What if Ron's spell to turn Scabbers yellow on the train to Hogwarts had been successful? Would Petigrew have stayed yellow during and after the events of Prisoner?

I think Snape could've talked his way out of the vow by basically saying "if voldemort wanted me to assist Draco he'd tell me to. I won't abide you questioning the dark lords decisions"

Imagine if Draco accepted Dumbledore's protection and the Malfoy family was sent to the same place where the Dursleys were. Would have been a pretty awkward arrangement, would definitely watch some of that

Wow, in an instant J brought me to tears, just from his own emotion. That was an unexpectedly strong moment!

Besides Dumbledore killing Harry, Harry could also walk through the veil: Harry tells Dumbledore he needs some time to say goodbye and put things in order, but actually goes to the veil. He does it to protect Dumbledore's soul in addition to protecting the world, and so would truly be greeting death as an old friend.

What if Harry never summoned the Knight Bus? Would Sirius tell him the truth? Would they catch Peter sooner or would he escape sooner?

I can imagine the awkward situation when Harry comes back from the forest and has to tell Dumbledore that he didn't sacrifice himself, but instead killed Voldemort and Nagini and scared away all the death eaters.

As someone who lost their mother far too soon, I fully understand the emotion at that last line. It's tough, but she would want nothing less.

I'd really think that Harry casts Sacrificial Love for everyone, but meets his family at Kings Cross: Sirius, Remus, James and Lily They sit there and talk for however long they want, just to have that time together, and let Harry choose his path once again. And Harry...I think comes back. He feels happy and renewed once again to live his life to the best and move on, knowing Voldemort was gone forever and he knows that his family and friends will be with him. Always.

I love the idea that Snape secretly bakes banana bread using a family recipe. He probably sells it through a local shop in Hogsmead. I can just picture Snape wearing an apron and matching oven mitts decorated with little muffins!

It makes me so sad every time I hear of Harry deciding to die. Even in this what-if version it’s so touching and emotional and noble. What a beautiful story

You present two options for the unbreakable vow, but there's also a third: Snape just refuse and put Narcissa and Bellatrix out. It's not because he's a spy or anything, he's just a deatheater, he don't care about Drago and would not put his own life at risk by pronouncing a very dangerous spell that apparently even Voldemort doesn't use on his own deatheaters, as none of them died suddenly when they fail, and by intervening in a secret mission that Voldemort gave to Drago to torture him. And Bellatrix would not have found that strange, it's that Snape accepts the vow that she found strange, she was sure he would refuse the vow even before Narcissa presents the idea.

I like the idea of his parents holding onto him and guiding him from kings cross station through the platform 9 3/4 but that is what sends him back. I feel like leading your child across the platform is a big deal for wizard parents and they never got that opportunity and Harry never got that either. It would be a way for them to finally parent him the way they wanted 😊

I really love your theories. Even this one’s great! BUT you overlooked the fact that Harry decided to hide his invisibility cloak and his wand underneath his jacket so he wasn’t tempted to defend himself. I think this would have done the trick and his wand wouldn’t have acted against it’s masters will. In the battle of the 7 Potters Harry is close to unconscious so his wand protects him. But in the woods he willingly sacrifices himself to save the wizarding community

Would love a "what if someone had told Dumbledore what Umbridge was doing to Harry in detention" video.

i wouldve loved to see this version as a movie, sounds really wholesome harry meeting his parents at kings cross at the end. i can imagine the final scene: Albus Severus Potter sits down on the stool, Professor McGonnagall Places the Hat on him. After the Hat announces yet another Gryffindor Potter the camera sways to dumbledore sitting at the table ..smiling - The End.

This might be difficult because it'd change the entire story but you should do a "what if Dumbledore hired Tom Riddle to teach defense against the dark arts" video series.

I was already getting emotional at the end there, but seeing J well up with tears really hit the point home 😢thanks for leaving that in the video team SCB ❤

I love the fact that Jonathan uses the Potter Puppet Pals version of Snape’s voice it’s hilarious!

What I always wondered is, if Snape contians the curse in Dumbledores hand couldn't they just cut of his hand and get rid of the curse or at least 98% of the curse. This way he could maybe live longer than just a year and he could get a magical hand like Wormtail.

Well Snape could also have said no to the vow under the argument that this would undermine direct order from Voldemort to Draco. And when Bellatrix tries to pin him down on it, Snape could just ask Voldemort himself if Bellatrix was out of line - or more likely suggest to Bellatrix that he'll discuss that.

I think it would go something like this. Harry wakes up surrounded by white, he looked around and found what to be the cleanest kings cross he had ever seen. He saw Remus, Sirius, Fred, and lastly his parents. He smiled, if he could not spend his life with Hermione, Ron, and Ginny, this was the best he could hope for. He had always meant to carry them into death with him. His mother and father smile. Harry wonders for a moment if he could touch them, without another thought as if they had read his mind, they launch for him, holding there son in a tight embrace for the first time in 17 years. Next he was hugged by Sirius and Lupin with a pat on the back from Fred. “Where do we go from here? Is this the end the last place we will go?” Harry asked with a smile as he looks at his mother. “This is an in between” his mother gave a small smile back. “I’m not sure why you picked kings cross Harry, but at least it’s smells better then normal” Sirius barks. “I chose ? Is this all just happening in my head?” Harry looks at the group before him. “It feels so real” he says softly. “It could be real if you chose Harry, you have given up so much. You could choose to stay and move past this place with us.”Lupin ever the professor reply’s. “Or if you so choose Son, you could board a train and live, chose something that takes far more courage and live the life you always should have had, family and friends and no Tom Riddle, no Voldemort.” His father finishing Lupins sentiments. “But all of you-“Harry starts. “Will be with you”he mother interrupts Harry looks over at Fred to behind him where under a bench dust and red remains, rather oddly for such a clean, pure space. Harry looks back to Fred. He feels it for a moment the pant of loss. “What do you think, this is the most quite I have ever seen you” “It’s not for me to choose, you have chosen others since you were a lad Harry. But I think if I could choose to go back, to Mum and Dad, to George, Ginny, Ron and Hermione along with the rest of that crazy lot, I would. I feel peace here happiness, that would be doubled by you, that I’m sure you would feel more over then me, but life is moving and I no long move with it. You could. Isn’t that what really defeats Voldemort, really defeats death.” Fred says. Harry thinks for a long moment. He looks at his mother, her sweet face and green eyes, his eyes. She smiles “it’s okay love, we will wait for you.” His father nods and Remus and Sirius smile. Fred looks at him, thinks for a moment “tell them I love them.” “And Harry, tell Percy I don’t blame him.” Harry nods and with one last look at his parents, his family, he boards the Hogwarts express to head home one more time.

As a new mom, I started tearing up with J at the end. It adds a whole new depth to see things from a parent's perspective 💕

You guys should totally make "What If Neville was the Chosen One?" It would be interesting to see the events unfold from his point of view!

The emotion you had at the end can only come from a parent, You are a good father and i think you felt this episode a bit more close to the heart. :) Much respect Mr. Carlin.

Your impression of Snape was equally hilarious as your impressions of Luna!! 🤣🤣🤣

My favorite fan-fictions often has Dumbledore bashing (bc he deserves it) but you managed to make him sweet even in this terrible circumstance. Excellent writing, and your right really emotional ending. I personally think it would be cool if harry got a second chance afterwards. (I know he isn’t the master of death in this one but just go along with it) He woke up. He’s ten again, soon eleven, he knew this, almost like an instinct. Suddenly someone was knocking on his door, “Harry get up, you need to eat breakfast. We have a big day ahead of us, Padfoot and Moony will be here in less than half an hour.” a male voice said while continuing the rhythmic tapping. Harry had never really heard that voice but he knew who it was instantly. He got up and rushed toward the it. Could it be true? he thought. Slamming the door open, almost hitting his head in the process, he saw him. Although fuzzy without his glasses he could make out the raven black hair, glasses and loving but surprised smile on the man lips. “Dad!” He said excitedly, Harry rushed towards the 30 year old, crushing his arms around him needing to feel his realness. “I didn’t think you were this thrilled to go to the zoo, but good morning to you too.” James laughed out as someone else was approaching. Harry turn to look to at her, still holding on to his dad. He couldn’t make out her face, being so far apart, but of course it was her. Unmoving he watched she, with long red hair and a blue flowy dress, came nearer. “Oh Harry, here you go.” Muttering a spell under her breath, a pair of glasses flew into her hands. Kneeling down to his hight, she put the glasses on his face and cupped his cheeks. “Now you see me” she said with adoration. And he did, her contagious smile, the emergence of some wrinkles and her green eyes meeting his. An overwhelming feeling of relief, love and grief hit him. Was it finally over? The playful glint in her eyes changed into a look of concern when he began crying. “Aww, it’s okay, you’re safe” his parents echoed, engulfing him in a hug. His tears turned into sobs and Harry just let all of the pain flow out of him. As his tears run out the feeling of victory and exhaustion took over. His parents were probably confused or just assumed Harry had had a bad dream, which he supposed was true. A very long and terrifying nightmare. Still he was certain that it had been real. As a hand carded through his hair while another was massaging his back he remembered how ready he had been to die, how much he wanted it, what felt like just a few minutes ago. Now all he wanted was to stay here where he could live, truly live. He reached up towards his forehead, feeling around for his scar, but didn’t find it. His parents weren’t lying, he was safe,… he was free.

I literally just had this conversation yesterday 😂 Dumbledore could basically see every move (or 10) before it happened and therefore putting the ring on and the curse seems like an odd mistake for him. Yet without that act, the plot changes completely. It had to happen.

I like to think if Harry had to pick a way to kill himself he’d walk through the veil in the Department or Mysteries the way Sirius died, instead of just letting Dumbledore finish him off at Hogwarts. This would also lead to a scenario where all his friends can watch him walk on to the after life and it would still be a really emotional scene. I only say this because I don’t believe he would be able to actually come back from death this time no matter what method he picks.

I really thought when J said “I’m gonna steal a passage from Goblet of Fire” he was going to immediately follow it up with “HARRY DID YOU PUT YOUR NAME IN THE GOBLET OF FIRE?”

I don't think Malfoy would have been able to disarm Dumbledore if Dumbledore knew this plot. I think assuming that Malfoy would still disarm Dumbledore is false.

Hearing the real emotion in his voice (plus what was being said) almost made me tear up.

The wand and the user share a connection, which is stated in no uncertain terms many times. If Harry had gone to Voldemort, willing to die, and knowingly, willingly, consciously not going to even try putting up a fight, I have extreme doubts the wand would have acted like it did in the battle of the seven Potters. Also Harry had his wand in his pocket in the books, as again, he was willingly walking into death and didn't even want the temptation to try fighting back.

They need to hire these guys to make a Harry Potter version of What if...

I love these theories! Total side note but I had a thought that the Maurauders Map may have been created with the Quill of Acceptance, which is HOW it knows/can track people. The Quill KNOWS who is magical and was somehow able to add them to the map.

He takes the vow and doesn’t kill Dumbledore until he’s on his death bed because the vow doesn’t give a time limit

I've seen this on another channel and I think it'd be cool to see your take on it. "What if Dudley Dursley was a Wizard"? So many aspects of it would be so interesting to explore. Dudley being woefully out of his element, how he and his parents would react to Harry's wealth and fame, the House he'd be in and how his housemates would react to him, etc.

If Dumbledore had just broken the Elder Wand, Voldemort seeking it would never be an issue. Man, imagine how things would change if Dumbledore could resist temptation completely, broke the wand, never borrowed the invisibility cloak, and never put on the ring? How would his long-term plans for Harry's life have changed.

I think Harry would not truly die, but he would meet his parents, Remus, and Sirius in the station. After a brief discussion, he is called from further down the station, and is met with Snape, who (I know it’s weird) embraces him, and explains the dumbledore stuff that’s in the canon story

Y’all have put together some doozies over the years, and I have loved every single one of them, but this one definitely hit a different kind of way. I was getting choked up at the end there, too, J. Well done, sirs. Well done.

Here's a what if. What if Petunia refused to take Harry in?

I wasn't expecting the end to be this emotional, but im glad it is. I'm also glad to have had the opportunity to watch your videos/theories this year and I promise you. We will still be watching. Thank you!

Well…you had me tearing up at the end as well…😢…didn’t think it was possible watching a HP theory vid, but here we are…this story has had a major impact on my life as well. I grew up with them and re-read all 7 every year…fantastic video!! Love you guys and your content!

I think Snape would have been able to talk his way out of making the vow. Something something “I will not go against the decisions of the Dark Lord.” Sure, Belatrix would be suspicious of him, but she was already suspicious and the vow didn’t really do much to change that anyway.

So basically we would be switching one childhood trauma for a different one and still need the sponsorship of betterhelp to get us through it

Those were parent tears at the end there! As a mom of two toddlers, I felt that too! Lol Harry meeting his mom at the train station would break me.

Hearing you get emotional like that was honestly the most heartwarming thing and I love you two even more for it

Dude I love how emotional you got at the end over thinking about Harry having that moment with his deceased mother. I too get choked up over same kind of things! You just got a heart my man and theres nothing wrong with letting it show!

That was an emotional ending. Well done guys

this has been my favourite of the HP videos in a while, especially because i think it solves a few of the redemption arc issues in the latter books (Snape and Dumbledore) whilst also keeping Grindelwald out of the picture and sparring us Her screenwriting. TOP TIER, love the heart of this one

You tearing up at the end was the most wholesome thing ever. That made me cry!

I love that J got choked up at the end. I often do that. It's nice to see I'm not the only one.

sometimes i think i have some underlying mental health issues when the only thing i take from these videos is that ben and J are fit

But Frodo never gave Dumbledore the ring?!

I love these what if scenarios, hands down my favorite type of HP content! Keep it up!

Love all of your different What If videos but this one was definitely one of the best and most interesting ones. Thanks for the great content, as always!

If Dumbledore casts the killing curse at Harry who has just protected himself with the sacrificial love (definitely hope he would see his parents. Both of them. I think James gets a short stick in the main story too often) and he gets to come back... would the killing curse reflect back and kill Dumbledore like it did to Voldemort when Harry was a baby? How awful would thay be. Harry opens his eyes. He sits up. Amazed to find himself in the warmly lit room of Dumbledore's office once more. "Sir. I saw my parents!" He gets up and as Dumbledore comes into view behind his desk Harry's heart drops. He was still sitting there. Wand in hand. Eyes unseeing. A tear still on his cheek. He was dead. Click bait title. Harry kills Dumbledore

I'd like to propose a slightly different ending on this hypothetical scenario, in which the ownership of the Deathly Hallows plays a part. It boils down to two key changes in the story of the video: 1) Harry and Dumbledore are in the process of destroying the real locket. As in the original series, it fights back with mind games. At this point, Harry is still pretty much Dumbledore's sidekick. Since the greatest Wizard is alive, Harry is not the leader of the fight against Voldemort. His willpower is not that strong. Therefore, he is an easy target with for the, that manages to convince him that Dumbledore simply uses him as a pawn and shield against his personal vendetta against the Dark Lord. Dumbledore tries to help Harry but he is in a tantrum. The horcrux has connected with the piece of Voldemort inside his soul, and in an unexpected burst of raw Dark-Lord-like power, he disarms his Headmaster. And there Harry stands, wand raised, ready to utter the spell that in his mind feels it will give him so much satisfaction. He is the Chosen One after all... It is only after Ron and Hermione, present during this event, step in and place the bodies between Harry and Dumbledore, that he snaps out of the Horecrux's spell and realizes what has happened. Afraid, ashamed, and feeling like a trator, Harry picks up Dumbledore's wand and gives it back to the stunned Professor. Unknowingly to him, the Elder Wand has now switched masters. ---- 2) We are now at the scene where Harry has chosen to be killed by Dumbledore. Dumbledore raises his wand and whispers the killing curse. The boy falls down motionless. ... At King's Cross Station, his parents await for him for the first time in his life. Or is it his death? "Is this all real? Or is it just happening inside my head?" he asks his mother after their long talk. "Of course it's happening inside your head, sweaty. Why should that mean that it's not real?" Lily replies. "Son, I think it's time you took the train" says James with a bittersweet yet firm tone. ... Next thing Harry feels is Fawkes' mourning song echoing in the background. He is still at Dumbledore's office. But how? He opens his eyes and attempts to get up. To his surprise, he hears Dumbledore's voice speaking in a calm, satisfied tone: "Now you have bested me twice, Harry. Congratulations. And this time, you succeeded where I tried for years in vein." "Professor, what do you mean? How am I alive? Again... And what is it I succeeded on?" "Do you know about the rules of wand ownership, Harry? I should think not. Very well let me explain." ... "So you see, after our little skirmish during the destruction of the locket, you became the master of my very own wand. I should have realized that. It seems, my pride and lure of this wand took the better of me once again. I could never have thought that I would lose this particular item to one of my dearest persons. Regardless, I elected to raise your wand against you today. But a wand cannot be used to harm its own true master. Certainly not this particular wand. And certainly not when this Master is the master of all three items. The curse was never enough to actually kill you. But it had an effect on you, alright: The curse may had been cast onto a single body, but in this body there was also a soul that did not belong to its Master. The killing curse fulfilled its purpose. Voldemort's soul is no more. You are free. We all are." Harry paused, trying to grasp what has happened. "But Professor, even if I am the master of your wand, how is it possible for a spell to destroy a Horcrux? Souldn't its vessel, my body, be destroyed in order to achieve that?" "You are correct. It is not possible for an ordinary wand to do that. Only... Well, I think it's time you learnt about the Deathly Hallows. This is a story linked with me for almost my entire life, and few people in this world know its full extend. But after what happened today, I think you have more than earned your right to know my secrets, my dear boy." And then Dumbledore explains the Hallows. He tells him about his youth, his relationship with Grindelvald, although he leaves out the part of how he ultimately got the Elder Wand. Then, he tells him about the resurrection stone and the clock - all three of them now belonging to Harry. "You see Harry, people, myself included, have always assumed that mere ownership of the Hallows would give one the power to win over Death. You have now proved that this is not enough. One also needs a power much more potent to greet Death as their equal. A power of which you have plenty. Like your mother, 17 years ago, today you sacrificed yourself to save everyone. And you once again cheated death. You truly are the Boy Who Lived. You truly are the Master of Death.

Absolutely loved this what if and how you laid everything out. I have to say I got choked up at the end as well, because that truly is all Lily ever wanted for Harry to live a life without Voldemort.

I love this! I’m not sure that the confrontation between Harry and Tom in the forest would have resulted in Tom becoming incorporeal again, though.

Remember how Arthur got stitches? What if Dumbledore got an amputation? Would he have been safe because he got rid of the part infected by the curse?

Great video as always! The emotional part is the reason we all support you, you love the story as much as we do!

Love J's emotional moment at the end! After 20+ years HP still gives me all the feels too!!

The way y’all come up with these theories is amazing

I accidentally read the title as "what if dumbeldore put on the one ring"

This is why I love SCB. I come home from school, check KZfaq, and immediately get a thumbnail that says "Dumbledore Kills Harry". I love the What Ifs on this channel, but Jesus.

love the Weasley compilation idea, and "pro tip number whatever" make me laugh! Amazing work as usual!

I feel that if Dumbledore were to kill Harry in that way, he would meet the same fate Voldemort did when Lilly sacrificed herself. If the spell did in fact, kill Harry, the soul inside him would manifest and take over his body. Dumbledore would have to use the sword on him to destroy it.

These “what if” retellings are always so thoughtfully played out I really feel like they add so many interesting pieces to the story and are extremely well done!

I can't even with the Snape voice, it is HILARIOUS!

Its amazing how invested you guys have become in these characters

I love this What If concept I hope you do more of these in the future

What if Harry never won the Tri-Wizard tournament? Would Valdemort still have come back without Harry being in the grave yard?

This is my favorite Harry Potter theory yet. And I personally think that he does truly die, but he still meets his parents at Kings Cross to bring them to the other side.

I love how in the war between the best & worst parts of snape, his heart cleaves through for the critical battles.

First video of your channel and I love the intro so much😂 amazing content! Down the Harry Potter rabbit hole I go!

I love it! I think Harry would have given the chance to return just like in the original story. It was an awful mistake on Dumbledore's behalf to put it on. I was sad that Dumbledore died but also loved the irony. Think about it- All his life Voldemort wanted to kill his greatest enemy, the one he feared from the most because of his immense power and skill which was probably equal or above himself. He killed Dumbledore directly and not directly. Directly because the curse he put on the ring was killing Dumbledore anyway even if Snape didn't shorted his agony. And not directly because the curse was a general magical protection and not one that is meant purely to Albus Dumbledore.

In the books when Harry went into the forest knowing he was about to sacrifice himself he didn't want to even hold he wand, we didn't want to be tempted, so I don't think he would hold it in this scenario either. But if it were to come to this, then yes I think Harry would be able to keep living ^^

This was a super emotional video. I like these "What If" videos a lot.

musta watched 100 of your vids and this one is the one that finally gave me watery eyes

I love the ending that Harry sees his mom at King's Cross and now I'm choked up too 😢Soooo good as always

The hardest part of this version of the story to believe is that Dumbledore gives Harry a choice in the end. That seems counter to so much of Dumbledore's years of planning things from the shadows as it were.

I love SCB theories because they seemingly cover everything!! I was just thinking about how this fit with the prophecy, and then they addressed that too!! Amazing!!

Wow! You even almost made me cry at the end. 🥺

Man these what ifs are really fun

I don’t think Dumbledore would have allowed Draco to get the upper hand on him if he wasn’t already dying. Even though weakened and without a wand I’m sure Dumbledore had plenty of magical tricks up his sleeve. But because he was dying, he just let it all happen, without trying to escape or defend himself. So that scenario would not have played out the same way. Snape wouldn’t have had to make the choice, Dumbledore would have survived. Despite wanting to save Draco, Dumbledore would have known he was more valuable alive than Draco was.

This one got me a little chocked up. Well done team, as always!

You made me cry J. That’s impressive, I rarely ever cry

We need a whole series of "What If" videos from you guys.

I can honestly imagine harry being given the choice to go back but deciding not to. At this point he would’ve been really tired of life and would’ve thought that everyone he gets close to dies and so would chose to stay dead. Also he would get to be with his parents and Sirius (idk if lupin was already dead at this point)

wow, i normally hit the like button on every youtube video I watch, but this time, after i finished this one and began to move onto the next video, i realized that I hadn’t liked this one yet. I’ve never felt a video more deserving of a like than this one. Bravo for an amazing piece of storytelling, I almost cried 👏

loved the touch of emotion at the end i feel it

By getting the option from Dumbledore I think that the sacrifice option kicks in like it did in the actual series.

Hi you guys do the best film theory's ever 💗

Aww your little choking up at the end there😢❤

Literally just cried at work because you nearly cried. Such a good video! And very plausible!

Why does Snape have to accept the unbreakable vow or fight bella? Why not just decline? Don't they think that he is their spy anyways?

I was fine until the end! 😭 Harry meeting his mom at KingsCross has me in tears 😭wouldve been the cutest scene ever ❤️

I love that J’s impersonation of Snape is that of Squidward’s voice

These What Ifs are absolutely perfect. I got a little misty in the eyes. I can't wait for more.