Harry Potter Theory
Welcome to Harry Potter Theory! This podcast features Harry Potter Theories, Fantastic Beasts Theories, Explanations, Top Lists, News, Character Backstories, Fan Fictions & More!
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January 11, 2026 • 13 mins
"Did you know, sir? Then?..."
"Did I know that I had just met the most dangerous Dark wizard of all-time? No."
These were the words exchanged by Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore after taking a glance in to the Pensieve and observing Dumbledore’s first encounter with a young Tom Riddle. And it’s these words that clarify WHY Dumbledore saved Tom, invited him to Hogwarts, and gave him a magical education. Because you see, Dumbl...
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January 7, 2026 • 12 mins
“How come you’re not in Ravenclaw?” he demanded, staring at Hermione with something close to wonder. “With brains like yours?”
Ravenclaw student Terry Boot asks Hermione this directly in Order of the Phoenix, during the DA’s first meeting in the Hog’s Head. And, unsurprisingly, Terry Boot is not the only person to have ever thought about this. In fact, since the Harry Potter books first came out, one of the most pervasive questi...
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January 4, 2026 • 13 mins
What if I told you that there was a witch from Harry Potter lore that, despite possessing levels of power similar to the founders of Hogwarts..No one really talks about.
This witch, known more commonly for her title as a ‘sorceress’ was known for her extraordinary magical abilities—so much so that her name became legend, even beyond the wizarding world. Her mastery over spells and enchantments rivaled that of the most powerful s...
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December 29, 2025 • 19 mins
What if Muggles KNEW about magic?
About witches, wizards, wands, spells and flying broomsticks.
And what would they say if they knew that some of these magical folk could teleport across the country in seconds…
erase memories with a flick of the wrist…
and kill without leaving a trace?
Today we’ll be answering a question that the foundation of the Wizarding World was built to avoid: What would happen if the muggles found out a...
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December 25, 2025 • 43 mins
Today we’ve got a bit of an interesting one. Earlier this year, I made two separate videos—one ranking the most powerful wizards, and the other ranking the most powerful witches. In those videos, I covered ten of each.
And today, just over 10 months later, we’re going to pitting them against each other and taking a closer look at what the top 20 most powerful looks like..When both groups are ranked together.
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December 22, 2025 • 18 mins
If we go strictly by canon, then the only elves that we’re ever made privy to in the Harry Potter universe are house-elves—beings bound to magical servitude, owned by wizarding families, and expected to obey without question. But in one of my previous videos—The History of House-Elves—I introduced the idea that house-elves are likely not a natural, original species at all, but rather the end result of something that happened to el...
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December 16, 2025 • 21 mins
This video is one part of a multi-part series. We left part 1 at the conclusion of the battle of the astronomy tower. Except, in this version of events... things went very differently. Dumbledore, alive and well, survived the battle because he never succumbed to temptation and put on the Gaunt Ring.
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December 12, 2025 • 20 mins
Dumbledore’s death was one of the most heartbreaking moments in the entire series, a turning point that shattered the illusion of safety Harry had always relied on. But not only that, it represented a distinct shift in innocence in the series- a moment that made it clear that no one, not even the greatest wizard alive, was beyond Voldemort’s reach. It also left things looking pretty bleak for the good guys, with Death Eaters taking...
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December 9, 2025 • 12 mins
Voldemort Would Have Won If He Did This One Thing...
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December 6, 2025 • 14 mins
In the past I made a wand documentary that covered all of the wand materials- woods, cores, the lot. I even discussed wand FLEXIBILITY and SIZE, and how those things can be indicative of the type of wizard wielding the wand. But what I strangely never touched on…Was wand CREATION. Or rather, construction.
How are wands actually..Made?
And what makes this question increasingly interesting is just how few wandmakers there are in th...
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December 3, 2025 • 11 mins
It’s that time again. NEWS. Sorry for the voice, I’m sick.
There’s been lots going on in the Wizarding World as of late, and that’s an exciting prospect because for a little while the Harry Potter buzz seemed to have died off a bit. Did it die? Absolutely not. But am I excited that there’s some new LIFE being injected into it across a number of different areas? Absolutely.
From stage plays to Audible releases and new HBO updates,...
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November 30, 2025 • 17 mins
Welcome to another instalment of Harry Potter Theory. Today, we’ll be taking a look at some of the most well known characters who show up in the Harry Potter series, but whose Hogwarts houses are never identified.
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November 26, 2025 • 13 mins
You probably remember Sirius Black’s death in Order of the Phoenix—a tragic moment amidst the Battle of the Department of Mysteries that seemed to instantly shift the entire tone of the story.
But according to J.K. Rowling’s original draft, that wasn’t how Sirius was meant to die at all...
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November 23, 2025 • 16 mins
Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. When a young witch or wizard has no understanding of magic, they rely entirely on the way that it’s taught to them. They copy sounds. They mimic gestures, and they perform rituals they barely understand.
At Hogwarts, students mostly imitate what their professors demonstrate, and long before that, in magical homes, young witches and wizards often pick up bits of magic just by watching their parents....
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November 20, 2025 • 16 mins
Hey everyone, welcome to another installment of Harry Potter Theory.
Many..In fact, most corners of the Harry Potter fandom are wholesome, creative, and endlessly imaginative… …but there’s one corner — a slightly strange, often bewildering corner — that sometimes even longtime fans tiptoe around. It’s a world where canon, logic, ethics and timelines are seemingly out the window. A world where a simple pairing can ignite hundred-pag...
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November 16, 2025 • 18 mins
When Voldemort dies in the films, he disintegrates into thousands of pieces and blows away in the wind. And when he dies in the books, his body falls with a mundane finality—revealing something far more fitting. In the end, there is nothing grand or mythic about his death at all. He simply… dies.
But in the end, neither depiction of his death answers the real question. His body might fall or crumble, but that tells us nothing abo...
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November 14, 2025 • 13 mins
We know Voldemort pursued one of the Deathly Hallows — the Elder Wand — said to be the most powerful wand in all of existence.
And the reasons for that seem fairly self-explanatory. Voldemort craved power, and the wand would have been the perfect tool he needed for domination, supremacy, control.
And from the moment he became aware of the wand’s existence, his pursuit was relentless. To Voldemort, it was the weapon that would fina...
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November 10, 2025 • 10 mins
Hey everyone, welcome to another installment of Harry Potter Theory.
It’s been nearly a decade and a half since the Harry Potter film saga came to an end.
And now, for the first time in ages, we’ve got a show on the horizon- set to debut sometime in 2027.
But since the announcement of the show last year, we’ve been through an absolute whirlwind of new information.
And that whirlwind doesn’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon....
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November 7, 2025 • 23 mins
There are few witches in the wizarding world who can silence a room quite like Rita Skeeter.
Not with a curse — but with a quill.
With a quick scribble from her Quick-Quotes Quill, reputations trembled. Careers ended. Truth blurred. And somewhere, behind a thick layer of lipstick and lime-green fingernails, Rita Skeeter smiled with satisfaction.
Hermione was certainly never shy in sharing what she thought of her:
“You horrible w...
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November 3, 2025 • 18 mins
Welcome to another instalment of Harry Potter Theory. Today, we’ll be discussing a list of EIGHT Major things that magic simply CANNOT do.
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