Harry Potter Theory: Was Salazar Slytherin A Murderer? 

ok J.K Rowling needs to write a book or make a film about THE MARAUDERS and THE FOUNDERS OF HOGWARTS

i like how he's wearing green in this video 😂

Not all Hufflepuffs are weak (Cedric Diggory) Not all Ravenclaws are stuck-up (Luna Lovegood) Not all Gryffindors are loyal (Peter Pettigrew) And not all Slytherins do not feel love (Severus Snape)

What if slytherin didn’t want muggle borns in the school because that was a time when muggles feared and killed wizards and slytherin just wanted to protect the students from muggles. I saw this somewhere else but forgot where so I would credit the person if I knew who thought of this lol

A movie about the founders could be called “Hogwarts : A History”

Can't decide whether I want a film about the founders of Hogwarts or one about the Marauders more

great video :) really enjoyed it

"Only fools will follow rules..." - Salazar Slytherin

You often say "Parseltongue" when you should have said "Parselmouth". Herpo the Foul is also mentioned in _Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them_ (the book), saying that the Basilisk he created lived for around 900 years.

Actually, Salazar might not have been as evil as you might think. Yes, Salazar was prejudiced against Muggles... But it was for good reason. At the time Salazar was alive, around 1000 years ago. The punishment for witchcraft was... *BEING BURNED AT THE STAKE* They weren't just snapping your wand, or making you sit in the back of the carriage, they were *BURNING WIZARDS ALIVE.* So, that means that Salazar wasn't just going, 'Oh, muggleborns aren't as good as us.' He was going 'THESE MUGGLES ARE BURNING US AT THE STAKE, AND YOU ALL ARE INVITING THERE CHILDREN TO OUR SCHOOL!?' So, when he saw that muggles were being treated as equals after what they did in the past, he hatched the basilisk to kill them, and left Hogwarts. This is even supported as in the books, it is quoted that Salazar thought that Muggles were 'Untrustworthy' Not unworthy, but untrustworthy.

Founding of Hogwarts movie is needed!

Where did the founder's learn magic?

would love to see a movie/book about the founders of Hogwarts

Maybe so many of Slytherins students turn out evil because all they're named after they're put into that house is evil. You hear something enough times you begin to believe it and become it.

A movie franchise about the founders, set in medieval Europe, would actually be amazing. Way more potential than Fantastic Beasts if I'm being honest.

His name sounds like a snake, just like Lupin's name is freaking WEREWOLF MCWEREWOLF

Never pressed on a video so fast

YES WE MUST MAKE A CAMPAIGN FOR THE FOUNDER"S ERA. I MEAN THERES PLENTY OF FANFICTIONS BUT WE NEED A MOVIE!

You cannot call Salazar Slytherin 'evil', you cannot call him 'good'. Because, in truth, there is no 'good' and 'evil' - 'good' and 'evil' are in the eye of the beholder, as are many things. I think the same of 'Dark' magic. You see, even the greatest villains of muggle history are - in their own minds - heroes - and they always have their reasons. Although, their reasons can be petty. Also, there is no shadow without light - neither light without shadow. And, why should 'evil' magic be any different? So, it is reasonable to assume that Salazar was a hero - in his own mind - and had some reason for his acts. Salazar, was a man - nothing more - who - like many Slytherins - was determined to act upon his - admittedly misguided - ideals. Salazar was not 'evil', merely misguided. But, I will admit his ideals were wrong - rather than benefiting it, they were bad for the human race - but you cannot call someone 'good' or 'evil' - humans are much more complex than that. Also, I'd love to see a Founders Film, it would be very interesting.

"Some of my favorite theorists are in Slytherin!" You're talking about J, aren't you :))

I'm a Slytherin and damn proud of it, even if it's founder is a jerk. Isolt Sayre is pretty freaking awesome for a descendant of Slytherin and Andromeda Tonks is amazing and she was put in Slytherin. Plus, green and silver is probably the best color scheme (it's tough, though, because blue and bronze is also pretty rad).

Wait a second I just realized that Salazar encouraged the teaching of Dark Arts in a SECRET Room when no one else approved of it... isn't that exactly what Harry did in Book 5? The ministry disapproved of teaching defensive spells, but Harry, Ron, and Hermione encouraged the teaching of them in a SECRET room... I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

I actually feel kind of Sorry for Slytherin. I mean he was a founder of Hogwarts, and the other three are supposed to be his friends at first right. But then Hogwarts is nothing what he wanted it to be. If we look at Hogwarts - aside from House Slytherin - there's nothing that can be attributed to him. I assume his life must have gone like this: after years of helping building the school they finally sit together to talk more about the details. S: "Obviously we only teach pure-blood students." Gryffindor/Hufflepuff: "No, we teach all of them." S:"Well I think, we could teach Halfbloods too." G/H: "No, we'll teach all of them!" S: "Alright... but my own house that won't admit halfblood and muggleborn." G: "Haven't we already decided my hat will decide which student join what house once we're dead?" S:"God damn it, Godric!", G/H/R: "Oh and btw. we just decided your house will be at the dungeons. So you'll have a short way to the potion classes." S: "Oh thanks, I guess. But what about my Dark Arts classes?" G/H/R: "Dark Arts? Oh about that... We've decided we'll not teach those." S: "Well... okay..." So they lived for a few years, Slythering being an apparent founder and teacher in a school that followed none of his ideas, until he finally left... I'm not saying he had any good ideas... But this has to be depressing. This is his life's work, and it is nothing like he wanted it to be.

Isolt Sayre was born Ireland and she was a decendent of Salazar

Is J.K. Rowling aware that Bulgaria is not in Scandinavia?

no views, 4 comments, nine likes, youtube makes sense

I am from Bulgaria and even I am not sure how to pronounce that...

Legends say that Seamus will answer soon...

Just to let you know, the Slytherin and Peveree family (IDK how to spell it) joint to create the house of Gaunt. Harry is a descendant of the Peveree Family so that might be why Harry can speak Parseltounge as well as being Voldermort's Horcrux. I don't know if this helps you but....

I am a slytherin. (Accoridng to pottermore) But I am ravenclaw according to loads of other quizzes

I'm in Slytherin and some people describe me as an angel.

im a proud Slytherin! and this video was really good Seamus!!

I'M A SLYTHERIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHO'S WITH ME????

Slytherin is the house for ambitious and cunning people, even Harry’s son ( Albus Potter ) was in Slytherin, it’s just the negative opinions of Harry,Hermione and Ron in the novel series that influenced the hate for Slytherins, the same goes for Hufflepuffs , it’s the negative opinions of Malfoy and other Slytherins that influenced the hate for that house too.

I do think salazar slytherin began the durmstrang institute because muggle borns aren't allowed in

I could be first dislike But I'm not

*Cough cough* supercarlinbrothers BEST PEOPLE SLITHERIN HOUSE EVER!

I'm a Slytherin and I'm proud to be :)

Turn subtitles on and laugh with me!

"Some of my favorite theorists are in Slytherin!" So, J Carlin right ;)

I assume that your "favorite theorists who are in slytherin" are the super Carlin bros?

THANK YOU for making Slytherin house as a whole NOT the villans all the time!!!

...Wow. Not all Slytherin Students are evil man... Not even most of them... We're just very resourceful.

Here's thing. It could simply be a matter that his name was Syltherin, so he or an ancestor, took an interest in snakes because of the similarity. Or it could go the other way. An ancestor had an interest in snakes and took the name, similar to how we have names like Baker, Smith, etc.

GUYSSSSSSSS VOLEDERMORT AND HARRY R RELATED ERGHR cuz they were both decendends of the peverils

when your name is IN slythERIN... :) I think it's a sign...

Do you think Dumbledore is a descendant of Godric Gryffindor?

Wheres the notification squad at

I think a movie about the founders would be amazing. I’d love to see Slytherin being depicted as a Magento/Killmonger type character

Okay. Get ready for a rant from a Slytherclaw. We all know that Hogwarts was founded around the Medieval era in Europe when *muggles persecuted people they thought were witches*. So, it makes sense that Slytherin was skeptical to tell muggle-borns about magic, because they had been raised learning that witchcraft was evil. I think he agreed to let them in, though, because the wizarding world was more likely to be exposed if untrained wizards and witches were running around unable to control their magic. My guess is that one of the muggle borns used magic outside of school and almost exposed the wizarding world to muggles. So Slytherin probably wanted to stop letting in muggle borns into the school and the others didn't agree. Now, about the basilisk thing, What if, the Chamber of Secrets was actually a safe house, that the students could hide in if the school was attacked, and the basilisk was the weapon? We know that the details about things get twisted a lot so perhaps the legend of the the Chamber of Secrets got turned into the one in the books over the centuries. About the whole, Dark Arts thing, if Slytherin did just want to protect his students, he wouldn't just teach them defense. You don't win a fight by holding your opponent back until help can come, especially in the real world. He probably just wanted to give the students the ability to end a fight. Plus, there's no proof that Slytherin helped with Vulchanova's murder. Maybe Munter agreed with Slytherin, but didn't let him in on the plot.

love these Harry potter videos! my friends think im crazy thinking all these stuff

lol just released that he's wearing the colours 💚🖤💚🖤💚

When you say "some of my favorite theorists are slytherins" I was totally thinking if the SuperCarlinBrothers channel, because one of them at least (but I think both) are Slytherins, and my favorite theorists. So defiantly got a like from alone! Lol

a founders movie would be so goooood. Rowena Ravenclaw's story sounds interesting too though from what we found out from Helena

I'm a proud slytherin and I swear I'm not evil... at least I don't think so 🤣

My last name is SALAZAR

A FOUNDERS MOVIE WOULD BE AMAZING FORGET MARAUDERS THIS IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE WANTING AS A COMMUNITY HOW HAS NO ONE THOUGHT OF THIS?!?! Also amazing video!

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Perhaps with "Helpo the Foul" as a relative, the family decided to change their surname, and since the parcelmouth was a family​ name Slytherin seemed like a good option.

(Almost) all bad people were in Slytherin, but not all Slytherins were bad people.

Durmstrang isn't located in Scandinavia on the map on Pottermore. I'm guessing Durmstrangs location is so well kept secret that it doesn't even show the exact location of the school on Pottermore #keepthesecrets.

I am like a weird mixture between Slytherin and Ravenclaw lol, anyone else?

Your theories are so great and I've the same opinion as you! I mean it's just so logical how you explain it!

"Some of my favorite theorists are in slytherin" Me: **screams SUPER CARLIN BROTHERSSS** . Oh and I'm in slytherin

ok... I went through the first 5 minutes if this thinking we were talking about regulus black **face palm**

I am a proud Slytherin and support Dark Magic in limits.

Did you know there is a type of snake named after slytherin

“Have you ever heard of a decent one who can talk to snakes?” Yes, I Ernie, her name was Isolt Sayre. And her mother also could, and her daughter also could.

4:35 I don't know if anybody noticed, but... Bulgaria is not a Scandinavian country, Seamus.

Ello there! How are you doin?

Okay, theory from me.... This theory has nothing to do with Salazar Slytherin but hear me out..... Seamus said that Hogwarts was a school built in (...) A.D (anno domino....after Christ) which doesn't add up because, you know Olivander (was making wands since) fine wand making since (...) B.C (before Christ) That's what it says on the shop, so if Olivander was making wands since B.C how did existing wizards know how to use them? If Hogwarts was made in A.D. Surely, each and every other place in the world needs to have something similar to Diagon Alley, like Durmstrang schools, have wands that were made from Gregorovic the Beaubaxtons (idk how to spell it) have a wand maker as well... So the point is if the wands were in making before the school, who used them SURELY it was wizards but how? If they didn't know spells and other stuff like that like where would they learn the spells if there was no school? Did they go to other schools? Or did they just KNOW what spells to use??? I know that Google might not be the most reliable source on when Hogwarts was made exactly, but I mean Google is somewhat reliable..... This is not really a Theory but just a longer question that I need an answer to....

I thought Durmstrang was in Bulgaria

Seamus: I find it interesting that he didn't create a school in the UK, to teach his way to compete with hog- Me: *DUMSTRANG*

Thank you Hufflepuffs are great even if I am a ravenclaw my favourite house is Hufflepuff!!😊

I'm a slytherin

I want to know about Ravenclaw

Proud Slytherin right here 🙋🏻🐍💚

“Some of my favorite theorists are in slytherin!”. You mean the Supercarlinbrothers.

Read the story about Ilvermorny That explains a lot about where the descendents of slytherin are

THERE'S 11 WIZARDING SCHOOLS?!?!?! IS THERE ONE IN ASIA?!? IT MAY NOT BE HOGWARTS BUT AT LEAST I CAN LEARN MAGIC

how dare you say that about Slytherin i'm in that house

when you think people cant make slytherins seem bad enough YOU WERE WRONG !! I love this theory !! Even know the person who created my house could be a killer . I am still pround and plus i am not evil !!

3:01 nah man Slytherin built the chamber to be his man cave

My best friend is a Slytherin and she is possibly the sweetest person you will ever meet.

I'm Hufflepuff and everyone laughs

my great grandfather was never a murderer and im in Slytherin

Who got the joke at 0:13

When u said your favorite theorist was in Slytherin, I was like, Super Carlin Brothers!!

I like how in your new videos ur so sarcastic and your attitude is just xD ....but in this...no face zooms !!!

first

I'm a Slytherin♡♡♡

actually harry is slytherin's descendent he was toms cousin dude

I have a feeling that Salazar had a point of not letting muggleborns into the school, cause at that time period, wizards were being persecuted by muggles. Perhaps Salazar thought that when the muggleborns got magical learning, they would turn on the wizards to help their families

I'm literally just binge watching these videos

I'm a slytherin ♥

Not all slytherins are bad! Like Draco! He was mistreated!

Has Seamus ever pinned a comment?

Seamus the try-wizard tournament is not just between those 3 schools! :)

Wait, so you say that Durmstrang is in Scandinavia? Well It's pretty confusing in the movie we can see that they are wearing big clothes and karkarof (or what the heck his name is) and all the other studenstsspeak like russian? inte the vid its stays in ''Lappland'' and it's between finland and sweden but i searched on pottermore and its stays in russia wtf i am from sweden..

Salazar was a hero and didn't want to wizards to be restricted on the magic they were taught