Merphy you should be aware that “there’s no safer place than Hogwarts” is the biggest running joke among potter fans hahahahah
@killer92173
5 жыл бұрын
Hell The finale took place at Hogwarts as well and there was SO MUCH DEATH during the Battle of Hogwarts!! Lol
@J_ee892
5 жыл бұрын
Dumbledore: "we just have a Basailisk, Giant spider in the forest, a teacher with "you know who" on the back of his head, a giant Squid, a three headed dog, giant chest board where the peaces try to kill you, and also a tree called the womping willow that also try to kill you". "So welcome to Hogwarts"
@2602Jorno
5 жыл бұрын
Well, maybe Hagrid didn't know the plot of the Harry Potter series.
@schwarzerritter5724
5 жыл бұрын
The wizard world is dangerous. Hogwards is safe by comparison.
@OlgaSPN
5 жыл бұрын
@@schwarzerritter5724 I'd call BS on that, no offence ;) Not a lot of places have such a concentration of dangerous stuff in them. It's basically like letting your kids play in a shed full of explosives in pretty boxes labeled "You won't believe what's in here! But don't look, it's not safe".
@user-vx7do5sr5q
5 жыл бұрын
LOL you said "Percy" instead of "Charlie". and is so hilarious to think Percy could have such troublemakers friends
@SunflowerSpotlight
5 жыл бұрын
I can just imagine his scowl. 🤣 “Think of your future, what would the Ministry think! You’ve got to keep working toward your goals, or you’ll never get anywhere. Having misfits for friends never ends well,” then a sad pompous shake of the head. “If only one could choose one’s own family as well. If only.”
@Sealwithwificonnection
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I got confused by this
@myadoesrandomthings
4 жыл бұрын
c yes
@zimonzieclown1633
4 жыл бұрын
Percy doesn't have any friends, though; let's be real.
@Skittle02
4 жыл бұрын
I was wondering if any one else noticed this 🤣
@estir6972
4 жыл бұрын
One thing that I noticed on a recent reread is that when Hagrid comes to get Harry from the Hut on the Rock, they take the ONLY boat back to shore. How do the Dursleys get back?
@camelopardalis84
4 жыл бұрын
Maybe Vernon had a company cell phone. You should look up "Grunnings" on Pottermore.
@Squigglycluff
4 жыл бұрын
I like to picture petunia and dudly clinging onto Vernon while he floats on his back
@Blokewood3
4 жыл бұрын
I once saw a fan cartoon in which Hagrid realizes this and he flings the boat all the way back to the island!
@klaudiagrob
4 жыл бұрын
Who cares
@firefancy9928
4 жыл бұрын
@@Squigglycluff The way I choked on my coffee laughing at this lskjfalskjf lmao
@thomaskirkness-little5809
4 жыл бұрын
I think that so many Slytherin turn evil because of shit like what happens at the end of this book. Giving Gryffindor just enough extra points to beat them at the last moment is just cruel.
@skullknight1465
3 жыл бұрын
Let’s be honest snape is the most bias teacher, so Slytherin will have a great advantage, mcgonagall more objective and will take points out from her own house, and let’s be honest Slytherin will do anything to win, so there is a huge chance they cheated😂 even though I hate every single house in harry potter, Slytherin is the best among the 4 and they truly deserve to win.
@mohammedaldalan359
3 жыл бұрын
Will you shut up Harry stopped the darkest wizard in the world from returning and gets 60 points he comes to class late and loses 50 from snape but when slytherin come late snape does nothing they did not deserve to win whatsoever and awarding them points for saving the world isn’t cheating or biased
@ki11aqueen5
3 жыл бұрын
Well Slytherin already won for 6 years before what happened at the end of book 1.
@kazemizu
2 жыл бұрын
They've been winning the past few years though
@halamata
Жыл бұрын
U have a problem if you think what u said is normal brother
@laraadhmann9961
4 жыл бұрын
One very confusing thing for me is the part where Minerva finds Harry, Hermione and Neville out of bed and gets 50 points from each. I understand getting 50 points from Harry and Hermione, since she thought they were both trying to get Draco caught (with the dragon story), but why get 50 points from Neville, who was just out of bed? She should have taken 20 points from him, just like she did with Malfoy
@jackwriter1908
11 ай бұрын
Yeah agreed, especially since it's supposed to be a Gryffindor trait to do something brave 😂 Neville completly went against his own fears and went out to warn Harry and Hermione (no idea why he tried to do that in the middle of the night) and after all of that 50 points because you wanted to help a friend, but here take 10 points for trying to fight against a friend...
@Onmysheet
5 жыл бұрын
The reason why Harry goes for the stone is because he fully convinced himself Snape was after it, and he wanted to expose him. And who would believe it.
@matthewsawczyn6592
5 жыл бұрын
I have a feeling Dumbledore knew all about Charlie's friends. A plothole, yes, but I could imagine him keeping an eye on all people coming and going
@matthewsawczyn6592
5 жыл бұрын
@@mythra7174 Totally! At least in the first books, it's very open. Quirrell brought in a freaking troll!
@drogadepc
5 жыл бұрын
It's still a plot hole but maybe Hogwarts had less protection in early moments and only later they would add more protective charms
@bit0159
4 жыл бұрын
@@drogadepc Nah, I think Dumbledore was always the typ to know everything that was going on in the castle and the grounds. He knew Harry would find the Mirror of Erised, because he gave Harry the cloak on purpose. Dumbledore probably had the right instinct about Sirius or wanted to lure him into Hogwarts, because he employed Lupin too.
@pokytheturtle1757
5 жыл бұрын
I actually think it makes a lot of sense for the kids’ punishment for being in a restricted area after hours, is to be taken to a dangerous restricted area after hours. It’s kind of like, “see, this is why we have rules. Look at how dangerous this place is.”
@JonathanSmith-ge4pi
3 жыл бұрын
See kids, something so evil that it would kill, and drink the blood of a unicorn is lurking around the forest, we're going to send you out with a dog, and a lantern to try to find it.
@pokytheturtle1757
3 жыл бұрын
@@JonathanSmith-ge4pi To be fair, Dumbledore or the Head of House or whoever issued the punishment didn’t know that Hagrid would conduct it that way. They were simply like “you get detention with Hagrid” and then left the details up to him. And besides, Hagrid was close by and also knew that the forest was filled with Centaurs, so I’m sure he thought it was safe enough. And even if you disagree… it’s Hagrid. He’s not known for being the brightest bulb. Unless… if you check out SuperCarlinBrothers theory video on Dumbledore’s Plan for Harry’s first year, then it all makes sense that way, too.
@alias374
5 жыл бұрын
12:30 Fan Theory: When Dumbledore and Harry cross Voldemorts cave in Book 6 Dumbledore seems disappointed by all the trials he has to do - as in they're super shallow, like giving blood or only one full wizard being allowed to enter. In Book 1 - in Dumbledores OWN dungeon - you have to fight a troll (exhausting), there's only 1 vial that gets you to the other side of the flames and everything is trying to hurt you. In the end, the mirror alone would've done the trick. *Theory*: the trials are just a way to make Voldemort believe they are protections and Dumbledore is trying to make him go in there. He takes the long route (or says he did), and intends on trapping Quirrell and Voldemort in his Dungeon. When he finally realizes Harry is in there, he rushes in. Dumledores victim sadly can't be questioned anymore and theres not a lot of Info to get there. But you can't really blame harry for that. So instead, he just tells him how brave he was, gives him some points, and shrugs it off. Probably not the intended reading. But makes sense to me.
@SHADOW1414
4 жыл бұрын
I really like this explanation.....I just kinda waved it off as you know, a kids book, but this makes so much sense!
@stuart1346
5 жыл бұрын
When Harry gets to the stone at the end you find out that Voldemort didn’t merge with quirrel until after he tried to steal the stone at Gringots so it does make sense. Also petunia looked surprised when she hears where Harry’s platform is for the Hogwarts express when we know she knew what is was as she went there in book 7 when Lily and Snape started school in shapes memory
@starryk79
4 жыл бұрын
yeah this platform 9 3/4 thing also bothered me especially Mrs. Weasley asking her children which platform it is, although in the end its always the same platform the train leaves from.
@megafonundmo1458
4 жыл бұрын
@@starryk79 well but there's also the theory that she does so on purpose when she sees harry looking around not knowing what to do, she just says it very loud in order for him to grasp that the weasleys belong to the wizarding world so he isn't intimidated
@mkx27e
4 жыл бұрын
@@megafonundmo1458 and there's the (dumb) theory that Mrs. Weasley only did this, not because she's a kind and caring mother-figure, but because Dumbledore paid her off.
@ЮстинБейлиш
5 жыл бұрын
I also always wondered why Hagrid even took them to the forest. Why couldn't he just pretend that he did and just left them in his hut for a while? It's not like anybody checked what they were doing and where. At least that's what any reasonable adult would do. Though one can say Hagrid is too obedient and didn't even considered breaking orders.
@slytherinslioness
5 жыл бұрын
Юстин Бейлиш Plus, Malfoy has a big mouth.
@danecobain
5 жыл бұрын
It's alright Merph, J. K. Rowling can just tweet a few changes ;D
@markborishnikoff5485
5 жыл бұрын
JK rowling tweet: You the reader are gay
@TrekBeatTK
4 жыл бұрын
In POA, Ron is punished by cleaning hospital bedpans without magic. But why do they even have bedpans if they can just magic the poop away? Come on, Jo!
@rachaelbaker6864
4 жыл бұрын
This comment didn’t age well, haha.
@violetmaritime
4 жыл бұрын
this didn’t age well..
@amuro9624
3 жыл бұрын
Hagrid was actually gay do you can't blame him for anything he did. Problem solved.
@lilitalamo
4 жыл бұрын
For me the most glaring issue in this book is that Harry murdered a person. Literary disintegrated him by his hands, heard him scream in agony yet not even a sentence is dedicated to him thinking about this fact. No guilt, second guessing, nothing. He have done it in self defense but he still should be vastly impacted by this situation. Similarly after he stabs Tom Riddle in second book (apparition or a ghost but talking and feeling one, which to Harry should seemed like living person) he never ponders over the fact that he just killed second human in the span of two years. It makes him seem like sociopath.
@michaellovegrove9467
8 ай бұрын
The disintegration thing was more of a movie moment, wasn’t it? In the book, Quirrell’s skin just burns and blisters. It was the impact of being possessed by Voldemort on his body, and then Voldys subsequent ejection from Quirrell which really killed him. His body had been through too much. I guess Harry passed out before he could really register any of that, so he was saved any real shock or guilt.
@kingmartyn4108
5 жыл бұрын
One other point, alot of your points depend on logic or being logical and in the wizarding world we know from Hermione that most wizards including the best ones have little to no logic.
@carrie637
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for pointing that out.
@SEELE-ONE
4 жыл бұрын
Yes... Adult wizards specially are incredibly roundabout and inefficient...
@alexturlais8558
4 жыл бұрын
That's a good point. They're wizards with incredible powers, but the reasoning and understanding of 11 year olds, since they haven't been educated in anything but magic since then.
@franci0219
4 жыл бұрын
I've never understood one thing : when Harry Ron and Hermione arrive at the door on the third corridor, it is open, because Quirrel has already been there and already faced the challanges they face. So there is the harp he used to make Fluffy fal asleep, and the key's wing is damaged .. BUT the chess is intact and the potions are all there...how has Quirrel gone throught these last steps without leaving trace??
@anonymousman1282
2 жыл бұрын
Perhaps the chess pieces self repair
@ryaneasterling1556
5 жыл бұрын
I want videos like this for all the books! or at least a couple of them
@dianas8120
3 жыл бұрын
The thing I'm still confused about is that nobody decided to go check on Harry, even after obviously knowing where he was living (The Cupboard Under the Stairs) and Hagrid getting a small glimpse into how Harry's relatives treat him. Even if he needs to stay with his blood relatives because of Lily's sacrifice (despite Voldemort still being dead and unable to harm Harry at this point in time) somebody could still check out the situation and do something about the blatant abuse Harry has to suffer through.
@rayinchrist1
Жыл бұрын
To be fair dumbledore does confront them about it in HBP
@jackwriter1908
11 ай бұрын
Oh, Dumbledore was fully aware of that. He had Figg spying on them and even told Harry at one point that he knew Harrys life wouldn't be happy when he placed Harry at the Dursleys. What I am far more confused is if child protection services didn't exist at the time, otherwise I can't understand how no-one ever called the police. I mean they aren't very subtle with Harrys mistreatment.
@onceuponanovel6887
5 жыл бұрын
Your first point could easily be explained away in one of 2 scenarios. 1, Petunia could have just been so jealous and hateful of Lily that she exaggerated and said she saw her doing magic because she wanted to make her sound worse and just bitch about her to anyone she could, even though it was a lie. I've had people, and even a teacher, tell a flat out lie about me to make me look bad just because they didn't like me. Not even a smidgen of it was true. So that's a possibility. Possiblity 2: They DID used to be able to perform magic outside of school. That could have not been an established rule when James and Lily were at school, and only became a rule when Voldy came to power and the ministry enforced it because they were scared, or maybe because too many muggles were starting to notice things.
@cyrodilicbrandy
4 жыл бұрын
OnceUponANovel Yes! I always thought that Petunia was trying to make her sound as strange as possible. A pocketful of frogspawn sounds repulsive and purposely making rats out of charming teacups would seem similarly repulsive to most people really, especially someone like Petunia who probably sees rats as dirty and disease-ridden.
@JonathanSmith-ge4pi
3 жыл бұрын
The Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery of 1875 wants to know your location.
@stargazer1682
4 жыл бұрын
I only had a chance to listen to the first two and may come back for the rest. With Lily allegedly doing magic outside of school, it's not strictly an error, since we only have Petunia's (clearly biased) secondhand account, some 20+ years after the fact. Lily may in fact have simply brought her"homework" home and explained how it used to be a teacup. Or wound her sister up by pointing out an ordinary rat and claimed to have conjured it. Since Petunia was still unaware that underage wizards and witches can't do magic when Harry started, Lily apparently didn't feel the need to Clue her in. As for the second one, the reason I've seen to explain Quirrell being able to shake Harry's hand in the Leaky Cauldron is that he had not yet bonded with Voldemort; and that this is hinted at by how Harry observes Quirrell has only started wearing a turban when sees him for the second time at the school; and Quirrell (or possibly Voldemort) comments at the end of the book that at some point after Quirrell started doing Voldemort's bidding, Voldemort felt it necessary to "keep a closer eye on" Quirrell; which lead to them being bonded - but it hadn't occurred yet the first time Harry met him. Also, Voldemort/Quirrell drinking the unicorn blood probably didn't help.
@hester234
4 жыл бұрын
But isnt this whole "Harry can't be touched by evil" thrown out the window with the last book anyway? If Harry is a horcrux, how could he not be touched by evil? Voldemort resides in his soul but his skin is untouchable? That's silly.
@louisdavidmerhi3459
3 жыл бұрын
This one is answered pretty easily... Dumbledore said that Lily's Magic is more powerful than Voldemort until he turns 17 or he doesn't consider 4 Privet Drive as his home anymore... Reason why the magic of the horcrux starte to increase with time (since Harry felt more attached to Hogwarts with time and because he had found a home a the Burrow...) And we he finally was free from the Dursley's the Horcrux effect became more powerful (more nightmares...)
@praetorxyn
5 жыл бұрын
The whole point was that Dumbledore designed the "protections" to test the Golden Trio. It's one of the reasons so much HP fan fiction has Dumbledore being directly manipulative, like sending Harry to be raised in abusive home so he'll have virtually no self worth and willingly martyr himself to destroy the horcrux in his scar. It honestly makes a lot more sense than Dumbledore just being THAT incompetent throughout the series, him making the mistakes on purpose to engineer a desired outcome.
@praetorxyn
3 жыл бұрын
@@JonathanSmith-ge4pi To my knowledge this is the only time I've commented on it on KZitem and I didn't link anything, nor did Merphy IIRC, so I don't understand your comment in the context of a reply to mine.
@kenyabrunson4985
5 жыл бұрын
I find the fact that tapping HARRY'S wand on the door is what opens the door. My theory is that Dumbledore set it up that Voldemort could use his wand to open the door -- and since Harry has the brother wand -- it was to test Harry as well. Things that make you "Hmm..."
@Helgacabbage
4 жыл бұрын
Ooh I really like that theory. I actually never noted that Hermione grabbed Harry's wand to do the Alohamora spell before. And J K Rowling is just sneaky enough to have done that on purpose... Although wouldn't Quirrel have used his own wand to get through, not Voldemort's? But such a good idea.
@AndreAsunte
4 жыл бұрын
The heightened security during book 6 prevented anyone from flying in,but I think in the earlier books when the world wasn't on high alert, Charlie's friends and the Beauxbatons kids were able to fly in.
@jwhippet8313
5 жыл бұрын
"Just realized I should have Harry Potter stuff on display..." The whole thing is over her left shoulder the whole time.
@aaronemerson8049
5 жыл бұрын
J Whippet It wasn’t at the beginning of the video, that’s why she said she went and got that box set to put it there
@jwhippet8313
5 жыл бұрын
@@aaronemerson8049 , look over her shoulder. (Left on the screen, it's her right shoulder.)
@chandranr9564
4 жыл бұрын
09:03 may be the reason to take 50 points from each of them is because they are getting into this habit of being out past curfew repeatedly and also Mcgonogal thought that Harry lured Draco to be out past curfew by feeding him with dragon stories even to quote her, "It's disgusting"
@sackmet
5 жыл бұрын
One, I am pretty certain that the stone is a test, for Harry, to see if he is willing to sacrifice himself, afterall the tests are designed for Harry and his friends, as Neville was with them the first time they ran into Fluffy. Two, can you make sense of the timeline in the prologue? It feels like a day is missing. McGonagall is following the Dursley's around the entire day, for some reason, but Hagrid had just gotten Harry out of the ruins, before delivering Harry to Dumbledore at the Dursley's, and since Dumbledore can fly on a broom from Scotland to London and back again in relatively short time, it should only take Hagrid an hour or two at most to fly from gloucestershire to surrey. So what was he doing in all that time? And three, what about Sirius? Not only did Sirius have legal rights of Harry, when Dumbledore had him kidnapped, and McGonagall and Hagrid apparently also didn't object to leaving Harry at the Dursley's when he had a Godfather in the magical world, because at this point in time Sirius has not been accused or framed of anything yet.
@ElynevanOpzeeland
5 жыл бұрын
THIS ^
@Helgacabbage
4 жыл бұрын
Lily probably also got a written warning for turning her annoying sister's teacup into a rat one time when she was winding her up. The thing that really made no sense to me was that Quirrel couldn't take the stone out of the mirror. He didn't want to use the stone himself either, he wanted to give it to Voldemort. He even says that the mirror shows himself giving it to Voldemort.
@shadowblackheart7556
5 жыл бұрын
Great video! I think in a lot of children's books, mostly, you get illogical things like this because the child has to be the protagonist instead of the more capable adults. It's still fun to point it out, though. XD
@onen6942
4 жыл бұрын
Re: teacups into rats: She was dating James Potter who was in a crew of people who knew their way around school restrictions and charms, given creation of Marauder’s Map, etc. Between that, pre-packaged magic that wouldn’t trigger underaged magic detection (magic car, port keys, magical jokes and charms, etc), and liberal use of threats, I wouldn’t be surprised if Petunia did think Lily was doing magic at every opportunity. Harry terrorizes Dudley for a bit just because he doesn’t really know Harry’s not allowed to do anything.
@effy694
2 жыл бұрын
packaged magic that wouldn't trigger underaged magic detectauon (magic car, portkeys, magical jokes w charms idk) and liberal use of threats honestly i woundnt be surprised if lilly thought petunia was doing magic at every opportunity
@lorigarrod7563
5 жыл бұрын
Love your hot take on the house cup! There needs to be a rubric for student expectations. Because all those teachers are showing favoritism to their own houses. With Dumbledore choosing to fly - doesn’t he say in book 5-6 that he prefers to fly? Either he says it or Hagrid does explaining the thestrals. But the real reason is prob JK didn’t invent apparating until book 4 (right?)
@whoami6711
5 жыл бұрын
Lori Allison book 2 when Harry asks Ron how his parents will get home from Kings Cross Station, because they are hijacking the flying car, Ron says they know how to apparate.
@dan4lau
5 жыл бұрын
She might not have invented the word, but certainly the principle was there... and of course predates Potter itself. But if I remember correctly, the first time we ever see Dumbledore, he appears out of thin air in the street. That must be an apparation.
@JonathanSmith-ge4pi
3 жыл бұрын
@@dan4lau Yeah, for me I saw a lot of hints at apparition in the first book when re-reading.
@emmysrandomreport
5 жыл бұрын
How can Hermione, who is Muggle born, knows how to use spells in the train? Most who did not grow up with magic at home like Harry needed training to control their magic. Another note: Ron couldn't turn his "poor rat yellow" because Scabbers isn't a rat.
@yeyabrowneyes
5 жыл бұрын
i never realized the rat thing. You are so right.
@SunflowerSpotlight
5 жыл бұрын
She had gotten her schoolbooks and supplies and perhaps paired with reading all of them before school started (as she goes on about) and her natural talent, as soon as she could do magic, she tried it, and got some positive results. I don’t know about the “he’s not a rat,” thing. It’s true, but since spells aren’t in English, I don’t see it working. If it could, then why aren’t all spells in English? Would open up another inconsistency.
@erafaelf
4 жыл бұрын
About the lack of security in the third-floor corridor: I think we have to understand that things were very different in the magic world. For instance, they would have a tournament in school that could get the students killed and the kids could not give up after their name was chosen; they use the Forbidden Forest as detention (and Filch said they would torture students in the past)... things in magic world always seems very dangerous and everyone is kinda cool with that, I think their world are just different, they deal with danger in a very peculiar way, is just different from 'our' world.
@kammy6340
4 жыл бұрын
I always wondered about that scene from the book. But I love how in the movie they didn't let Quirrel touch Harry in the Leaky Cauldron because that makes sense because he was already bound to Voldemort at that time.
@piotrnowak8725
4 жыл бұрын
About the last one: Harry and his friends didn't have to go to try and protect the Stone - Quirell might have know how to pass through other teacher's spells but not Dumbledore's. In the book Harry says to Ron and Hermione that Dumbledore knew that Harry was investigating the stone and didn't stop them like he wanted Harry to face Voldemort. I believe that is the reason: he gets Harry ready to defeat Voldemort, he knows the prophecy and that there is no escaping from it at this point. Also, during my latest rereading the Chamber of Secrets I realized that Harry and Ron didn't have to save the day - or didn't have to do it alone. They basically knew everything they needed to know when Ginny was taken to the Chamber and they were in the teacher's room so they could just tell them what they knew (could be difficult without telling about wandering around the forest but they said it in the end anyway and nothing that happened afterwatds didn't explain why they would keep it a secret anymore when someone's life is in danger). Harry would have to go down to the Chamber with the teachers as he was the only one to speak parseltongue which was essential in moving around the Chamber but would have some help. Again, the plot needed Harry to prove himself and besides, it would not be as thrilling and exciting to read about the showndown if it was so easy and safe.
@Imperius_Rex_753
2 жыл бұрын
It's also confirmed later that dragon hide can repel most spells. So maybe Charlie's friends, who work with dragons in Romania, wore dragon hide clothing (because we know that's a thing) while coming to Hogwarts and so the protective magic around Hogwarts didn't affect them thanks to the dragon hide.
@medenilla12
2 жыл бұрын
That is a good answer :)
@adameastment
4 жыл бұрын
Comment on Charlie's friends getting into Hogwarts - I think the charms to stop people flying in were specifically added in HBP, as there was nothing to stop them in book 1, nothing to stop the car in book 2, nothing to stop Sirius entering the grounds in book 3, nothing to stop Beauxbatons entering in book 4. Book 6 explicitly states that dumbledore added enchantments on the castle that year, and was actively undoing them whilst him and Harry flew in.
@chrisoverall8982
4 жыл бұрын
The thing with professor quirrel is that he didn't have Voldemort on his head til after he failed to rob gringotts.
@thanhdohuu9473
4 жыл бұрын
Another problem with the first books was the stone's security measures. I understand that there have to be multiple defense mechanism because betting everything on an unguarded mirror is not a wise move, but the fact that all of the defense stages are designed to be fair challenges to the person who attempt to bypass them makes no sense. They're there to make sure no one can get to the stone, not final exams to the intruder. For example, the chess game, why don't they have a mechanism that, after a long game, when the defense team is losing, they immediately get 10 queens on the board, it would have been so much more secure while still wasting a lot of time of the intruder, baiting them into thinking it's a chess game before they figure it out. I mean, wasting their time was the point of it, wasn't it ? Otherwise, they would have use a made up game, with made up rules, so that no intruder can win, instead of using one of the most popular game in the world that everybody know. Or the flying keys sections, but when they got the keys, 1000 of bludgers will immediately chase after the owner of the key to knock them out. And the potion riddle section, but it doesn't matter what you choose, you'll get burn anyway because the puzzle are there as distractions and nothing can get pass the fire, hell, why don't all the potions are actually all poisoned, so that anyone try getting through that one get stopped? Why didn't they just leave the potions there without any clues? Why even provide clues at all if the sole purpose of the defense is to stop anyone from going forward? And why are the potions still there after Quirrell went through the room? The devil's snare room is probably the most idiotic one, it's fairly intuitive for anyone before going to a dark room would be to have light first. It was really stupid for the trio to jump into the dark room that they know must have traps and defense mechanism without any light, but it was not as stupid as a defense system that fail the moment there is light. Which is basically useless if the intruders have any common sense. They could have just put spikes, sharp, pointy spikes there, and the trio as well as any one stupid enough to jump into the dark blindly would have died. I mean, the fact 3 first years students, with little knowledge and no preparation of the challenges ahead, got to the mirror on their first attempt is the testament of how bad the system is, I imagine that it's fairly easy to have a heist team that know how to play quidditch, the most popular magical sport game, chess, the most popular board game, as well as solving a good damn puzzle conveniently with clues right next to it.
@KP-kp1os
4 жыл бұрын
im so late to this series, but i love it! and about the not protected third floor corridor, i think its because fluffy needs foods, and hagrid wasnt supposed to use magic.
@MayLina
6 ай бұрын
When I discovered the last point you made i thought i was going crazy, since it makes the whole story in thу book to have no point or substance to it. Coming from the LOTR fandom where every detail matters for the plot and you can always descover deeper meaning to things by asking questions, asking questions about stuff in HP made the whole story just crumble for me… Glad to find this video series just to know I am not the only one noticing these things!
@wolftreetruck4946
4 жыл бұрын
The third floor coridor is less than you implied because we are talking about Hermione, the girl who transfigured a rat after only knowing of magic for a month or two and is insanely smart but the twins should have gotten in and I would imagine others too
@christianalmli9085
4 жыл бұрын
It could be that the policy on what pets one were allowed to bring was some sort of recent Ministry or Hogwarts regulation and that since Scabbers was an heirloom pet that had been brought to Hogwarts by multiple Weasleys it was simply grandfathered in. I know there's literally no mention of it, but if I can invent a plothole explanation that isn't a major stretch I always do :D
@benk6153
4 жыл бұрын
I know I’m late, but Snape’s overaged parents lived nearby so I’m sure that’s what they thought happened.
@takemeaway285
4 жыл бұрын
My biggest problem is that lily's family are Muggles, so know nothing about the wizarding world, yet when they get a weird letter from a school they've never heard of, they immediately believe every word and allow their child to go off to the other end of the country with no regard for who tf sent the letter.
@FredSBassett
4 жыл бұрын
The first one is actually on the first page: the day of the week doesn't match with the day Voldemort killed the Potters (October 31, 1981). It seems she had a general idea at that point of what time of year it was - hence the "Bonfire Day isn't until next week" comment on the news - but it just doesn't work.
@lIngrimmschl
4 жыл бұрын
The thing with Hermione and the Troll bothered me for a long time too, but actually it makes sense. (At least much more than it seems at first glance...) 1. Why did she lie to professor McGonagle? Because this way Harry and Ron had to stop her as quickly as possible, since she was actively looking for the Troll. In reality they thought the Troll was somewhere in the dungeons and just wanted to warn Hermione about it. She even says something like "So you see, there was no time to tell a teacher." Also they accidentally locked Hermione in with the troll, because they basically tried to be heroes. 2. Why did professor McGonagle only take 5 points from Hermione and add combinded 10 for Ron and Harry? They all had just almost been killed, acting the hero. So taking a large amount of points from Hermione would have been really harsh. She is after all just a 11 year old girl that just had a horrific encounter with a mountain troll. On the other hand, rewarding Harry and Ron any further would have given them the impression that they had done everything right, which they clearly didn't. Ron even says "We should have gotten more than 10 points", showing that they are not really content with the outcome, which is exactly what I belive McGonagle would want in this situation. Why did she take so much more points from them when they weren't even in danger? Because she thought they had lured another student (Malfoy) out of bed out of pure spite, just to get him in detention.
@JimmyFigueroa
3 жыл бұрын
It’s not Percys friends it is Charlie’s friends. Percy is the prefect. Charlie is the Dragon Keeper
@nebula1oftheseven488
5 жыл бұрын
I thought the first one was maybe the ministry thought it was Snape's mother, because they lived nearby. And ministry can't distinguish between normal magic and underage magic.
@ronaldsteele4773
2 жыл бұрын
Hey , love this series. Just wanted to point something out about the quirrel inconsistency. I've recently rewatched all the movies, and in the 1st movie when Harry reaches out to shake quirrel's hand, he pulls back with a nervous laughter. Really nice touch in my opinion, especially since it wasn't in the books .
@TheWiLioness
4 жыл бұрын
One thing I've always noticed was at the end, it talks about the boats, them getting back in the boats and going to the train never clarifying if its everyone or just the first years. Which is fixed in later books with the carriages...something that bothered me
@padfoot2116
4 жыл бұрын
I'm now curious if there's any evidence in the books that the no magic at home has always been a rule. Like apart from the fact that we know potions are fine outside of school so Lily could have done something impressive with a potion (and Petunia is exaggerating), I just can't remember a time when they say that underage magic has always been a big deal.
@Dumbledork_Prime
4 жыл бұрын
For some of the plot holes I go with the conspiracy theory that Dumbledore planned all of it right from the start as a test for Harry and to prepare him for his ultimate sacrifice at the end to get rid of the last horcrux. How couldn't he have known that Quirrel wasn't possessed? Makes no sense. Other inconsistencies I noticed: 1) Molly loudly asking for the number of the platform at the station. She had to know the right number. Once again, a convenient conspiracy theory claims that it was a ploy to get Harry's attention and have him get into touch with the Weasleys very early on. 2) Why did Harry have to transport Norbert to the top of the tower? Couldn't the handlers just have landed near Hagris hut which is a good way away from he castle? No one would have noticed them. 3) You mentioned Pettigrew. I wonder why the twins never noticed his name appearing on the Marauders Map.
@amanekabbaj
4 жыл бұрын
I’m currently rereading this book and noticed that it said Fred and George have a gold watch. Harry mistakes it for the snitch a moment. How is that possible if the weasleys are so poor Ron has to have everything secondhand. Not only that Mrs Weasley says it’s traditional to give a wizard a watch when they turn 17 which is not for another 4 years.
@braden7150
4 жыл бұрын
Harry not going for the stone might not have changed that particular moment in the book, but this is where he learns that when lily sacrificed herself for him it put a long-lasting protection on him that exists in his blood and that Voldemort can't touch him without injuring himself
@Usernameping
4 жыл бұрын
One of the biggest plot holes to me was always the mirror of Erised. Harry obsesses over this thing, having access to a magic artefact that gives him his parents, but not truly. Why did Dumbledore not go "I don't imagine you've heard many wizard bedtime stories, but here's a doozy about not doing exactly what you're doing". I get that Dumbledore succeeded in getting Harry to give up his mirror obsession without mentioning it, but it just never squared up to me. I know Rowling hadn't thought up the Hallows yet, but it's just always bugged me.
@bilalkhares9337
2 жыл бұрын
My school actually had keys to lock and unlock the communal toilet but they were generally kept at the reception.
@LaurensNerdyFunStuff
5 жыл бұрын
This was a lot of fun to watch, especially since I'm not very good at catching these sorts of funny things haha. I do remember wondering about why the heck Hermione didn't tell the truth about the troll, but maybe she was embarrassed? I honestly don't know haha. Also, just want to say that I'm a recent subscriber! I've been watching a lot of your other videos and I've been loving them, so I can't wait for more in the future :)
@isaackellogg3493
5 жыл бұрын
Old style door locks lock from both sides. So you can lock them from the inside, shove the key under the door (see Sherlock Holmes, The Sign of the Four) and unlock from the other side.
@isaackellogg3493
5 жыл бұрын
1:53 Kids are not allowed to do magic outside of Hogwarts because their parents _were_ allowed to do magic outside of Hogwarts--and abused the privilege to the point where the Masquerade was almost ruined. And so the new rule was instituted where no one got to do magic outside school grounds. Just another thing the Boomers ruined for the rest of us.
@SorcererLord
4 жыл бұрын
And that rule's still dumb given we know from HP lore that going to Hogwarts isn't compulsory, if you so choose you can home educate your magical children. And if home schooled children can use magic whenever they want and get to use a wand it makes no sense whatsoever why Hogwarts students shouldn't be able to use magic during the holidays, and that if they do so repeatedly they're excluded from owning wands..
@sarahmorris4575
5 жыл бұрын
I’ve read so many fanfics that so lovingly fix the plot holes in the books, and I love it. For example: the underage magic one. I saw a fanfic that said that muggleborns were able to apply to get a pass to use magic, but only in their homes, only around people who already knew about it, and only to practice, which I think fixes it nicely.
@MarkLearns
Жыл бұрын
4:33 i think he explained it himself to Harry at the end saying something like AFTER he failed to steal the stone from the goblin bank, voldemort was angry with him and wanted to keep a "closer watch" of his servant. Thus i think that was Rowling's explanation for why he was able to shake Harry's hands because he wasn't bound to voldemort yet.
@sameehazaman1663
4 жыл бұрын
Ginny also had a Pygmy Puff in Half Blood Prince. Maybe Weasley's are just exempt? 😕
@Simbabweman
5 жыл бұрын
I've never seen an explanation for how scabbers/the Weasleys found each other. If someone else took scabbers in as a pet, Harry might never know about Peter pettigrew, also Sirius wouldn't have escaped if scabbers wasn't in the paper with them. Like imagine the guy who sold out Harry's parents to be killed and was friends with them originally just coincidentally becomes the pet of Harry's future best friend (as Ron had him book 1 before he met Harry). Big coincidence there.
@chefRyan38
4 жыл бұрын
Great vid, going to start watching the series. As for Professor Quirrell being able to touch the magic is stated to protect Harry, perhaps because the professor meant no harm it was not activated. As for any points about the children being placed in unnecessary danger, they are holding sticks that can kill anyone with a gesture and a word, so a menacing hallway or spooky woods isn't that big of a deal lol.
@PhilBagels
4 жыл бұрын
And there's the fact that despite all the protections put in place to guard the stone, three first year students were able to get past all of them. Why do any doors in Hogwarts have locks at all, given that first-year - even first-month - students can do alohomora.
@DevilboyScooby
8 ай бұрын
It's my headcanon that Dumbledore gives the ridiculous amount of points at the end of year feast to make up for those deducted by McGonagall - he clearly knew about Norbert, otherwise he wouldn't have known to recover the cloak.
@cm_0011
4 жыл бұрын
It is true that he didn't bind his soul yet - Quirrel explains in his "James Bond villain" speech that Voldemort had to "keep a closer watch" on him so to speak, and that happened in the middle of the book when Harry heard Quirrel crying to someone. It was only halfway through the book that Voldemort basically possessed Quirrel to make sure he doesn't screw up anymore.
@bilalkhares9337
2 жыл бұрын
The first one could be that the no magic outside of Hogwarts is a newer rule that didn't exist when Lily was at Hogwarts.
@sinedie7
5 жыл бұрын
I have the same passages underlined with pencil in my first copy from re-read number who-knows-which!!! (a copy so old Harry's name in the title isn't even in the official Warner Brother's HP font, but the one the spanish publishing house that had the rights used for all their series). About Quirrell: He wasn't wearing his turbant in the leaky cauldron, because the first time Harry notices it is during the sorting ceremony, right after being sorted. It was purple and Harry found he looked very peculiar in it (he noticed).
@occheermommy
2 жыл бұрын
With regards to voldemort and Quirrel and shaking Harry’s hand. If u read the scene when they are by the mirror he states that after he failed to get the stone his master felt he needed to keep a better eye on him and that’s when he became part of him basically. I don’t remember how it was worded but I looked for it for the same reason. I have read the books like 13-14 times I think so there are things like that that bother me too.
@thiadesg
5 жыл бұрын
One possible explanation for Lily practising magic during the summer is that the laws was changed during/after the first war against Voldemort... but that doesn't explain why Hermione says in the train that she has tried a few spells already (unless she tried them on Diagon Alley?)
@Heyec
4 жыл бұрын
The expanded explanation of the protections of the school are talked about when security is being ramped way up.
@shadowmyst09
4 жыл бұрын
I never understood why they had to take the dragon to the top of the tower. Why couldn't Charlie's friends have picked him up from Hagrid's hut? It's far enough away from the castle that they wouldn't really need to worry about being seen and the forest would've helped hide them as well if anyone happened to come past.
@jacksonherman8129
4 жыл бұрын
The first one, where Petunia claims Lily turned teacups into rats, could just be Petunia exaggerating or misremembering.
@alexanderbuchanan3552
4 жыл бұрын
I second that. Psychologically Aunt Petunia is prejudiced against those who are magical, and hence is misremembering or exaggerating what she saw? Seems plausible and consistent for that character.
@AuntyAwesome
4 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure hagrid and Harry take the boat from the house on the island at the start of the book. (Hagrid uses magic to row) so I've always wondered how the dursleys got off the island...
@felipemattosdemelo5254
Жыл бұрын
There is a definitive part about Quirrel bondage with Voldy: Quirrel mentions to Harry that after his failure at Gringotes his master stood closer to him. And his failure at Gringotes was right after shaking Harry’s hand
@jonathanhunter7670
4 жыл бұрын
I love that even though you hit every mistake on the head all of us can enjoy the books so much :D I don't know of a series that made so many plot holes/mistakes that is loved as much as Harry Potter :D
@jackcnemo
4 жыл бұрын
Also that Dumbledore's office and the ministry are both on the floo network. Even if he couldn't apparate due to wards or lack of knowledge, he still could get to the ministry in a few minutes. Vice the several hundred mile, statute endangering flight, on whatever broom he had but never used again. Probably one of the not that great school ones.
@savageboredom
4 жыл бұрын
The one i picked up on my most recent reading a few months ago was baby Harry’s whereabouts immediately after the attack on his parents. Harris doesn’t deliver him to Privet drive until the following evening, but it’s suggested that he met Sirius in Godric’s Hollow very shortly afterwards. Did Hagrid spend a full day hanging out with a baby?
@dsatt57
5 жыл бұрын
1. You can tell by the tone of the character that Petunia is stretching the truth. Pockets FULL of frog spawn, EVERY summer turning teacups into rats. This is a plot device to show her long seething jealousy. Remember later on, we are told she wanted to go. It’s like someone complaining that you ALWAYS do something. Lilly may have done it once (and wouldn’t have gotten into trouble) but Petunia remembers it being all the time because she hates her so. 2. See MK Painter response below.
@seraphina985
4 жыл бұрын
I had similar thoughts about the lock picking charm working on that door myself, in reality, were magic real then as soon as people learned that someone had discovered and mastered the lock picking charm it would not be long before someone else would be selling "New improved locks now with our trade secret anti-lock picking wards guaranteed to keep your valuables safe". It's just the way it works for every person trying to come up with creative ways to get into places they are not supposed to be there are other people seeking creative ways to stop them from doing that and hopefully make themselves a tidy profit selling their solutions. Can't imagine wizards being any different in this regard the goal of a lock is to thwart one's adversaries if unable to do that you seek a better lock.
@rfiorill
4 жыл бұрын
The plot hole that's always bugged me is section about the troll. Quirrel announces the Troll is there, the kids are hurried up to their house rooms and the teachers go to deal with the troll. How did Harry and Ron get down there and battle the troll all before the teachers arrive.
@karthikayanedathodathu1337
4 жыл бұрын
12:30 But I think that it was a figure of speech (or something like that) Because later it is told by Hermione that they never went to the owlery they met Dumbledore on their way to owlery and Dumbledore said "harry has gone after him,right" (or something like that) and went to the you know hiding place or forbidden corridor or whatever
@bonyannie
5 жыл бұрын
If you do the next one, don't forget to mention the fact that the horcrux in harry wasn't destroyed when the basilisk fang pierced his arm!!
@clbmurat
4 жыл бұрын
The trace charm might be a relatively new rule. Allowing Lily, Tom Riddle and other older characters to perform magic when they were underage.
@FrancescaMulvey
2 жыл бұрын
Someone may have already mentioned this, since this video is a couple of years old now, but I love that after mentioning Ron writes to Charlie who replies to say his friends can pick up Norbert, Merphy keeps saying Percy without realising it hehe
@khaerinaenno
3 жыл бұрын
About handshake: maybe that's because Quirell wasn't attacking Harry in any way in the first scene? About Stone: maybe "take a stone to give it away" actually quite fit a condition "take a stone but not using it"?
@vilstef6988
4 жыл бұрын
I'm sure Fred or George would have seen 'Fluffy' on the Marauder Map. I'm sure this would have intrigued them so much they would have had to go to the corridor.
@wsconsn
5 жыл бұрын
Harry wasn’t needed to be in the chamber to protect the stone, but it was within his character to go after the stone to protect it. It only doesn’t make sense if Harry knew the stone could only be obtained by someone who didn’t want to use it, which he did not.
@lorenyoung791
5 жыл бұрын
5:35 But this is not just a kid who's been there less than a month; she's _Hermione_, who has already memorized the course material. Your point about Fred & George's curiosity is well taken. I believe mention is made of them having gone into the "Forbidden" Forest. (But, maybe Fluffy is so recently installed that the 3 just got there first?)
@BooksandEsme
5 жыл бұрын
Haha great video! I love your videos on Harry Potter. It’s rare to see anyone talk about the flaws in Harry Potter even though they exist!!! Loved your last point :)
@johnnyjosefsen7644
5 жыл бұрын
I think it's far out that Vernon says he's glad that Harry parents died, another thing is that Nevilles uncle drops him out of a window because he gets distracted. Neville only survives because the suddebly shows magic potential.
@deanwinchester5111
4 жыл бұрын
as a new writer, your reviews and discussions helped me a lot. the things you point out, help me to build my stories properly. so thank you. keep up the good work and the almighty Allah may bless you and your beautiful family for eternity sister :)
@Sageman101
4 жыл бұрын
Harry going to stop Quirrel became a wrench in Dumbledore’s security measures. Harry didn’t know how safe or unsafe the stone was. Dumbledore realized that Harry might end up giving the stone to Voldemort by proxy, inadvertently.
@Volnas97
4 жыл бұрын
Well, there is possibility that Quirell had gloves, when he was shaking Harrys hand.
@collinwood999
4 жыл бұрын
That last one is silly. Harry thought the stone was in danger, that's why he went. He didn't know the defenses. And Dumbledore of course would go after him after finding that he's gone after it. Yeah sure if he hadn't gone then perhaps the outcome would have stayed the same but we don't know...which is why this point is well pointless. What happened happened and it makes sense why it did the way it did. Nothing weird about it.
@ashnikfield4224
4 жыл бұрын
I never understood how the glass just disappeared when they were at the zoo unless I missed something haha. Like Harry doesnt have a wand or anything or even knows hes a wizard yet so that part always confused me
@Keyboardje
4 жыл бұрын
@Merphy Napier I don't really know why, but in my re-reading HP again and again, I nowadays find myself also including your video's every time after reading the book, both the "goshing" ones as these "doesn't make sense" ones. I've just started my yearly (20th) re-read round :D
@rachitamaharjan6435
2 жыл бұрын
Loveeee your videos. Btw, Voldemort might not have possessed part of professor Quirrel yet when he shaked hands with Harry. If you look into the main plot chapter 'The Man with Two Faces' , you will notice that this part is covered there. --> Quirrell shivered suddenly. ‘He does not forgive mistakes easily. When I failed to steal the Stone from Gringotts, he was most displeased. He punished me … decided he would have to keep a closer watch on me …’
@EL-ISS
4 жыл бұрын
I honestly think Lee Jordan having a Tarantula was only mentioned to showcase Ron's fear of spiders. That's if I'm remembering correctly lol. Possibly why it just up an vanishes afterward. But like you mentioned, it can be explained by the fact he wasn't allowed to have it.
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