Why Harry NEVER Used Avada Kedavra on Voldemort (6 Reasons) - Harry Potter Theory

[@HarryPotterTheory]

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[@hi-xy3co]

can u make a vid on many how the wonds are made? if u havent already

[@wyattpotter2103]

Can you make a video on what if Voldemort took up Harry's offer to redeem his soul?

[@virtuoso513]

What if harry died again?

[@Joreel]

I'd love to see a "What If" video of What if Sirius Black hadn't died and how that might have changed things for Harry and the Order.

[@nahomidiaz9074]

Did Dumbledore ever see his own prophecy? Who was allowed to go into that room where they kept the prophecy’s? I guess a prophecy video in general

[@laborsynropnongkhlaw3028]

Because in Harry's first year, Hermione told Harry that it would be worse to be expelled than to be killed. Harry took Hermione seriously and hence he always uses expelliarmus.

[@supernerd1999]

This is the real reason

[@ShadowMods221]

@@supernerd1999 expelliarmus dosent kill

[@iheartyeji]

@@ShadowMods221 exactly- hermione said being expelled was worse than killing and expell-iarmus lmao

[@ShadowMods221]

@@iheartyeji they say Avada Kadavra is signature curse from Dark Wizards

[@iheartyeji]

@@ShadowMods221 but harry isnt a dark wizard- wait im so confused who r u guys talking about

[@BlackKnight_217]

To the very last minute, Harry was trying to get Voldy to stop being evil, one of the very last things Harry says to him before they cast their final spells at each other was "Try for some remorse". That's not someone who'd use a spell to instantly kill their opponent and that's one of the reasons why he;s the hero of the story.

[@mage1439]

Exactly this. He always gave a person a shot to change. Even when he was as pissed as he's ever been, he went for crucio at the worst.

[@burnttoastburt1467]

I guess it being a young adult book it makes since. But I cant stand heroes that think like this. Its such a childish saturday morning cartoon way of thinking. They were at WAR. I do not for one second buy that any grown man would,use a spell that literally only serves to knock someones wand out of their hand, while facing an enemy as powerful as voldemort, who was responsible for the death of his parents, many friends and loved ones, and is threatening the entire world. Not only does it realistically do next to nothing to truly neutralize the threat, it honestly makes the "Hero" character come off as naive and selfish because they are placing their childish ideology, or their fear of taking a life above the safety of literally EVERYONE ELSE. Imagine if Harry had landed expelliarmas and the book didnt deus ex machina voldemort into being dead with harry Having to feel guilty. His wand wouldve been knocked out of his hand and then what. He wouldve worst case scenario just you know PICKED IT BACK UP and his attack perhaps killing more people in the process, or at best restreated and rallied his forces to fight another day in which case many more people would surely die. Sorry for the overly long response this trope is just my pet peeve. Characters that refuse to take a life NO MATTER THE CIRCUMSTANCE are not heroic. They are childish, naive, and selfish as I said before priortizing their moral code above the safety of others and the world at larg. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

[@BLUEnOVA360JR]

@@burnttoastburt1467 Good to see a comment like this. I agree with you I detest the trope of never killing in stories even when its absolutely necessary its utterly nonsensical, childish and honestly the supposed heroes that have this mentality just enable villains or are worse than them. I'm happy to see the avatar in Hogwarts legacy not giving to flying fucks about taking life. Unforgiveable curses confirmed and slottable to.

[@Jonathan-A.C.]

@@burnttoastburt1467 It's called idealism, and heroes. Even despite the very clear reasons he doesn't choose to use it within the book, he chooses not to because he has such high morality. That's patently wrong, as we see very clearly what did happen when Harry won the duel here, and that was very bad for Voldemort. Even if Harry didn't win with Expelliarmus, and somehow had to keep battling afterwards, what's to say that Harry still couldn't do anything else to stop Voldemort? The book didn't "Deus ex" anything, Tom's spell rebounded back at him because of the way the wands work, which was something shown and explained quite a lot before he actually ended up dying. It's like saying that it's cheesy that Superman gets hurt by Kryptonite. You call it a trope even though in a large sense, it's the basis for the moral nature of the story, and beyond that, it's not even anything like Deus Ex where it would actually be unexplained and just fitted in to fill the plot. Why would they not be? Perhaps it's you who's lost touch with what is good, especially considering how much you've misunderstanded the source material in favor of this position

[@burnttoastburt1467]

@Jonathan A.C. I disagree with the idea that adhering to a strict no killing rule no matter the circumstances is heroic, for the simple reason as that is not what a hero does. A hero protects those that can not protect themselves. One of the defining traits of a hero is selflessness, self sacrifice for the betterment of others. When a hero refuses to take a life even though taking that live would potentially spare the lives of innocents they are not being heroic. They are at best naive, and childish and at worst cowardly and selfish. I know that sounds harsh but let me put it to you this way. Batman refuses to kill the joker no matter how many times he escapes, how many times he shows himself incapable of reform, or how many people he kills. Batman had the means and opportunity to end the joker many times but chose not to in service of his ideals. So every person that dies at the jokers hands from then on is just as much on Batman its action by inaction. What is really happening here is batman is weighing the potential loss of innocent life that comes with letting the joker live and the value of upholding his idealistic no kill code and has decided that innocent lives are a fair price to pay for his ideals. That is not heroic. Hell putting personal ideals above innocent lives is what villains do. Now I am not saying that heroes should be bumping off every mook, henchman and lowlife thug they come accross, but sometimes using lethal force is the right thing to do. If a character isnt willing to sacrifice their moral high ground or sense of moral superiority to protect others how could that ever be considered heroic. Its not as I said before at best its naive and misguided, at worst is selfishness or just plain cowardice.

[@kyleethekelt]

I think a better question is: why did Voldemort keep using Avada Kedavra when it had demonstrably not worked on Harry time and time again?

[@IshayuG]

Because he didn’t understand the protection. He has idea about and no interest in ancient magic, fairy tales, innocence - all he understood was that the killing curse kills people and he simply couldn’t understand why it didn’t work. And he only hit him twice.

[@Joreel]

@@IshayuG but after "killing Harry" and seeing that Harry wasn't dead it should have occurred to him that there was something about Harry that kept the curse from killing him. Also for as smart as Voldemort was, you'd have thought he'd have figured out that Harry was a horcrux as they had a weird mental connection.

[@kyleethekelt]

@@IshayuG Actually, there were five attempts: when he first tried to murder Harry as a toddler, the second time in the graveyard at Little Hangleton, the third time during the Battle of seven Potters, the fourth when Harry allowed himself to be "killed" in the Forbidden Forest and, of course, the last in front of the entire school in the great Hall.

[@The_Emperor823]

@kylee Maloney I do agree with what you’re saying

[@erikagholston6610]

That is what I was thinking too.

[@Bruced82]

Remus actually told Harry to stop using it so frequently, cause it made him predictable to Death Eaters, to which Harry replied he won't stoop to Voldemort's level and just blast people out of his way.

[@LordWyatt]

“Sounds good. Now spice it up a bit so we’re not all killed protecting you.” -Prof. Lupin

[@Bruced82]

@@LordWyatt Harry used stunning spells (and a few others), when he was fleeing on the flying bike with Hagrid (which might have resulted in a few fatalities).

[@robby95036]

Because those are the only 2 spells. not paralyzing spells or binding spells.

[@nicolasplodzik1035]

Harry using his signature expelliarmus was such a poetic way of contrasting him and Tom. One used defensive spells and the second offensive spells.

[@barbiquearea]

He’s used the disarming charm on multiple occasions to great effect, including the Battle of the Seven Potters and his last duel with Voldemort, in Goblet of Fire. So clearly he knew Expelliarmus was going to be reliable in this situation as well. Why change what works?

[@officialyoungmari]

i honestly feel like they were all lucky expelliarmus shouldnt have worked against avada kedavra but did bc their wand connection and bc harry was meant to “die” when he was ready. at the end it worked bc the elder wand didnt belong to voldemort and also he was weak.

[@LoveShaysloco]

if it ant broke dont fix it

[@patrickhackett7881]

Imagine if Harry was wrong about being Master of the Elder Wand. Then he would have died. He should have casted Levicorpus (silent with simple wand movement) before Voldemort could finish casting Avada Kedarva.

[@davidssubwaycookies190]

@@patrickhackett7881 Voldemort would just deflect it he was definitely hyperfocused on Harry in that last fight.

[@patrickhackett7881]

@@davidssubwaycookies190 I am relying on the fanon that you can't deflect Unforgivables.

[@DryBones271]

When you think about it, "Expelliarmus" was taught to him by Snape, he used that specific Spell in honour of the man Voldemort killed.

[@Bruced82]

It wasn't directly taught by Snape to him, Harry watched its effectiveness in Snape's duel with Lockheart. It was also used against Harry by Snape, when he tried to use Sectumsempra on him after he killed Dumbledore. Remus actually told Harry to stop using it so frequently (in Deathly Hallows), cause it made him predictable to Death Eaters, to which Harry said he won't stoop to Voldemort's level and blast people, that's the real reason. (He was not on good terms with Snape at that time)

[@BamaG33]

That’s such a stretch

[@madisonatteberry9720]

"that Harry is not a killer" Professor Quills and the Basilisk have entered the chat.

[@KillerZxAce]

Because Harry missed countless of classes while going on his missions. He did not know any other spells.

[@barbiquearea]

And because its his signature spell.

[@talnomix3164]

Bro he knew more spells than most of his classmates.

[@Bruced82]

The Harry bashing still going strong... He literally casted one of the most powerful patronus charms ever, long before he even should be able to cast it... He was also very good with shield charms and became the defacto defence against the dark arts teacher for many of his classmates during Dolores' reign of terror.

[@KillerZxAce]

@@Bruced82 ever heard of satire buddy?

[@Bruced82]

@@KillerZxAce Lol, didn't know we had a comedian in our midst...

[@PoolKid75]

You forgot to mention that in the books, after the Battle of the Seven Potters, Harry theorized that the Death Eaters were able to figure out who the real Harry was based on the fact that Harry was known for using the Disarming Charm as his go-to spell, whereas others might use more vicious spells, and when Harry used it during the battle that gave him away.

[@charleslefebvre5515]

It wasn't harry who said that. It was Lupin. He was telling Harry to use other spells.

[@MaxAndersonn]

Because Harry was showing Voldemort pity for having no nose

[@virtuoso513]

💀💀

[@rk_52k4]

Here before this blows up🤣🤣🤣

[@MaxAndersonn]

@@rk_52k4 Hello isshiki which house would you be in at Hogwarts?

[@rk_52k4]

What house would you think that he'd be in??

[@MaxAndersonn]

@@rk_52k4 slytherin 😂

[@ctempleman1401]

Great video. Dumbledore taught through example as did his other mentors, the killing curse is not the only way. Harry showed courage and strength, he chose to go back and fight his way, with humanity. He had seen what Voldermort would become. Harry was not a killer.

[@LordWyatt]

He killed Quirell with his bare hands at 11. I wouldn’t call it murder (or him a murderer) as it was self defense since he was born lol. He’s a killer, certainly not a murderer though🤔

[@ctempleman1401]

@@LordWyatt Harry didn't want to kill, all he knew was that by holding onto Quirrell's arm that Quirrel could not curse Harry. Harry knew his touch was burning Quirrel. Harry blacked out to Quirrel's screams and Voldermort's yells. He woke up in hospital and Dumbledore told Harry that he had arrived in time to pull Quirrel off Harry. So in the book it implies Dumbledore dealt with Quirrel/Voldermort. I don't think Harry killed Quirrel. In the film Harry grabbed Quirrel's face not letting go and burns it and Voldermort escapes. Not sure of the exact details and the results. Could Voldermort's escape actually have actually killed Quirrel? Recently just started rereading the books, haven't started on the videos yet.

[@LordWyatt]

@@ctempleman1401 agreed but I don’t think Voldemort fleeing Quirell killed him. It was the other way around: V relied on Quirell as a host and when his body fell apart V fled. Maybe it finished off Quirell but I’m pretty sure V made Q weaker except in terms of Knowledge.

[@ctempleman1401]

@@LordWyatt just finished "Harry Potter and Goblet of Fire". When in the graveyard after Voldermort had risen and while lecturing the Death Eaters present Voldermort spoke of Quirrel saying, "The servant died when I left his body, and I was left as weak as ever I had been,....". So my theory of Dumbledore dealing with Quirrel was wrong. Voldermort killed him. Thanks for making me think, now I'm wondering what happened in the film. Now onto the next book. 😉

[@thetasigmagallifreyan]

Although the film version of the final battle worked, I would’ve preferred the one from the book. Again with HBP, I can kinda understand why they cut the battle of the astronomy towet, because of DH, but I would’ve liked to have seen Dumbledore’s funeral

[@deathbyscope]

Take out the fight at Ron's house and put in battle of astronomy tower.

[@mage1439]

I really believe Harry and Voldy circling while Harry gives Voldy a verbal thrashing would have been far more cinematic than the flying CG fest we got. Plus it would have been really easy to build the tension that way.

[@i-money_mitch-1570]

The other thing you didn't mention is Harry's blood was in voldemort meaning the sacrificial protection his mother gave him was in voldemort too. The killing curse could've rebounded on himself.

[@bushputz]

Harry could have also used Sectumsempra, the curse he learned in the Half Blood Prince. The curse was written in Harry's potions book, previously owned by Professor Snape, who invented the spell. Harry used the spell against Draco Malfoy. At the time, Harry didn't know what the spell did, only that it was to be used on one's enemies. Malfoy survived only because Snape intervened. Harry probably didn't use Sectumsempra on Voldemort for the same reason he didn't use Avada Kedavra - he didn't want to kill him.

[@larrydale5733]

Yeah cause Snape was the only person that knew the counter curse and he was already dead

[@pinkski9175]

The final showdown between harry and voldemort in the books was so much better. It took place in the great hall with everyone left in the battle watching them circle each other, watching Harry tell voldemort everything that went wrong with his plan, and asking voldemort to show some remorse, giving him his last chance 😂

[@sithyarael6807]

Books are so much better than the movies.

[@ctempleman1401]

But the disintegration of Voldermort in the movies was such a visual and final way of seeing Voldermort's corruption and destruction. In the book he is left lying by himself in a room, would have been better to read of the final destruction of Voldermort so he cannot be revived. A magical burning of his body?

[@gryffindork9563]

Much better the book 👌🏻

[@Gigglingsiren]

It's better in the book but it would've been boring to watch. They had a whole conversation before they really did anything.

[@fishandjam5383]

@@Gigglingsiren That wouldn't have been boring, it would have created a nice amount of tension before they cast their spells.

[@AceReject]

Really wish they would have added the "try for some remorse" bit to the last film as Voldemort's battle with Harry felt a bit lackluster for me I feel that would of added a bit more depth to it.

[@atrumluminarium]

Tbh I don't know why he never incorporated sectum sempra into his arsenal. It was a relatively unknown spell so it would have had the element of surprise and certainly deal more damage and disorient opponents than a disarm

[@peger]

Well it would practically mean the death of his opponent. Draco was only able to survive because Snape was there. No one else know how to counter this curse

[@therealronniej]

I actually was just wondering this myself! Certainly interesting that he never used it.

[@clairefunnell8481]

Their wands are connected. They cannot kill each other. Harry doesn't need to use Avada Kadavra, Expelliarmus is his best spell. He is very experienced in that spell. I think it's his favorite.

[@Hirsutechin]

By this time in the book, Harry is using Draco's wand since his own is near-fatally damaged and Voldemort has the Elder Wand, which Harry is already the master of. Expelliarmus will retrieve the wand he is master of, and in the book Harry warns Voldemort this may happen, which it did. Another small shortcoming of the film, imo. BTW, in the book, Harry uses the Elder Wand later to repair his own and returns the Elder Wand to Dumbledore's tomb.

[@erickluviano981]

What I find interesting is that in the books Harry’s eyes are green and voldemorts are red. And then the spell Voldemort uses is green like harrys eyes and Harry uses a spell that’s red in color matching voldys eyes.

[@cliffordgarstka8224]

I think you touched on the reason, but stopped short. Yes, it is because Harry isn’t a killer and he would never stoop to Voldemort’s level. Now to dig deeper: When Harry was in the Basilisk’s chamber and he was bitten while killing it, who came to his rescue and healed him with his tears? I believe Harry’s wand’s core recognized Fawkes. Then, in the graveyard and the two wands met, what happened? The wands formed a protective barrier around the two. I don’t believe the Death Eaters could have interfered even if Voldemort didn’t tell them not to. I also believe Harry gained insight when he was with Dumbledore on “King’s Cross Station,” learning about wonton killing just seeing what “happens” to Voldemort there. Finally, if Harry tried to kill Voldemort, the wands would have stopped protecting them both. Thus allowing the duel on equal ground, and Voldemort would have won. But because Harry was still “pure of heart,” and full of love and forgiveness, the wands reunited to rebound Voldemort’s curse as happened that Halloween night so many years ago.

[@kuugoriver]

uh you're forgetting Harry didn't die as a baby because his mother died for him casting a protection charm that wouldn't allow Harry to be killed as long as he was with someone of the same blood (Petunia and later Voldemort when he used Harry's blood to return)

[@cliffordgarstka8224]

@@kuugoriver yes, you are correct about Harry’s protection from Lily’s blood, but my comment was about Harry not using the killing curse, and the reasoning behind his decision.

[@nahomidiaz9074]

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[@Huskytabby]

Video idea for you to do: What additional effects do spells have that are not seen in the movies? For instance, what else can the patronus charm do besides ward off dementors?

[@frazierclan2000]

This type of philosophy only works in books where the author can MAKE what she wants to happen happen. If the Wizarding world was real, it would be ruled by Voldemort based on Harry's actions. And the fact that he couldn't seem to use any other spell in a duel is one of the reasons I believe Harry's magic to be more average than above average.

[@YellowBear-kx1ff]

What if I were to tell you guys that Avada Kedavra was the inspiration behind the famous magic word “Abracadabra”?

[@katholmes7112]

I have a theory question I would love answered. We see after Dumbledore's death the Order hiding and protecting the Weasley family and we see them do that as well for the abusive Dursleys. Why did they never do that for Hermione's parents? Why was Hermione basically forced to make herself an orphan to keep them safe? Surely the Order knew the muggle parents of Harry's best friend would be a prime target. So why did they do nothing?

[@chromeshellking]

Her parents were far enough away from either wizarding world in a way that it wouldn't have been worthwhile. Killing the girls parents who are totally defenseless or try to get to the Weasley family?

[@katholmes7112]

That's just it, muggles without protection were easier prey than the Weasley family. And they wouldn't know the Grangers knew next to nothing about Hermione's magical life, nor would they care as torturing and killing them would hurt Hermione, the muggleborn closest to Harry and most hated. So why did the Order not even offer protection to Hermione's family?

[@chromeshellking]

@@katholmes7112 gonna imagine she already used protective spells for them, heck she could have written Prof Mcgonagall explaining she was casting spells for protection for them.

[@lxena8033]

Because Hermione made that decision, and didn't wait around for the Ministry. Although, I don't think the Ministry was really involved in hiding the Dursley's. Most of the people involved with this were members of the Order of the Phoenix. At the beginning of Deathly Hallows, it's mentioned that the Order believed that the Death Eaters had already infiltrated the Ministry, and they mistrusted everything to do with the place.

[@r.knight0912]

I Love The Into Of Your Video And How You Ends Its With A Beautiful Note 10:26 👍👍👍👍😘😘

[@grec.]

Hi. I really love the content. 👍 Excellent job in editing, sound and script. I was wondering if you could make a video explaining the expelliarmus spell. Because it seems more complex to me as i was reading the Dumbledore's Army DATDA lessons. They were learning how to use the spell. Yet they all went back and used their wands normally again. So how does the disarming occurs? Like when Harry overpowered Draco in Malfoy Manor. Does it means to overpower the wand has to be completely retrieved from its owner to the loyalty of the wand change or how? Thx so much.

[@drsingingeagle]

- Actually, I thought of all those too. Good exploration!

[@jacobsirois7585]

In my mind it's like an expert knife fighter disarming someone with a gun, and subduing them. Way harder but possible.

[@ScoundrelLB]

The movie didn't depict what was written in the book concerning their final battle - I'm sure this was done for dramatic effect, but your explanation was quite helpful. Thanks!

[@bailatwerski2951]

Of all the Harry Potter theories that you have made this is my favorite I love you reasons that you gave and it made entirely sense and I believe it's a combination of all your listed as to why Harry Potter isn't a killer no matter who he's dealing with he values life and he knows the value of humanity and the love that one can give to another. He can live with himself he can go to sleep and not think why did I do that because death and killing is final there is no coming back from it. It's a hard lesson that I personally have to learn when my brother and my father passed on to the next life and the regrets I feel of not being more kind more understanding more loving and more there because now that they're gone I can hug them and let them know how much I love them even though I hope that they knew still that is final and there is no redemption and there's no do over.

[@kristi4113]

Amicus had hurt McGonagall, though, and that’s why Harry was able to “mean it” when he cast the Cruciatius curse that time. Harry was pissed. When he tried it against Bellatrix, he was still in shock that she had just killed Sirius.

[@yulong29]

The quote "Above such brutality" suits him perfectly.

[@arrowghost]

Just like any Dark side of the Force powers like Force Lightning, it needs strong emotion to make it work and damage the opponent really hard.

[@RobertJones-ux6nc]

Harry was to nice of a Soul to use this curse.

[@harringt100]

I think Harry might also have had in mind what Dumbledore said (and Slughorn said, in telling Tom Riddle about horcruxes) about how killing damages the soul. He had just gotten his soul back to being wholly his own for the first time he could remember. He didn't want to risk the harm a deliberate murder might do. (Maybe that's part of what was meant by not stooping to Voldemort's level, but you didn't make it explicit.)

[@antonoudenhoven7573]

I always wondered how Harry could hold of an avada cedavra. The only posible way u knew was hiding behind a solid structure. Dumbledore used statues in the ministry to block the attack

[@Behemoth9030]

The protection of his late mother and the twin cores of Harry’s and Voldemort’s wands were the primary reason. After Voldemort acquired the Elder Wand, we learned that it should’ve been passed to Draco (from disarming the previous owner, Dumbledore) and then to Harry (from disarming Draco). The Elder Wand could not kill its owner, and Voldemort’s connection to it was weakened by it not being his on a technicality.

[@MrTimelord77]

I always thought it was due to magical stamina. An Unforgivable Curse requires a lot of magical energy to use and too many uses devoured the stamina to use any other spell. A familiar spell that was easy to use and not intended to kill means a magic user could still go onto other battles. I also believe that the reason for why Expelliarmus was used by Harry was that it could be used in jet form to continue to counter other jet spells or to outlast short spells. Avada Kedvra needs a lot of energy and if it ran out then the only thing that could happen was being disarmed with no traces of killing energy.

[@Blackdrama20]

5:41 Harry: "no! You can't kill him! We'll take him to the castle. We'll hand him over to the dementors.. He can go to Azkaban.. but don't kill him" Lupin and Sirius look at him: "Harry ... that's way worse than death" Harry: "That's the whole point"

[@vivekm2757]

I’d really like to know more about how spells or charms are even created. I don’t believe JKR has ever told us this information. How does a Snape create a spell like Sectumsempra that anyone like Harry can suddenly use? Does it work like a magical network into which spells are “published”? It’s very interesting to think about…

[@deathwrow9652]

We do know a tiny bit, but it's supposedly massively dangerous. Luna's mom dies trying to make a charm

[@medmar76]

Mercy is great, but one of the death eaters he spared was Dolohov, who went on to kill many others, including Tonks and Lupin.

[@Bballfan1992]

This is the torment a soldier faces in war. It’s never easy to decide to kill. You learn to accept the consequences of either direction. There’s a lot of ways where people fucked up. Hermione was trying all her might to stop Harry from paying attention to Malfoy in hbp. She told Harry he was wrong, and was wasting his time. Long behold, she put the entire school in danger, every student’s life in danger, and the death of Dumbledore at her feet. There’s a hundred examples of the main characters’ decisions coming back to bite them in the ass. But, at the end of the day, they each stayed true to who they truly were. There’s a justice in that. That no matter the enemies depravity, they could never change the good side. They were all themselves, flawed, and all, to the bitter end.

[@Bruced82]

Mercy saved them when they were abducted by Death Eaters in the Malfoy mansion, and it made Pettigrew waver, so they could escape.

[@palacsintakat]

I just always assumed avada kedavra wouldn't work on someone with horcruxes

[@BLUEnOVA360JR]

First of all I'd just like to say I very much appreciate your content HPTH. I enjoyed this video and theory/ reasons you gave for Harry never using the killing curse. While I can see why he never used the curse once for his character being the main heroe and your reasons make ssense. I am entirley against his choices /reasoning for never using it even in high stress situations though this was Rowlings choice so I suppose I hate her decision for never making harry take life even when he absolutely should have. You say he had more experience with Expelliarmus than any other spell and its worked for him very well thus far so why bother with any other?, which is very true he does but to me he relies way to heavily on it, his overreliance on the spell itself makes him look like a one trick pony , a wizard without an arsenal of spells at his disposal which costs him hedwig, he does learn spells lots of them but the movies never show case this and make him appear as a one trick pony who has no variation, expelliarmus works well because Rowling forced it to when it had no right to work the way it did. You said that the unforgiveables require incredibly powerful intent to be even able to cast them and yes I suppose they do, lacking anything but the intent gets you no where. However I think the series completly overstates, and overestimates the power needed to cast them. Many people would probably find it quite easy should emotions and the circumstances align. Using say incendio, diffindo or Reducto on an enemy while these 3 are not designed to take life they can be misused to take life so does the person casting one of these have any less conviction/ intent should they hit there mark they still mean to take life. Which is why I find this conviction/fixation against using such a curse completely ridiculous. He could have used crucio on bellatrix but apparently lacked intent due to grief but is tipped over the edge because of carrow? I also find this absurd. He doesn't have the will to bring pain to someone who has literally killed one of his loved ones? but seeing a teacher spat on and the revelations of what carrow and the other DE had doen and what carrow was going to do somehow did? You say he's not a killer and values life even if they are the most dispacable mosnters on the planet. This is one of my problmes with his character endless, endless overly compassionate and completely over the top idealistic morall stupidity His sparing of wormtail to preserve remus and siriouses souls costed cederic diggory his life because of harrys largely misplaced morals ( Im aware that he said they'd take him to the caslte where the dementors could have him) The showdown of tottenham court, Ron was right they should have killed Dolohov and Raul, Dolohov ends up killing remus not sure about tonks. His inability to take life costs others theirs. He spares his absolute worst enemy which is not pure or beautiful, its pure moronic stupidity. You says Harry didnt want to stoop to the level of riddle, thats exactly what he should have done, nothing less than lethal force should have been used. I alos find the fact that he offers/presents such remorse/ a chance for redemption to riddle to be so utterly utterly nonsensical that it defies all reason, and I dont find it beautiful either. This whole idea that killing tares the soul to prevent and preserve Harrys purity/innocence at not killing anyone not even voldemort is completely farcical. Let me be clear, its not that Harry doesnt go out of his way to kill anyone that bothers me, its the fact he never kills period even when his friends and allies are dropping like flies the greatest threat to him and everyone in the wizarding world he dooesnt even kill to preserve his purity? You bring up the last point of why he doesnt use the curse, because it ended his family and left the curse scar on his forehead. While very true and a good point I'd say that would have been the spell he should have used in the war and at the BOH, theres no mess its a mercy if anything especially against genocidal maniacs and a psychopath. Thans for the video HPTH thanks for reading if you did an to all an have a great day :) 👍

[@cassiemontgomery45]

I couldn't agree more. War is war, and if there's someone trying to kill me, I won't hesitate to use deadly force. I've always felt Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix to be quite irresponsible about the whole not killing people thing. How would the world be if Roosevelt/Truman and Churchill felt the same way? Sometimes I think muggles do things better!

[@kellysouter4381]

I wonder if you are a fellow Slytherin?

[@BLUEnOVA360JR]

@@kellysouter4381 Better be... RAVENCLAW!!!🦅🦅🦅 a very pragmatic Ravenclaw, here 👋 although I do possess some traits of a slytherin: cunning, resourcefulness and ambition. I don't hate slytherin I hate the portayal of the house and its members, but also I hate the gryffindor bias more just because the main characters in it and gryffindor are always shown to be in the right and heroes. Which is why in the game I'll be using ( when it comes to combat in some instances) Accio+Expelliarmus +Avada kedavra!! Out of sheer pettiness for how overreliant the characters and series were with the charm. I recently just took the test, I made an account years ago but only got my house and wand ( the wand looked like that ugly floating wand bleeeehh) but I remember I was a Ravenclaw but completely forgot what my wand matetial was and didn't even take the patronus quiz 😅 when I tried to log back in years ago they had changed the format or redone the website 😑😑so I left it till now and of course when I seen the new house fanatic robes,wand and mask I took the test again. I'm a proud Ravenclaw, patronus is a hedgehog....my wand lol the absolute irony here though it does make sense "Holly Wood with phoenix feather core 13 inches slightly springy flexibility". I hate Harry as a character but near enough ended up with the same damn wand as him🤣🤣🤣 I also think of his wand as a plot device which saved him on numerous occasions when he was on the bike with hagrid as one example. I've also talked about not wanting be a potter of the late 1800s and near enough end up with almost the same wand as him, don't get me wrong I love it,I think I'm just very surprised, I think where my first reaction was aimed at Harrys character and his wand, him for being saved constantly and his wand acting as a saviour/plot device. However the phonexies feather core is the most capable of the greatest range of magic and phonexies are extremely picky buggers about who they choose apparently. I just hope the game doesn't see fit( that's if they add this level of detail) to have my type of wand act off its own accord I mean if its out of protection for me? Sure but ifs going to be stubborn and refuse certain spells if that's even possible thats going be incredibly annoying Thanks for reading and have a great day 🙂 👍

[@younggarrett93]

Love the videos man. Idt Harry doesn't use the killing curse because he doesn't want to kill Voldemort, because that's been his entire goal has been ever since he hears the prophesy. Also he didn't want Serius and Lupin to kill Peter because they needed Peter alive, to prove that Serius was innocent. Before Harry knew about Peter he was fully prepared to kill Serius, and a few books later when Bellatrix kills Serius. He runs after shouting "She killed Serius, I'll Kill her!". I think in certain moments was okay with catching a body.

[@patrickhackett7881]

I think Harry should have attempted the Cruciatus or Imperius curse during the final duel. He knows he can cast them. Being Unforgivables, they should be hard to impossible to block magically. Then while Voldemort is fending off the Imperio or distracted by the moderate pain from the crucio, Harry could disarm him. The Killing Curse is a bad Unfogivable to use because it either works perfectly or nothing happens. There are no stories of Moody getting pelted by ineffectual killing curses cast by rookie Death Eaters, but Harry can cast feeble Crucios or Imperios.

[@inesquierovivirenunmundopo7160]

Hi! please make a video about: what if merope had survived and risen her son Tom Marvolo Riddle?? I love your videos, keep it up!

[@DrXtoph]

Great video! Keep it coming. :)

[@sacoto98]

Harry / Expeliarmus 🤝 Naruto / Rasengan 🤝 Ichigo / Going straight into Bankai

[@G14-Classified]

Because it’s so basic it throws everyone off or because when the wands connected he saw his family and was subconsciously trying to see them all the time.

[@virginia7191]

Great video!

[@nicholasthomas6407]

I agree with you on reason 1&2. Expelliomis & I hope I spelled it correctly it was his bread and butter or old faithful like goku and the Kamehameha wave for dragon ball watchers and it just works best for him so why would he change it unless it was guaranteed not to work

[@henrymuzgay1023]

look at how much work he had to put in to learning his patrons charm and he was younger yet i think 14 years old and doing magic way above his skill level

[@Schizniit]

I mean, we've seen it be able to blow people back over 20 feet, and it can absolutely be used to hurt someone, so I honestly believe while it's used to disarm, that it can be used in a more offensive way, as it has been used a few times throughout the series.

[@rowenalee8438]

I think that after Snape's death, Harry should have adopted sectum sempra as his signature spell. It would have emphasized the emotion he had over Snape's death while also keeping him in line by not using a forbidden curse. Also it's way more unique than the most basic spell a wizard could use

[@kellysouter4381]

I think Harry should have gotten hold of a timeturner and gone back to save Snape's life with a petrificus Totalus spell, considering how many times Snape saved him.

[@rarewubbox6413]

@@kellysouter4381well it gave voldemort confidence and misled him to think the elder wand was his, which helped harry first of all, second of all it wouldve changed the timeline a lot as voldemort would immediately attack harry therefore snape not dying fully and harry not fully learning he is a horcrux also where would harry get a time turner just casually? in the future they are illegal and in the past they are rare, how can harry even get one

[@jsteeler7198]

Subscribed! Will you cover some hogwarts legacy in any way

[@Luke94Jenkins]

What’s the background music called? It’s so soothing

[@alexkriel3721]

Sorry I haven't subscribed before, subscribed now...

[@eggardstark4110]

Harry knew he was the true master of the wand and knew that by casting Expelliarmus the wand would seek him, the true master, and backfire the spell towards Voldermort.

[@AdamMichalMarkowski]

I always thought that some spells not created to kill had potential to kill a person if used in certain way. In case of Expeliarmus - I thought this spell was producing a strong kinetic force aimed at small area - in this case weapon being held by other - but if used with enough intensity said force could be used to hit other person in chest or head causing injury or death. My view was reinforced with death of Dumbledore's sister - while it is entirely possible one or more guys there was throwing death curses left and right I always thought the fact they want unsure who killed Arianna meant those were regular offensive spells, possibly even Expeliarmus and one hitting Arianna in unfortunate way could have been cause of girls death. Though main reason Harry used that spell in his duels with Voldemort is because it looks cooler when green ray of light is being fought of by green one as evidenced by Return of the Jedi.

[@drewpamon]

Dumbledore said that had Voldemort understood Lily's sacrifice he wouldn't have been voldemort and may never have murdered at all. Harry couldn't have killed voldemort else he wouldn't have been Harry.

[@MordechaiHershoffyoutube]

Disagree, he could kill him for the rest of the world

[@backonlazer791]

I think there would've been a significant chance Harry would've died if he tried to counter Voldemort's killing curse with one of his own. He has failed at casting an unforgivable curse before and he's not very experienced with them. Plus, he knows that expelliarmus works so that was the safest bet, provided that the Elder Wand really wouldn't work.

[@Hideyer]

Because getting expelled is worse getting killed

[@yatanogarasu]

1. Harry's morality refuses for him to kill 2. Harry did not want to use Voldemort's signature spell 3. Harry did not want his own soul to crack 4. Harry was too used to the Disarming Charm 5. Harry fear he may go down a slippery slope 6. Harry did not want people around him to see him as ruthless 7. Harry's newfound respect for Snape made him what he learned from him during the Dueling Club

[@lemonking3644]

QUESTION: during Voldemorts prime, what would happen if he was hit by the Avada Kadavra Spell

[@darthrevill6293]

If at least 1 horcrux remained, in theory, he should survive.

[@nachostv4217]

I mean thats basically what started off the entire story. Voldemort tried to use the killing curse on Harry, but Harry was protected by the power of his mothers sacrifice, so the Avada Kadavra from voldemort rebounded and he hit himself "killing" himself. Well he was as dead as he could be with now 8 Horcruxes

[@gusteg83]

Got to think of this quote : If life closes one door, open it again - that's literally how door works they open and closes.

[@ElandChlo]

He's just too good

[@dantopper123]

Harry kept what he knew most. Made a good point

[@morwickchesterham3875]

This is bunkum... In the last book, HP offs Voldy with an Avada Kedavra...

[@ThorSonOfOdin85]

Fan fact Expeliarmus was invented by Merlin himself :P although i dont think harry knows this, but we have to agree uppon the fact that Merlin WAS a great wizard :)

[@darrenmadden82]

or the reason he didnt want pettigrew to be murdered was that part of voldemorts soul in harry heard the prophecy trelawney made and he knew that he needed pettigrew because he knew where his wand was and the one to restore him to his full power and that really wasnt harry that night in the shrieking shack, but it was really voldemort???

[@oyblech8671]

I'm not sure he let peter go because he valued his life, right after that he said he just didn't want his father's best friends to become killers. also, he arguably would have condemned him to a worse fate than dying if he hadn't escaped. I for my part would rather just be killed on the spot than dragged to the dementors to have my soul sucked out through my mouth and waddling around as some husk.

[@pranaygoyal997]

I will tell u the real reason Basically Hermione told him that getting expelled is worse than dying And he has learned not to question her judgement

[@davepresley4689]

9:20 Harry isn't the one who said that at all, and you must have known that since you found the exact quote

[@sketchtheparadigmyork1217]

It was my understanding that it just wouldn’t have worked. Or thematically, it’s more powerful for your morally correct hero to only ever aim to disarm and not outright kill.

[@CidVeldoril]

As much as I dislike Wormtail, they did him dirty in the movies. Like Draco and Narcissa, he too was hesitant about actually killing Harry Potter in the books. Because Harry saved his life from Sirius and Remus. And the enchanted hand that Voldemort made him killed Wormtail for this internal conflict.

[@wickdaline8668]

He could have used Stupify as well.

[@kotormaster1975]

for Harry nomatter how much hatred he had for you and how much pain you had caused he always thought everyone could change for the betterand he knew if he used that curse and killed others then he would be no different from the monster that killed his parents, Harry was always a guy that tried to follow in his mothers footsteps to show everyone that they could be better and that they wernt alone in a way he saw that every enemy he faced was mearly alone in thier own darkness was alone in general yes they had others with them in person but they weren't understood not truely, they were riticuled cast out and so much more plus he knew how corrupted he could become if he used such a spell so he used the 1 spell that was litterally the opposite to a degree death was thrown at him so he used a spell that would potentially turn it back on them show them the fear thier victims felt its alittle similar to Nagato in Naruto he wanted to show everyone the same pain he had felt to in a way help them understand what its truely like to feel such pain feel the emotions he felt losing his loved 1s and friends, harry was effectively doing the same thing, could he have used another spell yes there were countless other spells he could have used but this 1 specificlly was the embodiment of what he was trying to do, he showed forgiveness to show he is not the same as Voldermort he was kind even to those who wronged him yes he was angry at the times but he wouldnt ever kill them his emotions said kill but his heart said no you wont kill them you will become that what you wish to destroy, the fact harry tried to show forgiveness and still tried to help tom even at the end shows how much he truely valued life, he never wanted anyone to die not truely and he knew everything Tom went through he knew he was a outcast in a way he knew he had no1 who truely understood him, harry was basiclly trying to say "i understand Tom i know what happened to you, no1 should have had to go through that someone should have been there for you and no1 was so let me helpp you now let me help the child who had no1 and come into the light" he wanted to help even his greatest and most hated enemy and he was the only other that knew what happened in Voldermorts younger life and in a way Voldermort started off with a ideal and it was a good 1 to a degree its just how he approached it and inplemented it because of what happened with his parents he had no1 and for that what he needed as a child what he needed growing up, the guy was left alone in the darkness he was abandonded effectively and that pain turned into hatred for all he believed no1 would ever try to help him or be there for him so he grew angry at all and started his own regime and look at what happened things changed yes he was a evil bastard but things did change untill all this happened, Harry wanted to help someone who was lost help them find a way back to the path that was lost in the woods for so long, because of this Harrys conviction was way stronger and another thing aswell the small flicker of Tom Riddle was trying to surface it may not have seemed it but look at what happened Voldy came back harry struggled hard in the graveyard then next 1 he held his own roughly and then look at what happened it wasnt a struggle for him really even with the elder wand being used against him and he still pushed it back Voldys resolve was shook alittle and that mixed with Harrys conviction was enough to hold Voldy back and potentially beat him

[@robby95036]

I understand why Harry doesn't use the killing curse... but there are other curses and charms. A bound or paralyzed pponent also can't perform magic.

[@GameDevMadeEasy]

The real question is why didn't he use Sectumsempra?

[@oseanyc]

I don't see anyone mentioning the fact that the disarming charm is one way to get the Elder Wand to change its allegiance should it be successful. Would this not be a possibility for Harry to use this spell?

[@worldkleostartalententerta9931]

You will never find a happiness in the darkness. He avoided all that spells just because of destruction a life, health, death of love. Each spell is painful. I survived of those spells too in real life, sends on my way by wizard and enemies - not need even a book. If you survived 77 spells, curses on you and nothing works that you will feels a true motivation to avoided them. My enemies playing a dangerous game of the throne .

[@robertmartin4449]

You should make a video on each characters kill count. Did Harry actually kill anyone? I’m thinking maybe he did. When he was leaving his house I think he might have. Hitting the death eaters chasing him with any spell at such a height.

[@SV588]

I have a crazy time travel theory that probably wasn't mentioned by anyone in the world after googling it and finding no results- when you travel back or forward in time, you move to a different dimension.. in movies or stories they usually mention someone who would eventually travel back to the time he left but that would not get him back to the original dimension and here's why..- when you leave the original dimension time keeps moving forward... for example-you traveled back in time at 4:00pm, and stayed in the past for 3 hours. the time in the original dimension is now 7:00pm, i mean it wouldn't make sense the whole time would stop moving once you travel in time to a different dimension right? so you must travel to the hour 7:00pm to get back to the original dimension you lived your life in, if this action isn't made you would find yourself in a different dimension then the original one that looks the exact same, from your perspective it won't matter. but the people who know you will never see you again. the people of the original dimension will lose you forever... i hope my theory will go viral and that scientists will read it once time travel will be possible... anyone who thinks the theory dosent make sense simply dosen't understand my point so please read it as much as you want if you have a hard time understanding complex theories...

[@kye698]

You think too linearly

[@leonorakristinerozalinamll9473]

That make sense.

[@gabinathan5499]

expliarmus IS 1OF HARRY'S 2 SPECIALTY SPELLS THE OTHER BEING THE PATRONUS SPELL.

[@jamieA7Xfan90]

because Harry consistently used the teachings from the duelling club (to disarm only)

[@MordechaiHershoffyoutube]

Lockhart was his best teacher

[@peterdreyer3224]

Here I am in October, rewatching the movies, and wondering why the hell they (the good guys) didn’t kill more people. I don’t want to play into the trope of ‘I’m the tough guy here’, but everyone could’ve killed more Death Eaters if they used A.K. I’d have used it on Deloris in the woods if I was Harry. I’d have used it on beletrix if I was Harry. Lucious too, at a number of points. Even Serious (right before he dies) doesn’t hit Lucious with AK, instead the same, slightly pointless disarming spell. Idk, in my opinion, an armed person killing an evil person who want to kill doesn’t make them a bad person. IMO, if you kill somebody planning or trying to kill innocent people, you’re actually a pretty good person.

[@seraphw2093]

What's the song in the background?

[@DBeau73]

With theories like this, no wonder folks don't subscribe. Harry would use any non dark arts spells, but would steer clear of any of the Dark Arts spells. He didn't even use Sectum Sempra on Voldemort after he realized what type of spell it was. Not to mention that killing curse cast on any other human being is a one way ticket to Azkaban. Would have people fear Harry if he used dark arts spells rather than have them praise him.

[@Bricksgaming710]

Unfortunately though, because Voldemort was conceived through the love potion he would never feel remorse cuz he doesn't feel love and doesn't feel sympathy, which is extremely unfortunate because it says that Voldemort was always destined to become evil no matter what anybody did, he was evil against his own will without him even knowing. Which almost makes you kind of have to feel sorry for voldemortar because Harry was right. I feel sorry for you. You'll never know. Love or joy how right he was without even knowing

[@danielgodfrey4415]

How was the second wizard war covered up. After the 8th movie (7th book)?

[@knitcrochettiger361]

the bottle line...all reasons converge on one fact...Harry is NOT a murderer

[@markmagician2471]

Probably just didn't want to go to jail

[@TheAmazing1988]

Expelliarmus means "Let's get kicked out." W H A T

[@jorgecarbajal8076]

It makes sense that Harry wouldn’t want to use the same curse that killed his parents. Additionally, Harry was never really much of a killer despite fighting in a Wizarding War.

[@Hokagevigo]

Harry is Kool no matter what anybody says. Does anyone know the song playing in the background? I would love to listen to that as I write.

[@sharonwilder7677]

Lily’s theme

[@littlefoot5013]

Harry may not be a killer, except, well, didn't he kill Quirrell? Also, if I recall correctly, when Sirius had taken Ron to the Shrieking Shack and Harry saw Sirius, he wanted to try and kill him, despite being only a third year, as he was mad at him, as he supposed, for selling out his parents. Also, to be quite frank, I can EASILY see Harry using it on Bellatrix in Deathly Hallows HAD her curse actually made contact with Ginny and killed her. I think her killing both Sirius, Tonks, and his girlfriend Ginny would push Harry too far. He was mad enough with her just killing Sirius to attempt Crucio. I could see him at least ATTEMPTING Avada Kedavra if she'd managed to kill Ginny.