Deathly Hallows Part 2 makes no sense

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[@_Yongboks_brownie_]

My favorite lines from McGonagall are when she’s literally the cutest- “Boom!” “I’ve always wanted to use that spell!” SHES ADORABLEEEEE

[@bubblegum9826]

One of the only parts from the movies that was added and was not in the books! And also totally awesome!

[@unfabgirl]

It is especially epic when you factor in that the Dame herself was fighting cancer at that time. She could have phoned it in and no one would have blamed her. Instead, she gave it her all every moment she was on screen and we love her for that

[@shawnamiller191]

@@unfabgirl she even refused to sit out the last couple films

[@MiraSmit]

Or back in the order of the Phoenix to Peeves. "It unscrews the other way."

[@mohmedhassan6875]

I dunno man it felt weird for me having such a goofy lines in a situation like LITERALLY THE END OF THE WORLD

[@trinaq]

"Not my daughter, you bitch!" An awesome moment for Molly Weasley. Also, McGonagall telling the Slytherin students to go to the dungeons is more epic when you realise that they were just going to their dorm rooms.

[@_Yongboks_brownie_]

Molly absolutely SLAYED during the whole freaking movie 👏🏻

[@subratanandy2142]

Exactly!! McGonagall told it so dramatically as if " They should be locked up" , when it's just " Go to your ducking rooms" 😂 .

[@spiderlily723]

Yeah, it's sooo epic to condemnt ENTIRE HOUSE of children just because some of them got brainwashed! That's the good kind of eugenics, so we like it! /s

[@lenners9701]

That was one of the worst parts of the movies, much better in the books, molly litterally watches belatrix killing fred, why did they not have that in the movie

[@haythamfaisal8113]

There was a deleted scene - thankfully - of Slytherins in actual dungeons. Meanwhile in the book when Aberforth was told that Slytherins are being evacuated, he protested that they could have kept them hostages to leverage their Voldemort-loyalist families, to which Harry said something along the lines of Ablus wouldn't have done that.

[@MrKlausbaudelaire]

Huge props to Helena Bonham Carter for the first part of the movie, she got to act as Emma Watson trying to act as herself!

[@CoolScratcher]

She's four parallel universes ahead of everyone else

[@Jonathan-kv3rn]

She had to act as Emma Watson acting as Hermione acting as Bellatrix

[@dimitrescu182]

She's a lady playing a lady disguised as another lady.

[@AlyxAesthetics]

​@dimitrescu182 technically, Helena was playing hermione who was being played by Emma, pretending to be bellatrix who was played by Helena. So Helena is a lady pretending to be a lady who's pretending to be a lady who's pretending to be a lady.

[@MegaKnight2012]

I remember watching it, thinking, "Wow, those are some amazing prosthetics they put on Emma Watson. She looks just like Helena Bonham Carter. Oh, wait..." Also, look up photos of a young Helena Bonham Carter. With that bushy hair, she's a book accurate Hermione.

[@mavortius8768]

To be fair, they never say that Harry's eyes looks like his moms. They say he "has his mothers eyes." So maybe he has them in a box somewhere.

[@linni9807]

STOP THIS CRACKED ME UP

[@jenericcamposano]

why did I start cackling?

[@adelyncuster9348]

This is completely true

[@kleckskind]

Hot Shots! XD

[@WillowsVeganBakery]

OH NOOooooooooo

[@305Independent]

Just a reminder something left out from the books is the reason Lily chose James over Snape is because Snape wanted to join the Death Eaters and called Lily a mudblood.

[@StewartFletcher]

Also she was never interested in Snape... which is an important detail

[@305Independent]

@@StewartFletcher well we don't know that. I don't think the books mention whether she was or wasn't before the "Mudblood" incident.

[@marcusclarke5628]

That and James grew up, Snape never did

[@StewartFletcher]

@@305Independent it's pretty clear from the subtext that she never viewed him as a romantic partner, whereas he was deeply in love with her

[@aleksandrakeska2290]

@@305Independent it was pretty clear that she saw him as her best friend. She never considered him as a possible romantic partner

[@lckaboom6810]

I still can’t get over the fact that the final battle of this series is just Harry and Voldemort arguing over the terms of service for the superwand that was literally introduced in the final book.

[@spiderlily723]

That's what happens when egotistical lady gets rid of her editors halfway trough the series.

[@greg5892]

@@spiderlily723THIS. Go back and read the first one and compare it to the fanfiction-style fan service that is the last book and tell me editors don’t have important jobs

[@spiderlily723]

@@greg5892 Allegedly, last book she wrote with an editor was the 3rd, maybve 4th one. Wouldn't be surprised.

[@DarkEclipse23]

Maybe not everything has to be a big ol American explosion type stuff ending. :0

[@lckaboom6810]

@@DarkEclipse23 No, but you’d think the final confrontation of a 7 book/8 movie series would be more interesting and thematically relevant. This is the final battle between good and evil; Harry’s victory should be decisive and in line with his growth throughout the series, not a lucky result of some obscure loophole.

[@JamesSmith-he3eq]

Snapes death always bugged me. In the half blood prince, he used a charm to literally pull Dracos blood back into his body and even if Nagini was venomous, he was a master potion master and definitely would've worked on finding an antivenom when he decided to betray voldemort

[@benzaiten933]

he was too injured do really do anything, except slowly dying. or it was also part of Dumbledore's grand plan - forgot if that was it, it's been a while.

[@gggthsb]

@@Niop_Tres I guess the only reason for him to keep on living was to avenge Lilly in some way, so I don't think he actually wanted to walk out of this alive.

[@rini9325]

I think he just wanted to die

[@tvddamonlovernina]

But wasn't the spell that Harry used to injure Draco the one Snape came up with? I thought that's why he knew how to undo the injuries... Now why did he spend so much time with voldy and did not create a cure for naginis poison I don't know

[@armstrongtixid6873]

Yh like in HISHE he has some Badger Potion or something

[@badscientist42069]

The thing about Seamus being good at blowing things up was actually a running gag in the movies that wasn't in the books. It started in the Charms class in the first movie when Seamus blew up his feather when they were practicing Wingardium Leviosa.

[@rosacisneros9184]

I was looking for this comment 😅

[@nush_in_bootz]

But the first movie still came way after the troubles...

[@Bro-cx2jc]

​@@KaleighCeeI don't get this. What does him being Irish have to do with it at all?

[@arde29]

@@Bro-cx2jc Search online for The Troubles in Northern Ireland to understand why it would be problematic for a British production to associate an Irish character with explosions

[@lyra5688]

@@Bro-cx2jc the IRA were big fans of blowing stuff up in the 70s to early 2000s

[@excessivelyfangirlingbookw3339]

15:10 just want to point out that Voldy’s death still upsets me so much. It’s cinematically beautifully shot/ edited so it looks all mystical and fantastical and great and whatever. But the whole point of this moment in the book was that Voldemort’s lifeless body just dropped down *like everyone else who’s dead would BECAUSE HE WAS JUST A NORMAL HUMAN* and I’m so frustrated that while it looks cool, this scene defeats the purpose of showing the audience that Voldy was just some dude (with arguably superior powers) who went haywire.

[@LNL-HesterFrida]

No, but this has also always bothered me too

[@BrownieInTheBin]

That's actually a really great point. I didn't even think about it like that at all. I guess it's a product of reading the books as a kid, but it just felt like Voldemort was some supernatural boogeyman rather than just being a dude who's basically a terrorist. You're completely right though, they missed a really great opportunity to point that out.

[@excessivelyfangirlingbookw3339]

@@BrownieInTheBin imo he's a bit of both because his image changes with time: At first, he IS the "supernatural boogeyman" because he is undeniably scary and overpowering to 11yo Harry. But when Harry grows older and has to face (and defy) him several times, Voldemort seems less unbeatable, especially after they start to find explicit ways to destroy him forever. Moreover, in the later books /movies as you find out about his backstory - about him being a half-blood, discarded by his father and abandoned by his mother, neglected in the orphanage, about him finally receiving recognition in school and consecutively growing his need for power and superiority - and you learn through Harry that this man could have grown up like a comparatively normal person if some factors in his life had been different. tbh this arc started the moment we learned that "Lord Voldemort" was just an alias for someone with an otherwise boring name and unassuming appearance.

[@TheSupaman98]

I think the movies one actually makes more sense. Rowling made it a point repeatedly that Voldemort dehumanised himself, especially after creating the horcruxes. If that’s the case, then doesn’t it make sense for him to die as a supernatural being than as a regular human because he essentially stopped being a human when he became Voldemort?

[@TheSupaman98]

@@BrownieInTheBin I think the movies one actually makes more sense. Rowling made it a point repeatedly that Voldemort dehumanised himself, especially after creating the horcruxes. If that’s the case, then doesn’t it make sense for him to die as a supernatural being than as a regular human because he essentially stopped being a human when he became Voldemort?

[@JakeTheVikingFranklin]

It’s dope to know that when Snape and McGonagall fight, snape actually deflects her spells onto the twins behind him and takes them out without actually taking them out

[@pranavdiwan8802]

guys look- the Mr.brest guy from fortnite wowowowow (lov ya jake)

[@timmeh08]

dude you are the last person i would expect to comment on this lol

[@carolinatelona6156]

I can't get over Alex calling the diadem a "diaphragm" at 8:40 😂

[@RockyDaTherapist]

Glad to know I didn’t miss hear that 😅.

[@malloryweeks3306]

I thought I misheard it. Lol

[@mallorycarpinski1160]

And the pencil Pensieve

[@Keiaradise]

It’s the same diaphragm that got stuck in Carrie Bradshaw’s 🐱 in SATC

[@bfdifanboi2763]

I didn’t even watch the video yet, and *already* he’s hilarious. Just not intentionally. 💀

[@Mossyspring]

I am so happy Alex is team Luna. Luna is amazing, PERIOD.

[@trinaq]

Yes, Luna is my favourite character, she taught me to embrace my weirdness!

[@katrinaalyssa7462]

I read the books, and Luna became my comfort character. She is just a sweet weirdo in the best way🥺

[@RedMoonSolitary]

Luna is my spirit animal

[@shoveltime4]

@@trinaq me too!

[@michellestella7477]

Too bad the actress isn't

[@wiltedrose7988]

9:02 Actually the guy on Draco’s left is Blaise Zabini. They had to to replace Crabbe as one of Draco’s sidekicks because the actor who played him was getting into a lot of trouble in real life. Blaise was also on the train with Draco in Half Blood Prince.

[@greg5892]

Yeah but I think they just called him Crabbe and we’re like “go with it”

[@vinyl_jj]

I’m pretty sure he knows lol, it’s js a joke thats been going around for ages that “crabbe is looking a little different” or that “puberty hit him too hard” lmao

[@carlrood4457]

One of the minor changes is that Goyle summons the Fiendfyre instead of Crabbe because of that.

[@RaftEditz]

Crabbe actually died in one of the earlier books

[@petrosinella]

Yeah, the police found 10 marijuana plants at the actor's house. He only had to do community service, but the bad publicity was enough to get him fired.

[@rommie557]

You find out in the books that James and Lily Potter had a cat. I always wonder what would have happened if (discussed at 13:33) the hunk of Voldemort's soul that attached itself to the "closest living thing" had found the Potter's cat instead of Harry.

[@themythologynerd7020]

There’s a theory the the cat is Crookshanks, and I absolutely love it so I’m gonna pretend it’s canon.

[@Bro-cx2jc]

Felix Potter, you are a wizard

[@Mrpeely1]

@@themythologynerd7020cats dont live for 25 years get over it

[@kellizzvasometimes]

@@Mrpeely1the millennials are fighting again💀 ok but fr why you gotta type this? Was it necessary?🤷‍♀️😭

[@joshuareynolds23]

​@@kellizzvasometimesi mean yes considering that animals have a normal lifespan in the harry Potter universe making up random theories is in fact something that should in fact be called out.

[@Laarye]

In the books, you get the person's voice when you take polyjuice, which makes sense as it changes your vocal cords as well. Which is why only doing it for Mad-Eye in Movie 4 breaks the whole movie franchise's uses of it.

[@RB-vo4gi]

Thank you. This is one of the only changes they made that was actually really stupid. It makes no sense.

[@m4ttyp4nts]

@@RB-vo4gi well... they had him do a spot on hagrid impersonation in his office during his bond villain reveal... so, in the reality of the movie, barty is shown to be a talented impressionist. to be fair, he does a pretty good snake impression too.

[@hafsajaseem8575]

I think it's actually because Harry and Ron know her so well and are so used to her voice that they hear her instead of Bellatrix. I'm pretty sure it was mentioned in the book being that way!

[@RB-vo4gi]

@@hafsajaseem8575 They do say that Harry can “hear Hermione in Bellatrix’s voice,” but that’s about her personality not her actual voice.

[@Bro-cx2jc]

​​@@hafsajaseem8575No, that isn't how it works. The book meant they could hear Hermione's inflection in Bellatrix's tones. Also, I agree that Barty probably just impersonated Mad-Eye pretty well. After all, he learned Mad-Eye's behaviors enough to fool even Dumbledore. He acts literally identical to the real guy most of the time. Seeing Mad-Eye in the seventh movie and clips of him from the fourth, you'd never guess they were actually different people at all.

[@Frontyardchicken]

BRO! Professor Mcgonagall and Hagrid was the only people who he can actually trust and cared about him at the school ( among others) and DUMBLEDORE was the person he named his kid after??😂 Also I am currently willing to fight on the fact that Lilys middle name should have been Minerva after Professor McGonagall

[@benzaiten933]

"I name you [insert random name] because I don't want you to be burdened by the fate of a deceased person, be your own man!"

[@evan_kiss]

Lily, James, Molly, Arthur, Mcgonagall, Hagrid, the twin who died, there were so many others that would have been better choices.

[@cxrnerstxne]

Cedric 😔

[@nicolas._.2294]

​@@cxrnerstxnenoooo, not harry ex boyfriend Maybe somebody else

[@Signy8]

@@benzaiten933lol literally. My dad was named after a guy who killed himself… like-

[@JordanIdk]

Voldemort never intended Draco to succeed, though, it was a mission he was supposed to fail. Voldemort intended Draco to either die in the attempt or fail to follow through. If he failed, Voldemort himself would have tortured him. The whole plan was to punish Draco's father. Of course, he doesn't believe actually think some kid barely out of school can kill Dumbledore, the one wizard he's personally terrified of. Dumbledore comes up with a plan in which Draco won't be punished for failing and also won't be forced to murder him, splitting his soul. He also makes it believable enough that Snape won't be outed, either. The entire thing with the Prophecy is kinda silly, it only came true because Voldemort believed it. Neither can survive while the other lives, it is definitely true. That said, it's not because of some prophecy, it's true because Voldemort won't leave Harry alone. If nobody had repeated the prophecy, it wouldn't have come true. There's so much the movies leave out of the story for time that explains some (not all or even most) of the weird inconsistencies in the story. The one thing I like about Dumbledore is that his mentality never truly changes. As a teenager, he joined Grindelwald under the mantle of “for the greater good.” Even after defeating him, his mentality hasn't actually changed. He'll use anyone and everyone as a tool, including himself, “for the greater good.”

[@Afreshio]

About Voldemort's plan the guy in this video thinks Voldemort was trying to be the master of the Elder Wand but at this point Voldemort is not looking to replace his original want, the twin of Harry's. Agree on the prophecy. It's about believing and making it come true. Self fullflling prophecy, in a very literal sense. I need to add that movie-Dumbledore is characterized as a villain in that last movies whereas in the books he is more gray but ultimately a good human being who cares about Harry. His plan incorporated also a glimpse of hope for Harry to get rid of Voldemort's lost shard of his corrupted soul so he can be free, he also accounted Voldemort couldn't kill Harry based on two assumptions: 1. Harry's mother protection charm was in Voldemort's blood. 2. Elder Wand ownership. Dumbledore couldn't predict Snape death, he intended to die and be the last owner of the wand. And he kinda was but he also couldnt known Draco would succeed in disarming him and that ruined the brilliance of his plan to die a true martyr. Without Draco expelliarmus, Snape would've killed Dumbledore but on the orders of the latter, a planned suicide if you want to see it that way. So the ownership would've never transferred to Snape. The Wand would ultimately become useless as a servant of a dead wizard. Perfect plan ruined by Draco's surprising spell (of course Dumbledore being fatally weakened by the ring's horrocrux curse and the potion at the cave hindering his reflexed and genius didn't help). Snape couldn't correct Voldemort otherwise he could've risked Draco's and Harry's life and the whole master operation. At the end it worked, just as Dumbledore envisioned for Harry: free of Voldemort's soul fragment, Voldemort without ownership of the Wand, Harry as a Master of Death, and finally Voldemort defeated. Dumbledore didn't raise Harry as "a pig for slaughter" thats Severus Snape own words and Dumbledore wasn't ready to correct him at that moment. Dumbledore withheld info from Snape too. Snape didn't need to know the scope of Dumbledore's love for Harry. It's clear few people knew the deep love Dumbledore felt for Harry. McGonagalls saw it too by intuiton I guess. Harry knew at the end too. In the films the greatest vulnerable moments of Dumbledore are erased: 1. Harry and Dumbledore real talk in the Headmaster's Office after the events of The Department of Mysteries and Sirius's Death. In this scene Dumbledore cries. 2. In the limbo scene finally Dumbledore confess his past and shame, and reafirms his love for Harry and they say farewell. The only truly vulnerable moment they left was the Cave's scene when Dumbledore is getting living nightmares from the potion. But this doesn't do anything to moviegoers because Dumbledore is apparently rambling and we don´t know the context at the moment. But all that nuance is lost in the films and most potterheads are convinced of this outrageous theory of machiavellian cold Dumbledore. His love for Harry got lost in translation from a medium to another and fanfictions didn't help either.

[@erintoney7137]

That’s the beauty of prophecies tho. You don’t know what actions you take that could cause the prophecy to come true. There were a lot of things that fell into place for the prophecy to work out. First, Snape had to be there when it was given and also be thrown out before Trelawney finished. For Voldemort, it was him not hearing the entire prophecy. That was why he needed it in the 5th book. He clearly missed the “and the dark lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the dark lord knows not.” That was a crucial part and Voldemort not knowing it is what set his ultimate demise into motion. And after having his body destroyed and being a parasitic soul for 13 years, I think he was rightfully paranoid about having Harry just out there. He was a threat no matter what.

[@blackoffee]

Just wanted to add, murdering ppl doesnt automatically split your soul, splitting your soul is additionally process you have to consciously do WHILE you're murdering someone..Harry as a pseudo Hocrux being the exception

[@ThePedroAmigo]

I wonder if professor Slughorn would ever do something like that.

[@dextyrio]

He joined grindelwald because he was in love with him though

[@mattparsons6813]

Luna and Neville being the heroes is the best part of the movie. They're the best 2 characters so them saving the day is the best.

[@spcmegreg]

Luna is my favorite character.

[@winxclubflora8446]

@@spcmegregsameeeee her and neville were my favourites

[@winxclubflora8446]

@@spcmegregand still are

[@faerlywell]

I was waiting for Alex's wheeze when Harry says "Albus Severus Potter" I completely agree that Harry while mightve been thankful for those figures, naming his child after Lupin and Sirius would've been much more worthy. The son really should've been named Remus Sirius (or vice versa-just think Remus Sirius has a better flow to it than the other way around even though I actually think Sirius is a much cooler first name). Those men never had any angle or agenda for themselves or anyone else. They were always about loving and protecting Harry, not to mention both incredibly brave men who fought against the dark wizards and lost their lives for the cause.

[@PhoenixLance13]

Harry had two sons though. The first was named James Sirius Potter.

[@faerlywell]

@@PhoenixLance13 that's true, I had forgotten that. But still one of them should've been named after lupin. harry did him dirty.

[@saram9434]

Teddy literally second name is remus.

[@denibubbles]

There's also Hagrid, Arthur Weasley, and Neville would probably fit.

[@tomatosoup1304]

I mean even Hagrid deserved a mention. Also Harry basically adopted Teddy who already carried the name Remus

[@maxress9096]

15:54 he should have named his kid after hagrid, he was always there for him and was always loyal

[@truesoprano2152]

Hagrid survived the entire series though, Harry clearly wanted to name his kids after dead people.

[@jamminjellyultra]

@@truesoprano2152 i mean, his daughter's middle name is luna and she survived

[@trigtheboss8032]

"As hilariously dumb as the Harry Potter world is, it was a fun place to be for a while." This is the most coherent thing anyone has ever said about the series. I could never understand why these stories are so polarizing. It is good to know that I am not the only one who lies somewhere in the middle.

[@jorimccall]

I read this comment right as he said it in the video. It was very trippy

[@spiderlily723]

...they're polarizing because the author literally supports neo-nazis and their calls for genocide of trans people. Also, you know, all the racism, sexism, ableism, antisemitism and other funsies that are in the books?

[@CharmedNijntje]

I've thought about it for a while and I think the polarizing part comes from the fact that the Harry Potter world is such a lovely magical thing to be in but the characters and the story are very flawed. So I think it's easy to love it whilst having a lot of critisism. Just a thought though! (edit, grammar)

[@angelinebena9675]

@@CharmedNijntjeyeah the world is dreamy. The characters and the plot are alright

[@trigtheboss8032]

@@CharmedNijntje There are millions of great stories out there, and almost all will have questionable writing decisions and flaws, (in the story, not the characters. Flawed characters are a must to make a story read/watchable.) I think the unwavering support for the Harry Potter series has a lot more to do with nostalgia. That is fair! I will forever love and defend the High School Musical movies, for example, even though they make no objective sense. What I have a hard time understanding is the amount of vitriolic hate that some people seem to have towards it.

[@RealXylon]

Actually Snape did not want to hurt his good friend and deflected her spells towards the Death Eaters and just escaped afterwards. It is a detail that is easily missed when you don't know Snape is a double agent

[@remi923]

Yahhhh Snape did a tone of Extraordinary things over the entire Harry Potter series that people overlook. Specifically because he didn’t have a nice bubbly personality. He literally saved/protected Harry atleast 10 times (no one has saved him more), he was a spy against Voldemort, he gave Lupin medicine (despite that guy never helping him when they where kids), he gave Dumbledore an extra year to live (when that poison would have killed him within days/ a couple of months), then he killed Dumbledore so that Draco wouldn’t have to!! He even helped Harry get the sword horcrux and using his last bit of strength, he made sure Harry knew what needed to happen to win. Honestly without Severus, the wizarding world would have lost to Voldemort and still people say stupid stuff like but he wasn’t nice!!!! What does nice have to do with saving the world 😂 I would gladly take a mean teacher who saves my life, than a nice one whose irrelevance means I die at the age of 12 at a silly quidditch match.

[@dadada8464]

​@@remi923except he was only doing it to clean his conscience and he still hated harry. He was such a bully to Neville that this child feared him more than ANYTHING IN THE WORLD and he was his boggart

[@FallenAngelHiroko]

@@dadada8464 The excuses people make for Snape is mind-boggling. It was Rickman's amazing acting that makes movie Snape likeable and redeemable. Book Snape was just a jealous stalker who never truly grew up. Hadn't been for Rickman, Snape's character would be on an episode of Criminal Minds.

[@spiderlily723]

@@dadada8464 And the only reason Dumbledore stopped his plans to enslave the muggle world is that he accidentaly killed his sister and felt bad about it.

[@dadada8464]

@@FallenAngelHiroko Soooo true

[@cm_psychic_reader]

Honestly? yeah. Another thing I cannot forgive is the complete lack of Peeves. Like, the victory song when Moldyfarts is killed? UTTER BRILLIANCE

[@boginoid]

I was so disappointed when they didn't put him in the movies. He was truly a wild card, you could never tell with him if he'd help you or cause more trouble.

[@WiLDCHiLD.]

THIS! Don't even get me started on the Sphinx. Like, wtf? 🤷🏻‍♀

[@laurenstanciel1247]

See I’m still not over the lack of house elves stabbing death eaters in the ankles during the battle of hogwarts

[@WiLDCHiLD.]

@@laurenstanciel1247 OMG YAS! I totally forgot about that!

[@ItzZay1]

If they decided to keep the scene where Draco hands his wand over to Harry, it would’ve been 100x times better 😭

[@ultraviolet.x]

ikkkkk rowling didn’t want him to have a redemption arc and it wasn’t like that in the book, but i feel like he deserved it

[@Digimonisbetterthanpokemon]

7:25 you did NOT just ignore Ravenclaw house like that.

[@hgh_edits.]

I love the part where harry waves his little wand around and stuff comes out of it.

[@frostedflakesig49]

For real that was the best part

[@Lunteer69]

Trueee

[@trinaq]

Preach, most iconic moment by far!

[@pineconeloverdontask]

🤨📷

[@safiiyaa]

💦💦💦💦

[@_Yongboks_brownie_]

They really did Ginny dirty in the movies- in the books she was BOSS QUEEN but in the movies she was “sHOelAcE”

[@benzaiten933]

+ I also think her actress and Daniel Readcliff didn't have much chemistry, undoubtedly not helped by how little screen time they shared.

[@_Yongboks_brownie_]

@@benzaiten933 absolutely

[@Cludnugget]

I'd have liked to find out that Molly was the seventh child in her family, making Ginny the seventh child of a seventh child. Would explain her significantly powerful bat-bogey hex

[@erintoney7137]

They did the Weasleys in general dirty. They are much cooler in the books, especially Ron.

[@erintoney7137]

@@benzaiten933I will die on the hill that Harry and Luna made a better couple. I loved their scenes together.

[@joemckeownprobably]

As an Irish person I can confirm we are great at terrorism. As a slytherin I am offended by how accurate you are.

[@claudiafernandes1150]

Same I was like "hey thats not fair-" but then I remembered I have anger management issues XD

[@joemckeownprobably]

@@claudiafernandes1150 I don't know if you're Irish or slytherin but either way... we all do.

[@claudiafernandes1150]

@@joemckeownprobably I should have specified what I meant but now I will just live it in the air 😆 🤣

[@OnionTheBat]

"as a slytherin" uhm you do know we're kinda in the real world here?

[@marsis_cool]

I am also Irish, and I also agree. I’m a hufflepuff tho idk

[@sebaekyeol]

Seamus didn't blow stuff up in the books. That was completely invented for the movies. Also, Voldemort didn't know Dumbledore had the Elder Wand until literally like a week or 2 before this. Also pt 2, the reason Harry's eyes matter is because the last thing Snape gets to see are the eyes of the woman he loves one last time.

[@anniec0429]

I cackled at “ya ok whateva you say joanne” 😂 Gonna miss that line! This group of videos was fantastic and hilarious and I love your animation. Thanks for the content, Alex!

[@ravasolix]

I loved that you put your video in perspective at the end, explaining your real feelings about the whole franchise and it's importance. Our generation was branded with incredible sagas that were events in their own rights at each releases. I wish something as magnificent came up today.

[@sarahbrinley7501]

Agreed!

[@kenthuang436]

I’ve always thought it was a bit unfair that everyone acts like Pansy wanted to turn Harry over just because she’s a Slytherin and was evil but I think she was afraid and believed that maybe by turning Harry over to Voldemort that he would keep his “promise” to hurt no one else. I think she had become truly afraid of him after witnessing what he could do at Hogwarts without anyone stopping him especially when he was angry. Sure Pansy might have been a bit mean and not the biggest fan of Harry, Ron, and Hermione but I think she was even more afraid of getting those she did care about getting hurt if Harry wasn’t turned in. It was during a war and she probably saw what happened to those who disobeyed Voldemort and I think several other Slytherins wanted to fight Voldemort’s tyranny but terrified to stand up to him. Horace Slughorn had said that Slytherins were cunning and sought power but they aren’t cowards and know when it isn’t worth risking their lives if it was a losing situation and that they would do whatever it took to keep themselves and those who cared about safe.

[@madimiss]

I mean her name is Pansy, a way to say coward. But yeah, I agree with you, she was scared and doing what she thought could save people.

[@WiLDCHiLD.]

Just like how many Germans/non-Jewish people did in WW2. Voldemort and his Death Eaters and followers are basically Nazis with magic, and even then, they still failed.

[@inertian4723]

The Slytherin students likely also had family on Voldemort’s side, so it would have been cruel to make them choose between fighting with or against their families. Also, in the book people underage were told to evacuate. Slytherins took the opportunity. Even Slughorn left and returned with reinforcements.

[@SevHighwind86]

@@inertian4723 Yes! I was so annoyed they just ignored that some Slytherins did return to fight. McGonagall having the Slytherins locked up pissed me right off! I thought having all four houses uniting to fight was the point of the books.

[@teeklives]

i’ve always hated the demonization of ALL Slytherins. like..? not every slytherin is bad and not every gryffindor is good!

[@Pomz908]

Fun fact: Seemus blowing up things in the films never happens in the books, it never happened.

[@spcmegreg]

Fact or Fiction: Harry Potter edition. Just need Jonathan Frakes to sign on.

[@davidfairweather3301]

Even funnier when people tried to imply just how offensive JK Rowling is when they tried saying Seamus was a parallel to the IRA, but it was the movie makers who made him blow everything up not her 😂😂😂😂

[@ivypotter1933]

I should off tho . ✅

[@ItsNotGeorgeItsSjors]

That whole blowing things up was just a throwback to the first movie where he caused an explosion during the winguardian leviosa class and when he tried to turn water into mead.

[@MiguelSanchezDelVillar]

​@@ItsNotGeorgeItsSjors i remember that in almost every movie he made something explode, like an spell or a potion, so him using explosives to destroy one of the bridges (one that doesnt exist in the books) is a good throwback to his character, i still remember seeing the movie in the cinema and thinking "hey, that's the guy that always exploded things, what a good choice"

[@tttITA10]

9:54 - The plan was setting up Draco for failure as to punish the Malfoys for their general cowardness and infidelity to uncle Voldy when he returned. It was not meant to be a genius plan to deal with Dumbledore: it was a torture method. I mean, c'mon, it's not even that hard to understand that from the movies: the full plan of Voldy WAS Draco failing in his mission, the flaw in the plan (that's the litteral name of the chapter in which Voldemort dies) was exactly that, since Dumbledore felt like he needed to die, he chose to prevent Harry from intervening in his death, failing to defend himself against Draco, making Draco's mission an unplanned partial success, and thus making Draco, not Snape, the lord of the Elder Wand, until Harry overpowered Draco in the fight in the mansion.

[@MRAMNESIA8]

To clear up a point: Voldemort did not die in the movies because Neville killed Nagini. He died because of his own death spell getting pushed back onto him. And him, not having any more horcruxes and being a mortal yet again, dies because of it.

[@iuliagonta2379]

yea

[@karolinakuc4783]

But Nagini was horkrux. A lot of Voldemort's soul was there. So hadn't it been for Neville who knows maybe Harry would loose afterall he is just a student. But Harry will get all the glory coz he is asertive and bold and doesn't show weakness or insecurity

[@gggthsb]

The fact that not one pupil from one of the other three houses was so scared of Voldemort and for their own life that they were like 'well maybe we should give him Harry so we won't all die, you know?' or that not a single Slytherin was on HPs side makes it so much more ridiculous that JKR still says that not every Slytherin is a bad Voldemort supporter. Well Joanne you can say that all you want but you didn't write it like that and you didn't intervene when they put it into the movies so, eat a shoe. Also I think it's very funny that McGonagall just puts all the Slytherins in the Dungeons, knowing that a fight for the school is about to ensue, basically just trapping them down there 😂

[@ghyslainabel]

As much as I agree with you, it is ridiculous that no Slytherin was against Voldemort, it makes sense that every Slytherin were sent out (in the book)/in the dungeon (in the movie). A battle was about to begin, the teachers did not have time to sort who they could trust.

[@grey8288]

​@@ghyslainabelAnd yet they knew that some kids from other houses had ties to death eaters. They didn't have time to sort out allegiances, despite knowing that sending the slytherin house away as a whole would send away more allies than enemies and still not successfully send all their enemies away. As though the dissenting kids couldn't just sneak out.

[@spiderlily723]

They already send them to dungeons (hufflepuff house too) when troll was actively roaming the castle, why should they suddenly start caring?

[@nanalove3819]

​@@ghyslainabelall these kids live in Hogwarts and they see him everyday. I am pretty sure that they know who they can trust or not.

[@ghyslainabel]

@@nanalove3819 consider: - After many tragedies, journalists speak to the neighbours of a killer and most of them had no idea the paisible person living next door could be so unhinge. - Many of the Slytherin kids have parents in the attacking army. Did the teachers know every students who have Death-Eater parents? Sorry, I would not trust them.

[@princeofalbany]

Couple of things: Voldemort's curse rebounded because of Lily's sacrificial love for Harry, so it's still consistent. The guy who played Crabbe was arrested before the last movie, so they had to replace him in that scene with Blaise Zabini. Harry and Ginny's relationship had more buildup in the books; Harry realizing his feelings for her was actually a subplot in Half Blood Prince. As for the whole thing with Snape, Lily was basically the only person he had as a kid, between an abusive father and being bullied at school, she was his whole world but he ruined their friendship by calling her a mudblood in a moment of anger and spent the rest of his life regretting how he let things end. Wanting to protect her son is what any friend would do. As for Dumbledore, I do believe he still cared for Harry but he was pragmatic; he knew that defeating Voldemort required things to be done in a certain way and using Snape and Harry the way he did was necessary for that.

[@am3thysts]

Was basically looking for this. Don't get me wrong, much can be criticized in the movies and books, but some things people over the internet all typically point out actually aren't inconsistencies or problems, but something out of context or overlooked. Just an example that comes to mind are people saying it's inconsistent where sometimes you have to fully pronounce and recite spells perfectly, and other times they point their wands without saying or doing anything special and the spell still works. But in the books and briefly in the movies they talk about non-verbal casting, and those who master spells don't have to do all of the typical processes to cast the spells (and mastery not having to be exclusive to people like Dumbledore, but mostly adults who have cast magic for quite a while).

[@spiderlily723]

Except the 'if you throw AK at someone then people they protect are immune to death' and the most isiotic deus ex machina that was only invented in the last book.

[@am3thysts]

@@spiderlily723 That’s fair. Though I like the thematic “You decided to take life with magic and now magic says heck nah, the one thing you relied on.” But I kinda agree that it’s quite unearned or feels like it came out of left field.

[@spiderlily723]

@@am3thysts Yeah, I wouldn't care for it if the AK actually HAD this huge handicap (it would explain why people don't use it way more often), but it just shows up in last books to explain Harry's horcuxiness and give all Hogwarts studen Mario immunity stars so nobody dies anyomore. xD I like the fandom's reading which is that when Voldemort agreed to spare Lily he made nor-quite-unbreakable-vow to Severus and thus killing Lily brok it.

[@princeofalbany]

@@spiderlily723 The Sacrificial Protection wasn't thought up in the last book; it first mentioned in Goblet of Fire and was sort of hinted at before that. And it's not about the AK specifically; any act to save a person from death by giving your own life creates the Protection.

[@chriskoloski32]

Its even more fun when you remember that the paintings in the headmasters quarters are all enchanted with the memories and everything from the person the painting is of so snape and dumbledore are just still alive in that office

[@spiderlily723]

Snape's painting never appeared.

[@Bro-cx2jc]

Yeah I'm a bit confused why all the grief over Dumbledore and everything...he's basically still alive but now immortal and in a painting. He even could have kept being headmaster maybe XD just cast a spell to let the painting float all over the place. Can you imagine Harry sneaking off one night up to his usual mischief, and he rounds a corner and suddenly Dumblepainting smacks into him and says "HARRY POTTAH!!!' like in the Goblet of Fire 🤣

[@HilaryPea]

I've said this before and I'll say it again: For the simplicity of your artistry (self-portrait wise) your avatar is so freaking expressive! You draw yourself like Casper the Ghost yet (not an insult, just an observation) yet your avatars are more emotionally expressive than most modern cartoons. THAT is talent. Forget what haters say about your artistry. You just keep doing it, it makes your commentaries that much more funny and engaging. This time, it was the way you paused and blinked, expectently, into the camera ... waiting ... for Snape to finish dramatically pausing so that he can finally get to the point. WTG!

[@siangaylard1799]

Alan Rickman was legend in this role !!! And I personally cry at the always revelation every time 😭

[@TheDirkKnight]

The diaphragm is in the room of requirements line made me laugh too hard 💀

[@josiesilmaril2138]

Honestly, it would be a dream come true for me if you did videos on the Lord of the Rings movies. I believe that through all the humor you really managed to do the Harry Potter Saga justice and I would love to see you make a LotR vid:)

[@ashleyr6809]

Nah. LOTR is too long to do. Too much for Alex to cover.

[@vastro921]

​@@ashleyr6809And it's good. I think, if Alex were to do it _ever_ he would definitely talk about the "They're taking the hobbits to Isengard!"

[@arthurplayspiano]

I’ve only been asking for months :)…. Not sure if there’s copyright issues though.

[@josiesilmaril2138]

@@arthurplayspiano that's possible, of course

[@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075]

fr i hope Alex reads this cause his take on them would likely be just as hilarious

[@Bsdel]

Literally read this all yesterday. It’s interesting to see the little things they changed and added into the movie to make it more cinematic

[@nightmareman9960]

7:10 yeah alway was strange to me that every class but slytherin was represented in one way or other on Harry’s side. He had multiple ppl for gryffindor handful of ravenclaws and a couple of hufflepuffs but not one named slytherin. Slytherins main trait is ambition so it’s just weird that they label everyone that has ambition as evil even though Harry himself is proof otherwise. Just seemed like a missed opportunity for a great character

[@Kinochan28]

14:40: Dumbledore in the most relaxing way : God, Karen you´re so stupid!!!!

[@Kapo44]

My favourite part is when Harry Poter said "It's pottering time!" and then pottered all over the place

[@MegaKnight2012]

I didn't know they had pottery class in Hogwarts

[@LordPip94]

Wow how original 🙄

[@Kapo44]

@@LordPip94 I'm gutted to know that I've underlived your expectations of a throwaway youtube comment Caleb. I can only promise to doing my best to be better in the future. Thank you for keeping my creativity in check! You are a treasure!!!

[@LordPip94]

@@Kapo44 thanks my mom said I'm special

[@Smurf71q]

​@@LordPip94ed

[@BingeAddict]

13:00 u got this ALL wrong, harry DID survive bc of his mothers love for him, the "love power" or whatever u wanna call it made the spell rebound and hit voldemort which killed him. after he died his soul latched on to the only living thing in the room (harry) and THATS why they cant kill eachother. the reason harry lived never changed, its all connected.

[@NathanielsAutisticShorts]

And The Dark Lord shall mark him as his equal.

[@ch4o7ic8]

15:22 Harry x Ginny is a problem solely in the movies. They cut so many scenes from the books that just show their dynamics together... In the books this just makes way more sense

[@themythologynerd7020]

Also, apart from being pretty, I don’t think that Ginny’s actress (I don’t know her name) didn’t have any chemistry with Daniel Radcliffe, and also didn’t have that cool, sarcastic personality that book Ginny had.

[@EllaFlynn]

AHAHAHA THE FACT THAT ALEX SAW THE IRISH STEREOTYPE IS SO FUNNY. I think it’s only us Irish that notice that he blew up shit in the first movie and was trying to turn it into alcohol 😭 Very Irish I guess 🤷‍♀️

[@aleksandrakeska2290]

Actually lots of people talk about that as one of the many things that are wrong with HP and show Rowling's imperialism and ignorance

[@rayquarizard2911]

That and also some of the names too. Like a black character being named kingsley shacklebolt? Really?

[@Dark-Wolf27]

@@aleksandrakeska2290it’s a magical world dude, not everything is meant to be taken as an insult

[@providencebreaker1558]

My biggest issue with the end is that so much stuff happens in the last few chapters and none of it is addressed in the epilogue. I know people complain about LotR's ending, but at least there weren't any loose ends that left you scratching your head.

[@elizabeth37902]

harry potter is definitely a key part of my childhood and many others, Alex finally making it to the end feels like the end of an era ❤

[@bigbearkat2010]

Alex: Luna is like that one person you know that tells about a bunch of stuff you never asked about. Also Alex: What's with the anti-Luna propaganda?

[@alysssabear]

Fr 💀

[@WiLDCHiLD.]

🤣

[@fleurtherabbit]

Rowling never meant Snape to be the ‘good guy’ in the end. She said it herself: "You can't make him a saint: he was vindictive & bullying. You can't make him a devil: he died to save the wizarding world.'' That was the idea, it's not black and white. She also said: "Is he a hero? You see, I don't see him really as a hero. He-he's spiteful, he's a bully-all of these things are still true of Snape, even at the end of this book."

[@patriciaalvareztostado8170]

was the acting of Alan Rickaman, and some scene that made him a Hero for a lot of people, not for me, he was cruel with Harry, vengeful and bullied kids, and I still think he did all the things for Lily and maybe Dumbledore

[@frosthammer917]

But in the eyes of a lot of the fandom he did become a hero, and then those who saw his bad side in response started being overtly negative about him. Which meant it became a black and white issue where half the fans saw him as a saint and the other half as a villain, instead of him being the massive asshole who still did the right thing aka a gray character.

[@patriciaalvareztostado8170]

@@frosthammer917 Yes, he is a polarized character, what I dont wanted to do is put him in a pedestal, and forget what he did wrong and he did things wrong, Rowling didnt write character flawless, even the Hero Harry has few characteristics that are bad, Hemione (in the books), Ron, Albus, Severus all had good and bad,

[@_jolie_]

all the fans who get "always" tattoos def think of him as the hero and jkr doesnt say shit to correct them

[@patriciaalvareztostado8170]

@@_jolie_ No she dosent but I watch or read interview witch she said the her intention was never to make him or Drako likable, but both the actors and the last movies made them became fan favorites,

[@SRRandomUploads]

Harry: How dare you stand where he stood!! Snape: Dumbledore stood everywhere in the damn SCHOOL! What do you want me to do? FLOAAT?? OMG 60 Likes! Thanks everyone! OMG 101 Likes? No way!!!! Thanks everyone!!!!

[@ASillyHumanBeing]

I mean Snape isn’t wrong-

[@alyssaway2647]

😂 so accurate 🤣

[@shirin9452]

Yes what do you think Voldemort taught you flying for

[@webduelist]

Just imagine if Snape had actually had the courage to tell the hat to F off, would have been a totally different story.

[@iuliagonta2379]

lol

[@Bro-cx2jc]

He wanted to be in slytherin, he wouldn't have said that no matter what XD

[@webduelist]

@@Bro-cx2jc he was kinda SIMPing tho, guys do a lot of stuff they don't want to do.

[@Nancydrew301]

You gotta love how the Grey Lady was done in the movies. Because she wasn't required in the story until the last movie, we never see her before that. In the books, I think we see her more. She was at the Deathday party I think and at least one other part but man its been too long since I've read the series x,x

[@Nancydrew301]

Oh wait, scratch that. I think I remember her in the first movie flying with the other ghosts at the first feast.

[@winxclubflora8446]

@@Nancydrew301yup we get a detailed story of how she died in the books too!

[@winxclubflora8446]

@@Nancydrew301 Envious of her mother's cleverness and importance, Helena stole her diadem and left Scotland, believing the item could help her become wise enough to accomplish her goals. Ashamed of her daughter's betrayal, Rowena Ravenclaw never admitted her daughter's treachery, hiding the fact that the diadem was no longer in her possession.[4] Having fallen fatally ill and on her deathbed, Rowena desperately asked the Bloody Baron, who was deeply in love with Helena, to find her daughter and bring her back to her so that she could see her one last time. Helena tried to hide from him, but the Baron managed to track her down to a forest in Albania. When she heard the Baron blundering through the forest toward her, she hid the diadem inside a hollow tree. Helena refused to come with the Baron and rejected his affections and he stabbed her in a fit of rage. After seeing what he had done, remorseful of his action, he stabbed himself to death.

[@starjedi7813]

As someone from Ireland, I just accepted the seamus part like "that makes sense" that I never thought to calling it out especially with JK writing habits

[@kasi0034]

Actually I'm pretty sure Seamus blowing stuff up is a movie thing, not from the book.

[@bigbearkat2010]

@@kasi0034 That's what I thought too

[@katrinaalyssa7462]

​@@kasi0034THIS

[@Kayonatan]

⁠ @@kasi0034100% in the books it’s Neville that has a tendency to blow things up by mistake.

[@starjedi7813]

​@@kasi0034interesting I only read the first half of the books so I just assumed that was also the same. Of course the goblet of fire differences mean I shouldn't trust the movies for the later half

[@Sinamuna]

Snape's death still hits really hard, considering the actor passed away. :( I loved Snape a lot, despite all his quirky pauses and shady behaviors. He was my favorite character alongside McGonogal, the Weasley twins, Luna and Hermione. Dumbledore and Ron were my least favorite characters lol

[@sanjoykumardas4018]

Of course, HATE Ron and Dumbledore, who else could you POSSIBLY hate? Snape is an abuser, so....

[@Nicamon]

Hermione was my favorite 💗 I like Luna(and kinda ship her with Harry 🤍💙),I like Dumbledore 😎,I don't mind Ron 🤷‍♂ and I *deeply hate Snape.* 🤬💢

[@bigbearkat2010]

@@sanjoykumardas4018 Personally I think there's more than enough reason to hate both Dumbledore and Snape

[@sanjoykumardas4018]

@@bigbearkat2010 Try telling that to THAT person. And personally I don't think Dumbledore is actually a bad person. Of course, you can disagree with me, just don't be a brat about it.

[@bigbearkat2010]

@@sanjoykumardas4018 it's just the more I think about Dumbledore's actions, the more I think "wow he kind of sucks" and the more I think about Snape's actions, the more I think "wait, so he's the hero?"

[@jackson857]

15:17 Ahem, we can blame Joanne for a lot of things but not for this. The Ginny and Harry relationship in the books is great. The filmmakers screwed that one up.

[@mupty]

The film's script writer was a hardcore Hermione fan and legitimately thought that Hermione and Harry were going to be the endgame couple.

[@jgnogueira]

One thing i liked about the harry and ginny relationship on the novels, is while it was kinda rushed, they Explored them together a bit and the problems of that relationship, while it was not in depth, it was pretty common for YA novels just end with the couples kissing and calling a day without exploring the actual relationship

[@andrewsutherland133]

For the record, ive been in the situation where i held onto feelings for someone way past the time most would assume. Very rarely was the response like the fandom, it was like Dumbledore, like, "Holy crap dude, after all this time. What are you expecting to get out of this? I know she doesn't like you and telling her how you feel is just going to make her uncomfortable" Again, numerous times

[@coolcats102]

It’s always a good day when Alex Meyers posts

[@theredandblueyakuza]

I thought Slytherin were just supposed to be ruthless and underhanded in their methods, all of them just being Inclined to pure evil was messed up to me

[@benzaiten933]

yeah, the way they were written you'd think that everyone who enters house Slytherin should be put on some magical watchlist.

[@Shadeadder]

The defining trait for Syltherin is supposed to be ambition. That's why Harry almost gets placed there by the Sorting Hat, because he had a desire to prove himself a great wizard. Ambition can cause issues when unchecked, especially vices like ruthlessness or cheating, but there's nothing inherently evil about it.

[@theredandblueyakuza]

@@Shadeadder tell that to the last movie where every single one of them were following Voldemort, that's the point, I didn't think they were supposed to be inherently evil but they were shown that way in the last show down literally putting all of them in the dungeon even back then that scene felt weird to me because I personally liked the Slytherin

[@Shadeadder]

@@theredandblueyakuza I'm not disagreeing with you about that? I'm just saying that conceptually Slytherins' main trait is supposed to be ambition, not underhandness/ruthlessness, although that's usually how they're depicted.

[@Jim-pq9pm]

@@Shadeadder No' it's because the part of Voldemort's soul in Harry is the heir of Slytherin

[@quinntribolet6593]

Um Seamus's whole thing in the first few movies was every spell he tried he BLEW STUFF UP! It's not an Irish thing, it's a Seamus thing! Also the Fiend Fire in the room of requirement was started by GOYLE! It was in the movie!

[@greg5892]

It was an Irish thing then too. He’s the only Irish character and he always blew stuff up.

[@punklover99]

​@@greg5892ok but who wrote the screenplay

[@greg5892]

@@punklover99 idk how that’s relevant. They kept what was already there from the books at first, embellished it in the last one, and JKR had a huge amount of influence over the screenplay.

[@Mistwolfss]

5:30 - " will be treated TO LUNCH!"

[@ello3110]

1. the prophecy read; "The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches... born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies... and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not... and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives... the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies...." 2. "the power he knows not," is love. As shown in the sixth book, Tom Riddle was the result of a love potion that Merope Gaunt exploited against Tom Riddle Snr. And any child conceived from a love potion is devoid of it. Dumbledore explained that Voldemort had a tendency to underestimate powers he did not wield himself. So, evidently, he disregarded the force of love. 3. When Voldemort ventured to kill the Potters-- Snape begged him to spare Lily. Voldemort conceded, and so after he killed James, he offered Lily the chance to step aside and let him kill his prophesied adversary. Of course, Lily refused, and that's where the power of love lies. Because to love is a choice, and loving itself is a sacrifice. 4. Voldemort killed Lily, and by doing so, an ancient enchantment that Lily had foreseen was placed upon the subject of her love; Harry. This supplemented her son with the most ultimate protection of all. Something that would come to fester in his blood, imbued with Lily's very essence. (This all-enduring protection is also why Voldemort chose Harry's blood to regenerate during the ritual in fourth year. By sharing the essence of Lily's love, Voldemort managed not only to cancel out Harry's invincibility-- but was also under the impression that it would strengthen him. Unfortunately for voldemort, sharing the blood also meant keeping the enchantment alive-- meaning that he himself could never kill Harry from fourth year onwards.) 5. When Voldemort struck to kill Harry, the killing curse rebounded from Harry's forehead and obliterated Voldemort instead. Voldemort had intended to use Harry's soul to produce his seventh and final horcrux. Seven, because It's the most magical number. And Harry's soul, because Voldemort only used the souls of his enemies to formulate his horcruxes. Arrogance, I presume. 6. Professor Slughorn had, of course, preemptively warned Voldemort that splitting ones soul was detrimental to your physical state. And that to even make *one* horcrux was crossing the line. To make seven was a death wish. Hence his ghastly appearance. Voldemort's expended body simply couldn't stand the killing curse, and so the roof of Harry's nursery as well as Voldemort's body exploded upon impact. 7. The remnants of Voldemort's soul then latched upon the only living subject nearby, which was Harry himself. Fulfilling the prophecy of being marked as the dark lord's equal. Because as divination teaches, there aren't any set results, only set pathways. And by reacting to the prophecy, Voldemort contributed to his own doom.

[@iuliagonta2379]

yessir

[@kktypescript2137]

Took my mom (who hadn’t really kept up with harry potter) to see this movie and she thought that the pensive scene was revealing that Snape was Harry’s dad 😂 honestly without context, I see how she got there, it doesn’t make a lot of sense

[@michaellevitsky5616]

I always took McGonagall’s comment about Seamus was a hilarious reference to the first book/movie where he blows up the feather when they’re practicing Leviosa

[@nic3525]

In the books harry and ginny have a great chemistry the movies screwed this up

[@unlockman777]

17:01 ,,It was a fun place to be for a while" I can't relate to that, because Harry Potter universe lives in my head 24/7. 😅😂

[@Nour-db7ig]

In the books Snape and Lily were best friends. He told her evrything about the magic world (petunia spying on them), and she cheered him up despite his family violence issues. At hogwarts, she warned him several times about dark arts but forgave his bad actions (hurting Petunia, cursing students), while everyone was telling her not to do so. She hated James and Sirius too (until they grew up and matured) Then he unintentionally ruined their frendship calling her a mudblood

[@lvplayve8257]

9:50 didnt voldemort want to punish malfoy for failing hard enough at the ministry of magic to force voldemort to come to there himself showing the world that the dark lord is back

[@milward4563]

The final, dramatic end of this ages long saga. It would be so cool if Alex continued it by doing videos on the Starkid shows.

[@sarahmeinhart6968]

I chocked up McGonagall's comment about Seamus to referencing how in the early movies, Seamus would try spells but the thing he was focusing on inevitably just blew up. I'm specifically remembering the 1st (i think) where he's trying to turn his water into rum!

[@tomatosoup1304]

Albus Severus Potter cracks me up every time. There were so many choices of names that none of the other characters used on their kids

[@deaconsmith8689]

8:05 it’s kind of a running joke… he DOES blow everything up.

[@themythologynerd7020]

Not in the books he doesn’t

[@iuliagonta2379]

@@themythologynerd7020 yeah

[@Bro-cx2jc]

Mcgonagall said Seamus was good at blowing things up as a reference to him accidentally making something explode in every single movie. You thought it had something to do with him being Irish???

[@ak8990]

Absolutely loved your snape pausing scene…and the fact that the order remained behind the door for like 45 mins. 😂😂

[@kaseyc.johnson9926]

Whispers :JK rowling didn’t write Seamus making things blow up, that was an addition in the first movie.

[@Alastor-i4r]

16:02 nah it's tony Hanks lighting McQueen playstation Alex Meyers Dobby potter

[@Flitch300]

5:32 - When you were gonna say something but you forgot what it was. 😂

[@Melanie_Dawn]

Alex 2:00 into the video: drags Luna and the random shit she says Alex 4:55 into the video: defends every word out of Luna’s mouth I love this channel 🤣🤣🤣

[@MichelleAlexandria-EM]

Naming your child after the two men who abused you and didn't care about you was my final breaking point with Harry Potter. I still read HP Fanfiction but I could never re read the books. Why not name a son Vernon Dudley Potter and the daughter Petunia Lilly Potter.

[@michelleh.5225]

Dumbledore abused him? How??? I seriously can't with you people.

[@aichohvee]

​​@@michelleh.5225He did sacrifice him a little and didn't really protect him.

[@irulanbudabin]

The reason McGonagall references seamus blowing things up is because in the first few movies and books, he kept messing up every spell by blowing things up. It a callback to a running joke for his character

[@AMGitsKriss]

4:40 It's hilarious how "WTF are we supposed to do with that" the other students are, as if Harry hasn't been dealing with the exact same problem for 7 years.

[@husseinsalameh5907]

7:57 Rowling resisting the urge to name Seamus "Potatofamine Carbomb"

[@qs2668]

JKR didn't write Seamus as being good at blowing things up, that was a movie thing.

[@haythamfaisal8113]

07:47 to be fair, there is nothing in the books about Seamus and tendencies to blow thing up. It was a gag only in films, but JK was a producer in the films and she could have scraped this idea. it is more her fault as a producer rather than an author. She fucked up as an author in other ventues though.

[@GamerFunOriginallyAarush]

Well… you did it! Next time… you should do the rest of The Hunger Games movies and should start the Percy Jackson and Fantastic Beasts movies! 1:42 for sponsor skip!

[@erikmooers2198]

yesss i need him to do the rest of the hunger games!!

[@thatonkgau5221]

Thank you that's what I've been saying about Snape. He's not a tragic misunderstood hero he's an Incel and he's worse in the books. In the books after Snape joined Slytherin he started to adopt there pure blood idioalagy. He even called Lily a mud blood ending there friendship and causing her to get closer to James. While James grew and matured out of his old ways Snape didn't. He was so angry and bitter he joined Voldemort. And the only reason he turned on him was because Lily was endanger not because of the innocent people he helped kill.

[@karolinakuc4783]

True. Still the smartest guy out there. He sniffed all intrigues. I like that he was the kind of person who liked asking questions instead of blindly trusting others

[@davidstorm2224]

Can we just be honest, Snape would have wrecked Mcgonagal if he wanted to. He deflects her spells perfectly into the other death eaters and then gets away without a scratch by flying without a broom. That was all exactly what he wanted to happen. Makes you wonder how he matched up to Voldemort and Dumbledor. From everything we learn he seems easily as impressive as either of them

[@DukeSkylocker]

Alex captured my thoughts exactly at the end of how I felt about the franchise. There's a lot to nitpick about both the books and the movies but despite that and Rowling's best efforts to sour people on the franchise (did we really need to learn how wizards do their buisness? And how on earth do you think the werewolves in your story are a great metaphor for Aids?) It's still a lot of fun and a huge part of my (and many others') childhood. One thing that I think really helped a lot of the franchises in the 2000s is that they all felt like they were made with a clear begining middle and end. When Return of the King, Revenge of the Sith and Deathly Hallows Part 2 came out they all really did feel like the end of their stories and you didn't know if there would be more films in their respective series. The fact that all such film series did eventually continue in one form or another makes it hard not to feel cynical any time a film tries to advertise itself as a finale.

[@aleksandrakeska2290]

Oh my, werewolf = aids is one of Rowling's most cruel and ignorant ideas. A bunch of savage evil isolated people on the wrong side? Werewolves who like to infect for fun or revenge? A werewolf who attacked a child to take revenge on his father? Literally only one good werewolf? If this is a good representation, then I am the Queen of England!

[@3twelve206]

7:59 I mean I’m pretty it’s been alluded to throughout the entire franchise. He blows himself up most of the time 😂

[@themythologynerd7020]

Not in the books he doesn’t

[@3twelve206]

@@themythologynerd7020 yes but we’re talking about in the context of the movies. I’ve also read the books.

[@TheToneBender]

Harry and Ginny was a million times better in the books. Ginny actually was amazing in the books.

[@alysssabear]

I will never understand why she was so sidelined in the movies

[@bigbearkat2010]

@@alysssabear Probably because they didn't anticipate she'd be important later on. I remember reading HBP and kind of thinking "wait so Harry's into Ginny now? Luna was right there but okay I guess"

[@Royal__Kitsune]

even after reading the books and rewatching the films, tbh? I still think that Harry x Ginny is a dumb choice for the final pairing. Almost as dumb as Harry naming his son Albus Severus lol

[@jaybirdfly149]

@@bigbearkat2010yeah. I always wondered why suddenly Ginny is popular and pretty when she was nothing more than the friend’s quirky little sister. I guess JKR noticed Harry left without a partner by the sixth book and decided Ginny was the one. Then there’s the limelight on movie Hermione which I hate the most

[@benzaiten933]

@@Royal__Kitsune I always hate it when people name their children after deceased people in a 'and they live on' way. this only saddles the child to live up to whomever their named after, which is not fair. their children should be allowed to be their own people and not there as proxies for others. and yes, 'Albus' and 'Severus' were especially bad choices for multiple reasons.

[@5randomx]

5:06 continuity error, Luna was originally at the safe house. She shouldn’t be at hogwarts after being rescued from Malfoy mannor. Have fun sitting with that for the rest of time 😂

[@KingdomHeart556]

WHAT never noticed that is there an actual explanation for this?

[@5randomx]

@@KingdomHeart556 I think there was but I’m not 100% sure. Might’ve just been an editing mistake

[@BrandonClark-n9c]

She probably went to Hogwarts with Bill and Fleur off screen.

[@miahthorpatrick1013]

"Tony Hawk Lightning McQueen Playstation Potter" had me rolling! 😂 That's the greatest name ever! 🤣

[@riomadar]

Luna was my favourite when i was reading/watching the series.I used to be able to do an impression of her too!

[@prettyoriginalnameprettyor7506]

My favourite part is where voldemort looks harry in the eyes and says "This is the deathly hallows part 2" and harry replies" No.... It's harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2" and then deathlied his hallows all over hogwarts

[@mactastic144]

6:10 is the clingiest scene. I get second hand embarrassment.

[@Icestreamplayz]

Harry - "How dare you stand where he stood?!" Snape - "He stood everywhere in Hogwarts, do you want me to hover?!"

[@TheRibottoStudios]

Despite a lot of the BS that has come out of her mouth, there's ONE thing I agree with in terms of what Rowling has said...And she has always said Severus was a shades of gray character. And I agree. He isn't totally good, and he isn't totally bad either. You're valid if you like him, and you're valid if you don't. However, those who only watch the movies, vs those who only read the books, like and dislike Severus for very DIFFERENT reasons. Because he's very different in the films, compared to the books. And if you're like me and read the books AND watched the movies, you get to see movie Severus as more of...an expansion pass version to the books. Movie Snape is DLC. And you honestly get the best of both worlds IMO. You get the Snape that people really like who gets to interact with more of the Wizarding Community in the movies, which thus makes him more well rounded, vs just seeing Severus from Harry's perspective; a vindictive man.