Ministry of Magic can't track death eaters, but they'll pounce on the kid doing underage magic.

@RyvreRandom

3 жыл бұрын

Actually , 🤔 that checks out with reality.

@lochnessmonster5149

3 жыл бұрын

Harry had a tracker until he turned 17.

@ApexGale

3 жыл бұрын

except for when they don't (for fear of him being attacked by sirius in book 3) until they do again (when he's *actually* attacked by dementors in book 5). and they try to say the ministry has been compromised but Cornelius Fudge literally tries to get Harry imprisoned during his hearing

@tehonlyFreeman

3 жыл бұрын

They turn off their bodycams so they cant get caught. Kids are too lame to be naughty like that.

@lesteryaytrippy7282

3 жыл бұрын

@@ApexGale to be fair, the Ministry of Magic is a metaphor for a corrupted government

The Ministry of Magic: "We cannot be certain who is a Death Eater and who isn't." The Death Eaters: *all get matching tattoos*

@stocktonjoans

3 жыл бұрын

at what point do those guys actually eat the death? becasue i missed that bit

@thegatorhator6822

3 жыл бұрын

@@stocktonjoans they don't so much eat it as they nibble on it. A nice little snack between meals.

@LegaltTO

3 жыл бұрын

To be fair, only his Inner Circle got the mark but that should've been proof enough. Then again, his Inner Circle were basically all in serious positions of power as well and we all know how fucked the HP government is.

@VeryPeeved

3 жыл бұрын

i think the idea was that you could be mind controlled into taking on the mark. the imperius curse could bend pretty much anyone to his will, so even actively working for him isn't proof that you're actually a Death Eater, willingly at least. and since under wizarding law you can't be held accountable for things you were magically manipulated into doing, and Voldemort was known for very frequently using all of the Unforgivables, it was astoundingly easy for even moderately subtle death eaters with decent lawyers to get acquitted.

@An_Average_Idiot

3 жыл бұрын

VeryPeeved ....that has a very very large loophole unless there is just something else that I don't know about. So lets say I get my friend to mind control me into murdering this one guy both of us hates or mug some random guy, does that mean I get a free by even though I technically profit from it so long as my friend isn't discovered as the culprit?

Nature's slowest bird that cannot fly in the rain, on an island noted for wet weather.

@habijjj

4 ай бұрын

Didn't Hagrid go there in person to take Harry. They're magical owls nothing realistically will stop them from getting there. But they tried that and then they fucking moved there so Hagrid was just like yeah I'm taking him bye.

@weexuele9383

4 ай бұрын

Britain in *General* has horrible weather @habijjj

@Antenox

7 күн бұрын

The one time an owl flew in the rain in Harry Potter, it died

@shredstein

6 күн бұрын

THEYRE NOT JUST REGULAR OWLS U MELT! THEYRE MAGICAL OWLS BRED SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PURPOSE.

@mxich8791

5 күн бұрын

​@@habijjjHagrid got Harry bc the Dursleys weren't letting him read the letters from Hogwarts/know about his magic side. But the letters were still getting there fine.

Geez, this Brennan guy really seems to know a lot about birds

@senmetwo42

17 күн бұрын

I bet he could almost go toe to toe with Charlie about Bird Law

@jdjack519

13 күн бұрын

Tell that to the Roseate Spoonbill

@rakionyellowmind2293

12 күн бұрын

@@jdjack519 Or the greater sage grouse

"But I dont WANT to cure cancer. I want to turn people into dinosaurs!" Dumbledore probably

@Brim_the_Wizard

3 жыл бұрын

I’m pretty sure the book addressed curing diseases are outside of magical means.

@ekkoree5464

3 жыл бұрын

@@Brim_the_Wizard which seems completely arbitrary, and is almost definitely possible with some medical knowledge and transfiguration, with maybe some added health-related charms. Or just potions.

@fantasticnisopta

3 жыл бұрын

I mean, he has the word dumb in his name.

@harveyflippers9531

3 жыл бұрын

@@ekkoree5464 yeah they straight up have that one potion that regrows bones in perfect anatomical accuracy and integration of musculature.

@AaronWhiting18

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t want to cure cancer I want to give 10 points to Gryffindor

Dumbledore- No one is allowed to go to Dark Forest. Also Hogwarts's detention rule- sends kids inside the Dark Forest at night.

@reganbrannigan3006

3 жыл бұрын

@@ayamegotayamed2641 Hagrid literally sent Harry and Ron into a nest of giant spiders. Hagrid might be a hero but that man does not have his shit together

@reganbrannigan3006

3 жыл бұрын

@@ayamegotayamed2641 you said “Hagrid…wouldn’t endanger students as long as they follow his lead”. That’s what I was commenting on, because that man does not do proper health and safety reports

@Cbd_7ohm

3 жыл бұрын

@@reganbrannigan3006 LOL

@dr_birb

3 жыл бұрын

@@ayamegotayamed2641 you lost me at the BUT, literally saying "yeah they could die BUT"

@Rex-ty1eq

3 жыл бұрын

Wait in the chamber of secrets they went in there with the weasleys car not by hagrid or are we talking about another time

"OH great, it's that one guy that just teleports to talk in person instead of just writing a letter. God I hate social interaction"

@killertrr1

12 күн бұрын

Just troll people with Howlers like Arthur in Fable 3.

@Mary-Ann_B_Mabaet

11 сағат бұрын

@@killertrr1 What I would do as a Muggleborn in Ravenclaw. LMAO Howler TF out of everyone! ahahaha!

With how absolutely stupid wizards are, you’d think the muggle borns would would be running the place because they’re actually taught real useful things

@OmegaBlue-gb5bu

23 күн бұрын

If there wasn't an oppressive caste system they would be.

@threestrikesmarxman9095

7 күн бұрын

Only until they're about 11 years old. At least in the US, we don't learn about chemistry or physics until our second or third year of high school and economics and government in our last year of high school. Not sure when they teach that in the UK but I wouldn't be surprised if they were similar.

@greebj

6 күн бұрын

scriptwriting is easy when you have a new spell that can make happen whatever you need to happen Q: Why can't muggles ........ A: Obliviate.

@mcarrowtime7095

Күн бұрын

@@threestrikesmarxman9095 that sounds more like you went toa Texas high school, but it could be the same in other parts of the US as well.

@threestrikesmarxman9095

Күн бұрын

@@mcarrowtime7095 California

Wait till he finds out about filch cleaning the castle by hand when even the students could do it with magic Edit:thanks for all the likes. Also I know about the house elves and that they do a lot of the cleaning but fich does too. In chamber of secrets he is seen trying to get the message off the walls. I don't remember which book it is but he also gets mad at people for bringing mud into the castle because he will have to clean it up. These are just a few examples

@drfarrin

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget JK adding in the horrifying fact that before plumbing students would just go in the corridors and then magic it all away.

@thedrunkengreybeareddwarf8431

Жыл бұрын

@@drfarrin she is nasty

@danielled8665

Жыл бұрын

@@drfarrin I mean, before plumbing that's what aristocrats mostly did too.

@Andrew-it7fb

Жыл бұрын

@@danielled8665 wait, aristocrats magic'd away their poo??

@danielled8665

Жыл бұрын

@@Andrew-it7fb yup, through the maaaaagic of servaaaaantssss

"You can't apparate on school grounds!" Okay, cool... can I apparate just outside of school grounds and walk a few yards?

@oliknight2223

3 жыл бұрын

You can also Floo, Portkey, and Vanishing Cabinet on the grounds of Hogwarts. And house elves (y'know, the enslaved people who do all their other menial tasks) can Apparate on the grounds.

@mutestingray

3 жыл бұрын

Once, I was smoking a cigarette on the edge of my college campus. A guy went out of his way to come up to me to tell me that smoking was banned on campus. So I walked ten yards off campus to finish smoking. Same thing?

@jellafella6957

3 жыл бұрын

@@mutestingray Same thing outside my job, was stood on the side of the road, and was told to cross the street to finish.

@nicholascarter9158

3 жыл бұрын

I think it takes like, over an hour to walk from hogwarts to the edge of the grounds. The entire forbidden forest is inside the grounds, and so is the lake.

@magnetronman298

3 жыл бұрын

Similar to the story of that guy that wanted to cancel some appointment and the secretary told him he would have had to announce it 3 weeks in advance and the guy asks if he can move it back 3 weeks. The secretary says that's possible and then the guy asks if he can cancel. And the secretary goes yeah sure

It's basically the only school that exists until a competition needs to happen

@Zac_Frost

Күн бұрын

Look up Chekhov's Gun. They werent releveant to the plot, as the other schools were from other countries, had their own governments, etc. And the story itself is centered around just the UK. Kinda obvious if you... ya know... think.

The wizards: the muggles are stupid, we need to keep them safe Muggles: *initiates nuclear codes to show them they’re wrong*

@TheLastSane1

Ай бұрын

Wouldn't work, most of their locations are unplottable meaning a targeting system wouldn't be able to find them. Tech also just malfunctions around magic and stops working. So most muggle shit would just not work.

@piolewus

Ай бұрын

@@TheLastSane1 from what I've seen these locations are impossible to find by a human and it,s some type of mind control, but a drone still could get there i think and so could a GPS signal. I might be wrong tho

@piolewus

Ай бұрын

bonus idea: find someone you know is a wizard and secretly get a signal onto them. when they arrive at what is most likely a wizard place it's JDAM time

@TheLastSane1

Ай бұрын

@@piolewus Magic dirupts and disables anything with eletronics hell even Collins camera had to have special magic for it to work and that was an old 80s early 90s polaroid.

@TheLastSane1

Ай бұрын

@@piolewus Tracker wouldn't work, magic fries or disables technology. A JDAM uses tech for guidance and honestly a vanishing spell would just remove it from being a problem after immobilizing it.

On the subject of owls delivering messages, keep in mind, in book 2 Hagrid was sent to Azkaban, a prison where the inmates are constantly being tortured by dementors literally sucking out their joy and will to live, amd when he is exonerated he says he would have gotten out sooner but the letter delivering his release papers was given to erol, the Weasley owl, the dumbest bird on earth, that kept getting lost. So Hagrid was quite literally being tortured in prison after being proven innocent because they decided to mail that letter using an animal they already knew to be unreliable.

@John_b123

Жыл бұрын

At that point it seems purposeful

@Questerer

Жыл бұрын

Remember that this owl was send by a 12 year old. (Ron Weasley). Who would trust such an important letter to be send by a 12 year old. Dumbledore would. And Dumbledore is known for his sadistic accidents. In Prisoner of Azkaban, Dumbledore conjured? Christmas crackers. He pulled one with Snape. And the hat of Neville’s grand mother appeared and offered it to Snape who declined. The same hat Neville put on the Bogert that turned into Snape.

@pricygalaxy185

Жыл бұрын

Ummmm well the thing is you can’t apperate in and out of Azkaban and on top of that it’s in the middle of the ocean meaning if you teleported there you would be probably killed by the crashing waves because it’s always storming there

@Jeezes718

Жыл бұрын

@@pricygalaxy185 have an elf do it, they can apparate to places wizards can't.

@pricygalaxy185

Жыл бұрын

@@Jeezes718 people who had elves did do that quite commonly but people didn’t commonly have elves making owls more needed

Imagine having the power to teleport and your job is the fucking mailman.

@ImperialFister

3 жыл бұрын

Bro, easiest job in the world, you'd never have to even move

@Jebu911

3 жыл бұрын

@@ImperialFister Well if its harry potter world you would constantly feel like vomiting so not sure if that's such and easy job. Imagine you have to deliver mail to like 1000 guys a day and its just you projectile vomiting thro london.

@ImperialFister

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jebu911 Well, that would suck (unless the guy with the vomit fetish gets the job)

@darklordoftheuniverse7803

3 жыл бұрын

That's what I called karma

@puretestoster1

3 жыл бұрын

@@darklordoftheuniverse7803 what did the mailman do to deserve this

JK has always been more for whimsy (“oh they have owls deliver their mail, how quaint”) than actual sense, which honestly only became a problem after she pivoted from occasionally dark fairy tale to gritty urban fantasy. Anyone who tells you she “had it all figured out from the beginning” is try to sell you a crock of shit (i.e. her books).

@hiimcrazyfordrwho

27 күн бұрын

I generally don't believe authors who say they had everything planned out from the beginning

@sppotterstark8057

21 күн бұрын

She did plan quite a bit though Maybe not all of it . Jk certainly didn't say she planned everything to the T because she did change aspects of her plan to accommodate the story and fans.

@alexrusset8614

18 күн бұрын

@@hiimcrazyfordrwho Speaking as someone who writes as a hobby, I definitely make long reaching plans. But I keep them vague enough so that when new ideas/realizations come to me, I can pivot easily.

@kilianalexander2736

17 күн бұрын

@@hiimcrazyfordrwho I rec checking out One Piece if you want a story where the author legitimately had a huge amount planned out from the beginning

@madeline6951

12 күн бұрын

​@@sppotterstark8057By "quite a bit" do you mean "major worldbuilding getting scrapped on the sidelines, because the author couldn't be bothered to acknowledge and write around the world she has built"? She just gets all time travel knocked off a shelf in book 5. If she did any overarching planning at all, it was piss poor.

MoM can’t track a damn death eater but will go feral over a underage child doing magic is crazy

@tevenpowell8023

3 ай бұрын

Remember in the second book when the MoM couldn't detect the difference between Harry casting a levitation spell himself, and Dobby casting a levitation spell near him?

@angelichobi__18

3 ай бұрын

@@tevenpowell8023 I haven’t read the book in a hot minute but now that you mention it yea that did happen, you’d think being the literal GOVERNMENT for the Wizarding world they be able to tell the difference, sounds a lot like our own government

@evan64915

27 күн бұрын

​@@tevenpowell8023Sirius Black went to jail for this exact reason

Owls: have to deliver mail House elves: literally slaves

@aawallace98

10 ай бұрын

to be fair house elves actually like serving people dobby was an exception mostly7 because of how shit a master the malforys were

@TOBAPNW_

10 ай бұрын

​@@aawallace98Just another in the list of a billion things R*wling fucked up about her world. "There are some people who like being owned" is such a twisted thing to put in a book for children. I know it comes from brownies in English folklore and the shoemaker's elves and stuff, but I think in hindsight we can appreciate how formative literature can be to people, even subconsciously.

@emmettsimon9487

10 ай бұрын

@@TOBAPNW_ so much clearer that rowling has always been an asshole

@ELbabotas1

10 ай бұрын

It's more like their tribal society had certain morals and customs, and when the first mutant humans dubbed 'wizards' made contact... things got weird I imagine after some wars and assimilation, their traditions made it so they, under a honor plead must chose a master Then, their kids follow, and then their kids And that is when slavery may have started They just may need their own state so that their customs don't chain them as they do now Dobby is a weirdo A person that drinks pops and soda on a bowl or plate He is not the ideal, but an outlier(luvudobbs) The elves shouldn't be forced to forfeit their culture, but maybe between humans it can be unpleasant as a person from a farm being thrown on the big city, they will use you against you It's been badly explained, not a 'some like to be owned'(though true, some do, it gives big creepy), but more like, 'some feel like they have to' The problem are rich people that can't respect the elves' culture The Malfoys are an example of using one's cultural differences as a weapon They don't need a little white savior knight to be insensitive and force them out of what they chose to adhere to, they need better laws to protect them as an important magical minority of the wizarding world And, imagine living in a nanite sci fi world, and not protecting your home Most goverment establishments must be 'apparating proof' in most opportunities And a clearance pass for certain cases But enchanted or specially bred owls are a option

@The_True_Mx_Pink

10 ай бұрын

​@@ELbabotas1A culture that promotes slavery is a culture that should be changed. There's a mighty fine difference between preserving unique cultural identity and preserving a form of fascism.

Has anyone considered that the killing curse, a painless method of killing that leaves no collateral damage, is "unforgivable," but spells like Bombarda which literally make giant explosions that kill dozens is somehow not?

@gergelyritter9599

3 жыл бұрын

Techinically this happened in the real world too. If you killed someone, you would get punished, but if you comitted genocide, there was no specific penalty/punishment. You could get lighter punishment for genocide than killing an individual.

@guythe4288

3 жыл бұрын

Killing Curse is unblockable, while Bombarda, Confringo and Stupefy can be blocked with Shield Charm.

@Ssohpkcf

3 жыл бұрын

@@guythe4288"Unblockable" except for like the 10 times Harry counters it with Expelliarmus

@92brunod

3 жыл бұрын

@@guythe4288 That's like banning euthanasia but not shotguns because you can wear a bullet-proof vest but you can't resist an overdose of morphine. Ok, kinda like real life.

@guythe4288

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ssohpkcf exactly. It's unblockable through regular means, but using counter force at the right time (expelliarmus being effective measure) it's possible to make each spell cancel each other out

The magic of owls is that they can always find who they are delivering too.

@89taklung

4 ай бұрын

So... give an owl a magical tracking device and send a letter to any wanted wizzard in the world to find them?

@narsilreforged

Күн бұрын

@@89taklung Its a joke dude. Owls say hoo

"Yeah we know part of our school is full of magic racists, that's on purpose one of the founders was a total jackass" EXCUSE ME WHAT???

@Zac_Frost

Күн бұрын

They never outright say every Slytherin is an outright magical racist or evil. Ambition and drive are the big things in that house. Those can be traits of incredibly good people. It's a study of nature vs nurture. When pointed in the right direction, those students could be an incredible asset to the world.

@Mary-Ann_B_Mabaet

11 сағат бұрын

@@Zac_Frost True but Slytherin left as a Founder when the Other Founders refused to accept only a "better selection" of magicians in the School. So, yes, that house is also known for magic powerplay even if it's not outright said.

@Zac_Frost

11 сағат бұрын

@@Mary-Ann_B_Mabaet Explain Slytherins like Merlin and Slughorn, then, who recognized all talented witches and wizards regardless of blood status, sex, etc, and just wanted to see others excel and succeed.

You can do this with Harry Potter all day. It’s like it was the greatest feat of suspension of disbelief of all time. There is a magic spell, that they teach to 11 year old first year students, that can unlock any lock. And yet they just keep putting locks on doors and telling those same 11 year olds “don’t go in there”

@DiddntFindANameLol

3 жыл бұрын

um actually, I do think Hermione learns that spell on her own outside the actual curriculum. It's still a relatively easy spell though, one would imagine, but I guess that's why it doesn't really come up again after the first book.

@tigamaki1345

3 жыл бұрын

It’s a plot point in the third. Hermione uses it to break a criminal out of jail.( I know in the movie she blows up the door)

@SonofSethoitae

3 жыл бұрын

@@DiddntFindANameLol It's in the Standard Book of Spells that ll eleven year olds use at Hogwarts

@DiddntFindANameLol

3 жыл бұрын

@@tigamaki1345 true true. Not really jail but certainly a stupid thing to not lock properly with magic. Unless you WANT the convicted murderer to run away.

@Lowekinder

3 жыл бұрын

It just unlocks mechanical locks. The real question is why Dumbledore didn't lock the door to the dangerous Cerberus magically.

This reminds me of the bit in Invincible where Atom Eve is just like "Why tf would I go to school when I can solve world hunger?"

@burntrosechick

3 жыл бұрын

I loved that. I've never understood why there weren't more canonical teen runaways with powers. Doin the peace corps thing or just helping build houses and wells for people in need. Like sustainable drinking water is important.

@VVheeli

3 жыл бұрын

Oh now I need a story of some wizard kid ditching school to show it off to the royal family and/or government, and then immediately is drafted into MI6 or some secret higher branch.

@dianalon12

3 жыл бұрын

Or check out 'So You've Learned To Teleport' by Tom Scott. He explains that a superhero with the ability to teleport could create infinite energy, solve world hunger, conquer space travel, but no, they stick to saving one city, in one country.

@mikafizz1022

3 жыл бұрын

@@burntrosechick peace corps?

@jonsimpson6240

3 жыл бұрын

@@dianalon12 really depends on the kind of teleporting. If its portals, that is unquestionably the best, if you can teleport and bring somebody, that is amazingly useful, if you can just teleport with stuff, thats quite helpful, if you can just teleport and arrive naked, thats pretty neat.

I love HP but it’s really one of those things you just can’t think about too much. It’s a series made for children, almost NONE of the worldbuilding holds up under close scrutiny. Just enjoy it for what it is.

I'm sure many places would also have anti-apparation wards not just Hogwarts. Also, to apparate you need to be familiar with the location you're apparating to, have to visualize it if I remember correctly. Owls in the Harry Potter universe have the ability to find any person or place. You can send a letter to an address, a certain location, or you can send it to a recipient; the owl will magically know where to go. Maybe wizards could set up a mail system using apparation to deliver things but it would only be useful for fixed addresses registered with the post office and the carriers would have to visit every address on their route first or possibly look at pictures. The floo network is another option for delivering mail, but again it's a restrictive option. It's only good for locations with fireplaces connected to the floo network. Also owls in that universe are apparently magically fast as well. Like the times when the ministry of magic or Dumbledore were sending letters to Harry in response to things that happened only minutes prior.

@Zac_Frost

Күн бұрын

You see, folks like BLM don't think this deep into it. They just rag on it because "they're more creative" (when he and Mercer really aren't. Like, seriously, Matt's DnD homebrew is just Elder Scrolls meets Diablo with very little added). Also, for guys like this, ragging on Rowling is the "in" thing.

I cackled when Harry said "It's hogwarts, what could be safer? Boy, year 1 you got drafted into the sport where flying metals balls are aimed at the players' heads using bats, got sent to a monster infested forest for detention, a giant three-headed dog was just standing behind a door and year two a giant snake was roaming around attacking people... The fuck, standing on the Gaza strip holding Israel and Palestine flags simultaneously is probably safer.

@panda4247

3 жыл бұрын

add a rainbow flag to that... still safer.

@MichaelSnyder1776

3 жыл бұрын

Your gonna give a tik toker a great idea there 😅🇮🇱🇵🇸

@AlanGresov

3 жыл бұрын

The very first day of school the head master tells everyone, hey don't go to this room unless you wanna die a very painful death. Why the fuck is something that needs that level of protection stored at a school WHERE CHILDREN LEARN MAGIC FOR THE FIRST TIME.

@RyuuHatake

3 жыл бұрын

The same reason maximum security inmates are held at prisons that have guards who are learning to run a prison for the first time. If you dont open the cage you dont die, simple.

@MammalianCreature

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlanGresov Little reminder that the forest within walking distance of the school is called The Forest of Death. Giant sentient spiders who were starving lived in that forest and so did Centaurs who weren't all that chill with humans. Giant Squid in their lake, and the merpeople were semi friendly. All around bad place, including the Giant _kill you with a stare_ Death Snake under the school.

The Cerberus Assembly makes a lot more sense now

@RasmusVJS

3 жыл бұрын

I mean, Hogwarts and the Cerberus Assembly really only have wizards in common. But yes.

@JonathanMandrake

3 жыл бұрын

I was wondering for a moment why you would bring Critical role into this because I was so entranced at these funny ideas that I forgit Matthew Mercer was in this short😂🤣😂

@bigbundle3223

3 жыл бұрын

@@RasmusVJS well not really. what Matt describes is what the Cerberus Assembly does.

@captainkiwi77

3 жыл бұрын

@@RasmusVJS calebs entire backstory is that he went to Cerberus funded hogwarts what are you talking about, Trent is literally evil dumbledoor and the volstrucker are the evil DA. There entire conversation that a real hogwarts would just be the Illuminati directly shows itself in the Cerberus assembly, the people who train mages, being the Illuminati, like did the entire point, of everything you witnessed in the 1 minute clip you just watched, elude you?

@RasmusVJS

3 жыл бұрын

@@bigbundle3223 Kinda. The fact that there is still a monarchy and other nations means they're not quite there, since wizards in D&D aren't the most powerful beings in they're world, unlike in Harry Potter. Or, at the very least they are more powerful than anything in the world of the muggles.

You can teleport, video chat, but you still write a letter, text message.

I wish I had the energy and excitement that these guys have

Mfs literally could probably solve world hunger but instead they watch teenagers flying on broom

@WindyREDPanda

3 жыл бұрын

Not to Forget an Invisibility Cloak that could be used for all the wrong reasons like Stealing and Perverted peeking if it wasn't in Harry Possession... Or even Forget that Criminals can hide as Pets and go unnoticed for Decades. And can have Dragons by Whatever Wizard legal means but Magical Shenanigans are a No-No in the real world.

@martinchuma

3 жыл бұрын

You saying "probably" is making me think you didn't actually read the books

@gorg6151

3 жыл бұрын

NoOOoooOo, but, but, you can’t make food though, that’s what they said in the book though, so you can’t do that actually. But you can, however turn an animal into an inanimate object, for example a golden cup. Seeing as gold is an element, it is possible, through the use of magic, to alter atoms, meaning that you not only should be able to make food, but that configuration is totally impossible. Not to mention a scene where Molly Weasley made cream come out of her wand, and when Hermione says that you can increase the quantity of food. In both of those scenarios, J.K. Rowling breaks her own magic rules.

@smoshbooz

2 жыл бұрын

@@gorg6151 exactly. There are literally zero excuses

@jackblank6136

2 жыл бұрын

@Passive Aggressive it's more of the fact that the cup will turn back eventually, and you can't create food, but you can summon it. Also you shouldn't transfigure objects into food or water or air, since they'll turn back, think about it, you turn a piece of wood into food, it turns to wood in your stomach. Into air? Well you have a right pleasant time of choking on blood after the wood punctures your lungs

Can we add the fact that hormonal teenagers are left almost unsupervised in an immensely large castle with a shit load of very questionable spells?

@corvus4350

3 жыл бұрын

Ron straight up gets given a date-rape potion.

@altruism6885

3 жыл бұрын

Fetus Deletus!

@RealMiniLink

3 жыл бұрын

They have access to a potion that shapeshifts them into other people and animal amalgamations. Creepy Carl down the hall has your hair and he's about to see what you look like naked and Furry Frank is about to have a hell of a time at the next furcon

@Grygory-fd3kp

3 жыл бұрын

@@RealMiniLink they don't realy "have access". Book with receipt was in the forbidden section of library, which is a can of worms by itself, but still

@RealMiniLink

3 жыл бұрын

@@Grygory-fd3kp A forbidden section guarded by a single old man and his cat, hogwarts has the worst security for being a highly prestigious school

They also have transfiguration class, yet never use transfiguration magic. About 100 instances where it would have immediately solved a problem.

This is why I'm so impressed with HP. It's crazy full of plot holes and inconsistencies, but the story is so good that it's still a joy to read. You don't even noticed all that stuff until later because it's so engaging

"Oh yeah I have this truth serum that would even make Voldemort spill his innermost secrets" "There was NO way to tell if Sirius was speaking the truth so we locked him up for life lol sorry Harry you don't get any loving family."

@DopamineMax

3 жыл бұрын

He didn't even try to defend himself he just continued laughing when he was caught. why would you use something so extremely difficult to create on this trial?!

@emilio9790

3 жыл бұрын

@@DopamineMax Because the Potter family were some of the richest people on earth.

@TheBigJord

3 жыл бұрын

@@emilio9790 why were the potters where so wealthy I feel like I missed it in the books if it was in there

@flowrebaz6189

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheBigJord the mentions of mounds of gold and silver in Harry’s vault and then he inherits all the black wealth on top of that. It’s easy to see when compared to the weasley’s small pile that Harry is extremely well off

@sarthakrawat7748

3 жыл бұрын

I mean whole Wizarding ministry was corrupt and full of death eater and his crimes were plumb

Lets also not go into the fact that not only are Love Potions completely legal, but are sold in a joke/novelty shop for children.

@abboud6393

3 жыл бұрын

I mean it was the 90s, stuff like rape by deception or girls raping men, was still treated as a joke then in general.

@etocadet

3 жыл бұрын

@@abboud6393 no, it never was.

@abboud6393

3 жыл бұрын

@@etocadet have you like ever seen any comedy movie like at all? Or judt looked up how people reporting such crimes were responded to?

@etocadet

3 жыл бұрын

@@abboud6393 what you typed did not come across as funny or a joke.

@abboud6393

3 жыл бұрын

@@etocadet My comment isn't intended to be funny and wasn't meant as a joke. Public attitude towards rape that isn't by violence was honestly quite horrible in the past. A man who complained about a woman raping them would have been humiliated and even today is barely taken serious. Likewise the idea of getting woman drunk and lying to them to sleep of them was a frequently used comedy device.

Umbridge was a self insert.

@adventureswithaurora

6 күн бұрын

😭🤣

@Zac_Frost

Күн бұрын

Oh. You wrote the books?

Apparating next to someone is the ultimate in calling when you could text.

Dumbledore: I want everyone to understand that I treat every class equally... Also Dumbledore: Ah Harry Potter. Nice glasses. 50 points for Gryffindor!

@AlfieTank

2 жыл бұрын

Its a joke lol inaccurate but tis a joke😂

@benzehunteer7411

2 жыл бұрын

@@AlfieTank hate to say this but, it actually is kinda accurate

@AlfieTank

2 жыл бұрын

@@benzehunteer7411 not really, if you have literally he who shall NOT BE NAMED......after your ass😶 And live for sequels.....50pts is bare minimum 🤷🏿‍♂️😂

@chickenman7801

2 жыл бұрын

As the headmaster he knows: GriffNdor has style. "For embodiment of the style of his house...and selflessly keeping those raggedy glasses that is a brand trademark... in America." I mean this Bill Gates looking kid blasting Voldemort. He should be sitting at a desk. And he kept them Rafferty aes glasses even though he mad dough, bro. "

@leemc9943

2 жыл бұрын

Well he did put a three headed dog to sleep, ride a broom while chased by angry keys, and killed quirell/banish voldy. That is worth a trophy for me and that is just in year 1.

" we can't show muggles magic they'd use it to solve all their problems " >proceeds to use magic to solve all their problems

@ruminationstation4200

2 жыл бұрын

My head cannon is that it's because they realized magics main value comes from it's scarcity. They don't want anyone else to have wands because then wizards would have to, ya know, work and stuff. As long as they restrict who is allowed to have a wand, they retain their monopoly on the central source of global power. They didn't go underground out of sympathy or annoyance for witch burnings. Muggles were becoming literate at much higher rates, they were abandoning the Catholic church and embracing science. The wizards were scared muggles would be able to start figuring out what they had (remember: the source of a wands magic isn't the wizard, it's the magical core. So it's possible muggles could function at the same proficiency as untalented wizards, which would be very scary if you're an untalented wizards from a family that hasn't had to hold real employment for generations) It's actually secretly a way to prevent wizards from sharing the secrets of magic even if they wanted to. You can tell muggles whatever you want, the ministry now has permission to come in and zap their memories before they can do anything with that knowledge.

@s-idney

2 жыл бұрын

@@ruminationstation4200 Rich people keeping caviar a secret so that it's still cool.

@edocsil1635

2 жыл бұрын

@@ruminationstation4200 just because a muggle can have a wand does not mean they will be able to use magic. Otherwise squibs who are born from magical families would be able to use magic through a wand. The core of the wand isn't the source of magic, though it is a magical core. It just helps to amplify (if the user is compatible with the core) and control the user's magic.

@zekthan32

2 жыл бұрын

@@edocsil1635 to play devils advocate here. Lets assume that you are correct. Currently, wizards know people who can and cannot use magic via like tracking magical bloodlines and the like. But thats ALL they do because they have no reason to do further research. If the WORLD knew about magic. It would be... Idk 10-20 years tops of extensive scientific research until they figure out the connection between a persons genealogy and their ability to use magic. Or Shit. Maybe we'd figure out wtf magic IS after exstensive studies. It would either A. Rewrite the way we ubderstand physics at a fundemental level opening the opportunity for incredible advancement. Or B. We'd figure out where the energy is coming from and start manipulating it.

@chandlerbing3636

2 жыл бұрын

@@edocsil1635 according to J. K. Rowling's own canon, Olivander's started selling wands before the wizards existed, although it can be that writers don't know how to maths, considering that both of these things were happened before Christ, so she might just not know that the year system works reverse in "B.C.", but I prefer that Olivander's started selling wands and due to using magical cores, wizards came into existence.

The idea that teleportation would make people more inclined to see face to face is what's crazy

Paraphrasing a Mage: The Podcast line, "Using magic to change the world is hubris; not using magic to change the world is complicity."

"Why are we running our civilization on the bylaws of one school!" _Etonian Members of Parliament shifts nervously_

@arnewengertsmann9111

7 ай бұрын

To be fair, those boys go to Camebridge or Oxford later.... so they run the civilization on the by laws of three schools. Well one school and two universities technically, but not that much of a difference.^^

Wizards be like “humans have their own problems” excuse me you live on this planet, I’m sure it’ll be your problem when the nuke drops.

@pencil6711

Жыл бұрын

A war against wizards would end badly for us because sure anyone dies to a gun or a bomb but they can deflect it and appear behind people using apparate So imagine one wizard teleporting to a nuke shelter and set an explosive on the nuke to detonate the nuke and teleport away

@massimocole9689

Жыл бұрын

Given their bafflingly ignorance of most muggle things I'm not sure many of them even know what a nuke is, much less where nuke silos are. And in the series one of the reasons the wizards give to keep secret is just how hopelessly out numbered they are by muggles and how dangerous witch hunts were in the past. And that was before we had airstrikes and machine guns. Also setting off an explosive next to a nuke would just break the nuke, not set it off. Nukes require incredibly careful and uniform compression of the fissile material to activate.

@Aredel

Жыл бұрын

@@pencil6711 good sir, it’s infinitely faster to squeeze a trigger than it is to speak an incantation. Daniel Greene made a point of this.

@TECH097

Жыл бұрын

"Nukus Protectus uwu"

@Aredel

Жыл бұрын

@@TECH097 pretty sure there’s only a handful of wizards in existence who can stop a blast like that.

Issue with this is the teleportation spell he is talking about (apparation) is very difficult to learn, not many bother as you have to concentrate to teleport ur entire body away and not just a leg/hand. In addition you have to know the place very well, like have to have been there before well. Chances are whenever u need to deliver a letter ur not going to know the place u want to deliver to. This is something not addressed in the movies unfortunately as it seems like everyone can teleport for some reason, (reported instances in the books, where one guy teleported and only his upper body (I think) made it to the destination, hence why not many attempt it) If your referring to the floo network however, not every house is connected as some won’t have a fire place and even if they are, who’s the say in darker times the network wasn’t compromised. This is a poor argument mind you but it’s all I can speculate. Port keys also tie in as we have shown they could be tampered with as well and might be tedious to create and then set one up to get back (maybe again not sure, I’m going off my knowledge of books here) I will say it’s dumb to use owls however as opposed to something faster, or create magical lines of instant communication (wizard version of phones since normal phones don’t work around them. We’ve seen proof this could work with hermionie using coins to send messages). Sry rambled on here a bit but final thing I promise, I have a theory that owls might be intelligent without the ability to speak (I hope not as then that’s just slavery) or their magically attuned to wizards and naturally bond with them, hence their use since they can find their way past magical defences to deliver info (which leads me to think why Voldemort couldn’t owl Harry and everyone else a bomb constantly, would’ve simplified things a lot)

@elarianasky

2 күн бұрын

can't forget that the ability to apparate cannot be done unless the students are 17 years old. it is literally illegal for anyone under the age of 17 to apparate.

@Zac_Frost

Күн бұрын

​@@elarianasky Yeah. It's too difficult for even grown adults to do. Even the most talented people have incredible trouble with it.

The idea that if a world like this existed realistically we would use all the power we gained to destroy each other before getting to decide with indentured servant will carry our post.

other things that make no sense in HP: 1. you're telling me there are no other mothers with love for their children if Voldemort is so easily defeated by that 2. since the prevalence of muggle-born wizards are so high, it makes no sense that the wizarding community is fascinated and unfamiliar by any muggle technology.

@SonofSethoitae

3 жыл бұрын

@@ajax_watches Pretty sure it's explicitly stated to be Love that protects Harry. There's an entire room in the Department of Mysteries dedicated to the study of Love as a magical force.

@alexzander7629

3 жыл бұрын

@@SonofSethoitae Yes but Love fueled by sacrifice. Think Love was the barrier, but the sacrifice was the force that composed said barrier

@SonofSethoitae

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexzander7629 That's a fine theory, but there's nothing in the text that suggests that that's how it works

@Lowekinder

3 жыл бұрын

@@SonofSethoitae Love is a magical force but its not "love" specifically that protects Harry any more than the hate and sadism needed to cast a good crucio is what causes the pain. Its a force and its a fuel, but Dumbledore is being mostly metaphorical when he tells the 11 year old that his mother's love protects him. Because Harry's still a child (and she didn't have all the details worked out). The love Lilly had for Harry protects him from Voldemort only because she sacrificed her life for him. Because Snape loved her, and asked Voldemort to spare her, giving her sacrifice meaning. The last two books are all about how Harry doesn't have any unique magical super powers that'll let him kill Voldemort, that the Hallows are a distraction and their power pointless. Harry's ability to love and be loved also gives him a support network of people more capable than him that allows him to beat Voldemort. That's the magical "love" Dumbledore refers that allows Harry to win. That's it. Personal power over life and death is in the end has less worth than the ability to love and be loved.

@VVheeli

3 жыл бұрын

1: yeah that does seem bullshit, but who knows what Lily Potter could’ve done with everything the Potters had. 2: I would say bullshit except A, these are British People with mindsets as modern as 1500s, and B; I could only maybe see Fashion and history influencing wizards, but not tech. Since it’s implied magic shits on electricity and they don’t work together.

“Birds delivering mail is animal abuse” The rats and frogs being turned into goblets: am I joke to you?

@Potato-km4zg

2 жыл бұрын

They have less value to people. Like stepping into a rat would get you less hate than stepping into a dog.

@Subscribe_to_me_now

2 жыл бұрын

@@Potato-km4zg so??????

@Potato-km4zg

2 жыл бұрын

@@Subscribe_to_me_now You can't understand basic words?

@MrGowose

2 жыл бұрын

@@Potato-km4zg Well that's just sad

@ooi97

2 жыл бұрын

They don't mind animal cruelty. They don't mind human cruelty for the most part either. That a major theme of the series

I could watch Brennan and Matt discuss fantasy for hours.

@Zac_Frost

Күн бұрын

I'd be bored out of my mind after 10 minutes.

“And now that you know how it’s done, don’t do it.” -Troy McClure on underage magic

Also why have a court system with a judge and jury and stuff when you having fucking TRUTH POTION?!

@SurprisinglyDeep

Жыл бұрын

Lower class/working class British wizard: "A person can muck about with a truth potion and make it more of ah lying potion isntead, what like. Used tah happen lots ah times before Interpool's wizard division put ah stop to it."

@fredfre8397

Жыл бұрын

Isn't it the same logic as in court why we don't just hook up everyone to those lie director machines though?

@massimocole9689

Жыл бұрын

Lie detector machines are really just stress detector machines, they measure indicators of stress like heart rate and sweating. But working out if a person is stressed because they are lying vs stressed due to some other aspect of the interrogation makes them pretty unreliable at detecting lies.

@etb6250

Жыл бұрын

@@fredfre8397 because lie detectors have about 10-20% inaccurate rate (and you can actually train to cheat on during this test), but potion of truth don't have such vulnerabilities

@phantasosxgames8488

Жыл бұрын

@@etb6250 they actually have. You can technically make an antidote for the potion.

Counterpoint: If you want to apparate somewhere, you have to wear pants. To send a letter by owl, you do not have to wear pants.

@loveunityandpeace

8 ай бұрын

Counterpoint to that counterpoint, if im a wizard cant i just swish my wand and suddenly im clothed? Or make an illusion of wearing clothes? Or just stick my head in the fireplace and my head alone will appear in the home of who i want to talk to?

@odoylerules360

8 ай бұрын

@@loveunityandpeace Triple counterpoint, it's not just the effort of putting pants on, it's also having to wear them at all. Secondly, what if they don't want to or aren't wearing pants either?

@inuandkagome4eva

8 ай бұрын

Counterpoint to all counterpoints... who SAID we had to wear pants while appariting. SHOW ME THE LAW!! OR LET ME BE FREE AND APPARATE EVERYWHERE PANTSLESS!

@MiniMimots

8 ай бұрын

Counterpoint you could just send a pigeon. Pigeons are good messager birds

@thekoifishcoyote8762

8 ай бұрын

Counterpoint to all counterpoints except the counterpoint to all counterpoints: as written in the Goblet of Fire book, most wizards do not wear pants unless muggles are involved

Brennan should know that owls are also the quietest of all birds.

These two just outlined the arguments Lucius Malfoy has against Dumbledor in Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

Reminder that Hermione was actively laughed at for WANTING TO END LITERAL SLAVERY

@matthewevans5486

2 жыл бұрын

The thing is that house elves are visibly repulsed by the idea of freedom and (as shown by the treatment of Dobby by the elves in Hogwarts' kitchen) will actively shun any elf that want's to be free because they see it as the hight of dishonour

@dreadburnz3522

2 жыл бұрын

I don't remember who it was but someone pretty much told her that elves actually WANT to be slaves because they legitimately like it. If I remember correctly Dobby at some point got a job working for Dumbledore with decent pay and work hours, but Dobby ended up renegotiating for more hours and less pay because it just didn't feel right to him. The idea of idleness in their culture was pretty much worthy of scorn to the elves. I recall someone on youtube making a really good analysis about Hermione's attitude towards elven slavery and how it was supposed to make her look virtuous, except the elves' acceptance and desire for slavery clashes so heavily with that idea that rather than making her look like someone who values justice and equal rights it just made her look like someone incapable of understanding cultural differences.

@vakama9053

2 жыл бұрын

While it's never explained in canon, the common explanation for that in fandom is that house elves are mutualistic symbiotes who feed off of their master's magic, providing service in return for the nourishment.

@byronrush9802

2 жыл бұрын

@@vakama9053 makes sense which is why they have unlimited power and can live so damn long

@TheCreepyLantern

2 жыл бұрын

@@dreadburnz3522 like these are all good points and all the wizards are 100% known for brainwashing, mindcontrol, and using any means necessary to preserve the status quo of them on top. there is no way i'm going to accept "oh this species likes being slaves" at face value. it's FAR more likely the Wizards at somepoint fucked up an entire species so bad "you like cleaning my floor" is now part of their DNA

Wizards: "We can teleport across long distances in seconds." Muggles: "Well we can send messages to anywhere in the WORLD in seconds."

@seigemusic423

3 жыл бұрын

Muggle #1 : hey waht is going on? Muggle #2 : what did you say? Muggle #1 : oh sorry I meant WHAT Muggle #2 : oh I feel you

@salut1672

3 жыл бұрын

@@seigemusic423 huh???

@ceebbees12345

3 жыл бұрын

i imagine the same way muggles had telephones in their kitchen to phone people, wizards had chimneys to flu them, so technically wizards already had Skype by comparison. Not to mention patronuses (which are still slow but at least less expensive than buying flu powder). But yeah, the mail system waa pretty insane lol

@Nick-kz6dg

3 жыл бұрын

​@@ceebbees12345 Communicating via Patronus was a recent invention by Dumbledore and we've only seen it used by the Order. Not to mention the normal spell is difficult on its own. Definitely not a common or easy means of communication.

@malfaroangel3896

3 жыл бұрын

This is why I feel we need a Harry Potter movies sequel set in the muggles world. It would literally be a clash of magic bs technology. Never like how condescending the wizards were to the muggle world. Bruh Harry and Hermione literally have technology that would trump some of the spells you cast

The fact that any wizard would write a physical letter in a world where Sirius Black can talk to Harry through the medium of COALS IN A FIREPLACE is beyond me

I hope that everyone agrees that muggles would destroy wizards when in comes to *weapons.*

@thosemerc3113

5 ай бұрын

And? Motherfuckers can just brainwash anyone they want. It's not about firepower at all.

@Mary-Ann_B_Mabaet

10 сағат бұрын

Magitech, here we go. Otherwise, magic can easily disrupt anything of muggle technologies as seen in the first seen of the Movie.

Can we talk about how their love potions are basically a date rape drug being taught in class. Like dafuq?

@rambhaskar6728

3 жыл бұрын

Love potions aren't taught at schools.

@koslaulskusthegreat9050

3 жыл бұрын

@@rambhaskar6728 Slughorn teaches his class about love potion I believe

@meep5667

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah and totally legal for anyone to buy... in a joke shop... cause it's a prank...yeah

@quizzlybear

3 жыл бұрын

@@rambhaskar6728 Uhm do you not read the books? Yes, they are.

@tarod3

3 жыл бұрын

Not any potions, the strongest known! So many OP things in half blood prince

Imagine how quickly the series would have been over if Harry pulled out the glock

@lillyolivia9253

2 жыл бұрын

I say this all the time! Lol

@see4881

2 жыл бұрын

Magical school shooter

@roetemeteor

2 жыл бұрын

I actually like the headcanon where at first Hogwarts was Secret for the safety of the muggles, and for the safety of them. However, the modern-day secrecy of wizards in today's day and age is not for the safety of but Monday, but to protect the Wizards from the mundane. Essentially mankind has become too dangerous and they have to stay secret otherwise risk death

@ghurcbghurcb

2 жыл бұрын

Well... Harry Potter is set in the UK, not US

@howl5071

2 жыл бұрын

@@lumi_project the dude was from the UK and traveled to the us. That was a very apparent reoccurring theme during the whole film dude. The movie literally had to go through and explain the differences in the magical society in America at the time and UK.

This is why Grindlewald got so many followers

Why's Brennan a hardcore ornithologist

@rendleshetheywilliamskat-r9068

14 күн бұрын

He's not tho, lol. Did you see the bird naming challenge?

I've actually been rereading Harry Potter as a literature college student to review every detail I've missed from the books. One of the things that irks me the most is how magic is simultaneously under and overused: there's specific spells dedicated to summon flowers or birds, create water, and protect against *very specific* types of creatures (Riddikulus and Expecto Patronum), but the way society and education carry on are extremely mundane, like instead of giving unique assignments for their magical subjects, every single Hogwarts teacher makes the students write fucking essays. Professor Trelawney's class was one of the only ones that were somewhat unique; the classroom felt genuinely magical, because it was "a cross between an attic and a tea shop" with multiple elements related to divination, and because Trelawney's assignments were all completely insane, like charting your future based off your own dream journal, and could never be done in a regular classroom... And guess what? Her class is hated by the main characters and a complete joke in-universe. In synthesis, the Harry Potter universe is not magical enough to justify its own existence, and that makes me mad, because there is some flashes of unique worldbuilding, that get left behind before they can grow and prosper...

@mene6465

2 жыл бұрын

In synthesis? We’re not writing a paper bro. 🤒

@Wolfie2467890

2 жыл бұрын

Something tells me it's done like that as it's based on England's school system. Most of thier exams will have an essay, which will be counted as a large part of thier final score. Though take what I say with a pinch of salt, I'm not entirely sure. I might live next to England, but our curriculum and school systems are very different

@silversonome5360

2 жыл бұрын

@@Wolfie2467890 Is that so? That is actually very enlightening, it explains a lot. Still, it feels kinda weird, doesn't it? "Look kids, the cool magic school has *exactly the same methods of teaching* as your regular, boring school! Ain't that wacky?", like at the very least Rowling should've tried to make things *seem* different...

@Wolfie2467890

2 жыл бұрын

@@silversonome5360 I agree with you there, I don't want to read about a magical school to only hear that they write only essays, like no thanks

@Anon-qp3kt

2 жыл бұрын

JK Rowling is a terrible worldbuilder tbh. The school curriculum is outdated and by allowing Slytherin house to continue existing when it's clearly used to foster racism among kids and one of the founder literally founded the house based on racism should have raised a gigantic red flag for hundreds of years but was ignored again and again

"You're just allowing the horrors of the world to happen." Causing them, even.

@seigeengine

Жыл бұрын

I'd listen to utilitarian maximalists, but the fact they're soapboxing on the internet instead of doing good for the world proves they're hypocrites anyway.

@demetriam2408

Жыл бұрын

I mean wasn't the villain of the other thing trying to kill Hitler?

@callybarbs

11 ай бұрын

Yea i mean he was the most powerful wizard of his time and spend his mid thirties through mid sixtys watching both world wars happen when at least the second one could have been drastically shortened with a quick pop in pop out and giving hitler a quick swish and flick

@seigeengine

11 ай бұрын

@@callybarbs How very imperialist of you.

@themindfulmoron3790

11 ай бұрын

​​​@@callybarbs This isn't even the right way to go about it tho, basically every human conflict has been caused by one person or group trying to control others for personal benefit, even a shitload of revolutionary writers were just grifters taking advantage of a new cause. Forget individual wars and dictators, Hitler wasn't the sole or even main catalyst for the nazi ideology, he was mostly just the voice and the charisma. If we're talking about magic users with the powers the HP universe clearly has, world hunger, political strife, classism, other prejudices and bigotries, poor education, miscommunication- all of it could be solved with a little bit of forsight and magical plan hatching, which is made even more glaring since Dumbledore is supposed to be extremely thoughtful and clever. The only real concern is that narcissistic magic users might destroy the world for their own ends before people like Dumbledore had the chance to save it, but that clearly didn't happen in the HP world so what the actual fuck? We have magic THIS powerful and a gifted kid purity-culture school at the center of the world is the best we could do?!

We have the Internet, yet still send mail.

@Zac_Frost

Күн бұрын

If you think about it, Text Messages are another form of mail lol.

Cinema Sins made a really funny point. They can put mini iceskaters that dance on your birthday cake, but not a spell to stop your house from burning done.

Dumbledore literally was an incredible political force. When the students formed Dumbledore's Army the ministry damn near took that as a declaration of war.

@DMDarren

2 жыл бұрын

In all fairness that was mainly due to Fudge suffering from “chronic moron syndrome” and doing everything possible to discredit and undermine Dumbledore

@theprettygoodgatsby

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@casadastraphobia

2 жыл бұрын

@@DMDarren true but irrelevant, he represents the british ministry of magic, one of, if not THE most powerful wizard governments in the world, and Dumbledore's Army was an unsactioned after-school club where kids in a closet sharpened their knives. Its fuckin wild

@VitaeLibra

2 жыл бұрын

@@casadastraphobia sure but by that logic they already went to a swordplay school so learning more in their free time shouldn't be looked down upon

@casadastraphobia

2 жыл бұрын

@@VitaeLibra thats true man. Weird stuff

The funneist thing about Harry Potter is that students bitch about having to go to class and do homework. You're not learning geography or writing an essay on Henry the 8th, you're learning fucking magic that lets you bend space and reality around you at will. We're learning to transform Rats into seemingly any object? Hell yes, I'm coming to class.

@claysk350

3 жыл бұрын

I mean... in class you are learning chemistry, biology, math, etc. These things are the basis for abilities we've unlocked through science like flight, bombs, telephones, electrical power, etc. You're learning amazing things in school, it's just that it's become mundane because of your personal life experience. And, if you think about it, history let's us experience the past while english is like telepathy. You can read a bunch of lines on paper and not only derive meaning but you can experience emotions like anger, joy, or sadness. You can read a book, even just a fun non serious one, and it can affect your life greatly. I imagine it's the same to folks who grow up in a magic heavy world. It's all around them so they don't see it as very special. That's why Harry is always fascinated and goes on about how magic is amazing and the other students act like his perspective is the weird one.

@histkontext

3 жыл бұрын

@@claysk350 compare doing math for years before it become usefull, or having very first class of the very first year start with learning levitation - that can not compare :D not to talk about gym class where they start with regularry flying themselves... our gymnastic somersaults or running in circles in school gym... yea - not even close :D

@giordihero

3 жыл бұрын

@@hahmann as much as I love scientific subjects, there is no comparison to magic subjects in Hogwarts, because most of it is practical stuff that you couldn't do before. The only subject we have that is even close to that in our world is Programming, you learn stuff that you can instantly apply in practical ways, with no restrictions, and the more you learn the more you can do. Once you become an expert you can create useful programs from nothing, and the only thing you need to practice is a computer.

@100nitrog2

3 жыл бұрын

@@hahmann The only non-magical courses mentioned in the books that I can think of off the top of my head are Ancient Runes, Arithmancy, Astronomy, Care of Magical Creatures, Herbology, History of Magic, and Muggle Studies. And four of those classes are electives.

@ChucksSEADnDEAD

3 жыл бұрын

The books really made the classes seem extremely boring. Which is realistic, magic seems cool to us but to the students they're absolutely fed up especially after the first couple if years. To be fair, if you talked about interesting history facts to someone who had never taken history classes you could make them sound extremely exciting.

Having owls deliver to checkpoints where no magic is, email to another checkpont, and send there another owl with the printed put scan

Cornelius Fudge was right to be paranoid XD

Remember that being good at chess was considered an outlier, because the magic users were not good at strategy.

@MerkhVision

2 жыл бұрын

Yup. Magic breaks so much of conventional logic that magical society is simply not built on logic the way Muggle society is.

@NihongoWakannai

2 жыл бұрын

@@MerkhVision it makes no sense though, our modern technology is essentially magic, but we aren't dumber than people of the past.

@hikki3523

2 жыл бұрын

@@NihongoWakannai Hey, not a harry potter fan. But to be fair, there's a difference between the amazing things that we can do based on research and a lot of testing, and defying the laws of physics and the universe with just a flip and flop of your wand because they learnt that flipping and flopping it with a certain intention worked really well.

@NihongoWakannai

2 жыл бұрын

@@hikki3523 There isn't really a difference though. I bet you have almost no idea how the devices you are using to communicate with me work. Sure, there are people out there who have proper understanding about the different devices being used for this to happen, but there is no single person who fully understands the entire process required for this to exist and you are likely none of those people. I didn't invent the washing machine, I just bought one, put my clothes into it and pressed some buttons. How is that different from me reading a book and making my clothes wash themselves with that spell that I learned. This is magic to us, and it isn't making us dumb, it doesn't hinder our ability to learn things about the world, in fact it makes our lives easier so we have more time and more capability to learn more about the world.

@Arsy_

2 жыл бұрын

@@NihongoWakannai you made a great point🤔

How about when Harry was made out to be a liar about Voldemort's return and all that jazz? All the while I was thinking with every re-read, just give the lad some Veritaserum or poke around in his memories. Those two are literally introduced in the previous book

@abboud6393

3 жыл бұрын

They thought Dumbledore was puppetering Harry. Neither of those two things could be trusted if they suspected that the most powerful wizard in the world could just alter Harry's memory.

@ethanrogers9627

3 жыл бұрын

@@abboud6393 That's right. And also the Minister for Magic was blatantly in denial about the whole thing. He was a flustered, bumbling fuckwit, a charicature of the modern politician. He denied problems in plain sight and the people believed him. That seems pretty fucking realistic to me.

@jaimelannister1797

3 жыл бұрын

Veritaserum is a massive plot hole. Like all those death eaters who got away with their crimes by saying they were being mind controlled, why didn't they just use veritaserum

@BGrimoire

3 жыл бұрын

@@jaimelannister1797 that goes with the ministry being corrupt part. A lot of the Eaters where from influential families and powerful wizards both, so giving them a good spot on government or a out of jail free pass would be more interesting for a government than let resources slip away, unless they could not get away with it in the public eye (which bites them in the ass on the fifth book)

@BGrimoire

3 жыл бұрын

@@jaimelannister1797 although I do agree that veritaserum is kinda underused as a potential plot point due to convenience

The owls also make no fucking sound while flying. Unlike spells. They are perfect for sending a message in secret

@AshleyoftheSwiftspear-pb8cs

3 күн бұрын

Wanna know what else is good for sending a message in secret? Just teleporting to their house and telling them. We know damn well owls can and have been intercepted before, commonly enough too.

Well think of it this way. It's like how we're trying to make robots that can replace people at certain jobs so people don't have to do them. Using owls no one has to work as a mailman and also owls somehow can just find people anywhere, so you don't have to be at home to recieve your letter.

The wizard school curriculum is incredibly narrowly structured around nothing but magic related topics. The smartest wizards are all severely uneducated about even the simplest of mundane topics. If one of them was put into a leadership role in the real world, society would fall apart beneath them.

@spectraltitan3735

3 жыл бұрын

You say that but in reality it wouldn't really matter since what needs to be learnt is based on perspective. You could say that knowing mathematics and science etc. Is being educated but ultimately that's a definition based off the society we live in. However if a society doesn't rely on these things but does heavily rely on magic and the study of its history etc. Then that is their definition of educated.

@toprak3479

3 жыл бұрын

@Nobody comments are not funny you troglodyte A wizard politician could probably do without knowing the sum of angles in a triangle but yeah things like language, history etc. are needed for sure

@r3cy

3 жыл бұрын

counterpoint: boris johnson.

@demiandesu

3 жыл бұрын

Ho-ho-ho. Rulers of the world up until nowadays used to learn mainly Greek and Latin

@TraaaaaasshBooooaaaatttt

3 жыл бұрын

Im pretty sure they are taught regular shit like math and social studies. But that would be boring in a book about magic for Hermione to say "ayo i gotta get to math class real quick" over "i gotta get to fucking magical creatures class"

When he said animal cruelty I remembered the scene when the owl hit the window of Ron's house

@Kingryangarcia

2 жыл бұрын

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@slamer4000

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but that's not the owner's fault. The bird was just built incorrectly.

@lyntonfleming

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, if a kid runs full pelt into a wall, that's on the kid. Not the parent for magically teleporting a cushion in the way. A dumbass bird being a dumbass bird is just a dumbass bird.

@RadioMan2023

2 жыл бұрын

@@lyntonfleming Birds can't see glass

@aceric1646

2 жыл бұрын

Same

“Courtesy tells us to offer a fellow wizard the opportunity to refuse us entery” dumbledore. They won’t appetite to the person the want to talk to as it’s rude and it does take effort

Ok just because I can call someone doesn't mean I won't send them a text

in book 1, when harry meets Hagrid and asks why the wizards are hidden, he says: "then everyone'd be wanting magic solutions to all their problems" i remember asking myself "why aren't we hearing that story?"

@jackcook9005

Жыл бұрын

Because sometimes magic isn't the best solution to your problems. But not everyone is that smart

@serpentofchaos4637

Жыл бұрын

Magic isn't ALWAYS the best solution but Harry Potter magic is definitely a solution to so many problems

@conundrum60690

Жыл бұрын

@@jackcook9005 can you think of an example Harry Potter magic can’t fix? I can’t lol

@jackcook9005

Жыл бұрын

@@conundrum60690 AV sharing. Sure the wizards have moving pictures, but they have yet to configure audio pairing. Also a much more basic example is simply cutting an apple. Now i could use diffendo to try and cut it, but if im an inexperienced wizard it may take me several tries, or i could just pick up an ordinary kitchen knife and cut it manually

@conundrum60690

Жыл бұрын

@@jackcook9005 nono I’m not saying do everything with ONLY magic. I’m saying any problem that technology hasn’t solved. Besides one could argue if “muggles” hadn’t already made movies, a magic would have been made that does it. PS: Someone hasn’t seen the fantastic beast movies where cutlery is floating around cooking for her lol….

Was gonna make joke about how Owls aren't the slowest bird, but now I'm just consumed by the wholesome image of getting my letters delivered by a far superior nocturnal avian beast... Just imagine the tap, tap at your door... As your acceptance letter is brought by a little kiwi.

@RailfoxStudios

Жыл бұрын

I think they meant “slow” as in “stupid”. Owls, despite being symbolic of wisdom, are actually really stupid and run almost entirely on instinct.

@zarnex_xiii

Жыл бұрын

that sounds fucking adorable

@Konpekikaminari

Жыл бұрын

​@Devil Jay no, no It's slow in the flight speed sense Brennan mentioned them being the slowest bird elsewhere, and said it's due to them being built to be extremely stealthy in air

@RailfoxStudios

Жыл бұрын

@@Konpekikaminari Damn, really? Huh. More you know I guess.

@Ziiphyr

Жыл бұрын

@@RailfoxStudios Yeah they may be slow relative to flight speed but their feathers are different so you can’t hear them flipping their wings through the air. They will feet other birds out of the nest in the middle of the night with out hearing a thing!

Can’t believe Brennan hasn’t read Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality at this point

@magneticflux-

Күн бұрын

It took me so long to find someone else mentioning MoR, it's literally Mercer's point taken to its logical conclusion! I wish wizard transport/logistics was addressed more in the fic; as far as I remember, Harry is only transported by portkey/apparition via professors and doesn't have a chance to practice apparition because of the interference field at school.

Why is the original video just now coming across my feed

You know what always bugged me about the Potterverse? When they're talking about someone who used a gun to kill people in the newspaper they then go on to explain what a gun is. And that has always bugged me. You're telling me that these people live in 90's Britain and have never heard of a gun, but they know all about trains? Do they not know about British history? Like... the British were the gun lovers before America started doing it. Like damn man look how much they conquered back in the day.

@Swordsman1425

3 жыл бұрын

Not to mention it really isn't that hard to explain. "Guns make tiny pieces of lead fly so fast through the air that if it hits a person, it punches a hole in them." That bit bothered me even as a kid.

@hithere5553

3 жыл бұрын

Seriously, guns are a 300+ year old concept. They probably outdate most wizarding traditions.

@Kurogane893

3 жыл бұрын

@@hithere5553 Hell I guarantee that there was at least one fight between muggles and wizards/witches. Probably a collaborative mission in one of Britains many, many conquests. They've definitely seen, used or at least experienced muggle tech. Probably have a few pieces sitting around in a wizard museum somewhere.

@Gurgio

3 жыл бұрын

And there's funny part - some wizards were fighting in both World Wars

@GameNerd346

3 жыл бұрын

they, ya know, they gotta explain it to the wizard zoomers who only live in wizard communities and never leave- they never leave their homes- never interacting with normal people

Owls are used because they're magical in a way other birds aren't. Have been since ancient Greece, when they were the symbol of many oracles. (and used as messenger birds then, a technique that helped them seem all-knowing)

It’s drippy though. Owls are pretty and look magical. We still have old things cause they’re “vintage”.

"Ah yes, we have truth potions and can watch peoples' memories, time to have a regular human trial using only physical evidence and testimonies to make our judgements" Edit: didn’t even think about time turners. Fuckers can go back in time and they only use it to overwork a student lmao

@Voldrim359

3 жыл бұрын

May be they are forbidden because those take the freedom of the people, that's why there is an unforgivable spell that control the human body like a puppet

@enumaelish9193

3 жыл бұрын

@@Voldrim359 Snape was going to dose children with truth potion but heaven forbid that they violate the rights of magic super Nazis.

@ssnik992

3 жыл бұрын

@@enumaelish9193 wow yes the rich and powerful NEVER have written laws to benefit themselves. Also memory modification is a thing, and the more interesting question is how Veritaserum determines what the truth is - is it somehow connected to the fabric of reality meaning you can’t tell a falsehood according to how things are, or is it something that makes you say what you BELIEVE is the truth.

@Zach-cn4lb

3 жыл бұрын

@@Voldrim359 all they would need is the person’s consent to use them

@onyxstyx9552

3 жыл бұрын

@@Zach-cn4lb Plus, if they dont consent to the potion, they're basically admitting they have stuff to hide

The portraits literally teleport to each other

The easiest answer to everything in Harry Potter is that while their society can perform magic, they're not always that good or that powerful. The protagonists in HP are special. Regular wizards can only do the most basic shit, basically. You can't apparate within Hogwarts because they're a school. You don't want random wizards coming in and out of the school. Only the headmaster is allowed to. This also applies to certain magical buildings like the Ministry of Magic or other hospitals. In the same manner us muggles can't just enter any building we like, they have protections in place so not just anyone can enter or go out. The owls you get from magic pet shops are not the same owls we have in nature so they'll always know where to go. Also not everyone just apparates because, while it's fast, it's not exactly a pleasant experience. And going back to the first point, not everyone can pull off apparating through long distances or even to the exact places they want to go to because again, there's limitations to their power.

Not to mention, parents in the HP universe are basically the worst parents in fiction. "Hey honey, ready to sign up our kid to that boarding school again?" "Oh you mean the one where the massive -and basically unguarded- forest full of deadly monsters just next to it?" "Well yeah. But there are also deadly monsters inside, you know." "Yeah. I heard several kids got literally petrified by a basilisk a few years ago." "Well, they do say a good education is never easy."

@Cyberlisk

3 жыл бұрын

You mean that massive forest full of deadly monsters where they send the kids for detention?

@TheWarchiefZekeJaeger

3 жыл бұрын

You mean the one where the wizard satan once studied in?

@elevate07

3 жыл бұрын

Back in my day they used discount grim reapers that can suck out your soul as hall monitors

@tamadesthi156

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheWarchiefZekeJaeger sry but that is no argument, I mean did we closed every school were rly bad people studied? I don't think so. Why would you? There are bad people and they start as kids and so they have to study somewhere

@tamadesthi156

3 жыл бұрын

@@elevate07 yes but that was the ministry which also uses them to guard prisoners and search for fled prisoners, like in the case of back in your day

"Oh you can't apparate im Hogswarts, so we need owls to bring our mail... everywhere " There is a BUS, which can squeeze between cars, and drive as fast a rocket. Just make a (magical) post office in Hogsmeade and let them drive a car like that. It isn't this hard guys

@IdioticSandwich

Жыл бұрын

If you're saying that it's actually that easy to get into Hogwarts, then you've got it wrong. There are already spells that guard the school in a sort of dome like shape that even affects muggles from far away

@douglasmarshall6949

Жыл бұрын

There is only one vehicle like that, and maybe only one person knows how to create it, or more likely it was a fluke of magic and they don't know how to recreate it

@seigeengine

Жыл бұрын

But why would you do that when you can just send a magic owl?

@conormurphy4328

Жыл бұрын

@@seigeengine you’re assuming that regular witches and wizards are skilled enough to create magical owls that can travel very far distances.

@seigeengine

Жыл бұрын

@@conormurphy4328 That doesn't actually seem absurd, but you're missing the point. In the HP world, it's clear all birds used for delivery are magical. How else would they be able to deliver mail to the recipient? In the real world birds were used at times to send messages, but they could only travel to locations they were highly familiar with. Traditionally, this was only one location, and they had to be manually carried elsewhere, though methods were developed, though not really used, to have them travel to two or three set locations.

Brennan's first sentence (right up to the question mark) is THE BEST.

meanwhile real life people in the same room texting each other

@yellla2787

Жыл бұрын

But what if you don't want people to listen what you're talking about.

@guoj1711

Жыл бұрын

whens the last time u saw people actually texting each other in the same room lol

@soulessENERGY

Жыл бұрын

@@guoj1711 my mom won’t stop doing it

@priscillajimenez27

Жыл бұрын

I remember doing that a lot 10 yrs ago especially on the city bus. didn't want people to hear our convo lol

@guydangerus2468

Жыл бұрын

Nah that's shits a myth or you do it to low key talk shit next to the third guy in the room.

“Why are we running our civilisation based on the bylaws of one school” You’ve clearly never heard of Oxford

@shadowbladeandlightin8889

3 жыл бұрын

I've never heard of oxford tbh

@Eisenwulf666

3 жыл бұрын

I always thought that's what Harry Potter was meant to be : a satire on life in current Britain, not even very subtle tbh. It has since changed in scope and themes of course.

@gazelle_diamond9768

3 жыл бұрын

@@Eisenwulf666 I mean.... they literally used Oxford for a lot of Hogwarts locations.

@methuselah8885

3 жыл бұрын

@@Eisenwulf666 including the currency. Rowling was mocking the pre-decimal system she had to learn as a kid.

@prieston

3 жыл бұрын

​@@Eisenwulf666 It kinda was before; when it was on a fairy tail/light fantasy level. But then author decided to turn it into a serious fantasy and started throwing additional important notes like how wizards pooped without modern plumbing.

This short will literally not leave my home page

Brennen, the question was "why were you late today?"

"Why are we running our civilisation on the bylaws of one school?" Brennan, allow me to introduce you to England and a little school called Eton

@rouschkavanderplank2396

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha

@ladyaira

Жыл бұрын

Wait i want to know

@_noctivagus_

Жыл бұрын

Many people in our government went to a rich private school called Eton

@alalalala57

Жыл бұрын

@@_noctivagus_ And we all know Eton runs England.

@Marewig

Жыл бұрын

And that it costs around 55k pounds a year to send a kid there. A year. It takes six years to graduate, so that's....330k a year for one student. (I looked it up due to morbid curiosity)

I mean, the majority of Potterverse wizards are canonically so scatterbrained that basic logic puzzles are considered top tier anti-wizard security measures by the smartest wizard in the world.

@OOOFSTAR1234

2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: wizards in Harry potter will willingly give up the part of there brain that learns from trial and error to learn more spells.

@Grimbur

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, it does make sense, though. Think about it: If you are used to be able to magically alter your world with minimal effort, and that reality get's warped all the time (e.g. the size of things, where stairs lead, what materials can be walked through, etc.) the concept and the rigid rules of logic puzzles might be so far off from your day to day reality that you might have major troubles understanding the reasoning behind it. I imagine a wizard would probably be standing in front of a basic sliding pieces puzzle and go "What do you mean, I'm not allowed to magically put all pieces in the right spot? And the picture is not even moving or talking to me. This is just nuts. Nobody can solve this."

@koryfredrick1164

2 жыл бұрын

Here's a wild idea; Harry Potter is a decent series of books for children, that doesn't hold up if you wanna examine it under a critical lense. Not saying the books are bad, they can be great fun, but the fact they turned into such a pop culture sensation means lots of people hold them up as some pinnacle of writing, which they're not

@Grimbur

2 жыл бұрын

@@koryfredrick1164 It being for children (which it isn't, btw, it YA, especially the later ones) isn't a reason to have illogical storytelling or incompetent villains. Especially if it's so easy to solve it. As you said, it's not that the books are bad, or not enjoyable. But it would've been possible to make them better by tweaking very minor points along the way. Nothing more, nothing less.

@koryfredrick1164

2 жыл бұрын

@@Grimbur I'm not using that as an excuse, I absolutely believe media for children/teenagers can still be smart and consistent, I was just saying "let's not hold HP up as something it's not"

In my current campaign i run a mail rooms across the country. The wizards whole job is to read mail from their city and send the message through a chain network via message or sending to each other until it reaches the recipients town. (Also these wizards are super depressed from having to do this all day every day, its a bad job)

Because apparating is a dangerous thing and requires a lot of focus to do so. You can injure yourself or die pretty easily. It also takes a lot out of you for doing it back to back. Also, you don’t always know where they are. Owls were smart enough and able to find the recipient of the letter or package wherever they were. Sirius was in a cave and somehow the owls always knew how to find him. Even when he moved from place to place and used tropical birds himself..the owls are just the smartest option.

The best one was after 3 years of harry having attempted assassination attempts against him magically "fools" the "unfoolable" goblet of fire... He says he didn't do it and doesn't want to participate in death Mario party but they all just go "nope, the magic cup said you have to"

@swampert564

Жыл бұрын

Presumably the Goblet has some old magic that prevents people from backing out. Unbreakable Vow type thing maybe. Of course if Harry were less proud he could just enter each task, sit down and say "I'm a 4th year, I am not prepared for this" or something to that extent. I think its a reasonable bet that it would register as him doing the tournament ( admitedly poorly).

@personzorz

Жыл бұрын

That's literally the point at which I stopped reading. I never read past that point. They were using an obviously pwned artifact to give them instructions, this made no sense and I was 12

@swampert564

Жыл бұрын

@@personzorz Bet your parents were kinda irked they spent 25 bucks on a book that you read the first third of.

@personzorz

Жыл бұрын

@@swampert564 They'd have a lot more to be pissed about, I read at least a book a week

@swampert564

Жыл бұрын

@@personzorz Thats good, I've never been able to understand people that choose not to take advantage of the untold number of books out there.

Friendly reminder that the Ministry of Magic stopped using birds to deliver messages because of the mess and just uses magic to make them paper airplanes that send themselves.

@MarkusAldawn

3 жыл бұрын

Paper airplanes that max out at like, what, 10 miles an hour? It's a downgrade on the birds

@liamwhite3522

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarkusAldawn The papers don't require food or upkeep. It's a trade-off.

@Gryphanii

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarkusAldawn Why would the airplanes have speed restrictions? Magic could nullify the speed restrictions completely. That, or you could just teleport the paper. I guess we'd have to consider the magical barriers of different locations too, and the possibility that they would nullify the airplanes or teleporting paper, which would be why the airplanes are only used within the Ministry. But at the same time, you could send a message by paper airplane to just outside the magical barriers and then have it delivered to the recipient after it got there. Owls are speedy flyers, but I can't find much information on how fast owls tire out while they fly. Both the airplanes and owls would probably also require weather charms to fly since owls are more susceptible to rain than other birds and airplanes are usually made out of parchment. I feel like owls vs other magical means could be a kind of report/paper written by someone in the Harry Potter universe

@argella1300

3 жыл бұрын

This was just for inter-office memos though. Basically the equivalent of email.

@Gryphanii

3 жыл бұрын

@@argella1300 That is true, though on the scale of a small city, if not larger, especially if they had room before for owls to fly around

Omg the Superman 3 nightmares were real. I’m with ya.