly wear an enchanted artifact near they eyes that could contain the magic for them but at that point why not just wear a pair of glasses.

@elisadamico3974 4 ай бұрын

Magic cannot… fix the sneak hex that Hermione put on Marietta apparently lol

@ColtonRMagby 4 ай бұрын

As if anyone would want to fix that.😎

@professorsassafras 4 ай бұрын

That was evil ... Hermione was not a saint

@ColtonRMagby 4 ай бұрын

@@professorsassafras Nobody said she was.😎

@ShowtimeRL24 4 ай бұрын

Bro who was headmaster that year? Umbrifge easily the most hate able character in the series, honestly that’s mild compared to the carriws or Voldemort

@ColtonRMagby 4 ай бұрын

@@ShowtimeRL24 The Carrows are pretty boring as characters compared to Umbridge and Riddle.

@RIBill 4 ай бұрын

It seems magic can't grow new living flesh (Moody's leg, George's ear, etc.).

@Larka661 4 ай бұрын

Actually, it can, but in Moody and George's case, they were injured by dark magic, which couldn't be fixed.

@matthewwarner9039 3 ай бұрын

Except wormtails hand

@Defectoms 4 ай бұрын

It cannot conjure Ron proper dress robes

@daniels7907 4 ай бұрын

Can't do, or can't do *yet?* Magic is not a stagnant science in Harry Potter. For example, the British Ministry of Magic's Department of Mysteries serves the same purpose as research labs do for muggles. There was almost certainly a period in the past during which Time Turners (and by extension, time travel) did not yet exist and had to be discovered. Snape's old Potions textbook was filled with examples of him improving on the standard formulas (some of which were flat-out wrong, even when Hermione tried them) in the manner of a scientist experimenting with chemistry. Then you have magical powers which are poorly understood and thus believed to be "one-off" gifts possessed by particular wizards and witches. Seers and metamorphmagi being examples of magical abilities that are not understood well-enough to easily duplicate.

@flyonthewall8122 4 ай бұрын

Good point.

@DB-cx6uc 2 ай бұрын

Would explain why they get new brooms released each year, similar to smartphones 😗

@MountainFisher 4 ай бұрын

In the book GOF Ron thought he was paying Harry back for buying him some Omnioculars with Leprechaun gold the Irish Team mascots showered the stadium with. Later in the book Ron found out from Hagrid that Leprechaun gold disappears after a few hours. Ron got upset with Harry for not telling him the gold disappeared and Harry replied he hadn't noticed because he was more worried about losing his wand and the Deatheaters attacking the campsite. Ron just said it must be nice to have so much gold you don't notice when a pocket full of Galleons disappears and wished he had a Niffler. Hermione said now we know what to get you for Christmas.

@Yvario 4 ай бұрын

Even “old age” wouldn’t affect a Wizards or Witch’s vision if there WAS a magical remedy, because as the vision progressively gets worse, you just drink the potion again.

@iamwhoiam7887 4 ай бұрын

Right it's like taking omega 3 to retain heart health throughout your life.

@solaris9426 4 ай бұрын

@@iamwhoiam7887 I mean, there has to be a limit, even if a way was found. For example, while it's possible to use Lasik to fix bad vision, and it's possible to replace the lenses in the eyes to fix cataracts, it is, as far as I'm aware, extremely difficult to give sight to the blind. In fact, it was only last year that the first whole-eye transplant was done and I think it's still unknown if vision has been restored to that eye

@mikebrown1881 4 ай бұрын

The apparitions Harry summoned didn’t stay long because Harry dropped the stone, there’s no time limitation.

@macwelch8599 4 ай бұрын

I myself fail to understand how magic can’t produce money, it’s mind boggling

@TomsBackyardWorkshop 4 ай бұрын

That's intentional. If any wizard could produce money then money would be worthless. I assume its goblin magic that prevents it.

@dan13ljks0n 4 ай бұрын

The work-around may be to create/duplicate things to sell. Maybe use a spell to start a fad for your creations.

@c.ladimore1237 4 ай бұрын

probably a limited resource, so any creation would be equal destruction and that would be so random that it is totally forbidden/controlled by a cartel.

@jameswest981 4 ай бұрын

I know surly if u can transfigure a tea cup into a hamster u should be able to turn parchment into bills or coins.

@DracoSkyGX 4 ай бұрын

Maye it works like this: Anything created by magic is just a magical construct sustained by the witch/wizard's existence and when they die their magic is undone (with some exceptions). Like in the sixth movie Slughorn recounted how Lily turned a flower petal into a fish and when she died the fish disappeared. Or it could also follow a rule that all magic can be reversed.

@thomp9054 4 ай бұрын

I guess wizards can just poop their pants and magic it away. So that's something...

@cameron_0496 4 ай бұрын

Vanishment does have its uses lol

@benjaminmerritt177 4 ай бұрын

Must be why they only talked about the bathrooms early on 😂

@frosthounded 3 ай бұрын

I think they could probably fix the eyesight but it's just not worth it when compared to just wearing the glasses. Errors of refraction come about due in the shape and size of eyeball and lens. We fix these with glasses that bending the light in a different manner that is better for your eye (which is individualized and why glasses arent always interchangable) or via laser surgery that alters the shape ever so slighty. We know that magic that chagnes appearance can affect eyesight as evidenced by Polyjuice potion affecting eyesight. We also know they could probably cast magic that affects the way light is bent since they have enchanted glasses and eyeballs and scopes. The problem with it being 'mass produced' into a simple spell would be: #1. It would need to be individualized and extremely precise, like transfiguration just a few specific strands of hair. Mess up hair growth spell and you just need to cut it up. Mess up an eye correcting spell and you would probably go blind (reversible but being blind for a few minutes would be inconvenient) #2. Refracting devices would still need to be individualized and you would still need to go to a fitting and all that. #3. It would need to be constantly reapplied or cast. This could be in the form of potion (maybe eyedrops) that you keep reapplying. A charm you keep casting. Or maybe an enchanted object you would need to keep on your person at all times (probably near your face) at that point. a pair of glasses really is just easier.

@ibtiago18 3 ай бұрын

I have a diferent explanation for the eyesight limitation. It's not that is impossible to fix eyesight with the use of spells and potions. But these are complex and dangerous. With the help of magic, creating and mantaining glasses is a lot cheaper and easier. So most wizards prefer that to taking risks with forms of magic that could turn them blind.

@sterlingdennett 4 ай бұрын

I'm gonna try to answer this before I even watch the video, and let's see how well I do. 1.) Bring the dead back to life. 2.) Create true love. 3.) Create real, nutritious food. 4.) Hmm...I was gonna say "create money", but you actually CAN create gold with magic, IF you have the Philosopher's Stone/Sorcerer's Stone. Welp, I missed the whole "fix your eyesight" thing. Better luck next time, eh?

@solaris9426 4 ай бұрын

Also, you can technically create gold by using the Gemino curse on gold, causing the gold to duplicate once touched. Though I'm not sure if those duplicates even have any value.

@parkerandboomer6239 4 ай бұрын

I’d think it would be like leprechaun gold

@samstromberg5593 4 ай бұрын

Gonna try to answer this before you watch And then make changes after you watch Without editing your comment That seems weird All deception aside, I like your answers significantly better than theirs You CAN create money, and you CAN prolong your life indefinitely

@patrickdematosribeiro1845 4 ай бұрын

The philosopher's stone is also an exceprion to the cannot create wealth rule. It can turn everything into gold.

@Bryan198026 4 ай бұрын

Only metals.

@NV..V 4 ай бұрын

It can't make movie Hermione less insufferable either...

@logic_bot3753 4 ай бұрын

😂😂 and make movie ron less pathetic!

@athenathegreatandpowerful6365 4 ай бұрын

Hermione is both, far less insufferable than Emma Watson and far more intelligent.

@logic_bot3753 4 ай бұрын

@@athenathegreatandpowerful6365 we shouldn't blame emma for it . Cause she too is a kid who is following the script and direction.

@athenathegreatandpowerful6365 4 ай бұрын

@@logic_bot3753 oh, Hermione is fun and an interesting young woman. I was more thinking about Emma Watson in real life being insufferable. Outside of the Potterverse.

@kyleethekelt 4 ай бұрын

Magic cannot bring people together from disparate parts of the world as the internet can. I belong to a group called the Stay At Home Choir. We are given learning and rehearsal resources from world class professionals, we record our parts in our bedrooms and living-rooms and send them in to be asembled by professionals. Sometimes there are over a thousand of us singing the same song together. We come from over 75 countries and from all ages and backgrounds. We sing in many different languages; I've sang in six so far and I only joined in early 2023. I suspect that if the wizarding world could do something like this it would go some way towards ironing out their differences.

@andeeharry 4 ай бұрын

I am pretty certain that there are more than 4 things here. Didn't Hermione say that magic cannot produce food?

@janafz3309 4 ай бұрын

Yes, she did.

@wendler2117 4 ай бұрын

“Accio salmon from the rivers we’ve been camping next to for 7 months”

@janafz3309 4 ай бұрын

@@wendler2117 Salmon for 7 months straight... well, happy feasting. But true, you can use magic to get food, just not to create it from nothing.

@EmilyCheetham 3 ай бұрын

He said that.

@benjaminmerritt177 4 ай бұрын

It does bring into question the idea of duplicated items disappearing over time, since apparently you can duplicate food you do have. If it doesn't disappear once digested, then presumably you could do things like dissolve duplicated gold into a solution and crash it out again. That or you can't 💩 the duplicated food 😂. A wizard probably wouldn't think of a muggle solution tho

@c.ladimore1237 4 ай бұрын

can't create wealth? the weasleys have like an 8 story house! granted it got exploded and I am of course kidding and the gemino curse is weird, but :-p

@mecahhannah 4 ай бұрын

❤ Awesome as always thanks

@neryskkiran1820 3 ай бұрын

In Bellatrix LeStrange's vault at Gringotts, there was that spell that doubled the gold cups when they were touched.

@wendler2117 4 ай бұрын

To be fair isn’t literally anything possible? The spell just hasn’t been made yet it’s rare new spells drop but it also doesn’t seem like many people are really working towards so

@TheGroundedAviator 4 ай бұрын

Nor make you smart. Many in the books are surprisingly foolish and naive thinking a flick of the wand is all needed and don't really think things out or creatively adapt.

@Andrewtr6 4 ай бұрын

I really hope the Harry Potter tv series that HBO is working on is successful. It could be the start of multiple other projects within the Wizarding World. I would love a Ilvermorny series following new characters. Another series set at Hogwarts would also be cool.

@alisonsmith4060 3 ай бұрын

I always wanted to see a prequel series about the First Wizarding War with Lily and James Potter in the Order of the Phoenix

@w800imaiz 4 ай бұрын

What about the Gemini spell that Bellatrix used on her treasures in her volt?

@benjaminmerritt177 4 ай бұрын

Like leprechaun gold probably, it disappears after awhile. Most magic shows ageing or dispelling over time in universe. It's possible the exceptions need some kind of care to stay in shape too.

@benjaminmerritt177 4 ай бұрын

Regardless, magical traces are established as not that difficult to find. The ministry already catches a lot of "messing with muggles" without the under 17 trace too.

@bambi5227 4 ай бұрын

It can't fix Ron and Hermiones marriage

@usern4metak3ns 4 ай бұрын

Ron: you did what with Harry in that tent?

@wendler2117 4 ай бұрын

They could just tell people you can’t conjure gold food ect so you don’t try it and devalue the currency

@moontainbew5018 3 ай бұрын

Here is something you totally missed there is a 5th ands in the book. Hermione says you cant create food to eat. Can summon it, but cant create food to eat. Or else when on own they could. But they cant.

@rickystarduster 3 ай бұрын

not sure if the world of harry potter had king midas in it or not but you could in that world create gold if you understood how midas got the golden touch but would need to know how to make it stop as well. also wizards use transmogriphication so they could turn other objects into gold or food and it would be fine, as for a love spell it would need to be one based on the heart and i don't think jk ralling thought about that nor would she have thought about way to actually do the things you said could not be done which is why the ministry of magic would have a reseach department.

@wendler2117 4 ай бұрын

So i can’t conjure gold, but if i know gold is in a safe in the other room can i conjure it from the safe?

@mafeweigel 3 ай бұрын

So, magic cannot create wealth but you can multiply gold? So, does that mean that multiplied gold is worthless?

@shepherdsglen 4 ай бұрын

Didn't Queenie make a strudel for Jacob out of nothing in Fantastic Beasts?

@usern4metak3ns 4 ай бұрын

magic cant get umbridge a man... crazy cat lady until death

@huntercoleherr 3 ай бұрын

Wealth does make sense, though. Anything that could be magically produced or multiplied will not become a valuable resource. Only something that is impossible to create with magic would have the necessary scarcity to hold value.

@mikebrown1881 4 ай бұрын

Amortentia is not the only love potion.

@stonewbie5981 4 ай бұрын

A what if: If Voldemort could have had access to the elixir to a potion that could make someone immortal -- the Philosopher Stone -- would he then have reason to make a horcrux? Could the lives from making a horcrux have been saved if there was a way to become immortal without the need to make a horcrux? Of course we don't know the process to make a Philosopher Stone, but I think it's safe to assume no murder is involved.

@solaris9426 4 ай бұрын

Voldemort would never have gone for the Elixir of Life as he was not one to be tied down by another, which drinking the Elixir of Life would undoubtedly do to him, as it would make him dependent on the Philosopher's Stone.

@usern4metak3ns 4 ай бұрын

exactly

@Bryan198026 4 ай бұрын

I always thought that the ressurection stone didn't so much summon the spirits of the dead as it conjures representations of the people based on any memories the user has of them or based on stories the user may have heard about them from others. I personally don't doubt that Harry probably had some subconscious memories of the love his parents had from them, so combining those with what he learned from his parents' friends he was able to conjure credible likenesses which gave him the courage to walk into the Forbidden Forest.

@samstromberg5593 4 ай бұрын

4 thing magic CANNOT do Making people immortal I mean, sure, we know sometimes it can But USUAULLY it can't

@Larka661 4 ай бұрын

Wizards were the ones hiding for a reason. Magic has limits, but technology doesn't. A gun can kill faster than the killing curse.

@lassesgamekanaal 4 ай бұрын

I guess we're just gonna ignore that time that Harry took polijuice and it totally fixed his eyesight for a while?

@flyonthewall8122 4 ай бұрын

It didn't fix it. He just had to take his glasses off because Crum (?) didn't wear them.

@lassesgamekanaal 4 ай бұрын

@@flyonthewall8122 yeah, he doesn't wear them because his eyes work like there supposed to, ergo Harry got crums eyesight, ergo it fixed his eyes.

@caurd 4 ай бұрын

@@lassesgamekanaal "For a while", not permanntly

@lassesgamekanaal 4 ай бұрын

@@caurd as I said, but the video suggested it outright isn't possible, wich it clearly is, even if not permanently.

@caurd 4 ай бұрын

@@lassesgamekanaal It is not. "Fixing" the view temporarily, does not count

@zachzitzow8306 4 ай бұрын

Can't make a Jurassic Park thats for sure

@richewilson6394 4 ай бұрын

Magic can repair wands or broken items such as brooms.

@warriorofhades2975 4 ай бұрын

Are there limitations to wandless magic

@jonheath-smith4438 3 ай бұрын

The philosophers stone can turn any metal to gold so they can make money

@user-sd8ui5xh2j 4 ай бұрын

How do we know the philsophers stone was really destroyed we only have dumbledores word on that. he could have just said that so voldemort would nt try and get it again

@coxmosia1 4 ай бұрын

Can't repair one's eyesight to 2020 vision. So I guess occulis reparum is the best one can do it.

@solaris9426 4 ай бұрын

Occulus Reparo repairs eyeglasses. It doesn't fix one's vision.

@tigerz8174 4 ай бұрын

Are these what magic can't do or what magic hasn't discovered it yet 🤔🤔🤔

@merygonzalez9336 2 ай бұрын

Magic can´t prevent Hermione from being afraid of being expelled

@christopherpalmer7879 4 ай бұрын

This should be called, great things magic can do but with consequences.

@banthatracks_gaffisticks 4 ай бұрын

3 fish and 5 loaves feed 5,000

@TexasTabla 4 ай бұрын

bilocation?

@captainmoky 4 ай бұрын

will you please discuss Albania is Scotland in a video? or have you already made the video

@nico114334 4 ай бұрын

Harry was rich . He had alot of gold in his gringotts account well according to the movies

@jorynickila7760 4 ай бұрын

It can't fix stupid.....😅

@luckynascarcat24 3 ай бұрын

Muggle Lasik for eyesight

@aicarrie1 4 ай бұрын

I can't bring anyone back from the dead! It's not a pretty picture! I don't like doing it!

@Kyleplier 4 ай бұрын

You know, for all Voldemort’s genius, he was the dumbest wizard alive in certain aspects. If it were me, I’d have tossed a horcrux down into the Marianas Trench at the very least. Magic can protect items easily at those depths. But no human can survive the pressures down there. It would be quickly buried by the sediment from the hydrothermal vents and lost to time. If I could effectively toss it out of the window around LeGrange Point 1 or 2, it would literally be inaccessible to 99.9% of humanity and pretty much 100% of wizard kind.

@caurd 4 ай бұрын

Invented information. You don't know if magic can withstand those pressures.

@aleximalmgren5301 4 ай бұрын

Glasses are in there cos of the Aesthetic .

@grokeffer6226 4 ай бұрын

👍👍👍

@CesarACastillo 4 ай бұрын

Magic can’t make someone love you The Imperius Curse is triggered by this lie lmfao. You can literally use this mind control curse to make someone love you. Sure you have to keep it on them indefinitely but it’s still technically does the trick in my opinion. Magic can indirectly make gold too. We’ve seen plenty of people make gold with magic by creating sellable goods. Again in my opinion this is a credible workaround. There’s also the philosopher stone which can turn any mundane hunk of metal into pure gold. Lastly I don’t think age is a restriction cause the Age Line Dumbledore drew to protect younger students from being entered into the triwizard tournament included a joke for Fred and George Weasley. Not to mention they brewed aging potions to try and trick the age line in the first place.

@caurd 4 ай бұрын

No, Imperius suppresses the will and you can force someone to ACT like they love you, but not to love you. All objects created with magic are limited in form and time, so no, they are not useful for creating gold.

@Ninjamom4 4 ай бұрын

❤️⚡️❤️

@milasudril 4 ай бұрын

JK Rowling does not believe in matter. But gold is a little bit tricky to create, but I guess this would do in the Harry Potter universe 1. Collect sufficiently amount of water 2. Use muggle chemistry to separate it into Hydrogen and Oxygen 3. Put it in some enchanted container 4. Fire the spell Bombarda maxima Repeat step 4 and you should get a supernova. Now you are left with some heavy elements, including gold.

@usern4metak3ns 4 ай бұрын

umm... bombarda maxima indeed. oof

@milasudril 4 ай бұрын

@@usern4metak3ns And for hydroygen, it should be created spontaneously, since the proton is the most stable quark configuration. Also, the electron is stable.

@oBuLLzEyEo1013 4 ай бұрын

JUST...

@katrinna8426 4 ай бұрын

I feel like it could probably make you hotter so idk why Neville crab and goyle were looking so busted all the time. There was literally no excuse.

@melanievetter6211 4 ай бұрын

😊🎉🦁

@megatronjenkins2473 4 ай бұрын

It can't make my life less lonely.

@mcathawk1490 4 ай бұрын

So, if you make a horcrux, do you have to USE it to come back to bodily form? Wouldn’t you need a portion of your soul to come back? That is never explained, but if anyone can find out, it’s you.

@solaris9426 4 ай бұрын

You don't actually need to expend a Horcrux to come back to a physical form if you have one. For example, Voldemort used a potion comprised of "bone of the father (unknowingly given), flesh of the servant (willingly sacrificed), and blood of the enemy (forcibly taken)" to resurrect.

@Larka661 4 ай бұрын

Apparently magic cant fix wands. Olivander had to make multiple people new wands in the last book. But apparently, only the elder wand can fix a broken wand.

@Goodiesfanful 4 ай бұрын

I think it’s a safe bet that magic can’t change the weather. Well, have you ever seen anyone cast a spell to do that in HP?

@alisonsmith4060 3 ай бұрын

The Dementors can change weather to a certain degree at the beginning of Book 5

@andrewnash5933 4 ай бұрын

Things magic can't do, make me watch a Harry potter movie.

@solaris9426 4 ай бұрын

Will you watch the Harry Potter TV Series when it comes out in 2025/2026?

@ruthwalter2000 4 ай бұрын

Who cares if magic can't do everything? 1:40

@path1400 4 ай бұрын

Magic cannot cause a muggle to become magical. But they can have magical children. Imagin your magical 2 or 3 year old make you do whatever they what to do. Like give them all the candy they want or make you kill all their brothers and sisters so they can be the only child. The magic community is so small it would be better if everyone had a little magic.