Channels That Steal Theories 

It’s kinda ironic how Professor McGonagall is actually in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

Thanks for calling them out, they’ve done this a lot.

The problem with the McGonagall theory is that it turned out to be true... So apparently the writers of the film didn't fact check either. Oh, dammit, JKR wrote it...

WAIT! GRINDALWALD WILL BE IN THE CRIMES OF GRINDALWALD!

This video is serious and I agree with your points Seamus. Also I really want to see the second Fantastic Beasts now 😂

Oh my god!!!! thanks to these guys I now know Newt will be in the next fantastic beasts!! 😮

I love how Seamus immediately assumes that their Minerva McGonagall theory was very dumb because of the timeline and then JK Rowling stills actually adds her in and changes the timeline

watching this after crimes of grindelwald and seeing that their Mcgonagall theory was right actually enrages me lmao

This is the most relatable thing ever, though the risk has been taken heheehehehh

The Things not only steals ideas, but also gives a LOT of misinformation.

It makes more sense if "The things" would change their name into "The thieves"

“She wasn’t in hogwarts yet” Mcgonogal is in fantastic beasts two Seamus is low key triggered

Thanks for calling them out. People deserve credit for their theories...

I agree fully. Whenever I tell a friend a theory, even then, I say "this reddit user saw this detail..." or "this youtuber named Seamus Gorman pointed this out"...

There are sooo many channels that are exactly the same! The things! The talko! The richest! Ms mojo! The bright side! I could go on forever but...you get the idea!

Funny thing is, Minerva actually WAS in Crimes of Grindelwald.

I understand how enraging it is when someone steals your stuff (in your case, theories; in mine and some friends' cases, art), post them and just say "some fan made it not me" but still don't give you proper credit. It's disrespectful and cheap. I agree with you. It's a shame this channel has more subscribers than you. You actually put heart and hard work behind your content, RESEARCH, and don't give people misleading information. Shame on them.

“I’m not salty” You’re the saltiest person I know. But love your videos.

Even my teacher in 4TH GRADE taught us to cite sources!

I'm glad someone finally called The Things out! They are running an underhanded channel that is stealing original content for their own gain. It is just awful...

The things steal EVERYTHING Edit:he liked my comment😌😂

OMG!!! Newt Scamander will be back! I thought he was just the character that the whole series was about, but would *never come back*, but now I know! Thanks, The Things, for: a) Telling me completely useless information b) Plagiarising from Seamus’ (and others’) channels c) Making up “facts” and presenting them as true You are so helpful! 🙄

Mcgonagall, age 10: err fught grindywalld. Dumbledore: well I was convinced I can't fight Grindlewald, but now that this random kid told me to I will.

I mean, the Minerva one was correct.. unfortunately

I've had someone point blank copy and re-post one of my videos ... the kicker was that they included my channel in their description by trying to call my video (which had been up on RU-vid for about 6 months or so before theirs) the fake one XD

Plagiarism that’s against the law, right? I’ll break their faces.

To be honest, I used to watch The Things. Notice how I said USED. Now I don’t cause I know that they copy 🤗

So... WAIT!!! Was McGonagall so smart that she was teaching at Hogwarts at the age of 10? NEW THEORY!!!!! 😱😱😱😱 (Just before anyone lashes out at me, its a joke) Edit- Andddddddd I just liked my own comment.

Salty Seamus is the best. My favorite part was the Mcgonagall section.

I've come across, The Things, videos and was far from impressed since nothing about it is interesting... Aside from their clickbait thumbnails. The personality, so to speak, the presentation is bland and the information is sorely lacking. Now I know why. Thank you for calling them out. A very nice channel to vote down if I come across any more.

I couldn't stop laughing as soon as they said that Mcgonagall convinced Dumbledore to kill Grindelwald. I just can't. I give up.

I watch The Things from time to time, and it just sounds like they're reading off a script someone gave them randomly. It feels like they're saying, "I will read this without thinking about pronunciation of putting any sort of feeling in my voice. I will also refuse to credit anyone and sound like I looked this up once and terribly summarized it.

Have you heard of paper towns? (I don't mean the book.) Map makers used to put fake towns in their maps, so that if someone copied their maps and sold them as their own, they would be able to tell and could take legal action. These were called 'paper towns' You might be able to do something similar with your videos. These 'paper theories' would be small parts of your videos/theories that no one else would use if they didn't copy from you. For example, using a fake word to describe something, or mentioning a character that doesn't actually exist. Though it would be a bit difficult (After all, you don't know if they would steal your 'paper theories' anyway), it could help deter channels that steal your content.

The description of TheThings should be: Hey there! If you want to watch videos that are basically ENTIRELY stolen ideas from other people and/or irrelevant information, come on right over!

They should do a video: 5 Channels That Steal Theories.

The things is a channel that does not do research, can't pronounce names correctly and are obviously stealing stuff from other sources. I've seen where you or the super Carlin brothers or Isaac from wotso videos will put out a theory and the things will have some very similar a couple days later. They've even done it to watchmojo and matpat before.

TheThings just got destroyed

That’s shocking how their doing this I’m so happy that you’ve caught/called them out plus your completely right that is plagiarism

I agree with you and think that 'the talko' does this too

Well, McGonagall was in it. I was not expecting that one, haha

I really want The Things to see this....

The 4 dislikes are the only 4 legit subscribers to The Things that aren't paid to watch their videos. Seriously though, this is outrageous; like you said Seamus: it's plagiarism.

5:59 Seamus: "They don't know what they're talking about!!" And..... after watching Crimes of Grindelwald, that exact thing happened...

When you rewatch this video months after Crimes of Grindelwald has come out and you realize that Mcgonagall was in it.

Seamus question: so in one of the scenes in the Harry Potter chamber of secrets, rons wand is messed up. In professors mcgonical (I butchered that very hard) room he accidentally turned scabbers into a half rat cup, the audience is suppose to assume that it's because his wand, but could it also be that the spell wasn't working properly because it was meant to turn animals into cups not animagus. Could you do a video showing all the signs and foreshadowing that Peter was a rat, that could have just been passed off as an accident or coincidence.

Am I the only one who LOVES Seamus' voice? I mean, in his hate comment vids, a lot of people hated his voice. I don't understand how you can hate on Seamus. HES AMAZING!!!

When “The Things” guesses Minerva correctly although Minerva wasn’t born yet.....

After watching this video, I quit The Things.

I always knew they were a sketchy channel, never trusted them

They also copied the supercarlinbrothers nagini thoery in the video lol

Seamus is just like: Hissssss! My theory!

My four favourite theorists: Seamus Jay Ben MatPat

Does anyone have some pepper? We gotta balance out all Seamus's saltiness😂 Sorry, great video and well done for calling them out👌!

Throw the shade, Seamus, throw it with a vengeance!

I agree that this is a *SIRIUS* problem that we have to address.

you and carlin brothers are the only places i go for theories. also the roundtable.

The Things is what we call “clickbaity” CLICKBAIT WILL GE THE DEATH OF EVERYONE! Thank you and goodnight. P.s. They aren’t even Potterheads. It’s incredibly offensive to MY SOUL! I came to RU-vid for personality, and boy does Seamus have personality!

TheThings is a copycat channel. So is every channel like it, i.e. TheRichest, ScreenRant, TheTalko. None of them are original, and they all use clickbait.

GREAT Harry Potter theory: Harry Potter is a character in this series! GENIUS!

Oof, the McGonagall criticism didn’t age well

This is why I love Seamus

I hate TheThings they always steal people’s ideas

I’ve never heard of this theory (if it’s out there already sry) but I think that the sorting hat can see the future, like see the future for that one student and narrow it down to the house or houses they will do the best in and then try to make a decision themselves or if the student asks to be put in one of those houses. I know it’s a little loose in places but I think this would be a great theory, me and my friend believe it ourselves too!!!

The Things author: "Wow, I wonder if Grindelwald is gonna be in the movie with the subtitle Crimes of Grindelwald"

lol “I’m not salty” biggest lie you’ve ever told 0:28

The salt is real...

Finally someone stand up for people stealing theories

The irony is that McGonagall actually appeared in the movie.

Um??? Salty Seamus??? I fucking love it?????? 😍😁👌

SEAMUS IS ADORABLE

Thanks so much for this vid they do that a lot I just came from Jon Solo channel

I can’t believe that newt and Grindelwald will be in The crimes of Grindelwald

Seamus I'm so sorry, they should know better

Who scrolled down to see if the The Things commented?

Funnily Enough Mcgonagall Actually WAS In Crimes Of Grindelwald

When you realise mcgonagall is in fantastic beasts: :/

Way to go Seamus! This type of behavior should be talked about and publicly condemned. As a scientist, I relate. Give credit where it’s due! Love the channel, keep it up! (PS, also as a scientist, I always thought the way JK Rowling handled time travel in the books was so elegant, and agree with you that the way the Cursed Child handles it ruins the story. If the Cursed Child is canon, then the books are not!)

Wow, their videos are just lazy rip offs. Glad you called them out, they shouldn’t get away with it.

So you are telling me, that Gellert Grindelwald will show up in movie called "Crimes of Grindelwald"?

The sad part is, they were right about McGonagall.

the tea has been spilled

What would happen if a boggart looked in a mirror

When Minerva was actually in the movie

It bothers me that these people correctly predicted McGonagall would be in this series.

Salty Seamus is DA best.

This really needed to be addressed and I am glad you did. And I personally don’t like the things. They make their videos longer then they need to and like you said they steal ideas without giving credit. and I am sorry this has happened.

Oh my god I totally agree with you. It's completely unfair that others take credit for your ideas. At school I came up with a Pixar theory (it got proved wrong after Incredibles 2) but some other kid said about the theory and everyone praised him as if it was his idea. The things should be ashamed of themselves

Mcgonagall was actually -8 in the movie WOW

I’ve noticed most of these channels that give you “top 10 fan theories” or similar videos just steal ideas from other people. They don’t even care about or are even fans of the properties they’re talking about. It would be nice if they could list theory creators in the description below that way people could be credited properly and the person watching the video can get more info on that theory.

“People” it seems they have their own theory that Seamus has a split personality disorder.

The 64 dislikes are from the things/the things fans

2019: I love how in 5:33 they say Mcgonagall and Seamus says that she isn’t born yet(which is right) but she was actually in the movies

Seamus, thank you for calling them out on this, this is plagiarism and taking credit for other people’s (like you) time. On another note, their videos consist of a monotone voice talking over photos from the internet. What is worse is that their ideas aren’t even their own. When I watch your videos, I can tell that you deeply care and have put a lot of time and effort into what you are saying, you can hear the emotion in your voice. I don’t see how their channel has more views and subscribers than you do. Your videos are more interesting, passionate, and personal. Keep doing what you are doing Seamus!

It the Things, The Trendy and one other one run by the same group. I agree completely

Wait... but minerva was in crimes of grindlewald... THE THINGS HAVE AN INSIDE MAN!!!

the things: *talks about nicholas flamel* *shows the five wizards of middle earth*

IM LAUGHING SO HARD AT THE MINERVA ONE AND THE GOLDEN TRIO BAHAHAHAHBA

I like how some people think your stealing from Super Carlin Brothers, not knowing you’re friends and haven’t watched the video 😂 Like, watch and learn not, Look and assume.

This video is important. Thank you for telling us Seamus, because I went to find those videos and call them out in the comments.

Dumbledore, in Fantastic Beasts 2 😮 no way