This means Harry's parents died before they turned 22. That's sad ...

Being nasty ages you

@@TuningAnApple they were 21💔

Yes, he is so sexy, dramatic, and awful🥰

They did the same thing with most of the characters. It’s supposed to make Harry seem more innocent.

I think that's the real reason they keep quiet, whatever Hagrid said. I want a story about whoever convinced the magic community to hide instead of creating a nightmare dystopia of tyrannical magic dictators

I'm sure the magic people would win the first battles, but after those they would get anhilated because as shown in the story the magic people are dumbasses. Thet wouldn't stand a chance agaisnt any normal army with a strategist

@@ramirop4023 yeah what happens if you shoot a wizard with like a gun?

But it is also a contradiction. The 'good' wizards are very liberal and even take in wizards from non-wizard families and teach them magic. So that means that the direct parents of these children should know something about magic. See the rest of Harry's family. Alone here, it would have come out that there is real magic and you could never hide it. However, the wizards still want to continue to live in secret and hide from the normal world, more or less as it always was. So quite conservative and completely anti-liberal and open. The 'evil' magicians wanted exactly the opposite and showed themselves to the world and no longer in the hidden life. What should we learn from this? ^^ That both sides have something good and bad? That one should hide in society, that one is something special and can do something very well, so that no envy arises?

He's wearing those robes for a reason.

It's not even for his own safety. That's literally the first place I'd look if I wanted to find Harry. "Hmmmm. Dumbledore has hidden the child that killed my master. Where should I look first? Hm, might as well check with his aunt. Obviously that's the DUMBEST place to actually hide him, but what the hell? It'll take two seconds."

@@haku8135 this is explained in the books more clearly than the films but when Lily Potter died, her death protected Harry so he was put under a sacrifice protection spell automatically, this is why when Voldemort tried to kill smol Harry, he was game ended for 13 years. Now the protection spell only works when in the presence of a blood relative which is in this case Petunia Dursley who is Lily’s sister which is why Voldemort didn’t go after him at Privet Drive.

@@connordervoncyberlifegesen8529 "this is explained in the books more clearly than the films" Oh you sweet summer child. "when Lily Potter died, her death protected Harry so he was put under a sacrifice protection spell automatically" Which makes no sense and only protects him from Voldemort, not ANYONE, so there's literally no reason he couldn't say "Go to this muggle house when Harry's sleeping and kill him. In addition, it only protects him from being TOUCHED by Voldemort, which happens ONCE and it's not even really Voldemort. If Quirrel was smart enough to USE HIS WAND he'd have gotten the stone easily. Let's see a 12 year old resist the fucking Imperius curse. "this is why when Voldemort tried to kill smol Harry, he was game ended for 13 years" Cause magic makes NO sense. Like NOBODY has ever been killed protecting someone until RIGHT NOW. We know for a fact Harry is the ONLY person to survive the killing curse, to the point he's "The Boy who Lived" so this isn't a thing that happens. "Now the protection spell only works when in the presence of a blood relative" Which again is a completely arbitrary condition and was NOT set at the start. It was NOT established that Harry needed to stick around his aunt to protect him, that's just something Rowling made up later to try and poorly justify her torturing Harry for, well even AFTER he started going to Hogwarts for no reason. Unfortunately she forgot that this "protection" doesn't fucking do anything. In fact if Harry were raised properly from the get go instead of RAISING HIMSELF, he'd never have needed to use this protection EVER. He wouldn't have fucked around with the philosopher's stone and gotten so close to Quirrel. Quirrel would have been CAPTURED and sent to Azkaban, trapping Voldemort in his body and preventing him from resurrecting as you can't come back when you're already back. If Harry had just minded his own fucking business, SEVEN BOOKS would have been rendered as "Harry learns magic and everything is cool." However going back even further if his dumbass parents had just made THEMSELVES the secret keepers, which is totally something they could've fucking done, then they'd be UNTOUCHABLE by Voldemort and literally everyone else, Harry could've been raised by his actual parents and probably become a piece of shit because his parents were both assholes. Sounds like a much more interesting story.

@@haku8135 sounds like you don’t like Harry Potter or Rowling that much. Tell me, what do you think of Hogwarts Legacy?

@@connordervoncyberlifegesen8529 I really don't. It's MASSIVELY overrated, like Twilight on cocaine. It's not well written, the characters are really boring, the magic system is a CRIME, and it's basically just Rowling going "Ooh look at me I can think up magic gubbins for 7 books straight without thinking for one instant how any of it could possibly fit together coherently!" She's a bad writer that got lucky, and nothing I've ever seen her write is anything I could consider good. As for Hogwarts Legacy? I'm on my second playthrough. I think it's a very solid 7 outta 10, and I would be all for DLC and sequels, especially if they improve on what's already there. It would have a higher score if there was more replayability. Collector's edition is SHITE though.

Coldmirror's podcast is the best thing ever! I don't even like canon HP anymore, but that podcast gives me so much joy!

Thats amazing; wish I knew german

@@mattmorales4320 There are actually English subtitles on some episodes, so if you don't mind reading those, you can still enjoy a few good hours of content.

Coldmirrors content, even after all these years and all the controversy surrounding JKR, still gives me live and the fresh feeling of wonder about HP.

@@Obviouslyced People need to appreciate that you can't choose to retrospectively shit on a piece of art - that's just not how it works, but some people seem to think that way. HP's brilliant no matter what JK does - separate the art from the artist. Ofc, she does profit, and ig some people see that as pretty bad.

Yes

Yes, I couldn't agree more

I second that.

I fifth? That

That’s right

Hufflepuff is really forgotten by the others.

@@eruukira apart from Cedric, of course.

@@matthewsimon6170 The one notable and plot-relevant Hufflepuff in the series who ends up dying 😭

Neville is even sadder: His parents are alive, but they can't talk or even recognize him.

She's definitely the best character in the entire series.

It was absolutely a huge retcon. Think of this. When, does this protection actually get USED? ONE time in the first movie/book. And it only happens, because of how INCREDIBLY cruel the wizards at Hogwarts are, first of all for no reason hiding the PHILOSOPHER'S STONE INSIDE THE SCHOOL! No reason! They could put it ANYWHERE ELSE, but they put it in a school full of children. Then they have Hagrid keep dropping hints to Harry. He's not just some bumbling idiot, this is all part of Dumbledore's plan. Dumbledore WANTED them to go after the stone. Then by CHANCE Quirrel is already there and LUCKILY he's fused with Voldemort, which is apparently possible, and this protection activates. The next time this protection comes into play, IS IN GOBLET OF FIRE WHERE IT IS REMOVED! By having someone ELSE kidnap and hold Harry, Voldemort has NO issues taking some of his blood to make him IMMUNE to the protection forever. Not that he even needed to do that, cause ALL this protection did, was stop Voldemort, SPECIFICALLY VOLDEMORT, from TOUCHING Harry. It didn't defend him from SPELLS, only physical contact. So it was pointless the ENTIRE time. Even if it defended him from both spells and physical contact, use a KNIFE! Bring a BUILDING down on him! There's SO many ways to kill someone without physically touching them, in fact there are rather FEW ways TO kill someone with physical contact. If Quirrel had decided to cast Crucio instead of trying to grab Harry, or better yet just cast the Imperius curse to control him, Voldemort would have gotten the stone. If Harry had just NEVER gotten involved, Voldemort would've been shit outta luck, cause he couldn't get the stone since he wanted to use it. Which again, apparently he can do..... He really should've done that to one of his Horcruxes. Even if you INSIST he must stay with the Dursley for the protection magic, WHAT POINT IS IT AFTER GOBLET OF FIRE!? Let him move in with Sirius, his GODFATHER whom btw has now been proven innocent of his crime TWICE, but is still being unjustly hunted by the obviously corrupt Ministry. Wizards are fucking awful people.

@@haku8135 you ve clearly thought about this way more than I have

@@nikkigrimm9686 I felt obliged to think when I kept seeing "Harry Potter is amazing. It's brilliant. It's so well written." It's a low bar children's book that tries to grow up and crumbles to pieces the moment you actually think about it cause Rowling is NOT a good writer. It just took ONE Port key in Harry's bedroom to save his whole family from Voldemort. Or not making the literal rat the only person in the world who could expose them.

@@haku8135 I think it started as an ok children's book but yes, as you said, when she tried to mature it, the problems really showed

Lets be real Rowling was just contriving reasons for Harry to start every book with his shitty family for the principle of it and would not let it go no matter how much of a stretch it became.

Alan was just such a fun guy, and good actor. He had that smugness to him that can really get a smile out of people.

What's the second quote from?? I'm not super into Harry Potter 😂

@@maxbracegirdle9990 one of Russian Badger's Warthunder videos.

@@maxbracegirdle9990 to add to philly's comment, the particular quote is not about wizards, it's about the 2 nukes dropped onto japan as retaliation for the attack on pearl harbor.

@@bottomlefto Wasn’t in retaliation for Pearl Harbor lol. They were made in general to be the stomp to bring the war to an end. One that had been going on for years.. across the globe. It’s a terrible line lol.

@@hypeman1825 i would bet quite some money on pearl harbor being part of the official justification though

love the implication that in the book ron gets his brains bashed in 😭

@@lauryntonioThank god for Reparo 😏

I always thought it was The Philosopher's Stone hahaha, was Philosopher too big of a word for them?

@@princessloveheartglitter That’s how it was advertised to us as, so that’s what we grew up calling it

I’m American and I knew it as the Philosophers stone

@@princessloveheartglitter literally the reason they changed it for the US, they didn't think Americans would know what a Philosopher was xD

@@princessloveheartglitter Correct. They thought Americans were too uneducated as a whole to handle such a big word as "philosopher"

Aren't himbos hot, like ripped?

yeah, I'm pretty sure the first movie was the best

@@Ass_of_Amalek fax

@@Ass_of_Amalek Hell nah

@@tdw1127 which one?

It was the first movie I was allowed to stay up "late" to watch, since it ran until like 11pm when it aired on TV. The whole movie has this "magical" air, that kinda gets lost in the movies over time, mostly because they get shorter and focus more on action, than the world.

I think this is just a crop of the original long form video with just additional stuff so that its kinda not repetitive. Thats why its summarized. It was from a video that was talking about the whole franchise so he had to summarize to not take too long on one of the many movies

You're a stoner Harry

damn inever noticed the star in gringotts and youre the first person to mention that at least that I've seen. That's so weird

Exactly like you are missing the whimsical and fun nature of the first 2 movies and now you have an entire death filled war on hogwarts and you're seeing people die and its like holy shit

When Cedric died it was like oh shit stuff is real now

If he's being abused and hit, doesn't really seem like he's protected lol

@@joywolf83 very true! yeah protection against dark magic is great but it doesn’t do much against emotional/physical abuse😔

Better yet: Send Harry away from Europe! There are several massive continents he could have easily been hidden away in.

Give him to Voldemort? To Bellatrix? What a great idea!

@@Ronin3453 lmao he was joking. But yeah surely any wizard family would’ve fostered him he is literally the savior of the world

It had to be a blood relative of his mother specifically though, since it was her love magic that protected him (screw it, I refuse to rephrase that).

Ok, but, like, during Harry's time at Hogwart's, he only spends about three months with the Dursleys. Why did Harry have to spend 12 months of the year with them as a kid when three months/year was sufficient later?

Especially in the books, Harry’s inner monologue cracks me up 😂

I just feel like you really have to look into it with a negative lense to see this though. Goblins in fantasy lore are extremely often attributed to being money or gold hungry, living in isolated communities and looking like small orcs with an often pointed, sharp or long nose. Goblins in hp are all of these points with a modern twist as with majority of goblin and orc interpretations. Why can’t you just look at it as a fantasy creature. it feels more fucked up as a ex conservative jewish man that people would attribute these creatures to such outplayed stereotypes. Furthermore if people really want to argue to apply these stereotypes it should be directed at the source of modern goblin attributes and inspiration on fantasy, the likes of Tolkien, George macdonald ect…

"one item in the game is a "goblin horn" (looking suspiciously like a shofar)"... dude, its a literal garbage looking generic horn. Touch grass.

​@@XxGamer42069xX Indeed, and the reason for that is actually old, long-lasting antisemitism. It's the same reason witches are often depicted in a similar fashion. It's just that the whole banking thing that makes it especially bad. If you want an example of this goblin archetype done right then look at Star Trek's Ferengei

Well said!

What cafeteria? Do you mean the Great Hall? Or was it called a cafeteria in the American version, just like Philosophers Stone had to be changed to Sorcerers Stone?

@@jrpg4484 Jesus you people… no it wasn’t called a cafeteria but you know exactly what he was talking about so what’s the point of this dumb ah comment?

@@DrayLoco I asked because I was actually curious if there were any other differences in the American version of the books and movies, considering the first had to be renamed Sorcerer's Stone because the official reason was Americans didn't/wouldn't know what a philosopher was.

It isn't a real spell, in fact it doesn'r work, just like the one Ron was trying to use on the train to turn his rat yellow

He was put in prison for participating in the 2011 english riots, so the second option seems more plausible. Crazy stuff.

Harry Potter and the Eagles Akimbo. 🤣

How convenient. And Dumbledore wasn't having people check in on Harry (or checking in himself) because...?

@@voidbreather7405 He did have people keeping an eye on Harry, including a neighbor who was a witch.

@@youdontneedthis6804 And he didn't intervene after likely being told about how Harry was being mistreated, because...?

@@voidbreather7405 Simple, bad writing

billion dollar company can't even fix basic things

I wouldn't say using copyrighted footage in a video is "no reason at all."

A lot of this wasnt mentioned in the movies, sadly. Also, Harry really has no other else to go too. Sirius was either hiding out or already in jail.

If he's being abused and hit, doesn't really seem like he's protected lol and there was realllllllllly no one eles

Was it thou? If he's being slapped around for years, doesn't really seem like he's protected lol plus the wizard could have at least checked on him

@@joywolf83 Protected from the likes of Voldemort and his followers, by the charm that is not the Dursley's obviously. And no all of Lily’s other blood relatives were dead aside from Petunia (her sister.) Arabella Figg (the squib) lived in Harry's neighbourhood and kept tabs on Harry for Dumbledore. She even babysat him. She's the old woman who meets him after the dementor attack in Order of the Phoenix.

Not "Hagrid is raised Harry"? Harry raising Hagrid would still be funny tho))

As a non book fan… is that really true?.. like really? Lol. I mean honestly a lot doesn’t make sense about the school in general. Always told myself I’d read the book.. it’s literally in my room, but I honestly don’t believe it’d answer most of them. Suppose I could always check J.K Rowling’s twitter. Hear she’s a great source of information lol.

@@hypeman1825 yea it’s true the books are great and offer much more detail they don’t have time for in the movies. Especially after the 3rd movie when the books started being 500-800 pages long

antisemitism is, in my experience, pretty much the form of ethnic prejudice which the average person is the most ignorant about (both in terms of knowledge about it and estimation of its current degree of prevalence). Maybe most people are taught, if anything about the topic at all, that antisemitism is just "racism but against Jews" and that's the end of it.

I was going to say the same thing, and this is also one of the reasons witches are depicted in similar ways. Though of course witch accusations were also used for ableism by excusing the lynching of people with deformities

Damn, what a scene. What a passage. Thanks for reminding.

I don't think that's a well-thought-out comparison. You just named an actual stereotype against actual people vs mystical creatures that “so happen to run a bank and have big noses”. I‘m not arguing that it's not anti-semitic but I am saying if you're going to throw black people in there the least you can do is come up with a better example. Maybe an example that is covert but you can still tell it’s about black people or any race of people. Just a thought.

Was odd he didn't piece that together. It's the profession the goblins were given that links them to the stereotype. Whether or not it was deliberate is still unknown, but the depiction itself is definitely spicy.

@@6StarChild6 In principal I agree with you, but if I was more convert then I don't think my point would come across to those that need to hear it. You and I know the goblins are clearly an antisemitic stereotype, so to us it's obvious. To someone who thinks it's not antisemitic, a subtle example of bigotry would also not look like bigotry. As another example, some depictions of Orcs in fantasy are quite clearly coded as Africans, to the point where Will Smith got a movie deal out of said association. That example is just as clear to me, but I think would be met with exactly the same level of disbelief by someone who doesn't regard the goblins as antisemitic.

@@stoheha Exactly. A coincidence is just a coincidence. But many coincidences are a pattern. And given JKR's other insensitivities (check out the video by Shaun for a much better breakdown than I could give), it's at least a lack of care when writing. I personally believe a lot of it is spiteful, but it's undeniably careless.

@@zactron1997 I think a better example would be black people historically being portrayed as monkeys. There’s a history behind goblins being portrayed or compared to Jewish people just like there’s a history of black people and monkeys being compared. Stereotypes about black people liking fried chicken doesn’t fit “subtle” or covert racism like goblin= Jewish because it’s very much in your face. Everyone is aware of this stereotype but they may have a hard time connecting the dots of monkey=black people.