Film Theory: Harry Potter, MORE VOLDEMORT than Voldemort!

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Is the biggest Dark Lord in the Harry Potter series Harry Potter HIMSELF? When you look at the science of Horcrux soul splitting, Voldemort's plan starts to reveal some SHOCKING revelations about Harry's childhood, the battle against He Who Must Not Be Named, and the nature of Harry's soul. We're digging into Potter lore and doing some magic with numbers to find out who the DARKEST Lord actually is!
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[@Diriector_Doc]

there are 7 horcruxes, harry and nevels birthday are in the 7th month, there are seven books, 7 hears of school, 7 weasley children, quidditch is a 7 player game, 7 floors at hogwarts, Voldemort tried to kill harry 7 times and failed 7 times...then someone made 8 movies.

[@bananafish6980]

Diriector_Doc Aah the horror!

[@issacthompson330]

Diriector_Doc that is why it is movie 7 part 2

[@godtube1688]

Diriector_Doc still less 7's than fairy tail

[@darksidecola4529]

everything is in 7s or 3s light the Bible for sice reason.

[@jamesb.8940]

But only 4 houses and 4 Champions. OTOH, 4 Champions and 3 Triwizard Tests = 7. Of something.

[@itz_galaxyfam6626]

Voldemort missed the chance to put a part of his soul in a Nokia device 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@sreenathshenoy1015]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@meagankirschbaum3194]

No way that’s clever

[@existentialcrisis6651]

🙎🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🙎🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🙎🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🙎🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🙎🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🙎🏻‍♀️

[@mkDaniel]

Would do it if he known it exists.

[@tamannaafrin5803]

Nahhh he doesn't want a MUGGLE object bearing his soul

[@nairinocea9693]

I mean, Voldemort always hated a part of himself, being half-muggle. So we could see this entire series as a self-destructive tragedy.

[@robinbagla4333]

I................................... Never thought of this even though I am a huge fan

[@maggiethepearl7183]

He hated being part of his father who left his mom after birth

[@partyelixir1265]

@@maggiethepearl7183 but his father was a muggle and he hated his father for abandoning his mother AND being a muggle

[@Justenjoyingtheworld]

7 part 2 can’t be 8 because, each number is a new school year 7-7 part 2 is 1 year!

[@demoblo4721]

Matt: ”Number magic isn’t even a subject which they are taught” Arithmancy: “😢”

[@keithallen2230]

Very late to the party, although I think I've watched this before a few years ago, but it says in the subtitiles 'fun fact it's called arthimancy' which I didn't realise at the time. But looking back is kinda funny

[@MarcosAmparo]

Harry Potter fans are going to be mad after this one. Every dislike this video gets, its a point for Slytherin.

[@MarcosAmparo]

boi

[@yourmomsfavoriterecipe6236]

What about a like?

[@MarcosAmparo]

A point for the other team obviously lol

[@MarcosAmparo]

Interesting

[@redgeoblaze3752]

Hey, can hufflepuff win for once? please, it's my final year.

[@christianallen7882]

The Film Theorist: "Number magic isn't even a subject they're taught" Arithmancy: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@fachriranu1041]

He didnt read the Book. He just watch the Film.

[@arespeverell9877]

@@fachriranu1041 it's in the films, just only mentioned

[@fachriranu1041]

@@arespeverell9877 that make it worse. I myself never truly like the film, for me it is way worse than the actual book so i just watch it once for every title so maybe i slip on some scene.

[@arespeverell9877]

@@fachriranu1041 I've only read books 1 - 4, and watched movies 1 - 8.

[@WyrmAbyss1214]

Funny enough the subtitles added that bit in

[@doodledon1222]

So came back to watch this forgetting that I had before but it was a good watch, I would also like to point out a small interesting tidbit about the elder wand, there are actually two different reasons that Voldemort couldn't properly use the elder wand. The first being of course he wasn't the proper owner, but the second reason has to do with what the wand is made of. If you do some research on wand lore you come to find out that we know both the wood of the wand and the core that was used, that core being Thestral tail hair, even more, interesting is what we learn about trying to use Thestral tail hair as a wand core, "The Thestral tail hair was a powerful and tricky substance that could be mastered only by a witch or wizard capable of facing death" that the other reason Voldemort couldn't use the elder wand he is probably the biggest example of someone who can't accept death.

[@thewateringwiz7118]

Ohhh that’s so interesting !!! Thanks for this trivia !

[@savidalu193]

That's interesting but isn't that ironic considering that in the Tales of Beedle the Bard, the brother who obtains the wand intended it to be used to help him avoid death?

[@zesucculent7564]

@@savidalu193 if i remember correctly, in the tales of the beedle and the bard, death granted the wishes of the three brothers for avoiding him by giving them gifts- gifts that would actually speed up their deaths (kind of like how you need to be specific with a genie otherwise they'll release something malicious on you instead). antioch (the eldest, who you're referring to) wanted to be undefeated so death gave him the elder wand. true to his word, he was undefeated for a bit until someone else recognized the power it held and murdered him for it (so yeah death planned this all from the beginning). but my memory is as good as a grandma with dementia so feel free to correct me!

[@MielTheDeerling]

oooo yes! it also fits nicely with the horcrux theory as Voldemort’s lack of a full soul would also be an indicator of unworthiness as it is prune evidence of his inability to face death

[@jacobclements3652]

@@savidalu193 I know I’m 6 months late but I believe it was the second brother who wanted to beat death and did so by requesting the ability to revive the dead

[@Dragonlover553]

Okay, genuine question here; where did the idea that you split your soul precisely in half every time come from? I’m not sure. It never says as much in canon, and in fact the descriptions actually provided by the book use words like “fragment” even while working under the expectation a wizard will only make one, which emphasizes its size is small. (Additionally, Dumbledore explicitly states that Voldemort’s mind and powers are intact despite the soul splitting, so the idea that he’s weakened by it is broadly bunk, though the instability is the reason he accidentally Horcrux’d Harry, so it’s not wholly nonsense.)

[@prabhatsourya3883]

Nah, there was nothing about "half". The definition in the book clearly says, "a fragment of the soul". I think the "half" word came from his understanding of the word, "split". Also, while Voldemort retained his mind and magical skill, due to his soul being maimed after being ripped apart, thus, he could not possess Harry in the Battle of the Ministry without suffering agony, while Harry could enter the mind of Voldemort and watch a first person view, without suffering any pain, something which Dumbledore confirms to Harry in the afterlife. However, I do agree with your idea that the "health" of Voldemort is at 1% is just bunk. The SOUL was not making his magic power high or low, his skill was what was increasing his power. The SOUL only factored in his death that there was nothing left for him to hang on in the mortal realm, and he is forced to move into the afterlife.

[@thegreatchaos13]

@Prabhat Soureya But you need your sould to go to the afterlife because your physical body can't visit the afterlife universe.

[@nerfherderMS]

ya this installment is completely incorrect and poorly researched.

[@batmanofficial6843]

Actually, Harmione did take number magic, it's called arithmancy

[@NikkiTheViolist]

Except arithmancy is more of telling the future using numbers (as evidenced by the word ending -mancy)

[@MrServantRider]

Mancy doesn't mean future. :P Also, using numbers to tell the future is basically number magic hahaha

[@SacredFaerie]

Technically, -mancy means to perform divination using a specific means (the prefix, so geomancy *should* be telling the future by manipulating or interpreting geography). Divination by definition is foretelling the future/writing prophecy. Yet, you're correct that basically no word ending with mancy actually refers to the ability of telling the future anymore. For example, geomancy. Geomancy now commonly refers to the manipulation of the land, somewhat like what 'terraform' means. However, geomancy used to mean interpreting the future using signs found in the environment. Necromancy, similarly, is now commonly used to refer to the ability to revive and control corpses and/or spirits. But, the current dictionary definition of necromancy is *still* about communicating with spirits to predict the future.

[@Dr.-Dank]

Yeah, but that was an elective, not part to the Common Core.

[@pizzac00l]

The initial root of -mancy still means to divine or commune with the aforementioned element, but most modern interpretations mainly use that communion as a request for aid, as in a necromancer communing with the souls of the dead to put them in new vessels for him to command, or a pyromancer communing with the element of fire to aid them through the medium of a controllable fireball. Through this frame of reference, spellbooks are instructions for the caster-to-be to learn how to commune with the element at hand and learn the exact phrasing necessary for that element to accept your request (aka spells).

[@minivinu6411]

Why did'nt Voldemort put a Horcrux in his Underwear no one would go there

[@thegloriousdipshit4274]

RTA he's not a girl. He doesn't have to worry about bleeding on it.

[@kizunahoshino4848]

please don't sound like you checked it omg >.>

[@taylorallison2679]

Except Bellatrix...cuz...ya know....their DAUGHTER

[@thegloriousdipshit4274]

PinkRose Gaming Oooohhh... Well shit. Better not piss off the Miss'es! She can literally steal/destroy part of your soul! Jesus, wizard relationships must be fucked up...

[@steffanofumo]

Well, obviously you haven't met my ex girlfriend 😂😂😂

[@steveleavell114]

He never wanted to make 7 horcruxes. He wanted to split his soul into seven pieces, because seven is a power number. So his goal was 6 horcruxes + himself. Horcrux Harry meant he was split into six pieces.

[@spacedust95]

Lmao the way he used his feet fingers to explain his 1% soul is so freaking hilarious 😂😂

[@ells1216]

Why didn't Voldemort just make a penny a horcrux and then put it into circulation 😂😂

[@RavenStarMedia]

Because Voldemort was obsessed with power and importance. He made sure that each Horcrux was something valuable and meaningful.

[@alinastanescu4430]

@@RavenStarMedia Ok

[@oldmatesam_7996]

Why not just make a Nokia a horcrux good luck destroying that

[@timstoffers417]

Lol

[@b-ner2616]

@@RavenStarMedia He really confused me cause he's a genius, but sometimes he's makes really dumbass decisions

[@matthewstanley1521]

I think Voldemort killing a random muggle does kinda count as a "major murder", cause a wizard killing a muggle is kind of a big deal. Also, random note, my computer recognizes "muggle' as a word, but not "kinda".

[@arjavjain7229]

Major according to the plot

[@kbvoid3667]

your computer is bad

[@Erika-bi4lv]

lol how do they not know😂 they seriously need to update the system

[@AliKhan-ru2sn]

Your computer is a wizard, Harry

[@xphenoms]

@@AliKhan-ru2sn 🤣🤣🤣

[@Hercules_Flexing]

Love this theory. But I think the only issue is the assumption that when you split the soul, it’s a 50-50 split each time.

[@nocomment6421]

It is written that it is half.

[@vash428]

I would love to see you redo this video with the concept of a soul being infinite. If you had a 100% or 1% of infinite that is still infinite. Do you think that would change things?

[@eleanorv3754]

So, in a way, Neville destroyed as much of Voldemort's soul when he killed Nagini as when Harry killed Voldemort shortly after.

[@FairbrookWingates]

Considering either boy could have been the one prophesied to deal with Voldy, that's really rather appropriate!

[@enzie8786]

@@FairbrookWingates ikr nice detail. Idk if it was intended but it adds yet another parallel between them

[@monicakar9631]

Actually, Harry destroyed the diary which was also a horcrux

[@arjavjain7229]

@@monicakar9631 unknowingly lmao

[@monicakar9631]

@@arjavjain7229 and since he sacrificed himself, he destroyed his horcrux and voldermort

[@saphiiiiiiiire]

I have the perfect way to hide a horcrux, Put it on a piece of sand and then throw it at the beach. All done, now you will never die

[@okuyasuniijimura]

Oh my... thats so true

[@Parker_Eich_20]

It has to be something of importance

[@saphiiiiiiiire]

spartacus 13 what if you're a beach lover?

[@Parker_Eich_20]

Sissi 0004 you must be one devoted beach lover who also wants to split there soul

[@saphiiiiiiiire]

spartacus 13 xD

[@ajwinberg]

Number magic is a subject in school. It called numerology and Hermione takes it her 3rd year.

[@PuffyCloud10]

No it’s called Arithmacy

[@taylorwolfram3871]

wasn't it arithmancy?

[@PeffHus]

When you think about it, voldemort might just have a tiny fraction of his soul left, but he has no other souls in his body (as far as we know) which means voldemort is still 100% voldemort While Harry has 1.5% voldemort, and his own soul is intact, so harry is 98.5% harry and 1.5% voldemort.

[@Silvanus_]

Matpat: "Your childhood has been warned." Me: "I don't read signs."

[@malaiahooks2215]

me either

[@PD-ug5vf]

This sign won’t stop me , because I can’t read!

[@justanotherfangirlontheint4084]

Me: Ha my childhood has already been ruined and i'm still in it! I didn't even like the movies the books were much better.

[@triciavanandler7285]

Neither do cats. And yet they do.

[@lydiasoares88]

@@PD-ug5vf Lol I actually heard that one before.

[@malcolmbeverly8967]

If I made a horcrux, I would put my soul into a Nokia. That shit won't be breaking anytime soon.

[@RiceCubeTech]

Malcolm Beverly 3310cio!

[@Matthias27182]

Malcolm Beverly LMFAO 😂

[@crimson3532]

Malcolm Beverly my god you would live forever

[@IanTheMammoth]

I would put mine into a gobstopper, you can try to break it but you'll probably break the sword of Gryffindor first

[@likethesword7296]

Malcolm Beverly I'd put mine in a grain of sand, then throw it as hard as I can into the ocean.

[@thesuperioronion7346]

I like the fact that in the moves, Harry can just sense what objects are Horcruxes, since we know he has a connection to Voldemort and would therefore sense parts of his soul

[@Narutofan168]

MatPat: "Number magic isn't even something that they're taught!" It is, actually. It's called Arithmancy. It's an optional elective course that they can choose to take starting from their third year. It was Hermione's favorite subject. Seriously, read the books one of these days, MatPat.

[@tadihotado3518]

Why would he, if he did he wouldnt be able to make a video and show us he couldn’t read xD

[@elektrykwysokichnapiec5767]

He lost 95% soul in 2 years! The wizards hate him!

[@hichamjabbachazariah9715]

Elektryk Wysokich Napięć split yout soul with this simple trick!

[@jonjon7382]

underated comment

[@galaxyhannah-mu2ql]

there was really no point for the 4th book on then. In the 3rd movie, everything ends because harry says, oh, this is a waster of my time. I'm living with ron now.

[@leovaldez7991]

Elektryk Wysokich Napięć 😂😂😂

[@salma6011]

Elektryk Wysokich Napięć I'm jealous.

[@hayleylambo]

OMG Voldemort’s horcruxes - has a diary - has a ring - has a necklace - has a tiara - has a special cup - has a special pet - is obsessed with a teenage boy OMG VOLDEMORTS IS EVERY TEENAGE GIRL EVER !!!!!!! ❤️❤️😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@kassie-stuff]

- copies another popular comment posted 2 months ago DEFINITELY GIRL!!!!!!!!11!!!!!!1!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@futilerampage2335]

And harry

[@glitteringsnowdragon2037]

Hayley Victoria I don’t own a tiara

[@celestewoodworth5627]

You forgot, he wants a nose job.

[@edgarlarios4718]

Well, JK Rowling must really think men are bitches.

[@PhilipGamez]

This has really expanded my outlook on the Harry Potter franchise, great work MatPat!

[@pikkeneater]

7:46 The was voldemort is animated to have a longer face for every single word he says is just 🤌

[@sadhlife]

*Yup. It WAS Grapefruit. The PotterHeads welcome you.*

[@bananapower2259]

i was searching for this comment

[@sadhlife]

Banana Power you're welcome.

[@kosinkayos7064]

I was as well! at least we are not alone!

[@therandomguyonyoutube6415]

Tushar Sadhwani YES I KNEW IT WAS GRAPEFRUIT!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jakeodonnell5039]

Tushar Sadhwani hello my brother

[@kiwipandabear4422]

He said "hop on those fire bolts" whilst showing a picture of a nimbus 2000

[@hlego516]

lol

[@sebastianballesteros5484]

Kiwi Panda bear , that's what I found too. I thought I was the only person who found that

[@ChaptersofGrowth7]

Kiwi Panda bear I was gonna say that!

[@TheMuzi76]

Yeah I noticed that

[@kateblake5155]

AHAHAHAHA I JUST NOICED THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLQL

[@itsneon_hola]

Matpat: *goes on about number magic not being a thing* Arithmancy: 😢

[@supermarketpuddle9587]

Also means harry would be at 100.78% total soul... does that mean there could be wizards with like, 150% soul? How would that work out? Doesn't seem to be too apparent the quantity of soul does to you in the series, I mean voldy is still functional...

[@judyanna9902]

image having 200% soul, your 50/50 is someone else's 100%. Average for you is jaw droppingly perfect.

[@ofekcohen7147]

To the protocol, in the last book when Harry goes to the forbidden forest in order to die, he looses the last part of voldemorts soul. It means that in the final battle, Harry doesn't have any of Voldemorts soul

[@gregoryhembree676]

Damn I got mindfucked

[@thegamernextdoor6929]

How did no body noticed

[@thegamernextdoor6929]

@@lucindacontent good comeback but voledmolt has harrys blood not the other whay around

[@lucindacontent]

That’s exactly what I said lol

[@amoghkulkarni3519]

@@lucindacontent what ? ......how ?

[@ZMZreloaded]

It's not the size of the soul that matters. It's what you do with it lmao

[@krazykupcake1547]

Hey, I watch your videos! Cool to know that one of the youtubers I like to watch is also a matpat fan.

[@masqueraze4449]

size of the wand matters ;)

[@sunrevolver]

Yeaa all about the motion of the soulcean..

[@peepmam]

exactly, it’s how you use it lmao

[@briefbeats8738]

Would u care to explain a little bit more

[@ChillingWithOtto]

Enjoying the music that begins playing at 12:40 for the reveal of Harry being more Voldemort than Voldemort himself lmao

[@Dualex_Builds]

It never said you split your soul in half at any point in the books or movies man

[@Amiruchis]

On the books it did

[@Dualex_Builds]

@@Amiruchis It did split your soul. Just not in half. It wasn’t specified any amount

[@Amiruchis]

@@Dualex_Builds i dont know if its just me but i do remember it saying you split your soul in half

[@whyiseverysinglehandletaken2]

@@Dualex_Builds it did, like one horcrux will have 50 percent soul, the other 25, 12.5, 6.25 etc

[@kgirl1992]

The really crazy thing is voldy probably would have lived longer if he hadn’t split his soul at all we hear about other wizards living into their hundreds without doing anything crazy

[@Prokerboss]

Yes the average wizard living age is I think 130 years

[@andrewsucksatvideos4482]

@@Prokerboss 115

[@andrewsucksatvideos4482]

Voldemort was just too reckless

[@wontworkibet]

That's irony for you FE

[@googlelos7868]

Or how about becoming master of death? I mean he already had the stone and the other two were in Dumbledores possession, like just expulso the roof on top of him when he is sleeping

[@tomfoolyaface9862]

If math is number magic... then mathematicians are just Math Magicians

[@kill4karma]

tomfoolyaface I appreciate your pun good sir (or madam, I don't judge)

[@TheBlazingHybrid]

Davelyn or cactus

[@Gootothesecond]

Well played.

[@liamthellama8386]

tomfoolyaface lil

[@FuQiao]

tomfoolyaface *pushes up inch thick glasses* *speaks in a nasally voice* "We prefer the term Mathlete"

[@alexanderkersten9584]

is it just me or do the starting intro make everything so much better

[@YTNNofficial]

It would be smart if he tried to make a horcrux by splitting the amount of soul that was already in a horcrux because as we've seen here you can split a soul pretty tiny and it can still be valid so if he split like the 50% horcrux the diary until like 25% then he gets another horcrux out of it without even taking any more of his soul out I don't know just a thought

[@aislingstegmuller1656]

Yep, it was grapefruit. The whole family had to eat it cuz Dudley was on a diet cuz the school didn't stock knickerbockers big enough for him. Also what exactly are knickerbockers??

[@fitre4722]

I think underwear?

[@fayev1360]

Izzy Lightwood It's a type if shorts and a drink

[@melaniekriner6081]

Izzy Lightwood I think short and apparently a ice cream? According to the 📚 so Dudley is wearing ice cream?

[@uncledrew8495]

It's like a huge ice cream sundae

[@Jammythewerewolf]

That's a knickerbocker glory. knickerbockers are articles of clothing.

[@bartlebythescrivener1287]

"Never forget, though, that while [Voldemort's] soul may be damaged beyond repair, his brain and his magical powers remain intact. It will take uncommon skill and power to kill a wizard like Voldemort even without his Horcruxes." ~Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (page 509)

[@thedothackerkeyblademaster]

Thank you.

[@kaze217]

Oh God thank you, I was gonna mention that one! It's such an important quote that most people have either missed, forgotten or ignored, and it clarifies quite a few things. It makes the theory in this video not quite accurate, even if it was pretty clever! So, keeping what Dumbledore said in mind, Voldemort in his final state isn't any less powerful or smart than he was before, he's just less human (wizard?). The very core of what made him a man/wizard is damaged beyond repair, but that doesn't affect his powers or his intellect (although understandably his sanity has gone out the door by then...). Really, around the end of the story Voldemort is basically a creature animated by dark magic and little else. Whatever shred of humanity he might've had before is long gone, but his magic is just as strong, if not stronger. Honestly, when you stop to think about it, it just makes him even more terrifying! Do you agree? Or not? Well, anyway, thanks again for mentioning that quote, I was really glad to see someone else had remembered it!

[@pulsenick64]

kaze217 Good point. Voldemort is only about 0.78% human. But Harry, with that extra 1.56% from Voldy, actually has 101.56% humanity in him. So he's even more human than the average person. That sure adds a bit to some of the book's themes.

[@ilivetoflyX]

True, though I suppose it depends on the definition of "humanity" and "soul" harry is good voldy is not. Their souls could show this.

[@elisehopkins9260]

I thought that every time a Horcrux was destroyed Voldemort got that part of his soul back making him more mortal, and when the last Horcrux is destroyed it makes him killable? If that makes sense? Idk maybe I'm just dumb(ledore)

[@Cattzar]

“At the final battle voldemort is just a fraction of a fraction of a…” It just makes him more EPIC

[@omariglasgow5389]

Harry’s scar is actually the hand motion to do the killing curse

[@asir9129]

was it crucio? or abada cadavra

[@wintersongxx]

@@asir9129 it's avada kedavra

[@asir9129]

@@wintersongxx yeah i know for sure how i wrote it wasn't right

[@Morgai-Fly]

The whole theory is based on the assumption that the soul is split in half each time.

[@berrieoriginal2324]

are you implying that he clones his entire soul each time because that would be stupid

[@Morgai-Fly]

BerrieOriginal a fraction. If his intent was to split it in seven parts then he can store it in 1/7th or even less.

[@GruntSquad92]

he is implying that Voldemord could as well just put for example 5% fractions into each piece. Think about it, you are 16 years old. You just learned about a new spell, why would you split your soul in half instead of easing yourself into it?

[@718NecroLeX]

my thoughts exactly.. like what if its a flat rate or something.

[@Eucep]

Yeah, that bothers me too. When I read the books I assumed it were just small fractions of his soul that he used, just slivers, that was all that was needed to bind his soul to this realm.

[@casuallavaring]

The irony of the Horcruxes is that Voldemort only lived to be a little older than 70, and a good chunk of that time was as a formless wisp in the back of Quirrel's head. Voldemort, for all his attempts at immortality, got outlived by people who just allowed themselves to age naturally, like Dumbledore (who lived to be in his 100s).

[@John-X]

JK. ROWLING JUST MADE A MAJOR REVEAL!!! She said: Matt Pat is gay

[@dootdoodle569]

115 I think

[@denis953]

@@dootdoodle569 dumbledore used the philosophers stone though

[@dootdoodle569]

@@denis953 no he didnt

[@TH-cx2yx]

Dumbledore was 150 at time of death

[@foxgaming7781]

13:20 I always wondered why Voldemort died after 1 hit

[@sallyjack3822]

0:28 The film theory logo in the harry Potter style looks AWESOME

[@butternutsquash1]

1:57 "hop on those firebolts" *shows Nimbus 2000*

[@alexwest4025]

Muggles. Also he was Pronuncing Rowling wrong. Also it never says the soul is divided in half, just that it was split.

[@mq831]

I was about to say whaa

[@rarareyna8156]

Nikeysia Butler shall we play lee Jordan’s quidditch commentary from the third book?

[@bellac6311]

IKR

[@shalmonanandas3478]

Smh my head

[@calidork8315]

MatPat-"You're childhoods have been warned" Me-Don't worry, my childhoods already destroyed.

[@leahdoes9815]

CaliDork that's so true though

[@oscarpeters5309]

CaliDork same

[@kan5873]

dont worry, my childhood was brutally murdered when I found matpat

[@indigo365]

CaliDork it was murdered when I joined the Harry Potter fandom Percy jackson fandom And worst of all,,,, THE P H A N D O M

[@cnsgaming7913]

Alex GM SAAAMMMMMEEEEE

[@samwiseplaysyt485]

Technically voldemort did have 7 horcruxs because he had a part of his soul in himself which means he counts as one so he had 7 pieces of soul (dairy, locket, cup, diadem, ring, harry, nigini, and himself) the horcruxs anchor himself to life so once he lost his other horcruxs he only had the soul in himself so once his physical body is destroyed then he is gone forever.

[@richewilson6394]

The super Carlin Brothers theory I believe is true is that he was waiting around until he could get the sword of Gryffindor to use as a horcrux for his seventh one. Since he already had the other founders artifacts he might as well make his collection complete. Establishing a sense of ownership of the Hogwarts School by having all of the founders items as his own property.

[@dragonflymoonraven]

Matt Pat: "hop on those firebolts!" *Shows Nimbus 2000* Me: bloody muggles.

[@dragonflymoonraven]

wizards... even we cannot tell the difference between to two and too. (JK... Rowling. lol. but seriously. just joking.)

[@katgarcia4423]

But he is a mudblood like Hermoine

[@ASMRvalentinaa]

moon batchelder I know!!! I thought the same.

[@funtimefoxy7672]

HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL NOTICE THAT!?!?

[@sarahtwitt]

moon batchelder IKR

[@bailey6082]

MATT: im not one of those people who remembers what the Dursley’s were eating when Harry was invited to the World Cup Me, almost immediately: they were eating Grapefruit cause Dudley was on a diet and Aunt Petunia made everyone do it too!.....wow

[@twilluz7188]

We think alike 👌

[@Xman34washere]

We need help

[@Titanic-wo6bq]

Yes we do! We really need help.

[@Didelphis_]

Grapefruit quarters to be more specific, although Dudley technically had half a grapefruit since he stole his father’s grapefruit too

[@twilluz7188]

Toast Toast yea we have something wrong with us btw dudley stole vernons grapefruit when the postman came to their house with a letter from the weaslys .The postman was wondering why it had so many stamps on it lol

[@ProfessorPrel]

So this entire theory is dependant on that the soul splitt in half every time, and voldemort does not choose the amount to put såaway. They say you put away a small part in the hook

[@alexwenger763]

1) I'm pretty sure it doesn't split in HALF and instead it it splits in TWO. like you take a cutter to a pizza and remove a piece. It can be as much of or as little of your soul as you wish depending on the state of your soul and how gifted you are at performing it. If done wrong it can rip your soul instead of neatly cutting it or critically harming your soul to now be unstable and resulting in some pretty messed up stuff which is why so few people have been able to do it and why they don't tell anyone how. Not every horcrux may be equal soul parts and its safe to assume over time the user becomes more efficient with the spell requiring more precise cutting and smaller pieces needing to be cut along with less to work with repair taking year/decades (id assume) less soul to work with but not as little as you're suggesting. but they are most certainly not divided as you are claiming or Voldemort's would wouldn't have been able to make horcruxes anymore after only making a couple. The math of your explanation is sound but it wasn't the proper explanation. 2) The soul can heal itself over time. Every other part of the body and mind can repair itself why shouldn't the soul be able to the same. This is how I believe a horcrux user can return to their former self and how they frequently use Voldemort gaining more of his power back over time. This may not be officially cannon but I don't think we can assume that it doesn't heal is canon either.

[@anthonyrivera2897]

We're not even gonna talk about how Harry's parents were in their mid 20s when they died

[@thirdpartyyt1479]

What? They were murdered guy.

[@timori5290]

how does that be weird?

[@zock_zock9147]

Wtf happened to Harry’s grandparents?!!

[@thirdpartyyt1479]

@@zock_zock9147 They died natural deaths. Remember James had their entire fortune before the war started? Meaning they either gave him all of their money and went into hiding, or they died.

[@zaratheunicorn5679]

J - h o p e Um... That is concerning..

[@sarab6006]

1:56 Matpat: ....So hop on those FireBolts- *Shows a broom stick of a Nimbus 2000* Me: Apparently he hasn't been doing ENOUGH research to notice the difference between Nimbus 2000 and a FireBolt...

[@pokemon_clown]

You know it's not MatPat who edits these vids right?

[@greysonalex]

or it was just too hard to type 'firebolt' into google. smh whoever edited isn't a true harry potter fan haha >eats an apple to make myself look like an a**hole

[@stace6971]

seriously? -_-

[@blucelium_1165]

Stace u missed a pun...Siriusly

[@stace6971]

@@blucelium_1165 LMAOO

[@collincutler4992]

Goes to show what a badass Voldemort was at full power if he could go toe to toe with anyone with less that 1/2 %

[@FerociousMit]

Think on this, out of all the horcruxes he made all of them affected harry in some way, but the diary was the only one able to not only become a sentient speaking soul, but one that learns and is able to use magic. The reason the others don't start communicating as if it has a mind of its own because the other horcruxes have less of his soul, which could mean less of his magic. But if that's how it works then Voldemort should have been left weak only having such a small fragment of soul left in his og body

[@Keihzaru]

"Number magic isn't a subject they are taught" Wow, we are starting off the "I didn't actually do research" thing pretty fast on this one, huh?

[@sunshine6997]

Right? Everyone knows how much Hermione loved her Arithmancy.

[@excalibur2772]

Keihzaru Well it wasn't

[@Illier1]

Did they actually teach math in Hogwarts?

[@Keihzaru]

Read the books please.

[@Keihzaru]

Mat Pat doesn't read the books, he pays someone to watch the movie for him.

[@charliecharlie4605]

If I were Voldy Moldy, I’d make grain of sands my Horxruces and throw each grain in a different ocean.

[@wontworkibet]

I also had that idea lol, but then again they do say great minds think alike

[@smiley6388]

“...destroyed beyond magical repair...”

[@katharineball585]

I think the rule is that it has to be a standard object.

[@charliecharlie4605]

@@katharineball585 -a bottle cap -an American Penny -a plastic leaf -a plastic flower -a ribbon -a piece of tape - A pipe cleaner -A children’s action figure -A little wood carving -A tiny fidget toy

[@katharineball585]

@@charliecharlie4605 Perfect

[@KidNamedPerson]

1:54 "Hop on those Firebolts" shows picture of Nimbus 2000

[@benthecat4345]

Did you know that Lockhart is the only DADA teacher who had absolutely no connection to Voldemort? Quirrell played host, Lupin had a friend, Crouch Jr was a Death Eater, Umbridge worked for him in the ministry, Snape was an Ex-Death Eater, and Amycus Carrow was a Death Eater

[@BlackOctoberFox]

The whole Room of Requirement thing is explained simply enough as Voldemort's Ego getting the better of him. He believes he is the only one who has found the Room and that no one else at Hogwarts has, or will ever find it.

[@swayenderblade1887]

Yes... he didn't seem to notice the mountains of stuff that other students had left there over the years... XD

[@PrincessTabitha243]

@@swayenderblade1887 that room specifically is the room of lost things. its the place the magic of the castle collects things people have lost throughout the castle and not come back for

[@holefuk6435]

w8 if Voldemort was 16 during 1943, was he ever drafted into the british army during ww2. were there wizard Nazis?

[@yaboytev9181]

Howie Cudu possibly but there was a wizard war going on at the same time as ww2

[@holefuk6435]

what war was this? given that we know that Voldemort wasn't the wizard roadman that we know him as, I'm assuming this wasn't the war fought by the original order of the phoenix.

[@yaboytev9181]

Howie Cudu this was the war against the dark wizard Grindelwald and his followers, the one who owned the elder wand until he was defeated by Dumbledore

[@holefuk6435]

oh that thing. yeah I remember that.

[@airshipflier9238]

what if the random muggle Voldemort killed was actually Hitler????

[@clnsqr]

"They aren't taught number magic at Hogwarts so they wouldn't know that" Hermione taking arithmetics: Am I a joke to you?

[@eomoran]

8:30 Voldemort assumed he was the only one who would have discovered the room of requirement. You’ve to pace in front of it 3 times while thinking about what you require. In fact it’s this very hubris that allowed Harry to realise that that’s where voldermort would hide it

[@mojonel]

If you read the books, you would know who hepsibar Smith was. She was the rich owner of the goblet of hufflepuff, and she also owned the locket of slytherin. Two days after Tom found out, she was found dead. Her family realized that her two priceless Hogwarts relics were missing. The murder was blamed on her house elf. Tom made her think she did.

[@bompscout1999]

i read the books and i renember this too!

[@dominickeijzer5844]

Wasn't she also a descendant of Hufflepuff?

[@armadillolover99]

Dominic Keijzer Yes she was, the last known descendant of Helga Hufflepuff, that was how she had the goblet.

[@dominickeijzer5844]

@@armadillolover99 Doesn't she have some relative called Zachariah (I think) that goes to Hogwarts, or am I wrong?

[@armadillolover99]

Dominic Keijzer There was someone in Harry’s year named Zacharias Smith, but it’s unknown if they’re related

[@alhena11]

Oh Matt, you didn't read the books? Why are you doing theories, when you don't study the original material? The movies themselves are not enough. - They teach number magic in Hogwarts - Numerology. Hermione attended it. - Nowhere it's stated, that by creating horcrux or committing a murder you split your soul in half. It's told about parts, fragments. Litterally nowhere in canon sources. NOWHERE. You made this one up! Slughorn also says that soul is supposed to be whole and intact and splitting it is violating the nature. Taking part of the soul is this hard and you want to split it HALF? - Harry remembered where is the diadem in the room of requirements because he accidentally saw it before. When he visited the room in HP6 book to get rid of the potion book very quickly he marked the place to find it later. He took "some tiara" and placed it on a bust of old wizard. (Really really big coincidence but still logical.) You know, this is why you read books! Movies have so much inconsistensy a logical fallacy. - My personal opinion on deluminator: When it's handled to Ron, it's stated that it is unique object and probably design by Dumbledore himself. So we don't really know what it is capable of. The theory on chosen one is great, even if it's nothing new. But for your next HP universe theory you should really read the books! Love your theories, but with no original sources they have hardly any validity.

[@alhena11]

Also Voldemort wanted to create horcrux with something from Gryffindor and was searching for it, that's why he didn't make any for a long time. Also I was thinking what could be a theory based on The Fantastic Beasts... If you're gonna tell us that Ariana Dumbledore is obscurial, you can skip that one, we already know. :)

[@JacobCraigo]

FILM Theory. The books do not matter! **coughs** Sorry, my CinemaSins was showing..... Although I now wonder how Book Theory would work.... :/

[@LastBastion]

because it's a film theory, not a book theory?

[@VioletRM]

But thats just a theory, a BOOK THEORY, thanks for watching!

[@temari105]

But that's just a theory a Book Theory!!Thanks for reading!!

[@eggsbenedict4034]

"number magic is not a thing that's taught" Arithmancy: Am I a joke to you?

[@zed5287]

Random thought- after Harry turned Voldy Moldy into dust, everyone around was breathing in Voldemort

[@totoshampoin]

MatPat : You will never see him the same way again Me : *Doesn't have his point of view radically changed at all*

[@bimsarademintha6845]

And he could have made the video like 14 minutes shorter too...

[@benjamindeh873]

Well he means voldemort never had any chance against harry, voldemort was Harry + more voldemort than voldemort himself, so knowing this he likely thinks the fights between the two are barely fights at all.

[@totoshampoin]

Yes but I still see Harry the same wzy

[@firestarr5812]

Thomas the TotoShampoin And that’s perfectly fine. WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY

[@nostalgiajunkie]

Benjamin Deh where was the rule where soul percentage equates to power lmao such a stupid video

[@Zathren]

You should consider doing a Book Theory. If you read the books, this was all explained. Could have skipped this one.

[@hariharan_krishnan]

TheUnholyOne ok so I've read the books like 10 times each and I'm a huge potterhead but I must have forgotten something so do u mind explaining what exactly is said?

[@Zathren]

Hari Potter In the book the Professor explained to split your soul again, let alone just once would be monstrous and unforseen things could happen. We already knew that Harry had more of of his soul by the end of Tom's life. The act of making a Horcrux is to divide the soul in half and store it in another object. I kept waiting for the "aha!" moment in the video but I already knew all this.

[@excalibur2772]

TheUnholyOne The aha moment was knowing that Harry is more voldy than Voldy. They never state such things in the book.

[@vivhero]

When you do adaptations of books, you shouldn't need the original book to explain it. Wizard of Oz, The Godfather, the James Bond Films, Jurassic Park, Jaws, Forest Gump and Willy Wonka all don't need you to really go back to the book to explain the film for the most part.

[@misterwinkybluff5930]

But can't that already be deduced by simply already knowing what TheUnholyOne said? I"m sure most people don't necessarily put it into that perspective but it's not like it's some big revelation. You can gather all that on your own

[@mistyplayz_roblox8674]

at about 1:28 you were right they ate grape fruit and i randomly renember this line from the book it went somthing like this :"-but they still gave harry less to make dudley happy"

[@WorldWeave]

A 7-part soul doesn’t mean 7 horcruxs, it means a 7-part soul, the soul in your body, and the 6 pieces in your 6 horcruxs…7 total soul pieces Oh…I missed your counting…although if the SuperCarlinBrothers are to be believed, he planed to make the Sword of Gryffindor his final horcrux with Harry’s death

[@larry5289]

Who else knew it was grape fruit for some random fucking reason 😂😂😂😂

[@damystery123]

I thought grapefruit right away when I saw the choices xD Random HP knowledge just coming to me for some reason lol

[@_Furry.exe_]

I feel ashamed of myself for reading each book at least 7 time's each.

[@christine1902]

It was Grapefruit because his nephew (I only know his name in Dutch) was on a diet...

[@thequeenundisputed]

Larry Wang at first I thought "probably sausage, because this is the Dursleys, a family in which 2/3rds are described as ridiculously obese in the books, but then I remembered that this is book 5 we're talking about and they were trying to slim Dudley down for health reasons I'm this installment and so were eating grapefruit.

[@technicaldifficulties3289]

I read them over 30 times

[@RotmgTrollerFan]

when you realise that a 12yo kid killed half of voldemort

[@escapefr0mslender]

Bruh

[@cassiyahsmith9940]

Awww man 🤣💀

[@AlberGaming_]

A ⅐ actually

[@ryanliu117]

@@AlberGaming_ you obviously didn’t watch the video

[@braveheartjason812]

@@AlberGaming_ watch the full video

[@PreciseMasters]

Late to the party, but.... He who must not be named actually had even less soul than that. A horcrux isn't made by breaking apart the soul but by putting a piece of soul in an object. The soul breaks apart by simply committing murder. So EVERY murder that Voldemort commits causes him to lose a piece of his soul, even the ones he didn't convert to horcruxes.

[@alecstronach]

I think you've misinterpreted the soul in the Harry Potter universe. We can see from the dementor's kiss (they take your whole soul) that you can live without a soul, just as a husk who can't experience emotion. This doesn't bother Voldemort all that much as he isn't capable of experiencing much emotion anyway as he was born via a love potion. If you can live with no soul, you can live with 0.78% of a soul. If the soul is immortal then any portion of that soul would also be immortal and therefore strong enough to support life. A bit like dividing infinity by any number will always be infinity. So, if all a soul is is the ability to experience emotion then, if anything, Harry is even less like Voldemort than you'd assume as he has an extra 1.5% of a soul (even if its a soul incapable of experiencing much emotion anyway.) The soul may act as a tether to life, but it certainly isn't a requirement of life. It also definitely isn't a personality, that is all in the brain. The soul is simply an essence of the person and their emotional capacity, it is not the person itself. It's role in the afterlife can't be determined as the afterlife was left ambiguous by Rowling as no ghost ever "passed on" so they can't tell us what happens next, nobody has been able to reveal to wizardkind what happens after death so the audience doesn't know either. I'd guess that your soul and your conscience would go to your equivalent of Harry's King's Cross and then decide whether to stick around as a ghost or to move on, but I don't think the soul goes alone. I think way too much emphasis goes into the soul in the HP universe when in reality it's much less important than we'd assume. Still very important, but it is not the foundation of life.

[@carstan62]

This whole theory relies upon the assumption that creating a horcrux requires you to split your soul into two equal halves. It's been a LONG time since I've read or watched Harry Potter, but my understanding was that it was more like snipping a piece off than splitting it in half.

[@AlmeidaVaG6]

Chas Gulley exactly what I was thinking! Back when I read it, I assumed that the point was to have a reservoir of some sorts so that it could still remain somewhere in the world and you can never go away wholly. So you just need to have an incomplete soul within yourself and some soul somewhere else, not necessarily halves. That's why, I thought, he wanted to have so many and all of them had to be destroyed in order for him to die.

[@reecord2]

This was my immediate thought too. Unless I'm mistaken, the book never specifies 'what %' of a soul is split when a Horcrux is made.

[@kelseyanson9578]

JKR's exact definition is as follows: "a receptacle prepared by dark magic in which a Dark wizard has intentionally hidden a fragment of his soul for the purpose of attaining immortality." This means you're not necessarily splitting it in two halves.

[@ResaChiic]

i recall */Dumbledore/* saying a theory(ha) that Voldemort didn't know how to control how much of his soul goes into each object, esp since Harry was an accident. Now whether or not JK Rowling knows the answer is a diff story

[@LordBloodySoul]

The author however approves of this math theory, which means it is accurate and part of the lore. Voldemort split his soul half ever time, not just chipping of pieces of it.

[@Layeredfire]

1. Ron didn't get teleported by the thingy, he disapperated himself. 2. Harry by the time of the final battle is no longer a part of voldemort because he died. 3. Good theory.

[@gracetate3862]

Samuel Joseph Clawson but since Harry is a Horcrux, then he would not be able to kill VOLDOMORT until he killed himself, did I miss the explanation for that plot hole?

[@kcircuit8684]

he did die and come back (ish just read it)

[@lacunalshadow]

After finding out the stone hallow was the ring, and that he was a horcrux, he walked himself over to Voldemort (using the stone to bring back his parents and Sirius to comfort him) then lets Voldemort Adavera Kadavera him, then he finds himself naked in the dream-like train station with Dumbledore and the piece of Voldemort's soul. The part that dies is Voldemort's soul, so Harry is actually able to survive the killing curse for the second time in his life.

[@Thermalist]

he passed down the parselmouth ability to albus severus so he stiil had traces of voldie

[@nasknifeboi]

lacunalshadow damn did u even read the books

[@lasercraft32]

No I think if math was called "number magic" people would still hate it. Like "ugh I have number magic class... I hate number magic class..." it wouldn't actually change much.

[@naveerakhan9622]

I'd love to see that disarming wands video

[@Blio_]

I will cry with tears of joy if matpat makes a “The Book Theorist” channel

[@calypsoc3630]

That's actually a dope idea. I fully support this idea ✌

[@vinnie5241]

And pilot it with The Wheel of Time

[@ledsef1899]

DayBreak The Lightwing yeah but those videos could take a long time depending on the size of the book contents, and also he needs to post videos in the film theorists and game theories as well. He would probably upload like one vid a month because then he has to do even more research for his job.

[@echothesilent4693]

Maybe Mat Pat will also make the survival theory channel he teased in the hunger games theory.

[@cheetodust9902]

Dammit. You stole my idea.

[@kjmathew]

But just imagine just HOW powerful Voldemort was, if when he is only at 0.78% the entire witch and wizard civilization had SUCH a hard time defeating him. Imagine his power at 100%!

[@tudorrolea8346]

I don't think,it maters how much soul you have, for you to ne powerfull

[@kjmathew]

@@tudorrolea8346 not "powerful". "Weak", the entire witch and wizard civilization had such a hard time KILLING Voldemort

[@tudorrolea8346]

@@kjmathew what?

[@kjmathew]

@@tudorrolea8346 nvm

[@tudorrolea8346]

@@kjmathew sorry

[@thebuddercweeper]

This does assume that the soul splits exactly in half every time

[@Sandy_Madness]

bro videos like this are so awesome!!!!

[@MostlyBrowsing]

dang they battling a guy 1% health bar and still they are having a hard time.

[@hungryhikaru]

Maybe because to calculate how many that 1% health mean we need to know the exact number of the soul It could be larger but who knows If 1% times 1000 = 10 But in this case we don't know exactly how much our souls contain Maybe 1% times 10000000000000000000000000000000000000 Like i said earlier who knows

[@guitarmaster5118]

😂😂😂

[@theunitedsiblings180]

Wizards presumably don't wear underwear... You overhear in the world cup a wizard complaining about it, I believe.

[@robbieking4070]

His health may be 1% but his defence is 1,000,000%

[@Triscuit_Lee]

Really it’s 0.8

[@yeahno1796]

if Voldemort made his *nose* as a horcrux, Harry would have failed to find it... Edit: OM MY LORD 1K LIKES??!! :D

[@letsrank9349]

Ahahahahaha

[@MimokaZ_art]

Infinity iq

[@Prokerboss]

I get 5e joke but he does not have a nose because he ripped his would so his appearance is well not so pretty. Just like emperor palpatine in Star Wars.

[@ggmr399]

Hahahahah

[@veellseamus399]

Jesus christ dude.

[@pgwcapt2928]

3:28 Actually if you do the research then you realize that the Deluminator didn't teleport Ron, he just used Apparition or 'Wand Teleporting' where a wizard can teleport to any place at any time as long as it isn't defended by any Anti-Apparition spells, such as the ones that are placed upon Hogwarts. I will quote from the book what Dumbledore enchanted the Deluminator to do when he gave it to Ron in his will. After Ron left both Harry & Hermione, partly due to the influence of Salazar Slytherin's Locket, which at the time was a Horcrux containing a piece of Voldemort's soul as you had said. However, the Deluminator worked as a tracking device, projecting out Hermione saying Ron's name, and after some time, he managed to find his way back to Harry & Hermione, also saving Harry just in time before he drowned. So to put it simply, the Deluminator didn't teleport Ron, it just showed him where to go.

[@littlesnowfox5417]

1:32 You acctually got it mat im so proud of you :D

[@oo-fk3ek]

Okay, Imma say this 3 years after this was posted- When Harry so called, "died" in Deathly Hallows. The Voldermort part of him was gone, Dumbledore said it himself. So he ain't a walking piece of Voldemort anymore-

[@Embextrious]

YEAH

[@bryceturnbow9441]

That’s the biggest missing piece I was waiting for at the end of the video but it was never mentioned. All the rest regarding the percentages is speculation.

[@ComradeSlice]

Isn't "arithmancy" taught at Hogwarts, AKA number magic?

[@1984stewart]

that what i was going to say

[@ashcasseragonzalez3701]

ComradeSlice actually arithmancy is a very scientific way to predict the future. its like divination but WAY more accurate

[@WeShouldStabCaesar]

TurtleGirl :D Isn't arithmancy a form of divination? Numerology is another word for it I've been told by some real life people who practice number magic.

[@JenksAnro]

just what i was thinking

[@gargoyleautobotwooki]

literally Said this out loud

[@michaellilly965]

You did at the end bring up Nagini. Did not notice that. And while some say that the spell to create a Horcrux splits the soul in half, the official statements is that it would use a severed portion of the soul, not halved the soul. From Harry Potter Fandom comes this: It was stated at one point that Voldemort had already "pushed his soul to the limit" in creating his Horcruxes. This implied a finite number of Horcruxes any one person may create before the process became too dangerous to attempt again. It also implied that the creation of a Horcrux used a set amount of soul and that this amount was the same every time the process was undertaken. Creating multiple Horcruxes rendered the soul unstable and liable to break apart if the creator of the Horcruxes was killed. For instance, Albus Dumbledore explicitly stated that Voldemort's soul had become so unstable that it simply "broke apart" when Voldemort tried to murder Harry Potter for the first time on 31 October, 1981 in Godric's Hollow.

[@hoaithunguyen4473]

Food for thought, what if someone cut off a part of their body, made it a horcrux, and then reattach it? Would the effect (aka unable to be destroyed by most things) spread to the whole body as well? If not, when the "main soul" die for whatever reason, would the horcrux take over the body instead?

[@tvfhjgjtyhohshvhsnchdncgjg4907]

2 yrs later still haven't had a fantastic beast theory

[@wesleygaray2666]

Its cause they arent that good

[@sophiainthestars6748]

Nobody wants a Fantastic Beast theory

[@mrjack901]

You need a good history with established rules and actually connections between the pieces of the plot to have a theory. Fantastic Beast is barely a history to begin with.

[@benjamindeh873]

badboringmovies

[@JohnaMan327]

Is everyone forgetting who Luna Lovegood went on to marry?

[@FedUpFancy]

3 years later and we still don't have that Fantastic Beasts theory.

[@dakotafoote6075]

Because those movies blow

[@FedUpFancy]

@@dakotafoote6075 The first one is pretty good but the second one is meh at best.

[@yoda2495]

Even MatPat can't figure out what's going on in those movies

[@gracegreatelliedennis4376]

Now it's been 4 years...

[@So_Indecisive]

@@FedUpFancy well the second one has things that are probably explained in third (if there is one,I don’t keep up with fantastic beasts)

[@isaacbird2317]

1:56 so hop on those firebolts! "shows a picture of a nimbus 2000"