4 Things Magic CANNOT Do in Harry Potter

[@elisadamico3974]

Magic cannot… fix the sneak hex that Hermione put on Marietta apparently lol

[@ColtonRMagby]

As if anyone would want to fix that.😎

[@professorsassafras]

That was evil ... Hermione was not a saint

[@ColtonRMagby]

@@professorsassafras Nobody said she was.😎

[@SnowtimeRL]

Bro who was headmaster that year? Umbrifge easily the most hate able character in the series, honestly that’s mild compared to the carriws or Voldemort

[@ColtonRMagby]

@@SnowtimeRL The Carrows are pretty boring as characters compared to Umbridge and Riddle.

[@CrazyAnimeGamer2]

There's potions that can regrow bones, but there's no magic or potion that can fix your eyesight?!

[@samstromberg5593]

I find it unlikely that it's truly impossible and more likely just that it's not common knowledge Like we know Luna's mom would create her own charms so I'd bet it's pretty safe to assume there's some hermit somewhere who's figured out how and just never cared to profit off it Though I don't believe it's possible to regrow limbs - it's possible Moody just wanted the intimidating look of a wood leg but more likely you can't regrow them

[@Mr33500]

Yeah. Irl, we can temproraily fix eyesight for several decades but wizards can't create a procedure to fix eyesight permanently with magic? The only way i can see that being plausible is stagnation in the wizarding community.

[@CrazyAnimeGamer2]

@@samstromberg5593 I'd see regrowing limbs as possible since they can regrow bones.

[@maryholder3795]

Maybe it depends on how the wound is treated before getting to St Mungo's. Or the type of curse used

[@frosthounded]

Pretty sure they could if they wanted to but probably have never got around to the nitty gritty of it. In fact we do know that taking the Polyjuice potion does just that. It can fix errors of refraction (Harry becoming goyle) and it can also cause errors (everyone becoming harry). Its simply a matter of changing of changing eyeball length and shape. I think they could do it but probably would need to be precise and individualized and it would probably wear off necessitating applying the precise spell again. They could possibly wear an enchanted artifact near they eyes that could contain the magic for them but at that point why not just wear a pair of glasses.

[@RIBill]

It seems magic can't grow new living flesh (Moody's leg, George's ear, etc.).

[@Larka661]

Actually, it can, but in Moody and George's case, they were injured by dark magic, which couldn't be fixed.

[@matthewwarner9039]

Except wormtails hand

[@chadpeterson5698]

@@matthewwarner9039the hand was silver and therefore not living flesh.

[@Defectoms]

It cannot conjure Ron proper dress robes

[@didreams969]

but it should have been possible, because in fantastic beasts, Dumbledore totally reclothed Jacob with one swish of his wand..

[@daniels7907]

Can't do, or can't do *yet?* Magic is not a stagnant science in Harry Potter. For example, the British Ministry of Magic's Department of Mysteries serves the same purpose as research labs do for muggles. There was almost certainly a period in the past during which Time Turners (and by extension, time travel) did not yet exist and had to be discovered. Snape's old Potions textbook was filled with examples of him improving on the standard formulas (some of which were flat-out wrong, even when Hermione tried them) in the manner of a scientist experimenting with chemistry. Then you have magical powers which are poorly understood and thus believed to be "one-off" gifts possessed by particular wizards and witches. Seers and metamorphmagi being examples of magical abilities that are not understood well-enough to easily duplicate.

[@flyonthewall8122]

Good point.

[@DB-cx6uc]

Would explain why they get new brooms released each year, similar to smartphones 😗

[@MountainFisher]

In the book GOF Ron thought he was paying Harry back for buying him some Omnioculars with Leprechaun gold the Irish Team mascots showered the stadium with. Later in the book Ron found out from Hagrid that Leprechaun gold disappears after a few hours. Ron got upset with Harry for not telling him the gold disappeared and Harry replied he hadn't noticed because he was more worried about losing his wand and the Deatheaters attacking the campsite. Ron just said it must be nice to have so much gold you don't notice when a pocket full of Galleons disappears and wished he had a Niffler. Hermione said now we know what to get you for Christmas.

[@Yvario]

Even “old age” wouldn’t affect a Wizards or Witch’s vision if there WAS a magical remedy, because as the vision progressively gets worse, you just drink the potion again.

[@iamwhoiam7887]

Right it's like taking omega 3 to retain heart health throughout your life.

[@solaris9426]

@@iamwhoiam7887 I mean, there has to be a limit, even if a way was found. For example, while it's possible to use Lasik to fix bad vision, and it's possible to replace the lenses in the eyes to fix cataracts, it is, as far as I'm aware, extremely difficult to give sight to the blind. In fact, it was only last year that the first whole-eye transplant was done and I think it's still unknown if vision has been restored to that eye

[@frosthounded]

I think they could probably fix the eyesight but it's just not worth it when compared to just wearing the glasses. Errors of refraction come about due in the shape and size of eyeball and lens. We fix these with glasses that bending the light in a different manner that is better for your eye (which is individualized and why glasses arent always interchangable) or via laser surgery that alters the shape ever so slighty. We know that magic that chagnes appearance can affect eyesight as evidenced by Polyjuice potion affecting eyesight. We also know they could probably cast magic that affects the way light is bent since they have enchanted glasses and eyeballs and scopes. The problem with it being 'mass produced' into a simple spell would be: #1. It would need to be individualized and extremely precise, like transfiguration just a few specific strands of hair. Mess up hair growth spell and you just need to cut it up. Mess up an eye correcting spell and you would probably go blind (reversible but being blind for a few minutes would be inconvenient) #2. Refracting devices would still need to be individualized and you would still need to go to a fitting and all that. #3. It would need to be constantly reapplied or cast. This could be in the form of potion (maybe eyedrops) that you keep reapplying. A charm you keep casting. Or maybe an enchanted object you would need to keep on your person at all times (probably near your face) at that point. a pair of glasses really is just easier.

[@macwelch8599]

I myself fail to understand how magic can’t produce money, it’s mind boggling

[@TomsBackyardWorkshop]

That's intentional. If any wizard could produce money then money would be worthless. I assume its goblin magic that prevents it.

[@dan13ljks0n]

The work-around may be to create/duplicate things to sell. Maybe use a spell to start a fad for your creations.

[@c.ladimore1237]

probably a limited resource, so any creation would be equal destruction and that would be so random that it is totally forbidden/controlled by a cartel.

[@jameswest981]

I know surly if u can transfigure a tea cup into a hamster u should be able to turn parchment into bills or coins.

[@DracoSkyGX]

Maye it works like this: Anything created by magic is just a magical construct sustained by the witch/wizard's existence and when they die their magic is undone (with some exceptions). Like in the sixth movie Slughorn recounted how Lily turned a flower petal into a fish and when she died the fish disappeared. Or it could also follow a rule that all magic can be reversed.

[@ibtiago18]

I have a diferent explanation for the eyesight limitation. It's not that is impossible to fix eyesight with the use of spells and potions. But these are complex and dangerous. With the help of magic, creating and mantaining glasses is a lot cheaper and easier. So most wizards prefer that to taking risks with forms of magic that could turn them blind.

[@solaris9426]

Magic can be used to create special eyeglasses and even false eyes that a wizard or which can actually see through, though it doesn't seem able to actually transplant a living eye to someone else (something Muggles are only now figuring out how to do in 2024, and even then it's still not available for everyone yet)

[@sterlingdennett]

I'm gonna try to answer this before I even watch the video, and let's see how well I do. 1.) Bring the dead back to life. 2.) Create true love. 3.) Create real, nutritious food. 4.) Hmm...I was gonna say "create money", but you actually CAN create gold with magic, IF you have the Philosopher's Stone/Sorcerer's Stone. Welp, I missed the whole "fix your eyesight" thing. Better luck next time, eh?

[@solaris9426]

Also, you can technically create gold by using the Gemino curse on gold, causing the gold to duplicate once touched. Though I'm not sure if those duplicates even have any value.

[@parkerandboomer6239]

I’d think it would be like leprechaun gold

[@samstromberg5593]

Gonna try to answer this before you watch And then make changes after you watch Without editing your comment That seems weird All deception aside, I like your answers significantly better than theirs You CAN create money, and you CAN prolong your life indefinitely

[@mikebrown1881]

The apparitions Harry summoned didn’t stay long because Harry dropped the stone, there’s no time limitation.

[@thomp9054]

I guess wizards can just poop their pants and magic it away. So that's something...

[@cameron_0496]

Vanishment does have its uses lol

[@YewNayVerse]

Must be why they only talked about the bathrooms early on 😂

[@neryskkiran1820]

In Bellatrix LeStrange's vault at Gringotts, there was that spell that doubled the gold cups when they were touched.

[@josiatokirina1788]

They are replicas/imitations only, but not real gold and precious metals, etc.

[@YewNayVerse]

It does bring into question the idea of duplicated items disappearing over time, since apparently you can duplicate food you do have. If it doesn't disappear once digested, then presumably you could do things like dissolve duplicated gold into a solution and crash it out again. That or you can't 💩 the duplicated food 😂. A wizard probably wouldn't think of a muggle solution tho

[@kyleethekelt]

Magic cannot bring people together from disparate parts of the world as the internet can. I belong to a group called the Stay At Home Choir. We are given learning and rehearsal resources from world class professionals, we record our parts in our bedrooms and living-rooms and send them in to be asembled by professionals. Sometimes there are over a thousand of us singing the same song together. We come from over 75 countries and from all ages and backgrounds. We sing in many different languages; I've sang in six so far and I only joined in early 2023. I suspect that if the wizarding world could do something like this it would go some way towards ironing out their differences.

[@patrickdematosribeiro1845]

The philosopher's stone is also an exceprion to the cannot create wealth rule. It can turn everything into gold.

[@Bryan198026]

Only metals.

[@NV..V]

It can't make movie Hermione less insufferable either...

[@logic_bot3753]

😂😂 and make movie ron less pathetic!

[@athenathegreatandpowerful6365]

Hermione is both, far less insufferable than Emma Watson and far more intelligent.

[@logic_bot3753]

@@athenathegreatandpowerful6365 we shouldn't blame emma for it . Cause she too is a kid who is following the script and direction.

[@athenathegreatandpowerful6365]

@@logic_bot3753 oh, Hermione is fun and an interesting young woman. I was more thinking about Emma Watson in real life being insufferable. Outside of the Potterverse.

[@c.ladimore1237]

can't create wealth? the weasleys have like an 8 story house! granted it got exploded and I am of course kidding and the gemino curse is weird, but :-p

[@Andrewtr6]

I really hope the Harry Potter tv series that HBO is working on is successful. It could be the start of multiple other projects within the Wizarding World. I would love a Ilvermorny series following new characters. Another series set at Hogwarts would also be cool.

[@alisonsmith4060]

I always wanted to see a prequel series about the First Wizarding War with Lily and James Potter in the Order of the Phoenix

[@andeeharry]

I am pretty certain that there are more than 4 things here. Didn't Hermione say that magic cannot produce food?

[@janafz3309]

Yes, she did.

[@wendler2117]

“Accio salmon from the rivers we’ve been camping next to for 7 months”

[@janafz3309]

@@wendler2117 Salmon for 7 months straight... well, happy feasting. But true, you can use magic to get food, just not to create it from nothing.

[@EmilyCheetham]

He said that.

[@solaris9426]

There's actually multiple love potions beyond just Amortentia, and they vary in strength. In fact, Fred & George Weasley sell some rather weak love potions that are designed to only induce minor infatuation in the drinker for a little while in their shop (up to a maximum of 24 hours before the potion wears off). While I imagine those potions were designed as prank potions, I could see them being used as a form of liquid courage for those too shy to actually admit their feelings for the one they love.

[@mecahhannah]

❤ Awesome as always thanks

[@wendler2117]

To be fair isn’t literally anything possible? The spell just hasn’t been made yet it’s rare new spells drop but it also doesn’t seem like many people are really working towards so

[@Bryan198026]

I always thought that the ressurection stone didn't so much summon the spirits of the dead as it conjures representations of the people based on any memories the user has of them or based on stories the user may have heard about them from others. I personally don't doubt that Harry probably had some subconscious memories of the love his parents had from them, so combining those with what he learned from his parents' friends he was able to conjure credible likenesses which gave him the courage to walk into the Forbidden Forest.

[@w800imaiz]

What about the Gemini spell that Bellatrix used on her treasures in her volt?

[@YewNayVerse]

Like leprechaun gold probably, it disappears after awhile. Most magic shows ageing or dispelling over time in universe. It's possible the exceptions need some kind of care to stay in shape too.

[@YewNayVerse]

Regardless, magical traces are established as not that difficult to find. The ministry already catches a lot of "messing with muggles" without the under 17 trace too.

[@solaris9426]

@@YewNayVerse And even if it didn't disappear overtime, those duplicates would all have vanished as the Geminio Curse faded with Bellatrix's death, as all magic a wizard or witch has cast fades upon their death.

[@TheGroundedAviator]

Nor make you smart. Many in the books are surprisingly foolish and naive thinking a flick of the wand is all needed and don't really think things out or creatively adapt.

[@wendler2117]

They could just tell people you can’t conjure gold food ect so you don’t try it and devalue the currency

[@bambi5227]

It can't fix Ron and Hermiones marriage

[@usern4metak3ns]

Ron: you did what with Harry in that tent?

[@moontainbew5018]

Here is something you totally missed there is a 5th ands in the book. Hermione says you cant create food to eat. Can summon it, but cant create food to eat. Or else when on own they could. But they cant.

[@mikebrown1881]

Amortentia is not the only love potion.

[@lassesgamekanaal]

I guess we're just gonna ignore that time that Harry took polijuice and it totally fixed his eyesight for a while?

[@flyonthewall8122]

It didn't fix it. He just had to take his glasses off because Crum (?) didn't wear them.

[@lassesgamekanaal]

@@flyonthewall8122 yeah, he doesn't wear them because his eyes work like there supposed to, ergo Harry got crums eyesight, ergo it fixed his eyes.

[@caurd]

@@lassesgamekanaal "For a while", not permanntly

[@lassesgamekanaal]

@@caurd as I said, but the video suggested it outright isn't possible, wich it clearly is, even if not permanently.

[@caurd]

@@lassesgamekanaal It is not. "Fixing" the view temporarily, does not count

[@shepherdsglen]

Didn't Queenie make a strudel for Jacob out of nothing in Fantastic Beasts?

[@wendler2117]

So i can’t conjure gold, but if i know gold is in a safe in the other room can i conjure it from the safe?

[@usern4metak3ns]

magic cant get umbridge a man... crazy cat lady until death

[@zachzitzow8306]

Can't make a Jurassic Park thats for sure

[@mafeweigel]

So, magic cannot create wealth but you can multiply gold? So, does that mean that multiplied gold is worthless?

[@stonewbie5981]

A what if: If Voldemort could have had access to the elixir to a potion that could make someone immortal -- the Philosopher Stone -- would he then have reason to make a horcrux? Could the lives from making a horcrux have been saved if there was a way to become immortal without the need to make a horcrux? Of course we don't know the process to make a Philosopher Stone, but I think it's safe to assume no murder is involved.

[@solaris9426]

Voldemort would never have gone for the Elixir of Life as he was not one to be tied down by another, which drinking the Elixir of Life would undoubtedly do to him, as it would make him dependent on the Philosopher's Stone.

[@usern4metak3ns]

exactly

[@samstromberg5593]

4 thing magic CANNOT do Making people immortal I mean, sure, we know sometimes it can But USUAULLY it can't

[@banthatracks_gaffisticks]

3 fish and 5 loaves feed 5,000

[@huntercoleherr]

Wealth does make sense, though. Anything that could be magically produced or multiplied will not become a valuable resource. Only something that is impossible to create with magic would have the necessary scarcity to hold value.

[@coxmosia1]

Can't repair one's eyesight to 2020 vision. So I guess occulis reparum is the best one can do it.

[@solaris9426]

Occulus Reparo repairs eyeglasses. It doesn't fix one's vision.

[@Larka661]

Wizards were the ones hiding for a reason. Magic has limits, but technology doesn't. A gun can kill faster than the killing curse.

[@luckynascarcat24]

Muggle Lasik for eyesight

[@DavidAltman-g1l]

How do we know the philsophers stone was really destroyed we only have dumbledores word on that. he could have just said that so voldemort would nt try and get it again

[@jorynickila7760]

It can't fix stupid.....😅

[@Cnumbers]

This should be called, great things magic can do but with consequences.

[@jonheath-smith4438]

The philosophers stone can turn any metal to gold so they can make money

[@warriorofhades2975]

Are there limitations to wandless magic

[@merygonzalez9336]

Magic can´t prevent Hermione from being afraid of being expelled

[@TexasTabla]

bilocation?

[@tigerz8174]

Are these what magic can't do or what magic hasn't discovered it yet 🤔🤔🤔

[@richewilson6394]

Magic can repair wands or broken items such as brooms.

[@solaris9426]

Only the Elder Wand can repair wands. Hermione tried to repair Harry's wand and the wand broke again after trying to cast some magic. As for brooms, we don't know that.

[@nico114334]

Harry was rich . He had alot of gold in his gringotts account well according to the movies

[@aicarrie1]

I can't bring anyone back from the dead! It's not a pretty picture! I don't like doing it!

[@aleximalmgren5301]

Glasses are in there cos of the Aesthetic .

[@GandaMelgao]

Well.... These 4 things only apply to the Harry Potter universe, obviously 😁

[@Kyleplier]

You know, for all Voldemort’s genius, he was the dumbest wizard alive in certain aspects. If it were me, I’d have tossed a horcrux down into the Marianas Trench at the very least. Magic can protect items easily at those depths. But no human can survive the pressures down there. It would be quickly buried by the sediment from the hydrothermal vents and lost to time. If I could effectively toss it out of the window around LeGrange Point 1 or 2, it would literally be inaccessible to 99.9% of humanity and pretty much 100% of wizard kind.

[@caurd]

Invented information. You don't know if magic can withstand those pressures.

[@solaris9426]

A horcrux dies when its host is destroyed beyond magical repair. I would think being crushed by the pressures of tons of water would be enough to destroy any object beyond magical repair.

[@CesarACastillo]

Magic can’t make someone love you The Imperius Curse is triggered by this lie lmfao. You can literally use this mind control curse to make someone love you. Sure you have to keep it on them indefinitely but it’s still technically does the trick in my opinion. Magic can indirectly make gold too. We’ve seen plenty of people make gold with magic by creating sellable goods. Again in my opinion this is a credible workaround. There’s also the philosopher stone which can turn any mundane hunk of metal into pure gold. Lastly I don’t think age is a restriction cause the Age Line Dumbledore drew to protect younger students from being entered into the triwizard tournament included a joke for Fred and George Weasley. Not to mention they brewed aging potions to try and trick the age line in the first place.

[@caurd]

No, Imperius suppresses the will and you can force someone to ACT like they love you, but not to love you. All objects created with magic are limited in form and time, so no, they are not useful for creating gold.

[@oBuLLzEyEo1013]

JUST...

[@grokeffer6226]

👍👍👍

[@katrinna8426]

I feel like it could probably make you hotter so idk why Neville crab and goyle were looking so busted all the time. There was literally no excuse.

[@Larka661]

Apparently magic cant fix wands. Olivander had to make multiple people new wands in the last book. But apparently, only the elder wand can fix a broken wand.

[@captainmoky]

will you please discuss Albania is Scotland in a video? or have you already made the video

[@ruthwalter2000]

Who cares if magic can't do everything? 1:40

[@mcathawk1490]

So, if you make a horcrux, do you have to USE it to come back to bodily form? Wouldn’t you need a portion of your soul to come back? That is never explained, but if anyone can find out, it’s you.

[@solaris9426]

You don't actually need to expend a Horcrux to come back to a physical form if you have one. For example, Voldemort used a potion comprised of "bone of the father (unknowingly given), flesh of the servant (willingly sacrificed), and blood of the enemy (forcibly taken)" to resurrect.

[@Ninjamom4]

❤️⚡️❤️

[@melanievetter6211]

😊🎉🦁

[@path1400]

Magic cannot cause a muggle to become magical. But they can have magical children. Imagin your magical 2 or 3 year old make you do whatever they what to do. Like give them all the candy they want or make you kill all their brothers and sisters so they can be the only child. The magic community is so small it would be better if everyone had a little magic.

[@milasudril]

JK Rowling does not believe in matter. But gold is a little bit tricky to create, but I guess this would do in the Harry Potter universe 1. Collect sufficiently amount of water 2. Use muggle chemistry to separate it into Hydrogen and Oxygen 3. Put it in some enchanted container 4. Fire the spell Bombarda maxima Repeat step 4 and you should get a supernova. Now you are left with some heavy elements, including gold.

[@usern4metak3ns]

umm... bombarda maxima indeed. oof

[@milasudril]

@@usern4metak3ns And for hydroygen, it should be created spontaneously, since the proton is the most stable quark configuration. Also, the electron is stable.

[@megatronjenkins2473]

It can't make my life less lonely.

[@Goodiesfanful]

I think it’s a safe bet that magic can’t change the weather. Well, have you ever seen anyone cast a spell to do that in HP?

[@alisonsmith4060]

The Dementors can change weather to a certain degree at the beginning of Book 5

[@KJ-of6lf]

It can not make a new trilogy watchable or interesting

[@andrewnash5933]

Things magic can't do, make me watch a Harry potter movie.

[@solaris9426]

Will you watch the Harry Potter TV Series when it comes out in 2025/2026?

[@hothmandon]

Magic can't get Trump out of court.

[@piotrdworowy183]

Well if you count Alchemy as magic then it can make you wealthy and it did many times.

[@piotrdworowy183]

Second point is NOT TRUE ,Duh the series Villain litterally made himself immortal 🤦‍♂️