Is Magic Getting WEAKER Over Time? - Harry Potter Theory

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we’ll be discussing whether or not magic in the wizarding world of Harry Potter is becoming weaker with each passing decade.
At the mere age of eleven, when a young Harry Potter discovered that he was a wizard, the spells and incantations that he encountered were-for lack of a better word-MAGICAL. Everything that he witnessed from the time that Hagrid came and got him from that island in the sea, it all just seemed so impressive. I mean, a half-giant who could put a pig’s tail on his cruel bully of a cousin? Incredible. Especially for our poor boy, Harry, who had suffered terribly at the terrorising hands of Dudley. And lest we forget the marvels that awaited him in Diagon Alley, or the simple fact that his Transfiguration Professor could transform into a cat and then back again? All of these displays of magic seemed quite amazing indeed. At least at the time.
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[@Dragondan1987]

I always chopped it up to complacency/lazieness. Like most of the spells the Wizarding world has can solve most of their problems. They can cure most non magical illnesses and injuries, they can reproduce food, teleport, summon stuff to them. Their cauldrons are self stirring, they can repair most stuff with magic. Studying new spells and potions is risky, and right now a basic understanding of magic is enough for most to live comfortable lives. So because of this, magical advancement is slow or heavily guarded. Like dumbledore discovered most of dragon blood uses, meaning magic knowledge is still advancing. For most wizards, the risk of pushing the known limits isn’t worth it.

[@zero0cash]

i have the same oppinion, and from my memorie, the few, we know, who has made, or tried to make, big/special "improvements" in magic, is Dumbledor, Nicholas Flammel and luna's mother, who died from it, and dumbledor and flammel was extremely gifted wizards, the rest we know who made "new" magic was Fred and George Weasley, among others, but that was more small/weak magic, such as candy and fireworks/pranks imo

[@teddyhh9947]

I think safety over practicallity and actual value is a quite natural development within the government. We see in HP a quite worthless but somewhat safe corriculum in Hogwarts where they are taught useless stuff like "magical history" or about muggles. The students themselves would probably be much better off if the school just made them great wand-users, but there are almost no classes where they are taught spells

[@elmermedina1713]

Voldemort and Dumbledore certainly pushed those limits

[@OwenLeBlanc-l7h]

I wouldn't say magic is getting weaker imo, but techniques are being forgotten. I liken it to how the method of creating Roman concrete was forgotten for centuries in our world. Leading concrete produced in later periods to be vastly inferior.

[@powertomato]

Not to forget, roman concrete buildings and bridges are still standing whereas modern concrete lasts at most 100 years without constant maintenance. On that matter there has been a recent discovery, they didn't fully mix the lime in the concrete mixture, leaving tiny crystals of lime throughout. When also mixed with sea water, the concrete also has salt deposits and when a crack forms and water seeps in, lime and the salt react and seal the crack, giving the concrete self healing properties

[@reecewestmoreland6137]

There's also the fact wizards and witches don't seem to be keen on sharing knowledge with one another so the knowledge of things like the deathly hallows creation is lost with it's owners. Even dumbledores somewhat guilt of this as nobody has a clue how the deluminator works.

[@sterlingdennett]

It seems more as if KNOWLEDGE is being lost. Think about it - the Hallows, the Philosopher's stone, all are constructed, MADE by witches/wizards. And the protection magic that Lily gave to Harry, was likely manipulated, and expanded upon, by Dumbledore, to include Petunia's home.

[@sirhenry9313]

It was. Dumbledore cast the "bond of blood" to extend it to Petunias home, and not just Harry himself

[@musicjunkiie2393]

Yeah, i was thinking something similar. Its like they have made more invisibility cloaks just none that last as long as harrys. The wand likely could be replicated if studdied more (olivander never saw it i belive) and dumbledore i think was activley trying to recreate the stone to a degree, with the pensive and the deluminator in mind. Not to mention there were 2 wizards atleast who didnt even need an invisibilty cloak to get the same result as harry with the cloak if not achieving better results via not needing to worry about making sure they are covered completely. Lastly we see that harry and lily use the same bit of magic and it seems to work the exact same despite, lets face it, Lily being a much more powerful magic user than harry

[@MagiKez]

I disagree. Magic is largely as strong as it's ever been. The reason modern magic seems weaker is that over thousands of years you're going to have more opportunities for exceptional wizards than just in the current generation alone. And magic that is exceptional and not mundane is going to be the magic that is chronicled and preserved and magic artifacts that are mundane and easy to reproduce are more likely to get discarded

[@timkellermann7669]

Indeed, it is likely just a selection bias.

[@sweetlady3651]

They should practice wandless in school and make it mandatory

[@XeonProductions]

The weakening of magic over time could be a competency crisis too, and lack of proper documentation on how to perform it, and the most powerful magic being kept secret, censored or forgotten. Another possibility is that magic gets weaker as it gets passed down through the generations, like how in certain vampire lore each new generation of vampire is slightly weaker than the previous one; which could be the real reason why the pure blood wizarding families are so obsessed with staying pure blooded to slow down the process.

[@Dragondan1987]

My theory borrows some of the first point you made of a competency issue and knowledge not being passed down, but I think that’s a child of a bigger issue. I think wizards have a complacency problem. They can do almost everything their lives will require from them after 7 years in school. Magic does almost everything they need, and there isn’t a need to push the boundaries of magic or innovate. Because of this, when a wizard like Voldemort or dumbledore or Grindy come along, they seem ridiculously powerful and people don’t learn everything they discovered because it’s easy to write off as a “they are a special breed I can never compete with” than put in the effort needed to raise to their level. You have a couple wizards a generation who really shine because they have the hunger to push the boundaries, and when they die, almost all the skills they built is lost and need to be relearned by the next hungry generation.

[@joshuajones2836]

​@@Dragondan1987 I think you got it perfectly right. There are so few Wizard's and witches willing to experiment and push limits that the few who are seem extra powerful, but others could do it if they were willing to learn and try

[@vikrantburde8870]

I think the problem with this is that JK herself said her intention with muggle born and "less pure" wizards and magicians was that they're no different than any pure wizard or witch and have the scope to be equally as capable and that their blood shld not matter or disqualify them from any amt of rights. Basically she was using muggle-borns as a stand in for people of colour and the baseless in-equality they face irl because the presumption that some people are superior to others due their bloodline is supposed to be nonsensical in harry potter (it obvly is so irl, JK is just trying to promote equality amongst humans irl). So if the reason is that muggle-born folk are actually weakening the overall magic of the world and that blood purity of magicians does matter and is a biological fact which does matter in making a more capable wizard or witch will go against everything the book is trying to preach right? That wld make the entire series look like a parody of itself. Like imagine if the KKK or the "Nasties" was actually correct and that maintaining racial purity amongst humans is for the overall good for humankind and that some races are biologically superior to others in stuff like intelligence, strength, stamina and other mental and physical abilities. The entire world wld be in shambles and the basis for right to equality wld not exist. I am by no means insinuating that any race is superior to another and I am a person of colour myself. I am just pointing out how absurd it wld be for blood-purity to matter in Harry Potter seeing how its basically supposed to be a stand in for bigotry faced by various people on grounds on stuff like race, ethnicity etc and how it wld almost validate the actions of people like Voldemort and the Death Eaters in Harry Potter.

[@vikrantburde8870]

But I agree with the point u have made abt competency, that does seem more likely and makes a lot of sense to me. You can even see it in stuff like the Smartphone industry irl, the transistors for our SOCs and stuff are getting really small and overall increase in performance cannot get better than a certain limit. Eventually phones will not improve in their internal tech overall and will have minor updates every so often, just to say fix some hardware level defects or bugs and maybe we eventually will have to just pay for software updates instead. Coz after a certain point, we will be limited by the laws of physics or maybe our electronics wld have reached a certain lvl of usability and competance that we don't really need to innovate coz its risky or very expensive to do so and will only giving us diminishing returns and marginal improvements which won't be worth the effort. What we have maybe more than enough.

[@VainerCactus0]

@@vikrantburde8870 "The entire world wld be in shambles and the basis for right to equality wld not exist." Why? Individuals are all different and have different talents and weaknesses. Legally speaking, this does not change any rights for anyone. I don't get why this would be different for any race or ethnicity, especially when there is differences between people of different ethnicities on average. Sports teams globally didn't decide that African descended players should be such a large % of their lineup for no reason, they made those choices because they are good choices. East Asian descended people are over represented in competitive maths teams for a good reason. Plenty of other examples. No reasons to treat any person or group differently on a personal level or legal level. Not disagreeing on JK's motivation at all, just confused about the idea that people or groups of people having differences means they need to be treated differently.

[@spriken]

I'd say it is more like they have become dependent on going things the easy way. I mean how many of them take the time to invent spells or find new ways of doing things? A muggle example would be like not long ago everyone made their own bread almost every day. How many people do that now? I mean many people have never even tasted homemade bread let alone made it.

[@jonngarr]

The ministry of magic and wizard law probably has had a hand on weakening magic over time. The ministry would probably punish any wizard that tried to get too powerful or make some sort of powerful artifact and prevent general information and knowledge from getting about

[@musicjunkiie2393]

I think it more depends on how they do it than doing it in general. If someone else was able to recreate the philosophers stone, then as long as it doesn't require dark magic or at very least the harm to another person, the ministry would not care and probably hound the person for the information. Where as creating a horcrux would likely land you in azkaban until they figure out what to do with you. Same as with creating a basalisk which was mage illegal but anyone can do it.

[@baystated]

Has centuries of institutionalized bureaucratic magical education, and the Statute of Secrecy put a damper on creative innovation of powerful magic?

[@daviddurdik7205]

Its amazing how J.K.'s world mirrors ours. 😉

[@spencertaylor-mrliltay]

I like the rational of the reliance of wands being part of it. In a way I feel like wands might be something that would in a way shriek the sort of "skill gap" or power range of people who attempt to do magic. Like for example maybe witches/wizards who have major talent and affinity for using magic are actually underachieving by relying on wands as much as they are, while at the same time, some witches/wizards are able to do better in the magical world because of wands, and without them they would've never personally seemed to be all that magical outside of some rare cases like when they get emotional and make something happen.

[@dariuslymore7106]

Magic is not getting weaker I think if we look at magic like how we look at people with natural born gifts and talents in the real world some people are just naturally better at something’s than others it doesn’t mean that they are stronger it means they have a greater affinity to certain talents than others do which can help answer the question to this video ..

[@ander2317]

I would also add that Magic may be getting weaker because witches and wizards are in hiding from the muggle world. Unlike ancient wizards and witches who exist alongside muggles and practice magic freely, modern day Magic users now need to hide and slightly suppress their abilities so that muggles don’t notice. I think this hampers wizards and witches abilities to reach their true potential unlike the witches and wizards of old. The other factor that we might want to take into account is time itself. Old Magic is more powerful, and we know that witches and wizards get more powerful with age. So it makes you wonder if modern day spells are weaker because they have not aged as long compared to ancient magic to be as significant. Just a thought, though.

[@AnthonySmith-x5z]

Whole premise that wizards would hide is stupid. In real life they would govern both worlds from the shadows.

[@lukeroberson2115]

My opinion is complacency. Fred and George are basically the only characters we see actively inventing new magic over the course of the story. Most other people just seem content with what they already have.

[@zerastardust1712]

I have a theory that the reason some magic artifacts (such as the elder wand) can't be recreated is because magic will only allow one to exist. There's only one perfect invisibility cloak because its creator couldn't create more.

[@pyronable]

When I say the title of this vid, my immediate thought was has he been indulding in TYPE-MOON content?

[@wolfcrouch]

I don’t think Magic is necessarily getting weaker but most practitioners aren’t pursuing the goal of becoming the most powerful

[@hiddentruth1982]

I would say it isn't getting weaker but less imagination is had. Wizards turned to potions and the like as they could make money off them. Not to mention wizards are limited in ways. They have spells they are better at than other people, They no longer try to make better or more powerful spells. That the old spells can still be used means they aren't getting weaker but are no longer trying to advance spell casting.

[@craxd1]

JKR hinted at this through the books, and it pointed toward genetics and inbreeding (think of the Gaunts). She made a comment about the Potters once, where she stated that they didn't do that, and even married witches from the continent. None were close blood relations within the Potters' marriages. Harry's great-grandmother was a Fleamont, who was, probably, French. She knew about the European aristocracy's problems over this very thing, and the health problems it caused.

[@NAWennerholm]

To true even those who had new blood genetics Introduced suffer from health issues because of their ancestors inbreeding. I come from such families myself from both sides of the family. I learned that my parents are distant cousins and as a result my brother and I are still suffering from it but they to control those issues as much as possible by watching what we eat and try to rely as much as possible on what we can find in nature which our Creator gave us to treat our ills. And everyone in our family and negatives or nulls when it comes to blood type. And anemia is a serious problem. And certain branches are even dealing with hemophilia. And those who are O-null or AB-Null or whatever transfusions are out of the question. Both our mother and myself and my brother had all bloodless surgery because of not having any available null blood available. And even if a family member has O-negative or AB-Negative still suffer complications because of a mutation In The blood that has carried down generation after generation because of all the inbreeding that happened with the royalty and nobility from which we are descended from. One of the big reasons we looked at bloodless surgery techniques to protect ourselves.

[@poochyenajones1362]

Harry Potter isn't the only one that has similar situations. A lot of fantasy settings has a trope when ancient magic is vastly more powerful than modern.

[@ponchonlisa]

Maybe magic gets stronger with time. The new magic now will be incredibly strong in 1000 years

[@Alduinhead]

I don't think the individual person is getting magically weaker. The average witch or wizard doesn't care to seek power to that degree, at least not in the 20th century

[@AliceBlackwood]

You didn't mention Voldemort's blood-purity theory. He likely wanted to get rid of muggle blood within the magical community to preserve magic.

[@albertusvanlubeeck9161]

My initial thought was thermodynamics and the inevitable depletion of the magical energy being used; however, considering it's suggested to be a cosmic energy, it should still exist long after Earth has perished. Interestingly, my second thought was also about laziness or overburdening safety protocols. You know the saying, "Strong people create good times, which produce weak people who create hard times that make strong people"? This could apply to the wizarding world as well.

[@AnthonySmith-x5z]

Whole premise thay they secluded themselves is stupid, wizards are defacto superior to normal people in just about everything.

[@sweetlady3651]

I think Dumbledore knew wandless magic 🎩

[@beentheredonethat5908]

So did voldermort. He was using it as a child before he even knew he was a wizard.

[@calicogaming6063]

Wandless magic is much more common place outside of Europe.

[@sweetlady3651]

@calicogaming6063 I know, but it sounds like it's important

[@thuglife1219]

No man , I dont think magic is getting weaker but due to a lot of restrictions on powerful and illegal magic, so called "dark magic" , development of it has been stopped. This certainly made people more safe but this is also the reason more of people don't know how to perform it, hence they are weak. Just see timeline of Newt Scammander. We can see Aurors perform better dueling magic than now. So in conclusion, magic is not becoming weaker, but people are becoming unaware of restricted magic, specially one under ministry of magic of british people. We still dont know if american ministry of magic has restricted that kind of magic or not. Edit- Also, magic has its certain limitations. It cannot be developed with same speed overtime. Also, dueling magic is not the only magic. There are lot of other fields like medicine, food and potions; which are more powerful than earlier. Also, magic is not a non-renewable resource. It is like energy of people like you and me. It cannot be exhausted

[@lenski8306]

It could be due to a loss of knowledge like roman concrete or greek fire for the pilosopher's stone or the invisibility cloak. Maybe the process was both difficult and kept hidden and wizards just went for easier options. We know there are invisibility cloak made from the fur of the invisible creature from Magical Beast but they deteriorate over time. As for the wand, the thing is that it mostly accepted everybody as long as you punch him in the face as it is Harry won it over Drago. However more modern magical wands seems to have more difficulty accepting another wizard and some require some states of mind or victory conditions. Again this might be a way to voluntarily make weaker wands and to avoid having incredibly powerfull wands in the hands of child wizards. Also it could be a way to keep the economy going as you wouldn't want like twenty wands to basically be used for centuries by the same family with them buying a new one every generation or so to remplace a broken one. Also this mights be due to a choice of materials. Only the stone of the deathly hollows remain a mystery but MAYBE it could be something more cultural as sumoning the ghost could be seen as a for of necromancy and therefre prohibited

[@9Tailsfan]

Imagine stuff like non verbal magic . An auror could catch a crook totally off guard! And it would help deaf witches and wizards. But I can also see the potential problems. You would need a very strong imagination and concentration. If you can't mentally visualize the spell and target then you would have to look directly at your target. You would need nerves of steel. Any distraction could be desatertous!

[@forteanmobius3272]

Or maybe it's just the codification for school. The teachers keep things simple for the weaker students. Remember that when Cedric Diggory was in his fourth year "he could turn a whistle into a watch and have it sing you the time." Harry and Ron were noted for their lack of diligence in their studies.

[@orangecitrus8056]

it makes sense since JKR was inspired by JRRT, and in lotr and silmarillion, magic is also diminishing over time

[@robertstyma5527]

It would seem stupid to not learn some wand-less magic. If you were disarmed, you could still have a few tricks up your sleeve.

[@katmaresparkles9578]

Natural magical places have been diminished as the population has grown and spread, (both magical and non-magical). This has contributed to a decline in magically resources. The decrease in magical ability in all magical families due to inbreeding, has also contributed. Knowledge of magical techniques, theories and practices has also become lost due to people being killed, and the hoarding of Knowledge in libraries not being shared as well as competency to learn and teach it. The banning of certain magical techniques, theories and practices as well.

[@Tim.Stotelmeyer]

Witches and Wizards became more and more dependent on wands and neglected the magic within themselves.

[@ineiger]

I feel like the last point about there being more magic users is not necessarily correct because of the low density of Hogwarts’ population. If the founders built it with expansion in mind… shouldn’t it have had more students? Over all, great video thinking up possible reasons as to why magic is “less powerful” now vs then.

[@anvos658]

I think you missed the true answer that the Statute limits your ability to push the bounds of magic, since powerful magic has the chance to spectacularly fail, and has less use when you have to keep your power a secret. Then add in how irrational and in a still pre-industrial mindset most wizards and witches are meaning their society is dependent more on exceptional individuals rather than scientific method and building upon the work of previous wizards and witches.

[@jonathank4278]

With those 3 items you got all most 800 year old magic.

[@DefileOdds]

I wonder what would happen to the entire franchise if one day magic just, ran out. Then everyone's just a muggle. It would become the unmagical world of regular life.

[@grin_of_grimmsnarl1333]

"No definitive canonical answer," huh? We're just ignoring the Time Turner that could go back decades which cropped up in Cursed Child? I get people dont like the thing, but whether they like it or not, it's still canonical.

[@mjmuller]

Maybe spells and artifacts become more powerful as they age, like some liquors.

[@Eloridas]

I think there is a misunderstanding here. I always thought, that acient magic was a nother type of magic not simply old one.

[@gildedbear5355]

It's not that magic is getting weaker, it's that people are taught the spells and potions that work. They aren't out there individually experimenting to figure out what works. That means that the modern magical individual doesn't have a deep understanding of how and why magic works. However, that doesn't mean that the average magical ability has reduced because of formal schooling. The opposite is probably true. Magical experimentation is dangerous (making a potion wrong can make it toxic for instance) so many magical individuals throughout history probably didn't experiment; they knew a few spells (probably passed down from their parents) that were useful to them and never learned more. Formal schooling increased the baseline magical knowledge of the populace but experimentation is still dangerous. It's entirely possible that there are still people out there making artifacts as powerful as the Deathly Hallows and Philosopher's Stone but they have simply not TOLD anybody about them. Experimentation is dangerous. Sometimes you create something new, but sometimes you blow yourself up. (That makes me wonder what Snape used to develop sectumsempra. Do you suppose it was animals or house elfs?)

[@charliecharlie4605]

I always believed it was because of how, to keep the population going, people have had to interbreed with Muggles and stuff. Magic is genetic

[@nestaron4064]

So how strong was Voldemort if he goes head to head with Dumbledore using the Elder Wand and it's a stalemate? If Dumbledore had his original wand would Voldemort beat him?

[@ltGargoyle]

if you do not teach the younger wizards/witches the strongest magics then those spells are lost unless the next generations takes the time to recreate them. no one is passing on how to create a horcrux, and i am sure the deathly hollows method of creation was not passed on, by 2 of the 3 brothers. and most teachers refuse to teach anything they consider to be a dark art spell. like fiend fire. they only learned that when the death eaters took control.

[@kittycat0876]

I chuck it up to red tape so bogged down with bearocrocy

[@laurendobinson5930]

Brilliantly done x

Good times creates weak people... A couple of centuries later, a homeless boy with personal problems recruits an army and takes the magic world without anyone even noticing until it's too late.

[@High-Sly]

hmm basic magic gonna lose power after some time (basic magic cloak or enchanted things like poster of harry after article in lunas father paper which was in common room of grifindor on wall after fred and george enchanted it it was after some time losing power and say only part of sentences after some time)

[@macwelch8599]

Interesting question

[@Daddyoh94]

Accidentally here 2 minutes after post? Oops!

[@LouisTravieon]

Yeah I too think it's lack of knowledge and drive and complacency. The magic is still what it always was, the wizarding community at that time just kinda went with the flow. Look at someone like Snape, he's a prime example that magic is still what it was, he had the ingenuity and drive and desire to reach as far as possible, making him a wizard that is by far one of the most powerful ever described in the books, I seriously believe if push came to shove he could duel and escape from voldemort or Dumbledore after some time, I believe he could definitely hold his own long enough to possibly scare his opponent and make them really try before he escaped. Severus Snape has to be one of the most powerful wizards ever in that series, and I gotta throw it out there too because it's facts, Minerva McGonagall has the be THE most powerful Witch in the series, she was obscenely powerful and the movies underrated her! Professor McGonagall was NOT someone you'd EVER want to step with.

[@palantir135]

Is the magic becoming weaker or is the knowledge about magic less than before. What you no longer know, you can’t teach to others. I don’t think that magic is a resource but it’s something from within the wizard itself. Part of their DNA so to say.

[@mecahhannah]

❤ Awesome as always thanks

[@envee1014]

Two of your theories, regarding increasing reliance on wands and technology rather than plain magic, make me think our actual increasing reliance on medicine rather than our natural immune systems.

[@NarutoHarryPotter]

What about magic like love potion? Didn’t Slughorn say it only gets stronger the older it is?

[@jonathank4278]

Closer to 700 years.

[@zenonx1]

I’d say part of it is due to bloodlines thinning over time, even the pure bloodlines are only a fraction of what they started as, over reliance on simpler spells to get by, and without wizards being hunted for the most part the sense of self preservation isn’t there to bring out new spells

[@blsb78]

Rey line

[@jkrause365]

Quantum physics would argue against the decrease in magical power.

[@palantir135]

How then?

[@jkrause365]

@@palantir135 Clarify, please?

[@palantir135]

@@jkrause365 look at your first statement about quantum physics. How would quantum physics then argue against magic?

[@jkrause365]

@@palantir135 It doesn't argue against magic. Because magic takes advantage of quantum energy. Magic IS quantum physics.

[@beentheredonethat5908]

I also think many more wizards and witches are practicing now then at first. Without the schools and wamds to push them, most woukd never know they were magic. The first wizards and wotches were powerful without aids and tools, tgey were the best of the best, because the rest wouldn't even know that they were magic. Voldermort could use magic with no wand, rons mom also used magic with no wand to ckean her house and help in the kitchen, there are ton more, imagine just the strongest magic isers which is how it was then, instead of thousands of magic users , there were a few hundred masters and powerful ones.

[@yspegel]

You depict magic as a form of energy..... but it's not, it's alteration of reality as we know it... so I think you try to simplify it by thinking about it as things we know but it's not. It's strength depending on the connection to magic, knowledge and creativity of an individual. What might be true is that it appears weaker because over time, people came up with solutions for everything so magic people were less pushed and therefore less trained in their creativity to reshape reality, they simply read a book. More magic people also means one individual has to know less, you can ask more people for the solution. Dumbledore was able to look right trough the invis cloak..... his creativity to alter spells, give his own twists to spells in battles and other area's was well known, he wasn't 2000 yo. His hunger/drive for knowledge, power & control pushed him to think beyond what was known. Developing a creative well trained mind

[@jonathank4278]

What about DNA?

[@melanievetter6211]

😊🎉🦁

[@briandaleske5139]

I theorize that magic power is very weak, for the inbreed magic casting families, in the magical realm. I also theorize that magic power, gets more weak for the cursed families, who got cursed because, of their cruelty towards others. I also theorize magic casters, who do dangerous forbidden spells, might get a backlash from doing it, and their magic power would become weak. In addition I theorize magic casters, who make deals with demons, to become a Black Magic caster, they would later get cursed, and that curse would lead them to weaken their magic power.

[@jusunea1014]

I disagree

[@houssamalucad753]

What if the reason is marrying muggles and muggle bloods, the pure magical blood is lost and the magic within it is weakened by the generations. Would also give another reason for dark wisards and Slytherin to give so much importance to being pure blood.

[@xanderlyc2038]

Sounds like pureblood propaganda to me. The whole point of the racial tension between wizards and muggles was that it didn't matter because they're both human. Also it doesn't explain families who have been muggle-born for generations suddenly discovering magic, or rediscovering it if you believe Squib Theory. Personally I believe the political corruption theory. Every possible explanation for magic to be weakened can be tied back to an authority being overzealous about what is and isn't allowed, and generally weaking the public so that only trusted government employees stay on top.

[@anvos658]

That first generation witches and wizards can randomly pop up and that squibs exist show that theory isn't founded in solid logic.

[@MrKevin486]

Harry Potter is dead....ehhhhhehhhehhhhheeeee! 😬

[@willemvanstaden3292]

Also too much mixing with muggles through the centuries will ultimately lead to extinction of magick.

[@Lukas-Tabz]

woke culture has rewined harry potter

[@shadowslayer2929]

Ruined *

[@Lukas-Tabz]

@@shadowslayer2929 no one asked for a spell checker Karen this aint gcse English it's KZbin

[@NV..V]

*isn't

[@DefileOdds]

🤏👁👁👌must... stay.... WOKE!

[@shadowslayer2929]

@@Lukas-Tabz how dare you I want to see your manager! WHERE IS THE MANAGER! LOL 😂

[@corgi42069]

The three most powerful wizards to ever live: *existing within the last century* HP Theory: Is MaGiC gEtTiNg wEaKeR? 😂

[@anvos658]

That is a good reason why it seems weaker, since Dumbledore never lived up to his full potential due to his childhood trauma and the trauma over Gindewlad and both Grindewald and Voldermort, both wasted their potential on power grabs rather than doing great magic.

[@grokeffer6226]

These theories all seem plausible. 🪄🔮🎱 Is there some significance to the robes that some wizards are wearing? Shacklebolt, Dumbledore, occasionally another wizard seen in passing. Or is it just a matter of comfort and/or taste?

[@cabudagavin3896]

My guess, fate simply doesn't need it as much. Well that and the past is higher n than the present is... Maybe?