When we’re first exposed to the Harry Potter story, Gryffindor are introduced as the ‘good’ guys. They can’t do any wrong, can they?

Slytherin Bad. Gryffindor good.

But, it’s not really that simple, is it?

Because when you actually look past the golden glow of Gryffindor House — past the roaring lion mascot, the impressive Quidditch performances, and the constant rule-breaking that somehow always gets rewarded 100 house points at the end of the year — what you start to see is a culture that’s not exactly representative of moral superiority or emotional maturity.

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Albus Dumbledore is widely regarded as the most powerful wizard of his time. Some may say Voldemort, or even Grindelwald, but in my opinion- Dumbledore had something special that the others didn’t.

He was truly one of a kind.

Or…Was he?

My question today is: was Dumbledore as special as we make him out to be? Does he deserve to be pedestalized to the extent that he is? Or is it possible that someone else could reach- or even surpass- his level of power?

Surely SOMEONE has the potential to match him, right? And if so..Who?

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Boggarts, as we understand them, are essentially the manifestation of our deepest darkest fears. Amortal shape-shifting non-beings that transform themselves in to whatever it is that we fear most.

No one knows what their true form looks like (except maybe Mad-Eye Moody), no one knows where they come from, and no one knows..WHY they exist.

So today, we’re going to be busting these questions wide open: exploring WHAT they are, WHERE they come from, and why they’re one of the most terrifying creatures in all of Harry Potter lore.

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Today we’re going to be discussing James Potter..And why I think he was actually kind of…awful. Now, before you rush to the comments, hear me out. I know James is Harry’s father. I know he fought Voldemort. And I know he eventually became a good person who died protecting his family.

But if we take a closer look at who James was during his years at Hogwarts, the picture we get is a lot less flattering.

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Quick video for you today on the most recent update from HBO which includes their finalized casting decisions for a number of the main actors in season 1 of the Harry Potter TV show, which will be an adaptation of the Philosopher’s Stone.

Many of these names have been thrown around over the past few months, but few had actually been confirmed.

And interestingly, there are a few names and characters here that slipped through the cracks entirely. In total there are 6 names. I’ll start with the ones that I didn’t know about up until the announcement, then go into the others.

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Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. I made a video a couple of weeks ago discussing the recent casting for Severus Snape in the upcoming Harry Potter HBO series..And let’s just say there were some strong opinions…

In fact, that video got over THREE THOUSAND COMMENTS- and the basic gist of the conversation was this: people really care about who plays Snape- and rightly so.

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As far as works of fiction go, the Harry Potter books are pretty mild.

Sure, the books do get a LITTLE bit darker as the story goes on..But you’d never go so far as to deem it SATANIC or something..Right?

Well, as it happens, many people DO think this way (I know, nuts), and ever since the first book hit the shelves in the late ‘90s, there have been waves of controversies surrounding the series—including some truly outrageous claims… Like Harry Potter being somehow synonymous with devil worship.

And that’s just one of these flagrant claims.

One asserts that the Harry Potter books act as an “open doorway that will put untold millions of kids into hell”

Another claims that that the books are “worse than rat poison mixed with orange soda”

And one religious figure even made the bold proclamation that: "Behind Harry Potter hides the signature of the king of the darkness, the devil.”

These are REAL quotes.

But..Now the question is: Are these assertions substantiated in ANY WAY?

Today, we’re going to be tackling this topic head-on—unpacking why so many people believed Harry Potter served as a gateway to hell, what unfolded in the wake of these controversies, and why, despite all the backlash, the series not only survived…But became a global phenomenon.

Let’s dive in to it.

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Welcome to Harry Potter Theory, Another month. Another batch of Harry Potter news.

And as it turns out, there’s actually been quite a lot happening, from Hogwarts Legacy to the HBO Show to…Original cast members?

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