Fixing/Rewriting Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Turning Garbage to Gold (Hopefully) 

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“Voldemort did not have sex. That’s the most ridiculous and disgusting thing I’ve ever heard” I laughed so hard at this LMFAO

The fact that we live in an era where fans make better scripts is a bit scary

I can totally see Bellatrix and Rodolphus having kids, but not as a desire to have a happy family. They would have kids to provide Voldemort with future soldiers in his immortal rule.

Even brushing aside the Time Turner aging its user... Prisoner of Azkaban made it abundantly clear that Time Turners caused closed loops (causal loops) - not alternate timelines. There was never a timeline where Buckbeak died and Sirius failed to be freed, because the time travel itself was factored into it. There were always another Harry and Hermione performing the deed. So it also just makes no sense here.

The moment they retconned how time turners work and character assassinated Cedric Diggory, I lost all respect for this stage play.

Cedric becoming Batman if he lives is more realistic then him becoming a Death Eater

This rewrite is canon to me. This is what really happened.

The Trolley Witch basically being a demon came out of freaking nowhere.

HP fans: I want a story about Harry in his older life! J.K: Cursed Child? HP fans: Nevermind, forget we said anything

FINALLY a rewrite where harry and hermione aren't having an affair, because for whatever reason everybody loves to have that in their rewrites even though it's stupid and unrealistic - it would never happen! this is an amazing rewrite of the script and how you were able to make such a great thing out of the original trash script... it's astounding. i'd love to see you do your own sequel, instead of just fixing this!

The unforgivable curses: Avada Kedavra (The Killing Curse) Crucio (The Torture Curse) Imperio (The controlling curse) The Cursed Child (Makes every potterhead cringe so hard they Avada Kedavra themselves)

Delphi being Voldermorts child makes her have a great motive but the thought of Voldemort having sex, especially after he was brought back is too cringy and unthinkable. Thank you for doing a rewrite. Also too much time travel gets confusing making plot holes easy. Btw your premonition sounds way better. If you got this from 2 days imagine what you could have written after 2 months.

THANK YOU. Ugh, the Cursed Child is like a 10 years old child's first writing. I can't believe they butchered the characters so bad and created so many plotholes. Did they even read the books ONCE?

Changing the rumour of Scorpius to him being a werewolf is brilliant because it goes along with the long standing fan theory that Draco gets bitten by the werewolf Fenrir Greyback as punishment by Voldemort. The story is a big improvement over the garbage we got, and in my head, this is canon. Great work as usual Morgan.

“That sounds like something a seven year old writing Harry Potter fanfictions would come up with” That’s pretty much the entirety of Cursed Child summed up.

That was a very good re-writing. Scorpius being a werewolf wasn’t wrong to Harry (after all, Lupin was) but it was Scorpius being a danger to his son.

When the trolley witch threw the pumpkin bombs, I was like, “You’re the trolley witch, not the Green Goblin!”

That prophecy was a banger. Adding the cursed child to it was a great idea

Harry Potter books are mysteries disguised as books about magic The cursed child is a time travel story disguised as a Harry Potter book

I like the idea of Delphie being Voldemort’s daughter. Maybe she could spend her entire live thinking she was Voldemort’s daughter and she taught she has to rule the dark. It would be good if at the Harry reveals that she is Lestrange daughter. That would be the shock of her life and will ruin her mind.

The fact they made Cedric into a death eater is so unreasonable, just like you said, for god’s sake he’s even a Hufflepuff Edit: btw every time he is mentions in the book Harry describes him as handsome, also he is one of the few people who didn’t wear the potter stinks badges so add that to the list

Now I want a 100% version of your idea on the Cursed Child.

Morgan: I Love All 8 Harry Potter Movies. Cursed Child: Do You Mean 9? Morgan: *He Doesn’t Even Know What He’s Saying….*

This was a beautiful rewrite, in particular, Albus saying "somehow, Voldemort returned" gave me chills.

To quote Diane (The Bad Guys) “even trash can be recycled into something beautiful”

I really Liked the improvement. It is much more logical. Few things I really liked 1. Omitting time travel 2. Omitting Voldemort 3. The things which you said about Ron. I hate when Ron is made fun of. I really think that Ron is great and you kept him that way. 4. Keeping harry the same. Good and Bad. If you write it completely. I would love to read it

If I wrote the Sequel for the Harry Potter series, I would make it about Teddy Lupin, mainly because we don’t know much about him. I think we should have a book series about Teddy growing up without his parents and his relationship with Victoir Weasly.

I'm glad you included the lore regarding the Time Turners aging the user. On top of the Time Turners working in a casuality loop, this detail also puts to bed the criticism regarding wizards using the Time Turners to go decades into the past. They appear to be objects used for research or viewing events one was not present for. People then state "if these objects are so dangerous, why did a student get one?" First, only one student got one and Hermione had already shown herself to be studious and took the rules and her education very seriously (for the most part). Dumbledore would absolutely trust her to use it wisely and he could very easily pull strings to get ahold of one. In terms of use, I'm sure Dumbledore and Hermione both agreed any mishaps related to Time Turner abuse would result in their punishments.

Delphi being Voldemort’s daughter fails in SO MANY LEVELS! First: you mentioned earlier, Voldemort saw himself at his peak of immortality, so an heir would be pointless. Second: he was unable to love, and thats canon. So why would he have sex? Third: Voldemort would consider sex, something so primal, carnal and human as BENEATH him. Fourth: considering how Rowling writes, a body revived via Horcrux, especialy so corrupted by dark magic and emaciated like that would, 100%, no shadow of a doubt, be INFERTILE. He might not even have a functioning penis, or, hell, does he even have functioning internal organs AT ALL? We never saw him eating or drinking aside from the snake’s “milk” prior to his ressurrection! I refuse to believe he got a functioning set of genitalia at all!

Specifically pointing out that Cedric’s a HUFFLEPUFF brought a smile to my face. We’re canonically the house that has pumped out the least amount of dark wizards in all of Hogwarts history. It’s not the best or biggest argument as to why Cedric would never become a death eater, not even close, but this small emphasis and highlight on the nature of Hufflepuffs just made me smile. “Just and loyal, those Hufflepuffs are true, and unafraid of toil!”

This is the actually fun way of fixing it. The easy way is: Control + A Backspace

Delphine could have the hair based on the slight possibility of inheriting the genes that Tonks got allowing her to shape shift to look however she liked…

finally, someone who wasn't smoking anything made the cursed child. As you said it still has its plot holes but it's much more enjoyable and plausible. Just amazing

Imagine if there was a brief moment where Lucius talks bad about Astoria (after she died), and Malfoy verbally tells him off

I would have honestly liked that you had kept the kitchen battle scene between Harry and Draco because, if I remember correctly, Draco apologizes for destroying the kitchen and Ginny replies ‘oh, it’s not my kitchen, Harry does most of the cooking’ and I just laughed at that so much😂 But anyway, it was a very nice rewrite.😊

This sounds so much plausible! Thank you for sharing your fixing story of a disastrous "canon" play 😂

I like watching videos like this, watching someone’s creativity unfold.

I love it, not only does it improve on the cursed child but it has one element I loved from the original series, travel. Don't get me wrong I love Hogwarts but having a book take place almost entirely in a school, especially in such a magic rich world as Harry Potter is just a waste, not to mention invokes PTSD from my own school days. That's why I love the fantastic beasts films, I don't want references to the world outside Hogwarts I want to see it. The mountains, the forests, the wizard town, this feels like a fantasy story

29:07 I absolutely loved that line. It showed that oliver was not only a passionate athelete but also a fair player.

Make shirts that say, " I'm cutting this because it's total garbage"

How to fix The Cursed Child. Step 1: Invent functional Time Machine Step 2: Go back in time to before the screenplay was completed Step 3: Destroy all physical and digital copies, back-ups, and draft versions until the story is complelty unsalvagable. Step 4: Relive the pandemic because Time Travel is a one way trip. But with the knowlage you saved all of man kind from a horrible fan fiction.

“And using her Pumpkin Pastys as bombs.” Since when was the trolley Witch the Green Goblin!?!?

"Also, about Delphi's bluish-gray hair, that sounds like something a seven-year-old writing Harry Potter fanfiction would come up with." Why is this my favorite line of the video? EDIT: OMG 200+ likes! I did not expect for this comment to blow up! Thank you!

If this version would have been in the original script, I would have not only read it several hundred times, but also watch the play in a heart beat. Excellent story telling you did, great job!

This was INCREDIBLE! My only issue is with harry and the trio thinking it's a bad thing to be a werewolf when Lupin was one and he was still a good person and they loved him..

Can definitely relate to Harry not wanting to do his homework

The reason the cursed child is so disappointing for me is that the setting and characters had so much potential, as proved here. The time period, the idea of Harry trying to live a normal life but being affected by the events of the original series, the dynamics between Harry and his family, especially Albus, Albus being in Slytherin, friendship between Albus and Scorpius, etc could have made such a great story. But they chose such a stupid plot, and completely changed the personalities of characters from the originals.

This is ACTUALLY a good story. I wish there was no follow-up to Harry Potter, but if there had to be one, it should be this.

That’s a way better story than in the actual CC book. There are 2 things I would add: 1. Harry giving Albus the marauders map, when he’s at the same age as James was when he got the cloak. That should take place close to the end, and it would make Albus respect his father even more. 2. Harry’s worries being fueled by nightmares about the past, and him suffering from PTSD.

FINALLY AN ACTUAL GOOD CURSED CHILD! can't wait to watch 🤩

There are some elements that I would keep from the original version just like you did : - Albus and Scorpius being bff - Draco having improved as a person - Harry struggling on how to be a father but not being that much of a bitch (the line “I wish I weren’t your father was awful)

i was so confused when they announced that Voldemort had a child because it so far fetched

The Ron hand thing and Hermione saving him is nostalgic since that happened in the seventh book and showed how much she really cared about him

The original Cursed Child was so horrible, I've never opened it again. And I reread books that I really like many, many times. Thank you for changing so much of that stomach-churning story. I still can't believe J.K. decided she'd allow that play to stand as canon.

I'm only 10 minutes into this and it's already leaps and bounds better. I feel like when they wrote this, they only watched the movies and maybe skimmed the books.

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I guess an argument that Harry could still speak parseltoungue was because he could still remember it. In the battle of hogwarts we could see that Ron had picked up parsletongue from Harry’s sleep, so it is possible to learn it I guess

MovieFlame: I fixed the Cursed Child! Us: *HE IS THE MESSIAH!* Exactly, Voldemort didn't think about an heir because the only one he believed in was himself. Plus like you said, it's pretty obvious Scorpius is Draco's son. It's funny how JK Rowling forgets her own source material

I love how hard you go in on anything you don’t like. Respect.

With Delphi the hair color thing you could have pulled it off making her a Metamorphmagus like her cousin Tonks. Also would be cool if you added in she is using Bellatrixs wand, like if Narcissa or Draco picked it up before the left the battle, and then gave it to baby Delphi. I liked the werewolf angle with Scorpius, especially with all the fan theories out there that Draco is a werewolf! And it also can play into his homosexuality and having to hide who he really is. For Harry and Draco, you should have added a distrust angle with Delphi cause Draco would have known about her, she was born in his house while he was there. Thank you for getting rid of the time travel and alternate timelines they made no sense!

I would add a flashback where Harry brings Kreacher, Winky and all the other House Elves to Dobby's grave at Shell Cottage. Where they have a proper Funeral for him. Which would be a nice send-off. 33:01.

When I first read this script I was shocked at how out of character they made harry. He is supposed to be a smart, kind-hearted person. For example he wasn’t even able to do crucio properly on Bellatix right after she just killed Sirius. I really like your rewrite, it’s WAYYYY better than that original piece of bullcrap. I would quite enjoy reading this. I just don’t like how delphi is more powerful than Harry, I feel like that kind of disrespects harry’s brilliance. Keep up the good work man! Also if you see this comment I hope you have an amazing day/night!

I like your version of the rewrite. Great job staying clear & succinct throughout. Staying true to the deepest nature of the characters as they were originally presented in the series. - Ideas tangent... I wish they had taken some time to create a new threat instead of using time travel & revisiting dead villains. To show how the Wizarding world had changed. Perhaps how the Trio had effected the changes and interacted with members of the Wizarding community to accomplish these changes. There are so many opportunities to have shown scenes from the end of the Battle of Hogwarts to the 'modern day' with their children and the new challenges they face. How they dealt with the rights arguments for the different magical beings, etc. What other goings-on would they realistically be dealing with in a Wizarding World at peace? Everyday wizarding crimes? Perhaps bring back the Triwizard Tournament? Or Quidditch games at the pro level, maybe not the finals but the games leading up to the finals? Ginny was a pro player. They could have focused on other characters. Now that I think on it, what I am imagining is more a book of short stories providing glimpses into the everyday lives of some of our favorite characters, not so much a book or screenplay with any plot to it. - Paperwork tangent... Harry is the Head of the Department for Magical Law Enforcement ... is it plausible that he could have had another member of the Dept or his aide (someone who reports to him) read all the reports and provide him with a summary of them? ... I feel like there are a few simple fixes for the paperwork problem. Surely there is another Percy Weasley/Hermione Granger-esque type of character to studiously do the bulk of the paperwork and provide relevant summaries to their superiors? ... - Elder wand tangent... In the books Harry put the Elder Wand back in Dumbledore's tomb, unbroken. Harry losing to Delphie leaves a possible plot hole where she could somehow end up with the Elder Wand. Or a new person searching for the wand could track it. Maybe a rewrite to leave the wand in Dumbledore's tomb broken beyond magical repair? ... - Werewolf tangent... I would have thought with Harry & Lupin's relationship & Harry being Teddy's godfather that werewolf relations could have been better. Perhaps a rewrite where Lupin & Tonks had survived the Battle of Hogwarts and lived with Harry as Teddy's godfather....? Perhaps Lupin could have had a few werewolves that also fought against the dark side at Hogwarts. Have some good examples that not all werewolves are bad/evil/etc...? I can just see a teenage Teddy Lupin & his mom, Tonks, in these super cute "Wolfie Rights" hoodies (that would match each of their hair colors at the moment of course) at a meeting perhaps headed by Remus, Kingsley, Harry, & Bill Weasley lobbying/making the argument to lift so of the laws/sanctions against werewolves or to is so way improve the average werewolf's rights. There were never really specifics about what rights were being suppressed. Also, I find it difficult for Harry, having known Lupin, being the godfather of Lupin's son, and being the Head of MLE, NOT to have any interest in the situation with the werewolves. Perhaps a rewrite with Harry supporting a special fund for St. Mungo's for any werewolves who wished to to be able to have access to the Wolfsbane Potion? Thus rendering them harmless during the full moon.

Everyone in this play: Scorpius is Voldemort’s son Me: Excuse me he has a nose

This just proves how an amazing writer and film critic you are Morgan. Great job man, keep doing what you love

i DO wish that maybe Teddy Lupin could’ve had a role in it, and maybe they could’ve showed that he was a werewolf, and he could’ve helped them.

Greatest rewrite ever! This should have been the real script for the Cursed Child. Love it so much!

I don't know why you added the (Hopefully) at the end of the video title - it's amazing! Great job; there's never, ever a dull moment in seeing you putting these videos together

This stuff is gold! The cursed child REALLY needs a rewrite. Thank you so much for making this!!!! It’s amazing! WAY better than the original.

“-as I turn this garbage script-“ My dude is full on roast mode with zero mercy 🤣🤣🤣

i love this rewrite it is so well written but i was wondering if bellatrix gave birth in malloy manor wouldn’t draco have know about it as he lived there or at least have known about it as being related to bellatrix

I really appreciate the way you tell this, too - relating it to parallel scenes in the play and reminding us of important changes whenever they are relevant again. Great job!

I only read the cursed child once and hated it. Though of what I remember this seems a much more story in line with the original books. Its truly sad that cursed child is cannon. I think what you fixed made it much more palatable. Not exactly how I would've pictured a sequel to the series. Just much better than what we actually got.

I love the changes you made! But I absolutely hate the fact that the writers of the cursed child ignored Rose completely. I mean, her, Albus and Scorpius had so much potential as a trio. And to be honest, I was really keen on seeing Rose and Scorpius in a relationship despite the fact that their families don't get alog.

They don't make Ron dumb in just the Cursed Child, they have been doing it for all the movies. They just make Hermione perfect and Ron dumb.

The fact that I've read a Scorpius x Albus fanfiction make a better story then the "canon" script is actually insane to me like what do you mean a professional writer does that bad of a job that compered to a FANFIC it looks like something I would've wrote when I was 9. Ps. I haven't finished the fic yet so I don't really know how the plot is gonna play out but I'm starting the 4th year and it's already WAY better like they made Notts character way bigger to the plot then it was in the play they made Craig be one of Albus' best friends they made Delphi be way older then in canon and be Voldemort's cousin(in the Tom Riddle's memory's it was mentioned that he killed some muggles and framed his uncle for it landing him in jail and that was where he got another prisoner pregnant leaving her to be in foster home and her running away, never going to Hogwarts and discovering magical world all on her own and having the same passion to be a leader since she is Slytherins hair). The fanfic is Hide and Seek by Arden Callaway on ao3 if anyone is interested

I would happily read the story the way to recreate it here!! I loved how you corrected the personality of the characters esp Harry and Ron, the prophecy was just awesome, and I loved how you used the stigma behind werewolves in this story showing how difficult their lives are. I would definitely read the story if you rewrite it!

UUUUh yesss, this is music to my ears. This can be 100% a HP plot. Everything fits. The slow introduction, The characters act as they should be. The plot thickens. yes, so much yes.

Scorpius and Albus should have been the core of this play. The legacy of the last generation and trying to be their own people outside of their infamous/famous parents is seemingly the source of many of their problems and rocky relationships with their peers and parents. And honestly, it's a pretty clever direction to go as it's a pretty good parallel to Harry's journey, and a good reason for friction between them. The fact that Albus feels outcast at Hogwarts is enough by itself to cause Harry to struggle to understand what his son is going through or what he needs. They could have made the problems between them come from Harry struggling to bridge the gap between his childhood and Albus's, Harry trying to be a better parent than the Dursleys were to him, trying to impart what he learned from the adults in his life like Dumbledore, and Albus having different values and experiences from him, and him having a parallel experience with 'Legacy' to Harry, always being in his father's shadow and all. So it's pretty hilarious (in a sad way) that Albus and Scorpius are literally overshadowed by past events and characters throughout the entire play. Saving Cedric, Voldemort's return, appearances from all your favs, and time travelling back to memorable moments complete with tons of AU timelines where everyone except them get moments are all more prioritzed than Albus and Scorpius, especially over Scorpius and his relationships. Albus gets a bit more because of Harry's relationship with him. Also I have been mad ever since I read the book that they didn't make rhe boys gay it would have been the perfect opportunity, I thought that was were they were going the whole time, and yes I am upset still. I'm gonna blame JK for that one I think

Oh. My. God, it was perfect!!! You did a great job!!! Thank you for fixing it it was so fun to listen to 😃👏

Me watching Harry Potter franchise: Harry Potter 1-7:”This is pretty cool” Cursed Child:”Nice fan fiction”

The apparating effect in this was amazing, great job movieflame

bro is ruthless and im here for it

23:07 actually it's stated in the books that the Trace only works by detecting spells performed in an underage wizard's vicinity; it can't detect who actually cast it which is why Harry gets in trouble for Dobby's levitation spell in Chamber of Secrets

Morgan: Delphi is not going to be Voldemort’s daughter Potterheads: Oh, thank Merlin Had to change to make it fit with the theme

Your version is SOOO much better than the crap Tiffany and Thorne wrote. If this is what you made with all of the restrictions you gave, then your own original Harry Potter sequal idea must be certified gold. Hope you make a video of it in the near future.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS!!!

It's just so hard to believe that Harry and Ginny, the two best characters, had *albus.*

I had always thought of an R-rated adaptation of the Cursed Child, with a more mature and gritty theme to it

I like to add that during that conversation with Draco and harry about asking harry to put a stop on the “rumor’s” about Draco’s son and using the werewolf regition act but when harry said no I wanted Draco too say “and I thought you were the one who broke the rules “ then harry said “ you do realize that I broke the rules to save people not to be rude “ which he literally does though out the entire series.

Have you notice Albus and Scorpious. Missed a lot school. It feels like a whole year.

I believe this story makes way more sense then the older one! I LOVED IT! THANK YOU!😁

Thanks for changing Cedric being a Death Eater, it was so disrespecting to us Hufflepuffs

This fixes everything about the Cursed Child for me. You did well here. This is the way it should be not the way it is. The Cursed Child make Harry look scared, unknowing and dumb as well as Ron. I like the way you complete this story and this story would be more believe and much more cannon then the original Cursed Child. Thank you for this because this is an amazing Fix to a play that should have not be made. I really hope JK rowling take this play and say it is not Cannon anymore. That would be amazing because all of the plot hole and problems it has with all of the characters from the Original.

Now THIS is a stage play I could watch! Every change you made works well for me and makes the story stronger. Part of me is wondering if Albus would still go to Slytherin even if he knew the Sorting Hat would take his choice into account, but then again, Neville wanted to be in Hufflepuff but the Sorting Hat knew he was a Gryffindor at heart, and from what I've heard about the play (Thankfully, I never watched it) Albus' actions seem ambitious.

I loved the fixed Curse child it made me so angry that they made Harry seem like the bad guy you made him seen like the real Harry thank you so much ☺️

JKR: The Cursed Child is canon Literally everyone: I refuse to accept this garbage I only read the cursed child once, years ago, and watching this just reminded me how stupid it was.

I think you did an excellent job of rewriting the Cursed Child and I'm pretty curious of how your sequel would have been!

this was so much better, although I still wish Hermione was never minister, she's the kind of person who would never want to stop learning and also craves peace and love. I think she would have been an amazing teacher as she loved to learn and help people and has always had high value and respect for education and teachers, she would've made a great head of Gryffindor House. Either that or she would've been a journalist. I think this as she is a great writer and would be an advocate for rights and equality, I can totally picture her writting articles on the mistreatement of house elfs and magicical creatures, interviewing people like hagrid, as well as working alongside Luna on the Quibbler. Hermione hated the ministry as also, I think, wouldve hated the job as it doesnt involve learning or inspireing interctions like my other 2 suggestions. This is just an idea :)