😂😂😂

Fuuuuuck touche lmao

Also (some) moderns school logic: if someone kicks your butt and you fight back, suspended! If someone kicks your butt and you don't fight back, suspended!

@@beccag2758 what school do you go to. Unless you provoke the fight at my school you get off scott free if you don't fight back.

DragonGamer 475 I didn’t personally experience it at my school, just heard about it from others, so I suppose it could be exaggerated? I think it’s usually under Zero Tolerance anti bullying rules when stuff like that happens (reddit has quite the story load) again maybe the stories are exaggerated (I hope they are because that seems incredibly unfair) but I don’t think they are😕 if anyone knows more let me know

Yes that kinda makes sense.

Bingo. Came here to say this.

Haven't finished the video but came down here to see if someone commented this. Thanks :)

Exactly!

Exactly what I was gonna say! Also, Voldemort used to possess animals, snakes being his favorite ones to possess, so, Quirrel could've easily brought a possessed snake back with him without anyone knowing

I can just imagine his scowl. 🤣 “Think of your future, what would the Ministry think! You’ve got to keep working toward your goals, or you’ll never get anywhere. Having misfits for friends never ends well,” then a sad pompous shake of the head. “If only one could choose one’s own family as well. If only.”

Yeah, I got confused by this

c yes

Percy doesn't have any friends, though; let's be real.

I was wondering if any one else noticed this 🤣

Hell The finale took place at Hogwarts as well and there was SO MUCH DEATH during the Battle of Hogwarts!! Lol

Dumbledore: "we just have a Basailisk, Giant spider in the forest, a teacher with "you know who" on the back of his head, a giant Squid, a three headed dog, giant chest board where the peaces try to kill you, and also a tree called the womping willow that also try to kill you". "So welcome to Hogwarts"

Well, maybe Hagrid didn't know the plot of the Harry Potter series.

The wizard world is dangerous. Hogwards is safe by comparison.

@@schwarzerritter5724 I'd call BS on that, no offence ;) Not a lot of places have such a concentration of dangerous stuff in them. It's basically like letting your kids play in a shed full of explosives in pretty boxes labeled "You won't believe what's in here! But don't look, it's not safe".

Yes, but Hermione had no idea what McGonagall was going to do or get mad about so it makes sense that she would overreact.

Manaal Siddiqui For real!! I never did understand why Hermione lied.

Best quote ever!

I know lol

This is still the most confusing part for me. I’m not even sure if she was lying or not! Edit: around 8:50

And voldemort actually mentioned that he decided to keep a closer eye on quirrel after he failed to get the stone from gringotts

Yes I forgot about that

Even if Voldy was there he didn't have to show yet. Looking at the Horcruxes in book 7 the effects develop over the course of months, not a week or two. The fall-out builds up from like August/September to December

I was just getting ready to write this :).

@@TwoFlyingDutchMen Exactly. Thank you. And the OP. This always bugged me. Becuase they shake hands in the books. Yet, in the movie they make a point of Quirrel NOT shaking his hand. It's like they thought it was a plot hole too and tried to fix it. But it wasn't. As you said, Voldemort even plainly says later on that he didn't "possess" Quirrel until after the failed attempt at the bank. But I've been through the books so many times. Some people don't put certain things together because JK is good at dropping information early on that doesn't come up again until nearly the end. Easy miss to make.

I was also thinking it could've been something like a wizarding toy she got from one of her wizarding friends and brought home for funzies, something like Weasly's Wizarding Wheezes. /Technically/ she wouldn't be the one performing any magic, but Petunia wouldn't know that 😄

I chalked that up to rules changing over the years.

Author Alys Marchand Same. Maybe it’s because of students like Lily using magic outside of school that they made that rule a thing.

In my opinion Petunia recalls Lily whilst doing her homework for Hogwarts. Isn't it said in another volume that Harry couldn't do his summer homework for Hogwarts because Vernon Dursley locked away all his magic stuff? Or was that just the movies?

Snape used magic when he met Lily... Also, the fact that letters had to be sent to parents at the end of term, just to remind them that students aren't allowed to do magic, indicates that it may be a rather recent directive... Probably conceived to prevent another young, dark wizard from learning something they shouldn't.

Nice one!

I guess the easy was out of that was the Hagrid was exaggerating, or wrong or prejudiced against Slytherin. Like if a Muggle falsley said there wasn't a criminal alive who didn't belong to group X.

In Suburbia true, but that doesn’t happen in the first book

Except that Sirius was falsely accused and hasn’t actually gone bad. I’m pretty sure Hagrid didn’t believe Sirius was bad.

This is the plot hole I always notice! Obviously she hadn't invented Sirius yet when writing this because there's no way Hagrid would forget the wizard from Gryffindor who they all believed at the time to be directly responsible for James and Lily's death.

Absolutely this. There are a lot of other little things that make no sense on the surface in the book but are explained by Dumbledore purposely putting Harry in danger. We know, for example, that he told Snape to watch Quirrel, and that he knew Voldemort was the one after the stone. But he still let Quirrel be one of the professors to help protect the stone. In fact, Quirrel left a troll down there as his contribution because he has a special gift with trolls. Obviously Dumbledore knew that, but he still went along with the "troll in the dungeon" alarm, knowing Quirrel can handle a troll, and sent all the students out instead of keeping them safely together in the great hall with the protection of all the teachers. He wanted Harry to find trouble.

I think that's low, even for Dumbledore. At least when Snape said "you've been raising him like a pig for slaughter", Dumbledore secretly knew Harry wouldn't really die. I don't see how deliberately letting Harry risk his life against Quirrell is the same as *knowing* he's a Horcrux (which is hardly Dumbledore's fault).

@@2602Jorno I don't think Dumbledore knew Harry wouldn't "really die." Horcrux magic is so rare and dark that even evil wizards are not all aware of it or even how it works. I think Dumbledore knew there was a possibility Harry could live through it, but I think moreso that Dumbledore understood that, as a horcrux, Harry HAD to die in order for Voldemort to become vulnerable himself to death. The whole goal was to finally, completely, and irrevocably kill Voldemort - the greatest dark wizard to have ever lived. Was the death of one innocent boy worth destroying the greatest evil in the world who, if not killed, would probably live forever and kill millions upon millions? Dumbledore was not a bad person, but he was also not hindered by any great conscience either. He was a pragmatist. This was not only war, but possibly the most important war ever waged. There was a saying on the Allied side during WW2, "When in doubt, win the war," meaning that if you had a tough choice (see above) always make the one that wins the war for the Allies and stops the Axis. Dumbledore's choice was clear. Let's not forget that Dumbledore didn't ask Harry to do anything he wasn't willing to do himself, as Dumbledore also died for the cause. I think Dumbledore thought that it was likely that Harry would die as sure as Nagini did when he was killed but that, having ended the last horcrux, Voldemort would then be mortal. Someone during the fight would hit him with a curse or something, and Voldemort would at last be dead. Honestly if I believed Dumbledore knew for certain Harry would be fine after sacrificing himself to Voldemort to end the last horcrux, I'd consider this series fairly poor.

@@wanderinghistorian In Goblet of Fire, when Harry tells Dumbledore about Voldemort taking his blood with Lily's protection, there is a gleam of triumph in Dumbledore's eye. In Deathly Hallows, Dumbledore explains that, in doing so, Voldemort has tethered Harry to life while he lives.

Ok, I'm going to be the Hermione if this section of the comments. You can't Apparate in Howarts, this is explained in a History of Howarts.

Totally. Harry did all sorts of unnecessary nonsense when motivated by his hero complex. *cough* Gabrielle Delacour *cough*

@@TheJak121212 Wanting to save Gabrielle makes sense. She was a child. I think many people would want to save a child. But he did have a hero complex as evidenced by how often he tries to play the hero when no one needs saving.

Also mentioned by Hermione in book 5 where she says that Harry has a "saving thing".

Let’s be honest snape is the most bias teacher, so Slytherin will have a great advantage, mcgonagall more objective and will take points out from her own house, and let’s be honest Slytherin will do anything to win, so there is a huge chance they cheated😂 even though I hate every single house in harry potter, Slytherin is the best among the 4 and they truly deserve to win.

Will you shut up Harry stopped the darkest wizard in the world from returning and gets 60 points he comes to class late and loses 50 from snape but when slytherin come late snape does nothing they did not deserve to win whatsoever and awarding them points for saving the world isn’t cheating or biased

Well Slytherin already won for 6 years before what happened at the end of book 1.

They've been winning the past few years though

U have a problem if you think what u said is normal brother

Maybe Vernon had a company cell phone. You should look up "Grunnings" on Pottermore.

I like to picture petunia and dudly clinging onto Vernon while he floats on his back

I once saw a fan cartoon in which Hagrid realizes this and he flings the boat all the way back to the island!

Who cares

@@Squigglycluff The way I choked on my coffee laughing at this lskjfalskjf lmao

Everyone in the scene seems shocked when she does it, which makes me think it was a very unusual punishment, not what they were expecting. Mcgonnagall has a few reasons to do that here. To teach an early lesson to the three she can already see becoming worse than Fred and George, to show that she isn't biased towards her house in contrast to Snape who she's been pissed about being biased, and to stomp down on rumors that Harry is allowed to get away with stuff because he's famous.

madock345 There was no way Neville would become worse than Fred and George. Don’t forget that he was the third Gryffindor, not Ron. Also, I think it was only each because Harry was so indignant that they were getting 50 points taken and she was just “fine! I’ll make it more then!”

well i saw this always as a punishment for telling Malfoy lies to get him to sneak out of bed at night and into trouble. I mean that what McGonagall thinks has happened. Thats why she deducts so many points. To spend the detention in the forbidden forest does indeed seem a bit strange. I always explained that to myself that Hagrid tries to make the detention not too horrible as he knows why they were out of bed. So he probably went and suggested that as a punishment to McGonagall.

Clearly Hogwarts has no concept of appropriate punishment.

@@madock345 If she wanted to prove that she wasn't biased towards her house, she should have removed more points from Malfoy, as she believed that he was lying to her about the dragon when she caught him. I can't see how removing only 20 points from Slytherin, and 150 from Gryffindor is a sign of impartiality. I know there were three Gryffindors and only one Slytherin, so of course the total removed from Gryffindor would be higher, but still, either she should have taken 20 from each Gryffindor, or 50 from Malfoy to be more equal.

Nah man, the strangest thing is the fact that Dumbledore can create an age-line that stops young people from crossing it. And yet he decided a normal locked door would be enough... Don't mind the animal cruelty against Fluffy for being forced to live for an entire year in a small space.

Exactly. Harry's first impression of Dumbledore being a kind old man, who was a little odd and very grandfatherly was entirely purposeful. The older we get the more I come to hate Dumbledore because he is that lawful evil battle chaotic evil, and part of that battle was convincing people he was actually good.

I absolutely DESPISE Dumbledore.

@@dawnschoonover662 Dumbledore is more like chaotic good than Lawful Evil. The cutthroat "anything for the greater good" kind of chaotic good, like your classic archetype of the guy going around murdering corrupt politicians and slave owners. Dumbledore isn't lawful because his methods are unorthodox and unpredictable, he doesn't have a personal set of rules or care about the rules of his society. He's mostly motivated by emotion, as seen in the fifth book where he admits to letting Harry stay in the dark too long because he didn't want to hurt him. He's not evil because he's not motivated by harming others, and doesn't place his own personal power or well being over the greater good. He's cunning and wise, and willing to do whatever must be done to destroy Voldemort. I don't really understand the hate for him.

@@madock345 I said Lawful Evil because he plays by his own rules, and goes waaaayy out of the way to ensure that things happen the specific way that he wants him to. Like the Elder Wand, the unbeatable wand that he could have used to defeat Voldemort at any time but especially when they were in a duel, but didn't because he wanted the prophecy to come true. Or how he let Lupin get outed, which was super convenient since he wanted to enlist him as a spy. Or how he has a habit of recruiting child armies who basically worship him, definitely not because he used his authoritative influence on them during their formative years to manipulate them. I think his character is best summed up in the fact that he refused the position of Minister of Magic because he knew he could get uncontested and he knew he would absolutely abuse that power and become a dictator, and he didn't want to be that person. So instead he controlled the only Wizarding School in GB and shaped every generation as they became adults. He's evil and he knows it, but contents himself by saying he's not THAT evil.

Dawn Schoonover When he fought Voldemort in the 5th book Voldemort still had his horcruxes which means he can’t die! So the elder wand wouldn’t be able to kill him so...

Yeah agreed, especially since it's supposed to be a Gryffindor trait to do something brave 😂 Neville completly went against his own fears and went out to warn Harry and Hermione (no idea why he tried to do that in the middle of the night) and after all of that 50 points because you wanted to help a friend, but here take 10 points for trying to fight against a friend...

Yup agreed. Harry has had his hero complex right from the very beginning, and from his POV, snape was a terrible human being that Dumbly was always a fool for trusting so of course Harry just has to take matters into his own hands. And you're right, at that point I don't think he had any clue what a powerful wizard Dumbledore was

Jacqueline Sayler I do agree; it makes sense from his POV. If Snape was in on all the enchantments, it’d be easy to break them. Although, in reality I like the idea that the enchantments went up one by one in succession, so Snape would not have been present when the chess set and keys and Devil’s Snare were put up. But Harry wouldn’t know that! He also didn’t know the mirror had been moved from its previous location (Room of Requirement we think? Right?) in order to guard the Stone, and if Snape had wanted it, again, it would be protected. This way Dumbledore isn’t an idiot for letting Snape be involved, even if he is a Dark Wizard, but Harry’s still driven by some logic, at least, and since none of the adults took the threat seriously, he was the last line of defense, not the first line. He was at least smart enough to know it was something he would not be equipped for, and he wasn’t. At least not alone.

Lol Harry is a Leo. He can't help having a Hero Complex.

@@SunflowerSpotlight: However, he DID know that there had been a security breach (Hagrid revealing how to get past Fluffy). [A name that is so perfectly Hagrid it still makes me chuckle all these years later.]

And with THAT attitude walks into the Chamber of Secrets in the next year, without a thought of alerting actual teachers

@@mythra7174 Totally! At least in the first books, it's very open. Quirrell brought in a freaking troll!

It's still a plot hole but maybe Hogwarts had less protection in early moments and only later they would add more protective charms

@@drogadepc Nah, I think Dumbledore was always the typ to know everything that was going on in the castle and the grounds. He knew Harry would find the Mirror of Erised, because he gave Harry the cloak on purpose. Dumbledore probably had the right instinct about Sirius or wanted to lure him into Hogwarts, because he employed Lupin too.

Eh, I always shrugged it off as nervous being-confronted-by-an-authority-figure-after-almost-dying kid logic.

From a writing perspective, I get it. She demonstrates loyalty, and that’s what allows them to seal the deal mentally and become friends. Shared trauma helps, but adding a secret, and then choosing to take a hit for someone to protect them, that helps even more. It also brought her shame from others, to further her sacrifice, and allows some growth in Ron and Harry due to them deciding they judged without knowing her and to discard preconceived ideas about people. In writing, you need to do about five things with a scene to make it worth taking up the space and time it takes to tell it. It did several things very well. But it could have been done better. If McGonagall had seen Hermione upset at some point, if she had let the boys know by glaring at them or something (not important, but if she really wanted to connect the dots), if she had asked Hermione if she was in the bathroom to avoid particular students who were making her, such a bright young witch, have such a hard time at school, et cetera... Hermione could have told the truth, but gotten the boys in trouble. Lying would have still cost her what it did, but have made the boys a bit more in her debt because it actively prevented trouble for them. She could even be thanked by them and she could say, “You didn’t know I’d overheard you. And, well, I was a little over-enthusiastic about coming to learn magic. I thought everyone else would feel the same way.” It would show an understanding of her “know-it-all” personality and the pitfalls of it. It would also show some humility, brushing off thanks or praise. I like Hermione; I’m... basically Hermione. 😂 I get the struggle of containing your enthusiasm because it’s kinda too much for other people. There’s a time to let that memorization skill shine bright like a diamond and a time to let others shine in *their* ways. So I’m not dogging her, but I think even if she couldn’t really control her enthusiasm, acknowledging its pitfalls when possible is a good idea. Giving her a reason to straight up lie is also more in keeping with Hermione’s personality. Like when she had Harry’s broom effectively yanked away because her conscience told her she had to report it. She has to think something is the right thing to do in order to go ahead and go through with it. Giving her a reason would have by far been the best route to take.

I think it was to hide the fact that it was Ron and Harry’s conversation that made her cry in the first place and that Ron and Harry locked the troll in with her. To an 11 year old, it might seem like R and H would get in trouble for that.

Biggest reason I thought she did it was to show Harry and Ron that she knew she was a know it all and she feels bad about it and doesn't want it to keep her from being friends with them.

It's because she left out the part where they had been mean to her and took all the responsibility on herself. It showed her willingness to get in trouble for them, even though she hates getting in trouble.

Oh, I get you. In Portuguese, it's translated into something that in English it's only possible to translate into literally The Philosopher's Stone, but in the way it is in Portuguese makes it sound like the stone is pondering about stuff and being philosophical loooool. Philosopher's (filosofal) is used as an adjective. So yeah it's pretty weird

תהלה קאופמן in finnsh it’s also called smart people stone, but it’s still the official term for philosopher’s stone in finnsh. i think i knew what it was before i came across rowling’s work

In Sweden the first book is called The wise's stone.

The German translation was actually perfect, lol. It was literally called what a Philosophers stone is called in German.

French is the worst one : Harry Potter à l’école des sorciers so in English Harry Potter at the Wizards’ School

Apparation wasn't introduced until book 2. Just saying...

@@nicholasmedich7493 As she said in the video, just because a plot hole is only a plot hole later, doesn't mean it's not a plot hole. Also I don't remember apparition in the second book, only floo powder, although Hermione probably said you can't apparate from inside hogwarts once, or twice.

You can’t apparat on Hogwarts grounds

Have you forgotten The Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery was put into effect in 1875?

@@JonathanSmith-ge4pi its a joke jonathan

@@snoozuu Well plenty of other people are posing this theory non-sytterically, and I don't know what the joke was.

@@snoozuu 😭😭

I read this in the voice of 'Film Theory' guy.

@@peshokatarov Screen Rant pitch meetings are so good

hermione, using _someone else’s wand_ could open the door

yeah this platform 9 3/4 thing also bothered me especially Mrs. Weasley asking her children which platform it is, although in the end its always the same platform the train leaves from.

@@starryk79 well but there's also the theory that she does so on purpose when she sees harry looking around not knowing what to do, she just says it very loud in order for him to grasp that the weasleys belong to the wizarding world so he isn't intimidated

@@megafonundmo1458 and there's the (dumb) theory that Mrs. Weasley only did this, not because she's a kind and caring mother-figure, but because Dumbledore paid her off.

See kids, something so evil that it would kill, and drink the blood of a unicorn is lurking around the forest, we're going to send you out with a dog, and a lantern to try to find it.

@@JonathanSmith-ge4pi To be fair, Dumbledore or the Head of House or whoever issued the punishment didn’t know that Hagrid would conduct it that way. They were simply like “you get detention with Hagrid” and then left the details up to him. And besides, Hagrid was close by and also knew that the forest was filled with Centaurs, so I’m sure he thought it was safe enough. And even if you disagree… it’s Hagrid. He’s not known for being the brightest bulb. Unless… if you check out SuperCarlinBrothers theory video on Dumbledore’s Plan for Harry’s first year, then it all makes sense that way, too.

I really like this explanation.....I just kinda waved it off as you know, a kids book, but this makes so much sense!

pfed04 remember that in book 6 Dumbledore apparates himself and Harry out of Hogwarts and back into it. I think that was her point. And in book 6, Dumbledore’s explination for this was, “being me does have its advantages.”

@@whoami6711 What you're quoting happens in the film, in the book they apparate to Hogsmeade. Although, in the same book it is mentioned that Dumbledore can lift the enchantment that prevents this; he does that when the students are learning how to apparate in the Great Hall.

Aleksandar Krastev omg, you are right. I totally forgot that. I’m sorry.

@@aleksandarkrastev5879 Came here to leave this comment! Hermione continues to repeat it in literally every book of HP: "When are you going to learn that apparating in Hogwarts is not possible?" Dumbledore and Harry walked to Hogsmeade to apparate and also apparated back to Hogsmeade once they picked up the locket.

It's a bit sad that we consider pointing out flaws of (popular) books as bravery now... I mean, I get it, but after all the idea of reviewing something is not only to say how much you loved it, but to point out flaws as well...

Welcome to "feelings over criticism" culture. Over the past few decades we've been telling generation after generation how special they are, how "their truth" is all that matters, and telling them they don't have to prove themselves through struggle and hard work. That the world owes them something just for being in it. And we're surprised each generation has become more sensitive, more self-deluding, and able to take less criticism? Especially of things they have emotional attachments to.

The disintegration thing was more of a movie moment, wasn’t it? In the book, Quirrell’s skin just burns and blisters. It was the impact of being possessed by Voldemort on his body, and then Voldys subsequent ejection from Quirrell which really killed him. His body had been through too much. I guess Harry passed out before he could really register any of that, so he was saved any real shock or guilt.

Yeah, puzzles are a shity way of locking something up. Like, that one room where you have to snatch the key out of the air. Why not have the key not be there? Dumbledore just has it on him the entire time, smirking at the thought that some stupid Deatheaters might chase their butts off down below the School. Or the final chamber. What kind of magical AI controlls the chess board? It seems low enough for a 10 year ild to beat. Why? Actual chess programs can't be beaten by anyone. Just make it an unbeatable chess match only a number of peopld can just skip.

The rule was a thing when Lily was young too. In Snapes memories in the Deathly Hallows, Snape tells Lily about how they can’t do magic outside of school

Now that I think about it when Petunia was telling Harry about her sister Lily she was exaggerating about her turning teacups into rats during her summer vacations. You could tell by the tone in her voice that she was jealous of Lily and she is still jealous to that day. In book 7 we see how envious she was about Lily being able to do magic while Petunia couldn't. She even wrote to Dumbledore asking to make an exception for her to go too despite that she's a muggle. Of course he politely declined.

1 - it isn't possible. The International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy was estabilished in 1692. Theoretically underage wizards or witches can't perform magic outside the premises of their respective wizarding school since then, unless it's convenient to the plot.

Namorat: To your second point; Quirrel probably would have worn gloves *if he had known of the need*. It seems neither he nor his master knew. Also, I think I recall that Harry, when he figured out the damage to Q's hands, reached up and grabbed his face; an even greater distraction.

Not our fault, they published it under that name. Though I’ve stopped saying it because it is just generally confusing in conversations and I like Philosophers Stone better, so....

It's the American publisher Scholastic's fault I gather for underestimating their audience and seemingly not caring about mythology.

Alex Wright Very true. But I must admit I also kinda blame the Americans that still use the term Sorcerer despite it being pointed out how it’s wrong, doesn’t fit or make sense, ignores mythology and alchemy and that the only reason why it was changed in the first place was because publishers thought US kids/people were too stupid to understand that other countries do indeed use terms, spellings and ideas ect that might not be familiar to them. That perhaps leaving the work as it is could broaden the mind of the child and give them a little glimpse of how other countries/cultures work or use words, ect. I myself am not British and by reading Harry Potter I was able to learn different terminology, among other things. I’ve noticed America doesn’t quite seem to understand that they don’t need to Americanize everything just so that they understand it, or that it’s more palatable to them. Now this doesn’t necessarily have to be a bad thing. I think every culture/country has taken aspects of other region’s stories and made them their own, put their own spin to it. Grimm’s fairytales comes to mind. But America does it with *everything*. Even the things they could leave alone they change to make it easier for them to digest. So many think the US versions of The Office and Being Human came first after all. Harry Potter is quintessentially English: British characters, British settings, written by a British woman. US publishers changed the name of the first book - which, IMPO, kinda set a tone - and certain pieces of text. When the movies started being made all these American actors kept pushing for roles, (which I in part understand because a) they like the books/characters and want to be a part of it and b) they want work and to make that cash) not getting that HP is so quintessentially British you can’t take that aspect out if it. It’s like taking the Americanness out of the president - it just doesn’t work. It’d be like making an American version of the movie Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (or an adaptation of the books)... some things are just tied to the culture/country they were written in. So... long winded of saying that America is one of the only places that calls it ‘Sorcerer’s Stone’; that it’s for a stupid reason; that people know all of those reasons now; and that those who still call it that instead of it’s true name of Philosopher’s Stone are kinda being thick and stubborn. There’s no real reason to say Sorcerer except for the US publishers went with that and maybe that’s what you used when you read the book. Cool. But IMPO that’s not a good enough excuse because we all say and do things when we’re young that we’re not aloud to say and do when we grow older - people (most of us at least) know how to grow out of habits.

Alex Wright Just thought my last comment might be a little harsh, so I’m sorry. I’m not angry at you, not even that angry about the topic anymore as it’s been too many years, but I did my usual multiple paragraph word dump on ya. So that must have sucked, lol. I say too many things. I’m just a little frustrated that the US publishers thought their customers were too stupid to understand something and practically all the Americans bought into it and then a lot of them (not all) turn around and try educate everyone else on why their way is the right and only way... when it only came about because those in charge selling them stuff thought they were uneducated, ignorant fools. Anyway have a good rest of your day/night!

Alexa Levon I agree. I read the book at age 11 (it helped me get on the road to conquering my dyslexia and becoming an editor) and adored it. When I found out the original name, I’d already gotten pretty deep into mythology, so a few things clicked. It made way more sense. 😅 So I’ve gone to The Philosopher’s Stone for good; it’s just more accurate. I guess they thought kids would imagine some ‘old,’ academic in an Ivory Tower. It’s a bummer that instead of teaching the audience, they spoke down to them.

JK rowling tweet: You the reader are gay

In POA, Ron is punished by cleaning hospital bedpans without magic. But why do they even have bedpans if they can just magic the poop away? Come on, Jo!

This comment didn’t age well, haha.

this didn’t age well..

Hagrid was actually gay do you can't blame him for anything he did. Problem solved.

@@scientificbrothers2166 Only in the movie, in the book they walk out to Hogsmeade and aparate there, then aparate back to Hogsmeade and borrow brooms from Madam Rosmerta of the Three Broom-Sticks and fly to the Astronomy Tower. Also in Order of the Phoenix he disappears from his office using an ability of Fawkes the phoenix not his own apparition skill. Nevertheless, Dumbledore could have done just that instead of flying.

"Being the Headmaster has its privileges"

@@justaguy105 MOVIE Dumbledore

According to _Hogwarts, A History_ . . .

She said to cover the dragon only, and carry it in a crate. Hagrid didn't need to be invisible, as he is allowed to be in any area at any time.

Hagrid was too attached to the dragon like it was his son and he its mother.. He would have been too emotional to let Norbert go..and Harry n Hermione didnt do too much wrong until they forgot the cloack of invisibility at the tower..

Юстин Бейлиш Plus, Malfoy has a big mouth.

Thank you for pointing that out.

Yes... Adult wizards specially are incredibly roundabout and inefficient...

That's a good point. They're wizards with incredible powers, but the reasoning and understanding of 11 year olds, since they haven't been educated in anything but magic since then.

Perhaps the chess pieces self repair

John Bradford You can’t use the movies as a good reference. They also burn down the Burrow in the movie of HBP, but it’s NEVER burned down in the books. Movies take liberties they don’t need to.

To be fair dumbledore does confront them about it in HBP

Oh, Dumbledore was fully aware of that. He had Figg spying on them and even told Harry at one point that he knew Harrys life wouldn't be happy when he placed Harry at the Dursleys. What I am far more confused is if child protection services didn't exist at the time, otherwise I can't understand how no-one ever called the police. I mean they aren't very subtle with Harrys mistreatment.

Bill works as a cursebreaker for Gringott's, it's Charlie that works with dragons in Romania.

But Petunia would not have seen that if Lilly had turned teacups into rats at Snape's house :D I think it's either Petunia exaggerating or Rowling simply not thinking about every little detail of the first book

@@neilstinston1457 Goddamit, you're right. 😳😳😳😳

@@giuliakenway6500 But If they did it around his house she might have seen. She had a habit of following them around in order to see them do magic.

Maybe they didn't used to enforce the use of magic laws by minors very zealously or they've changed in a generation. We see in the books how arbitrary the magical justice system seems to be and how little the Ministry of Magic seems to care for the rule of law.

This one is answered pretty easily... Dumbledore said that Lily's Magic is more powerful than Voldemort until he turns 17 or he doesn't consider 4 Privet Drive as his home anymore... Reason why the magic of the horcrux starte to increase with time (since Harry felt more attached to Hogwarts with time and because he had found a home a the Burrow...) And we he finally was free from the Dursley's the Horcrux effect became more powerful (more nightmares...)

The reason is much simpler and explained in the book: Voldemort wasn't possessing Quirell yet.

OnceUponANovel Yes! I always thought that Petunia was trying to make her sound as strange as possible. A pocketful of frogspawn sounds repulsive and purposely making rats out of charming teacups would seem similarly repulsive to most people really, especially someone like Petunia who probably sees rats as dirty and disease-ridden.

The Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery of 1875 wants to know your location.

he wanted to use it to bring back the dark lord and for that he needed to give it to him

@@JonathanSmith-ge4pi To my knowledge this is the only time I've commented on it on KZfaq and I didn't link anything, nor did Merphy IIRC, so I don't understand your comment in the context of a reply to mine.

They _did_ know, but they needed an excuse to enact their plan, and the use of magic in close proximity to Harry gave them plausible deniability

It's in Half-blood Prince, I believe, that Dumbledore explains to Harry that the trace can only detect magic in proximity to the child it is attached to. The ministry relies on the parents to uphold the law of no underage magic. It's easy to track in muggle households since it's only the child who would be able to use magic (and you can make the assumption that a half-blood household would uphold the Statute of Secrecy reasonably well) but it's a nightmare in pureblood households. It's probably why many consider purebloods more talented at magic, since they can get away with practising at home (if their parents are lenient). In Chamber of Secrets, the trace detected Dobby using the levitation charm because Harry was in close proximity but the ministry didn't know it wasn't Harry who cast it. The Dursleys are muggles after all, and the only wizard living with them was Harry. It's only logical that he would be blamed.

Snape uses magic in the flashback. The trace doesn't tell them who used the magic, just what kind of smell and that it was used in the proximity of an underage wizard. This is explained in Order of the Phoenix when they think Harry disapparated, but it was actually Mundungus. They said that they paid close attention to Harry given past events and that no registered wizards lived in the area.

Ooh I really like that theory. I actually never noted that Hermione grabbed Harry's wand to do the Alohamora spell before. And J K Rowling is just sneaky enough to have done that on purpose... Although wouldn't Quirrel have used his own wand to get through, not Voldemort's? But such a good idea.

Author Alys Marchand Except the underage statute is way older than Lily. I’m of the mind that she did it once (or maybe even not at all, just talked about it) and Petunia’s jealousy clouded her memories and she exaggerated.

J Whippet It wasn’t at the beginning of the video, that’s why she said she went and got that box set to put it there

@@aaronemerson8049 , look over her shoulder. (Left on the screen, it's her right shoulder.)

THIS ^

packaged magic that wouldn't trigger underaged magic detectauon (magic car, portkeys, magical jokes w charms idk) and liberal use of threats honestly i woundnt be surprised if lilly thought petunia was doing magic at every opportunity

Trilogy? This series is even more inaccurately named than the Hitchhiker's trilogy.

I see that reference there (or not?) from Hello Future Me

I'm referring to is a joke used when explaining a plothole, continuity error or other issues. 'a wizard did it' is a joking way to wave them aside. the Simpsons were the first to use it (in 2004) making fun of fans who pointed out mistakes on the show. seeing Harry Potter is literally about wizards I couldn't resist using it here...

Lori Allison book 2 when Harry asks Ron how his parents will get home from Kings Cross Station, because they are hijacking the flying car, Ron says they know how to apparate.

She might not have invented the word, but certainly the principle was there... and of course predates Potter itself. But if I remember correctly, the first time we ever see Dumbledore, he appears out of thin air in the street. That must be an apparation.

@@dan4lau Yeah, for me I saw a lot of hints at apparition in the first book when re-reading.

I feel like it has to have a time limit. It’s not presented that way, no, but why do it multiple times? Hagrid says something like, “Something’s been killing unicorns.” It keeps happening. Also we later find out that Voldemort could survive in rats and stuff, but they’d die. I think the blood maybe helped Quirrel maintain the bond with Voldemort. I’m going to look this up, because it’s an interesting question, and I don’t always read the first volume in my rereads. 🤔 I need to ponder.

Part of the curse to using unicorn blood is that you have to continue to do so or it loses its power to keep you alive.

@@slytherinslioness okay, but what is it? Is Prof. Quirrle, after being bound to voldemort, or a part of voldemort that just cannot die?

Rats are no longer allowed since the "new" rules went into place, but the Weasleys got the rat during Charlie's (Bill's? Forget who was the oldest boy) tenure, which was the last year rats were allowed, and so it was grandfathered in until the rat died or Ginny graduated, whichever happened first. Remember the spans of time dealt with in the Wizarding world, and how long reforms take in such a tradition-minded society

I know this isn't canon, but I suggest reading the fanfiction A Difference in the Family: The Snape Chronicles by Rannaro for an answer to your question! It explains it nicely.

i never realized the rat thing. You are so right.

She had gotten her schoolbooks and supplies and perhaps paired with reading all of them before school started (as she goes on about) and her natural talent, as soon as she could do magic, she tried it, and got some positive results. I don’t know about the “he’s not a rat,” thing. It’s true, but since spells aren’t in English, I don’t see it working. If it could, then why aren’t all spells in English? Would open up another inconsistency.

I just assumed Petunia was unreliable and lied. They constantly blame Harry for doing magic when he actually wasn't (in the second and third books particularly).

@@timwindling436I wouldn’t put it past her but it’s a very specific spell mentioned and it’s confirmed to be real in the books. We know petunia was never at Hogwarts so lily would have had to perform it for petunia to know about it

​@@emmawagner8915unless she told her about the spell?

@@pelly4444 i thought about that but I doubt it. Petunia pretty obviously hated Lily once she found out she couldn’t go to hogwarts so I think she would have given the cold shoulder to Lily and therefore would have needed to see it to know what lily was up to. I also think it would be unlikely petunia would remember a specific spell she heard about in passing one time about 20 years beforehand, and the way petunia worded it, "she was always turning mice into teacups" makes it sound like something she witnessed.