Why Did Nagini Join Voldemort? 

Nagini is in love with Credence. Dumbledore kills Credence. Nagini swears revenge. Voldemort offers revenge to Nagini in exchange for being the horcrux. Case closed

I think that Nagini joined Voldemort cuz she felt so lonely and sad after her last transformation and Voldemort was the only one spoke her language

Remember how Ron and Harry's personality changed as a result of wearing the necklace too long. The same might be what happens to Nagini. After a part of his soul became a part of hers he could've also bewitched her to ensure her loyalty.

Even before I found out she was once human I always felt strangely really sad for her dying and now that we know she was once human I feel even sadder for her

How desperately alone would someone feel of being trapped in your own head with no ability to communicate. After the first year of seeing everyone flee at the sight of you and/or try to kill you what would you do? If anyone were in this situation, for sheer self-preservation, we would isolate ourselves from everyone. That loneliness would drive anyone mad after just a year. Compound that with so many years that you'd lose count and cease caring. Then along comes this entity, this wisp of what was left of ole Voldy (after he tried and failed to kill Harry) who can actually speak to you! Wouldn't anyone be excited at the prospect? An eventual flesh and blood person you can speak to. Wouldn't you do anything, accept anything, just to finally have a connection after years of complete isolation? I, myself, experienced just three days of isolation due to radiation treatment for cancer and my only communication was through a curtain and that small amount of time nearly drove me to distraction. A decade or two of living like that without even the occasional nurse to talk to would be enough for me to latch onto someone I could talk to and have some type of human interaction. That curse is truly the most horrible of all the curses mentioned in the Potter universe thus far. To be able to transform and interact with people knowing that every second as a human that goes past will be one step closer to never doing anything like it again. As Nagini is used as a Horcrux, the chances are that she will never die unless she's killed. Voldy would never implant part of himself in a finite vessel. That means, an eternity to remember your life as a human, just a speck of time and an eternity of life as a snake.

We just gonna ignore the fact that Nagini was milked to keep Voldemort alive in Goblet of Fire?

It’s hard to believe that sweet, compassionate girl in fantastic beasts would turn into a.murderous sidekick of one of the most evilest wizard of all time.

For me Nagini is one of the best additions by JK in the Fantastic Beasts films. Such a beautiful tragic creature...

do you find it curious that Voldemort, magical equivalent of Hitler obsessed with "blood purity", would embrace an ally like Nagini who was stricken with a blood curse?

The love Voldemort showed Nagini was probably him contemplating his living horcrux. As in, he was contemplating a living manifestation of his will to be eternal. That's not love, that's narcissism.

I don’t remember from who I heard this but there was a theory that Tom met nagini long before he went to hogwarts in the cave and that’s how he scared those kids from the orphanage. Well what if maybe the relationship that Tom and nagini had wasn’t romantic maybe it was mother-son relationship. Think about it Tom never had a mother and he was looking for anything that set him apart from others and I doubt many other orphans can talk to snakes. And in fantastic beasts Nagini seems like she’s very protective of Credence so she has the instinct to protect those who can’t protect themselves. And that’s how she also took care of Voldemort when he didn’t have a body by getting “milked” weather it was venom or milk it sounds like a mother/child relationship to me

Merope Gaunt: when she visited the Wools Orphanage pregnant, the nuns over there said that she seemed like a misfit or somebody that came from a CIRCUS. And from the "The Crimes of Grindelwald" who do we know is a part of the circus? Nagini. It is quite possible that Merope and Nagini somehow knew each other and Nagini was in some way sympathetic to Merope after what she had suffered. It's just a mere possibility within the Potterverse that Nagini made a promise to Merope that once her maledictus curse completely took her over, she would go and seek out Tom Riddle Jr, as, from his Slytherin parentage, he would inherit the power to speak with snakes, just like Morfin, Marvolor or even Merope (whose power didn't really showed until she was free of her father and brother's torture). So in hopes of finding a companion with whom she could speak her mind as an intellectual and former human, she went and found Voldemort in hopes of having a sane conversation after being stuck in a snakes body via the curse. Well, that's my two cents on it.

I believe Nagini joined Tom Riddle for the simplest reason; someone to talk to. If you where trapped on a desert island for years with no one and Riddle showed up, i think everyone can agree they would get close to him. Then she possibly bonded with him and was resentful of whatever happened to Credence. My guess is that he was killed by Grindewald. The books say Riddle was extremely manipulative. He manipulated this poor woman just like Charles Manson did to his “followers” or Hitler did to his. She started to believe in what he was saying. She had lost everything and Riddle gave her what she needed, a friend. I think riddle trusted her most of all cuz he knew she could never speak to anyone else. She could not betray him and by the point Harry Potter faced her, she was brainwashed and believed what she was doing was right. By the time Neville killed her, she was so far gone. It had been 40 years maybe since we took snake form. She killed Snape like it was nothing because she was brainwashed for decades by a man she originally met who was handsome and charming. By the time Riddle became Voldemort, she was too far gone to change her mind. Voldemort gave her the “love” that Credence had denied when he abandoned her.

I think she turned to Voldemort because she was so lonely and not only did he understand her but he needed her, and it felt good to feel wanted and not have to hide in hopes: the world is a scary place when you’re a noodle with a head and know muggles would want to turn you into a trophy.

The incredible thing about Nagini it was that she is the first character appeared in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire movie, they wanted to believe that she is a very important one.

Something probably happens to Credence, so I don't think Nagini cared about becoming human again. I think Voldemort promised her Credence alive rather than her humanity and made a deal.

I think she was in love with Voldemort and if he ever felt something for someone, that would be for her. Of course being a predator she did not see as a wrong thing to kill those who were weak. I want JKR to let me write their "evil and the beast" romance. XD I do not agree that talking to other snakes was boring. The piton in the zoo that Harry talked to, was lonely and wanted to be free, the serpent knew that Brazil existed as a country and wanted to go there. So Nagini could have lived like a simple snake with others of her kind. She chose Voldemort.

I’m so sad for Nagini

I think she felt alone and when she understood Voldemort, she didn’t feel alone anymore

I like the theory that she just grew more and more angry and resentment the years and years of being trapped in a snake or her mind being tainted by that piece of his soul in her

Having someone she could talk to is a powerful attraction.. the last thread of her humanity/sanity? but we'l soon see hopefully..

It's just a fictional theory but I think during the time she first met voldemort. She was completely charmed by him. He must have made her believe that his cause was just and good. Her loneliness is probably another factor. Because after becoming a snake permanently. She felt so alone and isolated. It might be possible that she might of fell in love with Tom riddle because he's the only person she could connect with so in order to keep that relationship going she completely devotes her life to being voldemort's most close companion. Also when you fall in love with the wrong person it blinds you into doing their evil bidding.

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Plot Twist: Nagini has been the mastermind behind Voldemort the whole time. Pulling his strings like a puppet. She demanded that she become a Horcrux and have part of his soul. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. ... The question only is 'What pushed her over the edge?' Everyone always assumes that Nagini is serving 'the Dark lord'. But he refers to the snake as 'my friend' ... There is something to that.

Nagini was a beauty that Bellatrix would be super jealous that Tom is paying attention more to Nagini than her haha

Younger Tom Riddle resembles Credence a lot doesnt he Lust for power and magic, orphanage, lonely and somehow lost, obsessed with his family story to value himself (slytherin) Optical features, immense power and they both killed in young ages

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After finding out nagini's true identity I thought she had always been in love with the wrong and troubled men, and credence was troubled, went to the wrong side and still nagini loved him. I thought Tom Riddle was a charming, beautiful man and she made the same mistake again.

Voldemort probably told her many flattering things, how she was beautiful as a snake. Kind of like Magneto with mutants he wants to get close to, and use them.

I was wondering, if turning into a werewolf or a rat time after time, would those men loose the ability to turn back?

It was a perfect match. Voldemort preferred snakes in someways I believe, so to find a snake with human consciousness was probably a great find for him. Nagini was a snake with a human conscious and was so so lonely, and to find somebody with her intelligence level that could actually understand her must have been so fantastic for her. Who knows how many years of loneliness she went through. Who knows her fragile mental state living the life she was living. Voldemort was like a lifesaver and after what she had lived through it didn’t matter is he was good or evil. He was all she had. Of course she was going to be unconditionally loyal to him no matter what.

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Nagini knew her name, cause how else would Voldy know hers. So 1. she knew who she was in snake form, and in her right mind or 2. Voldemort knew her, when she was human.

I love this topic. Thank you for the video. I strongly belive that Tom Riddle knew Nagini from his teenage years. Not as a child because he wouldn`t be so amazed by knowing about magic when Dumbledore came to Wool`s if Nagini already told him.There is some strong bond between them and not because she`s a horcrux. At first place he must deeply trust her to make her horcrux because I think he knew that he couldn`t be able 100% control her and she, at the other hand she would be able know him to the core. Now, look at Credence, there are some major similarities with Tom: both orphans, rised by muggles, outcasts, unloved, without friends, obsessed with knowing their identity, Credence even looks like Tom from the books. Now, I don`t think that it is a coincidence that the story goes from 1926 to 1945, Tom and Credence have similarities, and there`s Nagini around that. What would be the point of her character if Tom won`t come to the stage in future FB ? Back to why she joined him: very possible that something bad happend to Credence and she blame Albus for that, maybe she even thinks that Tom is in danger because of Albus. PS. This bond between her and Tom makes him more human. I`m intrigued by her because there must be something very special about her to make that cold blooded wizard to care about her (besides, I sense that mother-son relationship).

I think voldemort could have found a way to cure her if he really wanted

Okay so Nagini is arguably the closest thing to a real person that Voldemort actually cares about besides himself, why didn’t he transform her back into her human form.

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From the way Voldemort interacts with Nagini in such a loving manner that he *never* does with anyone else makes me feel like they're almost romantically involved in a way which would make sense since deep down she's still a human woman therefore still attracted to men but in her snake form that's kind of out of the question until Voldemort comes along and she has someone to talk to and she fell for his charms and his power and in his own way he fell for her. Once she became a horcrux they bonded even more because now I assume she was feeling his emotions and seeing into his mind just like Harry. I like to think of their relationship as a really messed up love story maybe like the Joker and Harley Quinn's relationship.

5:26 : It's even worse considering that Voldemort offer his victim to Nagini for dinner... Cannibalism.

Second. 😂 but good subject. Can’t wait to read the discussions. I honestly thought she must have been so lonely.

My feelings is that she was a snake for so long that when she met Voldemort he could talk to her and she just lived it and stayed is my thoughts

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Nagini was probably lonely and missed being human. All those years with the only creatures who probably understood her were snakes. Then someone comes along and says that if she helps him, he'll be a human companion to her. A human who could understand her at last! Someone who could give her human food which she probably missed. Someone who could restore a bit of her humanity. Plus, Voldemort was very persuasive and the ministry until Shacklebolt wasn't very inclusive. I've always wanted a pet snake. I'd probably get a milk snake or a green snake. But if I got a python, I would name them Monty.

I think there is a lot more to the blood curse than is currently revealed. Something like the final form of the curse permanently corrupts its host. Or simply, her being a horcrux for so long has warped her mind.

Nagini joins voldemort because he's the first person she's able to converse with in a long time. Voldemort, learning she used to be a human, uses his charisma so sway her over to his side with promises (I personally dont believe he cared)and then, like you said, when he turned her into a horcrux, his soul corrupted her and she became subservient to him.

Do a “What did voldemort look like when he killed Lily and James?”

Definitely something interesting to think about!

I really liked your story for Nagini, it was very well written, and I've also imagined that such a tragic story would fit her best and how she might have ended up with Voldemort. I'd just add a bit of Stockholm Syndrome on her part so that everything she did for him she did out of a sense of love which was never reciprocated anywhere but in her mind and also with him being the only person (that she knew of) who still could understand and speak with her. Perhaps she'd even be jaelous and/or feel a certain animosity towards Bellatrix who did have the Dark Lords love? Just a thought...

Nagini turned into a human and disguised as a old woman when harry and hermione returned to his real home!

Great video Dean. If I try and put myself in Nagini’s position, I’d be glad of Voldemort’s company. Something to live for, so to speak. Like you pointed out, years by yourself with no compatible intellect mind to converse with. Then a Parsletongue comes along. It’s refreshing to have someone to converse with. And decades of not having anyone to intelligently communicate with is enough to drive most people insane.

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I accept the theory Nagini felt lonely and joined Voldemort because he understood her. But I think its fitting Nagini was just a random snake Voldemort found in the jungles of Borneo or somewhere. Voldemort could have left the snake in the jungle. I mean, nobody would expect one of your horcruxes being hided in a jungle at the other side of the world.

I'm just impressed that her clothes can transform into snake skin. Voldemort is one of the only people who can literally understand and talk to Nagin, so it's not weird tp me if she joined him for that reason alone.

Nagini joins Voldemort because someone randomly decided that she would be a human for fan service in The Crimes of Grindelwald, and then plot armor for no reason.

Nagini:Voldemort,let me be a Horcrux.... Voldemort:Ok,and what else? Nagini:I'll be your adorable,cute pet snake and kill or hurt at your command! Voldemort:You got me at being "adorable,cute pet snake"!

Voldemort : So, you were a woman, but your family curse kicked in and you've been stuck as a giant, magical snake with a mind full of bad memories and no one to talk to? Nagini : Yeah Voldemort : That's so tragic. Say, how do you feel about following me around and eating people at my command? Nagini : ... yeah, I'd do that for a bit.

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Fun Fact: Nagini's blood status is classed as Underbeing.

I love Nagini, one of the reason i watch the movies and read the books. She's a very important character.

Since apparently it's Cannon, I wonder if Nagini got jealous when Voldemort gave Bellatrix a little of the old in-out in-out.

I can't quite get my head round after reading the books and watching the hp movies. I'd end up having the hots for nagini years later 🤯

Nagini is absolutely going to be offered sanctuary at Hogwarts. By the time Tom attends, she's already trapped as a snake. Toms the first person who can speak to her. I'd hazard she shows him the chamber. Wasn't Newt a professor at Hogwarts? OG care of magical creatures? Newt will introduce Tom to Nagini. 🦅

Here's a thought: maybe Nagini only assented to the Horcrux procedure, and/or Voldemort only decided on it, when it became obvious that he couldn't transform her back after all. It may have been the only way she could "gain" any sort of humanity again, and the best way he could make use of her service, a la "making lemonade out of lemons." It's not a perfect theory, but it does occur to me . . .

I watched the trailer for Riddle: an animated story, and it is great! A perfect way to explain his story to people that can't be bothered to read the 6th book.

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Before I watch my first thought is maybe the change isn't just physical but also mental making the curse even more wicked changing her personality against her will. She can control it at first but eventually it takes over.

Because she wanted him to slytherin to her chamber of secrets

This made a lot of sense

I think its coz they could communicate well.. Also maybe coz..since nagini was now with voldy..it insured her security..and by becoming his horcrux she was somehow invincible to almost anyone who would try to hurt her..besides all that..nagini had very high status and rank with voldy..she outranked all of voldys followers ..even Bellatrix came after nagini..she is the only being that voldy cares about..so maybe nagini appreciated the attention and freedom that came with voldy..if she was on the good side..maybe if she was Harry's snake..she would spend her whole life feeding on chicken and other animals maybe goats..but with voldy she eats whatever she wants including human.. Nagini.. Dinner!!!

Interesting theory, super smart to tell (lie to ?) Nagini he has THE cure/spell/etc to turn her back into human form. However, Im surprised that I dont hear you about the Imperius curse. What if she's simply under his mind control. First he seduces her in parseltongue making her feel loved and wanted (as you said there are few who can speak the language) and that when turns fully snake and thus being completely vunerable (she trusts Voldemort amd cant defend herself cause she doesnt have a wand and even if she had a wand, in snake form she cant hold it so maybe its simply the Imperius curse. One thing (maybe I misunderstood) you said turning her into a horcrux made her a slave suggests that Harry (The unintended horcrux) would be his slave too, which he isnt but maybe I just misunderstood your point ANYWAYS, another brilliant video, cant wait for your next Wizarding theory I do applaud you on your theory on the possibility of simply telling her he has the cure, she's desperate and does everything for her

You should do a video on magic Voldemort wasn’t able to perform!!

I think Nagini joined Voldemort because, just like the wearwolves, he promised her food so she joined him

I believe that Nagini meet Voldemort after he left Hogwarts as she will change into a snake during the events of the fifth movie and their meet while Voldemort was working.

My guest is the Nagini hates her blood curse, she hates all witches and wizards who don't understand her suffering, knowing that her blood was tainted: Just like Voldemort's blood is tainted by his father's muggle blood. I do think it played a crucial role into linking her to Voldemort.

maybe since he put a piece of his soul into Nagini, they were bonded as one. Or maybe he cared about Nagini so much just for that reason, that he put his soul in the snake....

My reasoning was a lot more simple. I think she just wanted another human to talk to and he was her only option

Maybe they started talking thanks to the parcel tongue fact, and started "befriending" the allying, maybe he felt connected with her and her with him, the plotted their future

After her last transformation she probably felt alone and isolated since she couldn't communicate with anyone, though Newt Scamander would probably want to have her in his magical nature reserve. Her snake side probably took over her mind though she may have retained some memory of her human self and Voldemort could speak her language and provide her the companionship that she longed for especially if Credence dies in Fantastic Beasts.

I have always really loved Nagini, and it was in my top three things I was most anxiously awaiting in the Fantastic Beasts franchise. That we would learn more about her, and her backstory . I’m so saddened that we’ll never know now, that they have decided not to pursue that part of the franchise anymore...... well hopefully they will change their minds one day,,,,, fingers crossed 🤞🏻

The question is, when she finally becomes a permanent snake, does she retain her human mind, or is it lost?

My belief is that after she had locked into snake form, the madness within took over as she now had to live as a snake, yet a glimmer of hope shown itself when Voldemort found her and was able to not only speak with her, but also understand her..... Beyond that I can't say much else as why she stayed with and sided with him.... It's even possible he had her under an imperious curse to do his bidding though.... Perhaps not something she wanted to do, but she had no control over it

I think she was so desperate to ever talk to a human again that, when she met Tom Riddle, she did not think about leaving him because it meant leaving the only person she could talk to. And maybe they met way before he began to turn bad, maybe she did turn bad the same way as him

quick question if snape did have the elder wands loyality , wouldnt control over it have gone to nagini as it was her who killed snape and not voldemort?

Now I wish Nagini's human nature would have been revealed in the main series and that Harry and she could have an extended interaction at some point, with him knowing what she is. He could have learned some truths about Voldemort through her story and Harry could come to feel empathy for her, and vice versa. Maybe Harry would remind her of Credence in some way(also the only one to talk to apart from Voldy). It would make the thought of killing of her as a horcrux much more conflicting. Especially if she, equally conflicted, let him escape.

I have a few theories. 1:(as lots of peeps in the comments have said) Nagini was incredibly lonely so when Voldemort waltz in she was finally able to communicate. Of course, why would have this kind woman have assisted the Dark Lord even under those circumstances? Well, there's a very good chance she couldn't understand human language anymore. Which would correlate what Dumbledore said, since Voldemort would be able to manipulate her. Now here's a question, did Nagini forget what her past form was? I think it's unlikely as well, she would've just been a normal snake then. Why specifically her, did Voldemort choose? 2nd, we know Voldemort likes rare items as trophies right? So if Nagini was just a normal snake..... likely the idea of a cursed snake appealed greatly to Lord Voldemort.

I have a feeling we’re going to see Dumbledore kill the person she loves and the only person who saw her as a person other than a malidictus or like you said something happens ministry wise to push her to far, maybe it’s something out of Dumbledore’s hand but she blames him. Something is going to have to make her change how she views the world make her hateful. It also is said they are not destined to be evil. If you watch the movie, when we see her originally turn you can tell there are some differences in her she’s more yellow, the colors around her and lighting is bright, she does lunge but towards the man keeping her captive, she looks almost harmless, versus in the HP movies she’s greener, when she’s around the tones are always grey and black, the lighting is darkened, and she looks like a force to be reckoned with, something is going to change her attitude and view of the world.

Wow I didn't know Nagini was originally a human and I have been reading HP for 20 years. I guess you always learn something new.

The only flaw I see is Nagini also knew Albus Dumbledore. The Greatest wizard who ever existed.

Call me crazy, but I think the snake Harry freed in Philosopher's stone. because Voldemort would have known this and not used her to attack him. I also think Nagini found out that Harry was a parselmouth. Nagini could have dodged the confringo curse but instead tried to take it, meaning she either knew it would reflect and hit the death eaters or it could have ended her and her suffering. Like I said, call me crazy, but I tink it is possible

I think initially she was drawn to Voldemort because he was to her knowledge the only human she could communicate with, and I believe Voldemort would have taken advantage of that situation and manipulated her to do as he wanted to the point where she was just so brainwashed she forgot her true self and what she used to stand for in the past. So yeah, I think it started out as a kind of friendship from her part, that was taken advantage of by Voldemort and she was manipulated and brainwashed into becoming evil. Having a part of old Voldy’s soul in her probably played a huge part as well once she became a horcrux. She got possessed in a way, bit like Ginny

We still don't know how Voldemort came to look so snakelike... It's possible the curse slowly transforms you into a snake yea? What if she bit Voldemort and infected him with the same curse, then decided to serve him out of guilt of passing on her condition?

I think she joined him because he is possibly the only person alive she can talk to and will treat her like a person as opposed to a beast

Voldemort meets her after she wasnt able to turn back again. He can talk to snakes, so obviously he could talk to her too. She probably detested humans at that point or he took her form somewhere. So they most likely kept talking to each other and thats how he bonded to her.

What i like to think happend, is he did reward her, by using his magic to let her turn into a human for a brief period as bathilda bagshot. It could have been her real human form, as harry didnt compare this person with any picture of real bathilda. And being 70 years old her real human form could also be an old lady. Even if not, since voldemort could break the maledictus curse to make her human again, he could also easily change her appearence a bit to look like bathilda

They shared more than the holcrux bond. He also took on the look of the serpent when he did his final murder after trying to kill Harry. If I remember correctly J.K. R. mentioned a few things about her characters and her reasoning behind them during a televised interview.

She stayed with Voldemort in the first place, because he was able to communicate with her is what I think. Also all the other stuff you said... psychology... Pissed off with the world etc. Only surprise will possibly be, how she turns into a snake permanently. I also hope the authors won't be lazy and do the "werewolf scenario"!