The reason he chose harry is because he didn’t want his greatest enemy to be named longbottom

Omg I’ve never thought about this, but HARRY raised by SIRIUS would be such a menace to society 😂😂

Neville goes from having parents who he can never be with, to having parents that are around 24/7. Poor Neville can't win.

We really need all seven years of this story. I'm fascinated by how it would go after Part Four, which was the most interesting part yet, especially the twist ending. Give us more, please and thank you.

I like this implies that Voldy was spending his time in hiding as a pen-pall to his teenage self 😆 Truly iconic

Can we please appreciate what Sirius Black has gone through in this version events. So, his best friend and his wife were tortured by Bellatrix Lestrange, his best friend was killed and Lily was driven to agonising insanity, which is worse than death, and Sirius had to raise Harry and take him to visit her which must have been worse than grieving her death. All of this was caused by his other friend, Pettigrew. And then, after raising Harry for 10 years and being undoubtedly closer to him than he was in the main story, he dies too, aged 11. I honestly think Sirius, given the choice, would have happily crashed in Azkaban for 12 years and allowed the entire world to think he was a murderer if it saved Lily a lifetime of suffering and saved Harry's life in the long term, even if it meant he'd have had to endure the Dursleys and Voldemort for 16 years first. Sirius must be overcome with grief at his failure to protect his best friend's son which he will undoubtedly blame himself for because he's Sirius.

I love the idea of Neville and Harry being best friends lol

I laughed so hard at the mention of "quite a couple of formidable babies defeating Voldemort" Thx J!

I love the parallel of Lily sacrificing herself for Harry in the first story and in this story Harry sacrifices his life for Neville

Honestly, the if Harry was a slitherin is one of the best fanfics I've ever heard, keep these up if you guys can

Dumbledore: Your best friend is dead, but here have some chocolate from your admirers.

I imagine Neville killing the basilisk that petrified Ron and Hermione would cement a new golden trio.

These what if’s are becoming some of my favorite content on KZfaq.

My jaw dropped at "Stand aside, Potter." I knew what was coming and was simultaneously hyped and livid.

“WELL DONE BIRD!!”🤣🤣🤣 lol that scene in the chamber had me wheezing.

One thing I miss here is an explanation of how, and for what crime, Barty Crouch Junior was caught. In the main story, he helped torture the Longbottoms after Voldemort's downfall; but if Voldemort didn't fall, I would assume he'd actually see the value of keeping Crouch Junior's Death Eater position a secret: as the son of Crouch Senior, he'd actually be much more valuable as a spy within the Ministry than in any activity that would jeopardize his position as heir-to-the-future-Minister. However, if Junior was never sent to torture the Potters (the equivalent of his crime in the main story), and was never exposed as a Death Eater -- why did Fudge become Minister at all? He wasn't the obvious pick for that post; Crouch Senior was. And with no scandals attached to his name, he *would* have become Minister, and (as long as he didn't suspect his son) would support and encourage his son's career within the Ministry. I was actually disappointed that we didn't get to see Crouch Senior as a wizened, suspicious Minister for Magic, looking for signs of Voldemort's return, while his own son, rising to a senior position within the Ministry, was covertly spying for Voldemort the whole time... Maybe do a separate what-if scenario on that?

One thing that’s bugged me since I first read Chamber of Secrets is how in the name of Merlin did Madam Pomfrey administer the mandrake draught to Nearly Headless Mick?

I must say, it was pretty ballsy of you to kill off Harry at the end of it. I respect it.

petition for WB to get SCB to direct a ‘what if’ animated series

Awesome narrative aside, the "Unedited footage of kids feeling safe at Hogwarts," and "Unedited footage of Harry being safe at the Dursley's," killed me. XD

Have another idea for alternative history. What if James and Lily survived but Harry was still the chosen one. How would James and Lily be as parents, how would Harry turn out to be and a bunch of other interesting plotlines that could be explored. That has the potential to be another 7 episode series like "what if harry was in Slytherin

I think i speak for more than just me when i say that these "full story" videos are always fun to watch even when youve seen the previous ones

You need to continue this story beyond part 4, its really going to be very interesting how things would go without harry

Can we get a Super Carlin Brothers version of what happened in the 10 years before Lily and James were killed. I realized recently that Lily and James would have just started Hogwarts when He Who Must Not Be Named started his rise to power. I would love to hear what you think was going on in the Wizarding Community during this time.

Really loved this What If. It's very intriguing to see how different things would be. Sad Harry is gone but i think it's awesome he did the same thing his mom did in the OG timeline. I hope you guys continue this series but i understand that this is soooo different that it's hard to figure out what would happen next. I really like this What If series so I got some for you guys. • What if Fudge believed Harry about Voldemort returning. What would change? • What If Dumbledore adopted Tom Riddle and raised him. I know it's way out their but it could be interesting. • What If Snape was in Gryffindor. Would the Marauders still bully him, would Snape and Lilly get together, etc. So much potential with this one. • What If Draco was sorted into Gryffindor. This could easily be a 7 part series. How would Lucius react? Would his views start to change sooner? Love you guys. Your some of my favorite KZfaqrs and your work is always a treat to watch. Great work as ALWAYS.

Didn't Harry get the twin wand because there was a part of Voldemort's soul in him? If Neville wasn't attacked as a baby, that wouldn't have happened, so why would he get that wand? I do think he'd get the same owl though, if Hagrid is taking him to Diagon Alley. But why would Harry get a toad? Edit: Having watched the whole story now: I think it would have been better if Neville got a regular wand his first year, broke it during the Chamber of Secrets fiasco, and then got the twin wand the summer before his second year.

I may be one odd out, but all I can think about is Harry, Sirius and Snape meeting each other from time to time at St Mungu's. Snape would defenently visit her and feeling guilty of what happened to her. That would also explain the interesting dynamic between Snape and Harry at school. I would love to write a chapter of one of the interactions in the past at St Mungu's, perhaps in different memories chared by Sirius and/or Snape. They would be funny, sad but still memories that can show how Harry was. I would personally think that Snape would atleast tolerate Sirius and Harry around Lily - even if she may not be able to understand what's happening around her. He would care that much. (Sorry if my grammar is wacky - not my first language)

i really hope this will go the full 7 years 🙏 🥺 its such a good what if!!!!

I really want to see a What If video on what the series would have been like if Lily and James did use Dumbledore as their secret keeper. What the whole series would have been like if Harry was still the chosen one, but his parents survived. Similar to how Neville’s parents would have stayed hidden if they used Dumbledore. I’m curious how that could have changed things… what kind of person Harry would have been, and what the war would look like with most of the marauders alive and in their prime.

I love that this has become a Harry Potter multiverse lol can't wait to see what you guys do next

Here's a what if, what if Petunia was the witch and Lily had been the muggle?

This series was truly great! But I want more of Neville as main character :(

I so badly want a “what if the Dementer haven’t kissed Barty Crouch at the end of goblet of fire” you guys have said before that he’s such an underutilized villain, and I think it would be so cool to see how the rest of the story would’ve played out. Like they were going to send him to askaban however, we know that all the death eaters break out of askaban in a year anyways.

never getting over him having an owl named "Treva" 😂😂😂

I could barely sleep after watching this, I was so stirred up about how amazing Neville and Harry’s friendship was and I was devastated by the ending! I wanted to work through it with Neville in the story, and didn’t realize it was going to end there! I think this hits so much harder because we have the alternate reality full amazing story of Harry as the chosen one already! So good!!

36:34 - ‘’Run!’ He whispers to Nevill’, as one of the Carlin Brothers shouts it 😂

I would love to see a "What if Ginny was in Slytherin" next! I love the "What if" content!

You should do a what if Merope Gaunt and Tom Riddle Sr were actually in love and no love potion was used. This is the what if that would probably make the most changes. There might even be no Voldemort!

Love this series! I wish you would continue it but I do think it is a very complicated “what if” that might be hard to complete 😅

We absolutely need a full series for this what-if! Fantastic work as always, Bros.

I know it'd be tricky but I'd love to see more! Thanks for what we got though, this stuff is great

Would love to hear the rest of the story one day! Can’t believe what happened to Harry in his first year 🫢 A great what if for me would be what if Lilly chose Snape instead of James?

To all the Potterheads in the comments, Audible has the Sorcerer's Stone as a free listen until August 4th. J and Ben may even have a code so you could get others to add 😊. I have read them all a number of times, but listening to them while driving or while crafting is a good way to spend the day!!

Please continue the What-Ifs!!! They are the natural evolution of theories. We’ve answer most the questions now let’s just start making new (better) stories 😂

Great 'what if' as always. Just one little thing. The diary being brought in by Draco but somehow loosing it, to then end up with Harry is little unbelievable(if you think about Draco's personality. ) I think in this case his dropping the diary could be seen as a little revenge for the first flying lesson and then also the midnight duel. I began crying after you killed of Harry, but also great Neville finds real courage but the consequences may be horrifying 😢 💔 Sirius heartbroken yet again loosing someone important, and what about Remus? And how is Neville really feeling? His best friend just died for him, still protecting him even in death like James and Lily do in Canon. How will the rest of the schools reaction be? Are they still going to be talking badly about Harry while praising Neville behind his back? What about the Weasley's? Ron got petrified and while it was not Harry that attacked him, Ron still should have the memories of Harry controlling the Basilisk. You really should do all 7 years 🤣😃🥰

I'm excited to see what could happen if/when this restarts. You plan everything out so well, I'm sure you'd write the story elegantly.

Hagrid's "yar" was splendid 🤣

harry and neville on the train are so funny i cant 😭 and also harry being raised by sirius is so cool

I like to think that this version of Harry is caused by the lovingness of Sirius and his shy, quieter, nature from the canon story was from the lack of any love from the dursleys.

This was absolutely brilliant!!! You should definitely make a part 2 and more in the future!!! thank you for taking your time to make this series and for compelling them all together into one video too. :))) Harry's murder was indeed unexpected and I am truly saddened by it, because Harry raised by Sirius was absolutely epic and I was really looking froward to seeing more of him. It would also be lovely to see more of Ron in any possible future instalments, because Ron is simply awesome thank you once again and much love for all your videos, I have been watching your channel from back in the days of the oldest intro and the amazing socks later on, ahahaha your content has always made me happy and there has never been a single video I did not watch till the end. Thanks for everything, much love from London :))))))

This was great fun! I’d love to know how the rest of this story goes.

VIDEO IDEA: What If Marcus Flint (or any other 17 yo Slytherin) had been a Hogwarts Champion in the GOF? What if Harry and him develop a similar Cedric-Harry relationship of mutual respect? What would happen after Voldemort kills the Slytherin Champion? Would Draco still be as happy (at the beginning) to serve Voldy after he killed his Quidditch cap?

I find the name “fidelius” charm so cool. Like it’s essentially the “loyalty” charm going by Latin fidelis (meaning trustworthy and faithful)

This was awesome. Really hoping yall continue these!

You are so wonderful to have done all of this amazing work. What a joy to experience these “what if’s” so spectacularly presented!!! Thank you so much

I was fine with this alternate timeline thing, UNTIL YOU HAD HARRY DIE!!!!! What would be far better is that Snape had been watching Quirrel still and managed to follow the 3 of them into the Chamber. Also in the intervening 10 years he had experimented with Potions to try and cure Lily, in the process he had stumbled into a unique Potion that can if given within 24 hours can bring back those hit with Avada Kadavra. Perhaps requiring 1 of the ingredients being Phoenix Tears and another being Tears of Love (as well as other ingredients of course). So the sacrifice part still marks Neville, but Snape could still save Harry out of his love for Lily!

The issue with theories like this is, I WANT IT TO BE REAL😭😭😭

That was great!! Very inventive and creative. Well done and a great what if… version. Hope to hear more on this quest!

I love this so much! You guys are such good story tellers, theorists, and understand this world. Thank you! Molly

Perfect time to remind you guys of a 'What if' scenario inspired by this one: What if Voldemort knew the whole prophecy? He should know now the prophecy literally means nothing unless he marks someone as his equal. In this version, where he decides Neville is the one, he still wants to actively hunt down and personally kill the Choose One, hence disappearing for a long time, but what if he couldn't just kill the Chosen One, he could prevent him? Some thoughts I had that might work in this scenario: Crouch is in power, Scrimgour rapidly rising to be his second in command. This means government reprisals against Death Eaters are heavy-handed and often brutal, but also competent and effective. Fudge meanwhile would be waiting in the wings for a quieter time, understanding he isn't the right guy for the job at this point. However, he might handle Ministry PR, perhaps even suggesting loudly proclaiming arrests and, if the arrested people are innocent, freeing them quietly, to not take up prison capacity without taking away from the reassuring thought the government is on the case and working hard. (If Fudge is good at anything, it's PR.) Alastor Moody may be dead, given he had already been injured several times and presumably slowed somewhat. Though you can make an argument for his experience and skill seeing him through. However, Voldemort would have his own problems. Over a decade of war, the government, even in HP, would get its act together, countering the Death Eaters more and more effectively, probably openly allying with the Order of the Phoenix. The Ministry and the Order would be better able to recruit new soldiers than Voldemort. A war of attrition between the terrorist group and the government tends to favour the latter. However, Voldemort's personal prowess would be terrible and still gain him enough servants, willing and unwilling, to keep in the fight.

LOVE YOUR COMPILATIONS!❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊

You all are so dang creative and talented to put all this together!!!🎉🎉 thank you

Been waiting for this to drop! Thanks!

Request: What if Dumbledore actually had hero syndrome (Creating problems so that they could get rewarded for stopping it) and created grindlewald and voldermort

Since Voldemort is a half-blood ,when he said that Harry’s blood is worthless ,is he saying that his own blood is worthless?

broo these are crazy i love them keep up the great work

I really hope you continue this, and look forward to seeing what happens next. (if it does continue) If it doesn't though it was a great series, and can't wait to see what's next.

I have an issue with this story. I doubt Neville would have been that secluded. Dumbledore being the secret-keeper doesn't mean that he would be the only person who visits them. I'm sure his gran and a few friends would have been told by Dumbledore so they could visit. They can't give the secret away, but that doesn't mean Dumbledore couldn't tell them safely.

I loved this whole series! But I would love to see what would happen for the rest of Neville's time at Hogwarts.

These What If deep dives are amazing and I love them.

This was a huge project! Love the what if FanFic!

This is brilliant! You're magnificent story tellers. Brilliant ideas and twists!

I have a question that I would like you to answer: In the first book, at the beginning, hagrid tells Dumbledore that he had used Sirius's motorcycle to move baby Harry and that he would give it back to Sirius. At that moment Dumbledore thought that Sirius had betrayed the Potter, so why didn't he tell Hagrid that Sirius was dangerous and that he did not have to go to Sirius location?

Nice "what If" but... Few problems. 1 - The Phoenix Wand only chooses Harry becaus he's been marked. It recognizes the mark of it's sister. Therefore, in this case it would not choose Neville, at least not before he tried to buy a new one after being attacked. 2 - Sirius would NEVER give Harry a Toad. We'd have an awesome black owl called Jagger. Yeah, the dude was rock and roll, remember? Cool AF not about to give he's best friend's son a toad called Edwiges (which is a muggle saint's name) 3 - Neville would have heard about Hogwarts, both his parents attended and he would surelly be excited about going.

This was EPIC !!! Cannot wait for the rest of the story!!!

Four parts and we're only one year in. If they continue this (and I hope they do) this is going to take a while

Dang I thought this was the next part 😭

"Well done bird!" the best part XD

This was so cool! I really cannot wait for the second part! Speaking of which, could you somehow include in the next video how Sirius dealt with Harry's death? I would very much like to see something like Sirius taking Remus in, since he is the only person he has left and neither of them want to be alone.

What if Voldemort had planned on killing Neville after killing Harry?

What if James and Lily Potter had accepted Dumbledore as their Secret Keeper? How would this change everything?

I had a feeling that the way the protection magic was applied would be the way you did it, still didn't stop me from tearing up a little. Good story either way.

Thank you for doing this. I know this is a hard What If to imagine, with information probably becoming more scant as you go deeper into the series. It makes me appreciate how, when we go through the what ifs in our own lives, we almost always prefer the way things ended up working out anyway. That's been true for me at least. The circumstances that took place ended up being the best possible option and the most instructive experience. This gives me some peace when I feel anxious about the future. I really believe in the saying, "It's not over until everything is okay."

I really hope this story continues I gotta know what happens next .

Definitely need the rest. 2 VOLDY’S?!?!?!? Voldemort chose Neville and Harry sacrificed himself so I know there’s more to this. It. Has. To. Be.😤😤😤

Literally I want more so bad. I love these what if stories so much

Great story! Loved the journey!

I am really enjoying this, although if Harry was raised by serious and his mum was alive, I think Harry would hold more anger towards Voldemort. He would have grown up to actually see the pain that Voldemort did to his family. Also Lupin definitely would of coparented Harry, at least for the first couple of years. Serious most likely would of tried to find Voldemort until there was no clues left. Lupin would of had to tell him to stop and if he didn’t stop looking for Voldemort, Harry will loose him too. Serious would stop, focus only on Harry trying to turn him in his parent, especially James. Every he did was just like James or just like Lilly. While Harry as the chosen one, appreciated this but this Harry would have grown up in his parents shadow (like Neville did). UnlikeNeville who became insecure, Harry would be growing resentment that would be focused on Voldemort. Harry would lack identity, growing up seeking to prove he is just Harry not his parents. I also think Hermione would have still ended up friends with Harry as they both seek answers. Not sure about Ron being best friends with Harry, as Harry won’t need Ron’s guidance and friendship. I think they would be friends but not best friends. We all know Ron doesn’t stick around if he doesn’t feel needed.

The title should say "Chosen", not "Chose".

I was having a rough day and was literally like yeah Netflix is not gonna do it ... SuperCarlinBrothers! And this video?! Made me cry! I was literally having this kind of convo with a friend I put on to HP recently and omg this was everything! ❤🙌🏽

Great video as always. Though I've been wondering, since you've been making videos on Avatar: The Last Airbender here and there, what kind of videos would you make about Disney TV shows such as Gravity Falls, Amphibia, and The Owl House. They are story driven shows not unlike Avatar, plus I just want to see bigger creators talk about them!

I know this has probably been asked a thousand times but why didn’t the Potter’s just let Dumbledore be their secret keeper? I’d bet there’d be a line the length of Diagon Alley full of people who would literally kill for that kind of protection.

I really appreciate this hypothetical storyline. But I daubt that Harry would be able to understand or speak Parseltongue. His ability to understand it, came, as far as I know, from the part of Voldemort, someone from Slytherin's bloodline, inside him. Now, where he was not marked by him, he never obtain a part of his soul, therefore he isn't able to speak or understand Parseltongue, is he?

Thanks for adding these all to one video! Much easier to binge watch/listen. Interesting, though it still sounds like Harry is the main character, which just feels off

Fantastic, I hope we can see a continuation of this in the future

If Neville's parents are alive and well, why wouldn't they teach their son about the 4 houses of Hogwarts? Sure he has no social interactions but his parents would teach him about the Wizarding world. I also think he could have lived among muggles under an alias, so some social interaction.

We need the rest of the story.

Minor error, but Sirius actually does investigate after Snape, as he tells us in the 3rd book that he wanted to check up on them and Hagrid interprets it as Sirius only being concerned for Voldemort.

Just imagine Sirius getting a letter from Harry - I was almost expelled in the very first week but instead I am chosen for Seeker now 🤩🤩 Sirius would burst with happiness and go tell james' painting - I have done parenting best suited to a marauder mate !!

I disagree with some of this. Honestly i accept you coming up with a way for Neville to survive, because he would most likely die as a baby, cause you would think the protections on both of them would be the same as before, and if Bellatrix could find the longbottoms, so could voldemort. So that's reasonable. But you must be smoking something if you think sirius would allow Harry to go to hogwarts with a toad. Its much more likely that sirius get harry an exotic bird, like the one he sent a letter with while in hiding. But even if he didnt bring a bird/owl, i believe you guys had also theorized that crookshanks originally belonged to the potters, ao it would make much more sense if you had said harry brought crookshanks. I just cant agree with sirius allowing harry to bring a toad to hogwarts