Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we're discussing WHY Severus Snape didn’t show up in the Forbidden Forest when Harry used the Resurrection Stone.

Throughout the final instalment of the Harry Potter series, we learn all about the three ancient magical artefacts that together are known as the Deathly Hallows. And even though Harry, Ron and Hermione originally write these mythical items off as simply part of a children’s bedtime story, they eventually discover that they are all too real. And while together they are known as the Deathly Hallows, individually, they are made up of the Elder Wand—otherwise known as the most powerful wand to have ever existed—the Cloak of Invisibility—which hides the wearer against even the most advanced magic—and the Resurrection Stone—an item capable of bringing the dead back to the world of the living.

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Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we’ll be discussing the time that Fred and George Weasley nearly KILLED their younger brother, Ron.

Just about anyone who’s familiar with the Harry Potter series will be able to tell you that Ron Weasley’s older twin brothers, Fred and George, were troublemakers. From our very first introduction to the twins outside of Platform 9 ¾s in 1991 when they tried to trick their Mum into thinking Fred was George and George was Fred, it was quite obvious that these two wizards loved messing about, playing pranks and getting up to mischief. 

Throughout the series, we see them perform some of the most daring pranks in the history of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. They were the students responsible for “liberating” the Marauder's Map from Filch’s office. They knew all of the castle’s secret passageways—thanks to the Map!—and even created their own troublemaking sweets, testing out their Skiving Snackbox creations on unsuspecting first-years. They then continued their mischief-making after Hogwarts, dropping out before they graduated and opening their own joke shop in Diagon Alley: Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes. 

And yet sometimes, the twins took their mischievous ways a little too far. Like the time they nearly KILLED Ron. Well, sort of. Let me explain.

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Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we’ll be discussing the life of the infamous Professor Severus Snape—in under 10 minutes.

With a life like Severus Snape’s, that created such public—not to mention INFAMOUS—speculation throughout the wizarding world, it’s easy to understand why so many of the videos and resources out there describing his life are so, so VERY long. But, I know that not all of you have the time to sit back, crack open a six pack of Fanta and listen in for hours at a time. This, of course, doesn’t mean that you don’t WANT to know about Severus. You just have other places to be and things to do. I get it.

So, it’s to you that I dedicate this video: The Life of Severus Snape in 10 Minutes! 

Let’s get started.

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Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we’re discussing all of the times that Albus Dumbledore was in fact WRONG- or just had terrible judgement.

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Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we're discussing each instance in which Harry Potter—the aptly named “Boy Who Lived”—was hit with and RESISTED an Unforgivable Curse.

To start with, I’m going to give a quick run down of the Unforgivable Curses themselves. There are, as many of you will know, three Unforgivable Curses in total. They are the Killing Curse, the Imperius Curse and the Cruciatus Curse. Each of these curses are, in their own way, incredibly terrible and can often cause irreparable and sometimes—as in the case of the Killing Curse—FATAL damage to its victims.

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Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we’re discussing the new and upcoming Harry Potter HBO Max TV Show. Specifically, we’re going to be tackling one gigantic looming question - and that is whether or not the show is going to be a GOOD or BAD thing for the greater wizarding world universe.

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Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we're discussing the history of educational institutions within the Wizarding World. As it stands today, there are 11 noteworthy and reputable wizarding schools that can be found in various regions scattered across the globe. Each of these institutions have long-standing histories and are recognized by the International Confederations of Wizards, specifically catalogued by the Confederation’s Educational Office. Their inclusion within the Educational Office’s catalogue essentially communicates to witches and wizards looking to send their children to school that these are the gold standards for education within magical society. And while these 11 schools are not the only institutions to have existed over the centuries—there are many smaller wizarding schools which have been established over the years—they are certainly the best. This is due to the fact that the lesser known, smaller schools often operate without following the proper protocols—they are typically unregistered with their respective Ministries and fail over time. Therefore, they are considered to be unregulated and potentially unreliable when it comes to the student curriculum. As a result, the majority of these institutions do not tend to stand the test of time and will therefore not be included in today’s overview of the history of education within the Wizarding World.

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Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we’ll be discussing the new HBO television reboot of the Harry Potter series and which actors would be “all in” to return to the wizarding world’s latest adaptation—and which ones would REFUSE.

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Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we’re discussing former Durmstrang student, Viktor Krum, and whatever happened to him after the fateful events of the Triwizard Tournament in 1994.

Born in Bulgaria during the year 1976, Viktor Krum was a European wizard who received his magical education from the Durmstrang Institute, which was located in Northern Europe and one of three of the continent's largest wizarding schools.

Growing up in Bulgaria, Viktor and his family were exposed to the horrific acts of the dark wizard, Gellert Grindelwald. In fact, Grindelwald was even responsible for the death of Viktor’s grandfather, which led Krum to despise the dark wizard and his followers. Despite being marred by this tragedy, however, Viktor went on to become a talented student and internationally recognized Quidditch player.

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Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we’ll be discussing the MOST powerful wandless magic within the wizarding world at large.

Within the Harry Potter series, it’s hard to imagine the majority of the scenes that focus on magic—WITHOUT wands. There are just SO many important and pivotal scenes that all revolve around these magical devices. From the more innocent scenes of The Philosopher’s Stone when Harry Potter himself steps into Ollivanders wand shop for the first time and Hermione schools Ron and Harry on how to pronounce “Wingardium Leviosa” to the more ominous plotlines that deal with the whole twin core thing or Lord Voldemort’s pursuit of the most powerful wand known to exist—the Elder Wand—these magic-wielding sticks are integral to the very heart of the books and the films. And yet—despite all the great and terrible things that witches and wizards are able to do using wands—there are also quite a few other forms of extremely powerful WANDLESS magic out there.

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