So fucking real and it's not even funny. As a 22 year old who never fucked with harry potter EVER and has never read the books this ROTTED my fucking mind. Jfc. Old man needs to stop ranting.
In book two they left paying students petrified for months. They could have just bought mandrakes from elsewhere in the world. Poor Collin losing most of his first year.
Also every business is a monopoly. You already know Olivander, whose family has been selling wands to all of England for 2000+ years puts the Malfoys to shame.
Imagine writing out 7 books worth of a wizarding world but the only useful spells are teleporting and like automatically doing your chores and also the main character only ever uses like 3 spells
Isn't it just the meta though? What else is he supposed to use if he already has the disarm spell/stun spell/object manipulation spell? Would there be a point?
Teleport spell that you can also do with powder and a fireplace. Chores which actually is kinda goated and the die spell which is just worse then a gun and it’s illegal to use. Those are the only 3 uses of magic
@@FrankEShaw05 Actually, avada kedavra is technically still better than a gun, cause a gun can be stopped by various physical barriers and such. Almost nothing will stop an avada kedavra short of human sacrifice lmao
@@nicoataiza7850 actually no, the whole energy tug-rope thing is a separate thing that says “fuck whatever spell you were casting, we’re doing this now”. It’s a bit of a hand-wavey thing to explain how Harry could ever go against a guy that will use the nigh-unbeatable killing curse at the drop of a hat, but it is an explanation nonetheless
If my House was leading the House Cup and then the members of another House stopped a full-on genocide of my wizard race, I really don't think I would care if my House didn't get to have our banners hung up in the Great Hall. It's not like I'm going to put "Won the Ravenclaw House Cup" on my wizard resume when I have other classmates that defeated wizard Hitler
The ones who are middle school aged probably care. But even worse, for the first book and third book it's stuff that Dumbledore can't or won't disclose to the rest of the student body, so no one even knows they beat up wizard Hitler. Dumbledore just goes up and says fuckin "Ron Weasley was really brave. 600 points to Gryffindor!" and you're just sitting there like wtf is bro talking about
@@zillanimulol, yeah, wait, that makes sense. To the random student and teachers, he just arbitrarily gave massive points to his favorite students. Like you 100% know there were rumors at school that the trio slept with Dumbledore.
@@zillanimubook two “Yeah Ron and Harry killed a giant mythological and extremely dangerous snake that was hiding under the school for 50+ years. They also saved Ron’s sister and outed world-renowned wizard as a fraud. 200 points.” Either Dumbledore says that or “Harry and Ron did something brave yesterday: 200 points.” Like there has to be like half the upper years calling BS because they think Dumbledore’s gone senile and is making up shit just so the Slytherins can’t win.
Anthony Goldstein is technically a real character in the books cuz he's listed during the sorting hat ceremony in book 1 but he's like never brought up again lmfao
Can we talk about how there are only 3 unforgivable curses, one of which the main characters do all the time with zero reprocussions (the mind control spell), and one of which is just the gun spell which you could make a self defense case for. Meanwhile, Sectisempra, Obliviate and Feindfire are totally okay. You know the laceration charm, which causes you to bleed to death, the spell that permanently erases a person's memory with no way to get it back, and the conjured sentient fire that has a mind of its own and actively tries to hurt and destroy and cant be put out with water. Those are all good-guy approved!
To be fair, they only do the mind control spell when they’re already fugitives and the dark lord is in charge. Sectumsempra was invented by Snape so they wouldn’t even be able to make it an unforgivable curse (since it’s not like anyone else knew it existed). I guess they didn’t want to make obliviate unforgivable since they probably thought it’s a good precaution to be able to use it on muggles, although it doesn’t make any sense why they don’t have any laws at least restricting its use. And Fiendyre is advanced dark magic (although there’s nothing banning adults from using dark magic anyway). I guess they didn’t want to make it unforgivable as if you were good enough you’d be able to control the spell, and could use it to do some good things Overall, the spells you mentioned aren’t unforgivable since they have some cool use that doesn’t make them evil (except Sectumsempra, which is just a spell that nobody knows). It makes sense that they aren’t unforgivable, as the 3 unforgivable curses could only be used for evil (since even when the good guys use the mind control one, they use it to break into a bank which is still a crime. And I’m guessing that they don’t get punished for using the unforgivable curse because it’s a time of war , and wizards don’t have war crimes so everything is fair. The only thing that doesn’t make sense out of the things you pointed out, is why there are barely any restrictions on magic (especially on obliviate and dark magic)
I actually think the intentionality explanation is perfectly adequate; basically, they're "unforgivable" because there's no plausible deniability. sectumsempra can be used with little understanding of what it even does but avada requires that you seriously want them dead. Those other spells are suspicious as hell but not automatically jail-worthy.
i literally stopped reading at 4. they described in HORRIBLE DETAIL exactly how Harry couldn't have put his name in the goblet of fire and then his name was in it and everybody got so angry at him even though it CLEARLY could not have been him and as a 12 year old i got so pissed off i stopped reading
Unironically too, if literally anybody had a timeturner it would devolve into a world war to monopolize it instantly. Of all the things that could happen as a result of the timeturner existing, a fucking twelve year old using it to go to more classes is not one of those possibilities. JK wrote that world, but even in her goddawful world this plot device literally makes no sense. Like, not even a little bit.
@@debesys6306 I feel like you're forgetting harry survived the HP equivalent of a 50. cal to the head, and then killed a fucking giant snake, and and then 100 dementors and all this other shit by this point. It's not THAT outlandish.
Timeturners operate on a fixed timeline system, they don't actually let you change the events of history (we will be ignoring the fanfic of Cursed Child)
4 is peak because you’re introduced to all the new cultures and schools of different wizarding countries and realize Rowling will give exactly 0 shits about anything not UK-centered. Really sets the tone for the entire series.
Thats why the Percy Jackson series is my GOAT for YA Fiction. Its very consistent and wraps up most plot holes. Why don’t people shoot the monsters? You need magic metal. Why don’t you use technology? Electronic devices will amplify your demigod aura to monsters. Also Percy Jackson was just him. Age 12: stopped a war between gods. Fought and beat Ares. Age 13: Traveled through the Sea of Monsters, killed Polyphemus and saved his friends. Age 14: Saves Artemis and holds the weight of the world so that she can fight Atlas Age 15: Saved camp Age 16: Becomes invulnerable, defeats multiple Titans, saves the gods, refuses Immortality and tells the gods “Stop being deadbeats”. Age 17: Gets rid of his invulnerability, saves the God of Death, travels with his girlfriend friend through their version of hell, saves the world from a primordial deity
My favorite is you can have an all out war on a spaceship and never worry the ships gonna take critical damage, but if it’s an outside attack it takes like 2 seconds
I tried to read the Harry Potter books as a kid but gave up in Order of the Phoenix when they spend the first 150 pages dealing with a big trial, and the big trial ended like “well we don’t approve but you can go back to doing whatever and we won’t interrupt the status quo.” So the entire opening of the book was basically learning about an event that doesn’t do anything. Whyyyy
I haven’t seen it either but I disagree with both of you. Harry Potter would piss on the works of Shakespeare and is one of the worst stories ever penned to paper
Oh Gringots? Absolutely, but I don't think that necessarily serves as a flaw to the story. I think J.K. Rowling makes it very clear that the Gringots and the goblins who run it cannot be trusted at all
This has been driving me crazy for seven movies now, hear me out: Harry Potter should have carried a 1911. Here's why: Think about how quickly the entire WWWIII (Wizarding-World War III) would have ended if all of the good guys had simply armed up with good ol' American hot lead. Basilisk? Let's see how tough it is when you shoot it with a .470 Nitro Express. Worried about its Medusa-gaze? Wear night vision goggles. The image is light-amplified and re-transmitted to your eyes. You aren't looking at it--you're looking at a picture of it. Imagine how epic the first movie would be if Harry had put a breeching charge on the bathroom wall, flash-banged the hole, and then went in wearing NVGs and a Kevlar-weave stab-vest, carrying a SPAS-12. And have you noticed that only Europe seems to a problem with Deatheaters? Maybe it's because Americans have spent the last 200 years shooting deer, playing GTA: Vice City, and keeping an eye out for black helicopters over their compounds. Meanwhile, Brits have been cutting their steaks with spoons. Remember: gun-control means that Voldemort wins. God made wizards and God made muggles, but Samuel Colt made them equal. Now I know what you're going to say: "But a wizard could just disarm someone with a gun!" Yeah, well they can also disarm someone with a wand (as they do many times throughout the books/movies). But which is faster: saying a spell or pulling a trigger? Avada Kedavra, meet Avtomat Kalashnikova. Imagine Harry out in the woods, wearing his invisibility cloak, carrying a .50bmg Barrett, turning Deatheaters into pink mist, scratching a lightning bolt into his rifle stock for each kill. I don't think Madam Pomfrey has any spells that can scrape your brains off of the trees and put you back together after something like that. Voldemort's wand may be 13.5 inches with a Phoenix-feather core, but Harry's would be 0.50 inches with a tungsten core. Let's see Voldy wave his wand at 3,000 feet per second. Better hope you have some Essence of Dittany for that sucking chest wound. I can see it now...Voldemort roaring with evil laughter and boasting to Harry that he can't be killed, since he is protected by seven Horcruxes, only to have Harry give a crooked grin, flick his cigarette butt away, and deliver what would easily be the best one-liner in the entire series: "Well then I guess it's a good thing my 1911 holds 7+1." And that is why Harry Potter should have carried a 1911.
It ties into one of my pet peeves with the world building too. In a world that has both guns, and magic, there is a natural conclusion to what you do: you combine them. You either make projectile weapons powered by magic, or you make normal firearms with magic bullets. Who the hell needs Gryffindors enchanted lame ass sword when you can have Slytherin's Enchanted Submachine Gun.
Google "Harry Potter with Guns." One Dude spent years editing it together from the original first movie. You are indeed welcome for the high art I have just whisked into your life...
The fact that there's easily accessible truth serum, yet people people simply don't use it when it's not convenient. JK writes herself into so many corners it's insane
Yeah! Not only is there a truth serum, there's also a way to literally view people's memories. How in the flaming hell did they manage to wrongfully imprison Sirius Black? Did nobody question him under the truth serum? Did nobody watch his memories? Did nobody do any kind of investigation to make sure he is actually a murderer?
At least with the luck serum she tried to come up with some sort of explanation. I think it was along the lines of “it’s like drugs, it’ll cause brain damage if you overdose” or something along those lines.
It is a shitty spectators sport. There is a reason it doesn’t get views on TV However even then, it is easy to follow the group in the lead, so I at least know who is winning at all times
there’s a set path though. this comparison only works if in long distance running they could just go wherever as long as they covered the right distance.
I've never been to a long-distance run so I don't know for sure, but isn't it for free? For spectators I mean. If you're running a marathon in Boston, surely they don't require every single person standing on the street to pay them right? You can just go stand at a spot and watch the runners go by, then go home. If it's for free, then the argument doesn't work, becausr Atrioc argue the spectators PAY to watch a sport they can't see.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is just the Harry Potter movie writers realizing that their universe has problems competing with modern technology, so they panic and try to compensate with DnD monsters.
@@deathswitch2404 Ah you're right, my bad! The 1920s-1940s, the time period known for fighting with swords and bows! I can't believe I got it confused with the 20s-40s where 2 world wars were fought with guns bombs tanks and planes!
I mean if there was someone at my school that prevented a mass shooting by tackling the guy and taking their gun away, then I'd kind of understand their class winning whatever competition there is
Playing Hogwarts legacy really made me realize how dangerous Hogwarts is. Between all the horrifying, life-threatening things the kids have to go through on a REGULAR uneventful semester, you know there's at least like 5 kids a year who go to Hogwarts by their parents that just don't come back.
Unrelated follow up about Bluey, according to an employee on the Bluey Reddit, the last episodes of Bluey were completed in 2021, and nothing new has been made or is planned so far.
I’d argue that just because one guy hears a vague story and assumes it’s about you, and then continuously tries to ruin you because of it, that is not a problem you caused. He only really fixes a problem he causes in the first one when he takes the stone out of the mirror, then turns quirell to dust (because Voldemort wouldn’t be able to get the stone out of the mirror because he wanted to use it)
I think it's said in the books that the reason he did it was because he was effectively forfeiting. Like I remember reading this and being so confused.
you’d have to score essentially 15 scores to win if the other team catches the snitch so the only incentive would be if seekers have individual wins and there’s a dual scoring system for teams. so theoretically your team would get 1-1 if you lost while still catching the snitch; the benefit being “this team is demolishing us so hard our only chance to make it to playoffs is thru a tied score”
Yea this is it. It’s similar in a sense to how a tie in hockey gets the losing team a point and the winning team one less point. You could do a similar thing with if you score more points but don’t catch the snitch. Either way, in a World Cup final, it still makes no sense to grab the snitch if you’re down by more than 150
@@elephantwaffle5612 unless individual wins are still rewarded to seekers as well. the concept of 2 competitions happening at the same time is kinda interesting, so one team would win world finals but seekers would win individuals. kinda like matt ryan getting mvp after the falcons lost the super bowl.
Also, usually the snitch isnt found and caught for like at least 30 mins right? Why doesnt the seeker just get the ball and give the extra player on offense. You score 15 times and the other team literally cant stop the game if they dont want to lose. Also, iirc theres no rule that only the seeker can get the snitch. So why not just get 3-5 fast guys with good eyesight and hand eye coordination to hunt the snitch before the other guys score 150
I think it makes more sense to just lower the amount of points (maybe to around the value of 5 normal scores) and make it so that it only ends the game after a certain amount of time has passed, with an upper bound on how long the game can go. Like maybe the first 20 minutes catching it doesn't end the game, then after 60 minutes if the game hasn't ended then it ends. The numbers could do with some tweaking, but overall that feels like it'd make the game more fair and fun.
The snitch mechanic would make more sense if the snitch would give no points. That way it is an undetermined timer for the game. Now the seekers jobs become to Attack/Defend against the enemy seeker depending on the score. That battle can still be interesting. Heck allow them to use spells as seeker (From a currated list) how sick would it be if someone goes: Lumos! As a defender to blind the attacking seeker to stall just enough for his team to score another point so he can attack now. Think about the Fan hype when a new spell gets added to the list of legal quidditch spells or removed because its so broken.
George RR Martin said his big question about Lord of the Rings is “What is Aragorn’s tax policy?” And proceeded to write the politicking of a Song of Ice and Fire so I think I know what atrioc is spending half his life doing
14:40 the JK Rowling naming schemes are so, extremely funny for how weirdly targetted they seem to be. 2 black wizards in the entire books. Dean Thomas, the most boring nothing name, and Kingsley SHACKLEBOLT. Like that’s a bit on the nose. Personal favorite is her weird grudge against French people. 4 French names/families. Voldemort as a French pun, Malfoys being the most bigoted pureblood family we see, Lestranges being a family of psychotic terrors, and Delacour as Fleur basically is portrayed as a husband stealer after book 4.
I think he’s moreso just pointing out out how strangely on the nose a lot of the names are like Lupin being the name of a werewolf or Professor Sprout teaching about plants. Also u gotta admit it is kinda weird how all the major villains have French names (not gonna go as far as to claim its some kind of grudge tho)
The japanese school was literally Rowling putting "magic place" in google translate and shipping it, it makes no sense to anyone actually speaking Japanese iirc. And of course, since there is a cliche of Japanese school children having long commutes, the Japanese wizard school is the only one that is not a boarding school. And African wizards don't use wands 💀
@@thicc_duccyeah I’m exaggerating a bit over “grudge” with the French, but Rowling does show a lot of favoritism with her characters. Like I get Gryffindor having a lot of the main good guys, but it’s weird that there’s a near complete absence of nearly all of Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw who are basically neutral in the middle of what’s basically a wizard civil war. I just think it’s funny that her favoritism also seems to extend to naming the characters. Like when she needs an Irish name she just goes down the most common or stereotypical names in the country. (Seamus Finnigan).
This is why I recommend fan written stuff. The Rigel Black series by murkybluematter(a webtoon writer) is my absolute favorite. It fixes a lot of the plot holes
The fact that Harry has mountains of gold by the time he turns 11. Like, wtf are the interest rates? And he chooses to scrounge off the Weasley's year after year who barely have 2 sickles to rub together without ever suggesting he could help them out financially. Not to mention he then inherits a whole ass mansion from a guy he's known for 2 years.
i am new to this community, i have no idea why you refer to mr. Atrioc as 'Glizzlord', 'Glizzard the Wizard', 'Glizztron', or simply 'Glizzy', but i have to say it makes perfect intuitive sense to me. Hat's off to y'all, nice to be here, and nice vid too :)
