The TRUTH About Hogwarts Origins | Harry Potter Film Theory

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[@stevefontaine1335]

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[@wrennethestoner]

Based on literally nothing, I now believe that if Gryffindor was in the head of the dragon, slytherin was the tail, ravenclaw was the wings, and huffle puff was the belly.

[@timwatley9241]

love the passion. i swear yall somehow make harry potter even more interesting by taking the evidence and furthering it

[@gloryhound97]

It's funny I have a shirt with the Hogwarts crest and it has the modo lol and I allways felt when I read it it sounded familiar

[@Hi_im_tori-123]

YEAY

[@spilleren9173]

to be fair, Bilbo was 50 when he went on his adventure. 40 is way too young to expect any wizard-related shenanigans!

[@coolnerdlll6053]

And Aragorn was 87.

[@panizhaghighi2944]

​@@coolnerdlll6053I'm thinking Legolas age maybe😂

[@spilleren9173]

Admittedly, he had a lot of adventures before he was 87 too. But its true, you're never too old for adventure!

[@millmr04]

Let us not forget that Frodo was also 50 when his adventure started.

[@callanightshade8079]

​@@millmr04Bilbo was also around 124-125 when he went to the undying lands where he stated that he was "quite ready for another adventure" lol ❤️

[@detritusofseattle]

I like this theory, but I also have another. What do you get when you combine the characteristics of a lion, an eagle, a serpent, and a badger? I think you get something very like a dragon in appearance. From the eagle you get the wings. From the lion the claws, fangs, and strength. From the serpent the reptillian nature, the long tail and the long neck, and from the badger you get the ferocity, strength, and its love of living in caves. Just a random thought I had.

[@hafsaafzal6941]

oh yeah this could be a therory dude

[@Samharsanyi]

this makes a lot of sense but what about the never tickle a sleeping dragon?

[@TheLostSoul0]

A chimera... You get a chimera...

[@LunaiCarmen]

@@TheLostSoul0in a literal sense yes, in a theoretical one however dragon COULD be an option

[@Kiarean]

Here's a potential idea - the Headmaster's Office is the Dragon's Heart. This is why it's special, and why it's able to actively reject Umbridge and makes being the Headmaster of Hogwarts more than just an appointment as the dragon has to let you into it's heart for you to run the school.

[@FelineRM]

Ok I love this

[@Powerbomb323]

This is really good

[@air1fire]

This would mean that the founders didn't defeat the dragon but actually befriended it and it consciously consented to becoming a castle. Which is nothing less than I expect from Helga Hufflepuff.

[@emilykeepsmiling9465]

​@@air1fireI like this twist a lot better tbh!! Maybe the dragon was old and knew it was gonna die soon, so decided to help them and become immortal at the same time!! Ok, your theory is super wholesome and I'm here for it!!

[@sonorangaming449]

Or stomach since the password is always food, that we've seen anyway and the dragon cant stomach the idea of Umbridge being HM.

[@Nerdbabble]

Ben you can’t leave us hanging like that. You need to tell us about the other Common Rooms and their pieces to the dragon.

[@adamrobinson6951]

SLITHER - in feels logically like the tail or underbelly, especially being in the dungeons. Huffle - PUFF feels logically like the lungs or the source of the fiery breath - also fits them being near the kitchens (stomach). Raven - CLAW feels logically like the dragon's claws, with the tower being a raised limb. And Griffindor is the one that doesn't fit for me, but thankfully the video covered that already.

[@kaiseremotion854]

@@adamrobinson6951 dor, door, what is the door of the body? the mouth

[@Nerdbabble]

@@adamrobinson6951 love this perfectly explained with locations and everything. Well done, kudos.

[@loganh8210]

I believe Slytherin may have transfigerd the tail under the black lack his common room, Hufflepuff transfigerd her room from the stomach, Ravenclaw transfigerd the wings into ravenclaw tower, and of course Gryffindor transfigerd the head, and they all came together to transfiger the heart into the main dinning hall

[@charlesfisher-kh5sw]

the slytherin common room is definitly the dragon's balls

[@prastarkeepers]

Surprised you didn’t mention what the other common rooms likely were since it seemed pretty obvious given their locations and the general symbols and themes of each: Ravenclaw is the wings Hufflepuff is the belly And Slytherin is the tail.

[@Kooldood0874]

Hufflepuff makes so much sense being the belly, since it's near the kitchens (I believe, I kinda forgot)

[@MHruskamusic]

@@Kooldood0874also, Helga Hufflepuff was known for food charms and supposedly brought the house-elves in to cook the food.

[@Kooldood0874]

@@MHruskamusic true

[@Raffael-Tausend]

Oh my, it comes together so well!

[@alternateendingsandedits6854]

As a Slytherin/Ravenclaw my first thought is that Slytherin is the but of the dragon

[@satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185]

The school still being alive despite being transfigured could be explained by dragons being creaturea of tremendous magical power in some mythologies (even being capable of taking human form) so it still lives as the magic of the castle

[@insaincaldo]

But also a bad transfiguration we have seen left a goblet with a still moving tail. Even the founders might not have fully transfigure a massive and powerful dragon.

[@satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185]

@@insaincaldo You'll have to remind me,was that in the book or only a visual in the movie? If it was in the book, I think that makes total sense

[@insaincaldo]

@@satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185 It appears it was not from the books. But also it was a broken wand and an attempt on not a normal rat. Lots of other problems for him there.

[@satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185]

@@insaincaldo That's very true but it was still a very good idea

[@finleygrayling1279]

Love that the Harry Potter content is still coming decades later :)

[@CiderVG]

It'd be dumb not to It's still a huge franchise

[@rainynight02]

​@@CiderVG "Huge franchise" and "good theories to still go over" are two vastly different things. I've felt like they're scraping the bottom of the barrel for a long while now in Harry Potter.

[@bigshagger8277]

These guys keep it alive for me

[@imsotired40]

Oh God don't say "decades" I feel old 😂

[@najrenchelf2751]

I think that is a testament to the incredible world building! :D

[@James_Wisniewski]

Even if it's not literally a dragon, there's certainly a lot of metaphorical significance to the concept. Not to mention, the idea of a living locus is just really cool.

[@ArthurLagace-wj7em]

I theorised that it meant « don’t wake the basilisk » as draco means both snake and dragon.

[@Morgyborgyblob]

I had always assumed that the Lake was Loch Ness, the Giant Squid Nessie, and Hogwarts was Castle Urquhart. I am now not so sure. I also love that Ben butchered how to pronounce 'Hebridean', but was worried about Bethir.

[@rebekah4761]

How are they supposed to be pronounced?

[@AchmelvichIsAce]

​@@rebekah4761 The stress in 'Hebridean' is on the two 'e's 'Heb' like 'head', 'ri' is unstressed (sort of a 'ruh' sound), 'dean' like the name 'Ian'

[@AchmelvichIsAce]

​@@rebekah4761To be fair though, the way Ben pronounced Hebridean is consistet with the British vs American pronunciation of Carribean

[@ShootingStarStudio]

How do you pronounce “Bethir” then?

[@crazysasha1374]

With his little monologue at the beginning about still waiting for the Hogwarts' letter even years later (so you can learn some responsability), it's got me thinking about a potential fanfic where the invitation letter to Hogwarts comes at the end of their studies for muggleborns. So like it follows a normal non magical person, they've gone through the classical education system (let's keep it set in the UK), they did highschool and probably some kind of post-grad study. They've graduated from that too and now they're looking for a job when one early summer afternoon an owl flies in the open window, drops a letter then flies straight back out. And the letter is like "Greetings! Magic is real and you have it. We formally invite you to sign up to Hogwarts School of Whitchcraft and Wizardry. (blady bla) Policy is that we let muggleborns finish their studies before offering them this choice. We get that this is a big decision, we'll send you an owl in a week to retrieve your answer (we use owls to carry our mail, don't overthink it, have your letter ready). Because of the Statute of Secrecy, you may not talk to anyone about this and if you choose not to learn magic, a Ministry deleguate will come to erase your memory and knowledge of the existence of magic and you will be considered a muggle...." And then the Hogwarts experience is somewhat more like college and there is a much different reaction to all the magical aspects. It seems like lots of fun, it probably already exists somewhere (I hope).

[@janeschwab1682]

if everyone was college age at hogwarts then the stairs to the girls dorm becoming a slide to guys would have a very different function...

[@DarthNash6]

Have you ever heard about the series “The Magicians”? 👀 because this is basically it

[@TheBrothergreen]

Read HP and the principals of rationality? Sounds pretty similar, though that's an alternative history what if. Its free on audible with membership.

[@jellojiggler1693]

@@DarthNash6 Except the books and live action media are extremely overrated.

[@DarthNash6]

@@jellojiggler1693 incorrect opinion! But thank you for sharing!

[@lonelyprince0]

so there's this idea that Hogwarts is actually built like a maze for the purpose of warding off invaders because when the school was built, the magical community is very fragmented and is constantly at war with the muggles. The staircases change all the time to confuse invaders, the Gryffindor common room entrance is a hole you have to crawl through to slow down and make enemies vulnerable to attacks, Hufflepuff common room door attack you if don't have the correct password, etc. On top of that, the castle sits with its back to the lake and surrounded by mountains, it's a very easily defensible position against an army, as we have seen in the battle of Hogwarts

[@gingersnap8543]

Well the changing staircases aren’t book canon, but if you’re going off of movie canon this is great! Plus it still kinda works with the book-canon castle senanigans, like the trick stair you get stuck in, only to be immediately killed by the wizard(s) at the top of the stairs and also all the passwords for doors and secret passages behind tapestries or inside of statues.

[@EntwinedKarma72]

Actually, they do change, but only when nobody is there to see it, such as staircases leading elsewhere on certain days of the week.

[@gingersnap8543]

@@EntwinedKarma72 that’s not the grand stair case, those are individual staircases. I didn’t realize that was what you were talking about

[@EntwinedKarma72]

@@gingersnap8543 I'm not the original commenter.

[@gingersnap8543]

@@EntwinedKarma72 ahh, I see that now, but you did point out something that had slipped my mind, so thank you anyway

[@samurexatlas7373]

So Hufflepuff could very well be the belly of the beast?

[@crazysasha1374]

Ravenclaw coulds be its wings? (highest tower and all that) And Slytherin in the dungeons would be uh... the feet? the tail? I dunno, not very Slytherin like. Maybe if we change it to claws? maybe that's why they didn't develop the idea in the video.

[@dansattah]

If the Dragon had a venomous stinger, like explained in the Fantastic Beasts book, it would line up with Slytherin's snake. Plus, the elements of the houses line up too: *Fire* breathing head (Gryffindor), Wings for flight in the *air* (Ravenclaw), The belly, since the dragon's food chain begins in the *earthen* ground (Hufflepuff), and a stinger with venom, liquid like *water* (Slytherin).@@crazysasha1374

[@MrDUneven]

@@crazysasha1374 Could be tail since dragon's tails are like snakes. Positive attributes: keeps balance, coil to protect, whip like attack. Negative attributes: attacks from behind, closest to cold of soil

[@sleepynightowl1550]

And the secret entry to the kitchen is located near the Hufflepuff common room. That is as fitting as the pipe system below Slytherin's dungeon housing the basilisk (colon) 🤪 But Ravenclaw would fit much better as head of the dragon, their smartness would make them the brain. Which would leave the heart for Gryffindor - and the heart is commonly said to house the courage and bravery

[@thatkid1673]

@@sleepynightowl1550for sure what you’re saying but someone said the heart of the dragon is the headmasters office the albus is the heart of hogwarts after all isn’t he?

[@Silver_Girl178]

I was surprised that there wasn't a dragon that came to life/woke up to defend the school when McGonagall activated the statues to defend Hogwarts.

[@thesephiam]

There’s a lovely statue of a dragon at the center of the castle in Hogwarts Legacy that has this motto and it is definitely implied that the statue (which is part of the castle) could be woken up… so maybe this theory has weight. It also greatly resembles the picture shown of the black dragon 15:44

[@Xenythx]

I hope in the future they dive more into the other schools that’s in Africa, Brazil and Asia

[@Skullshot007]

Same

[@HotNickles918]

Same! The cloaks from the Japanese school sound super cool with how they grow and change colors

[@RjThaGreat510]

Same I would love a series that shows the other schools, their classes and everything they offer it would be so dope

[@MysteryGal312]

SLYTHERIN is the tail and in the dungeons. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCHOOL. HUFFLEPUFF is near the kitchen so mabey it was the stomach because to get into the kitchens you have to tickle a pear. GRYFFINDOR is the head as explained in the video RAVENCLAW is the second highest tower so mabey it could have been a nearby bird or a wing of the dragon

[@MysteryGal312]

Edit was just spelling mistakes

[@adamrobinson6951]

Surely RavenCLAW tower would be the claws of the dragon? Maybe it had a limb raised to strike when it was transfigured.

[@MysteryGal312]

@@adamrobinson6951 omg. Yes. Love it

[@balrighty3523]

Hufflepuff might be near the kitchen, and one of those might be the stomach, but I’d think the kitchen was the stomach while the Hufflepuff common room was the lungs (because of the “huffling” and the “puffing”).

[@tammybarnett1290]

I believe GRYFFINDOR would need to be the heart and RAVENCLAW the head, (due to knowledge) but then that would kinda cloud Ben and J’s whole thing?…. Great theories all around tho!

[@Dreadjaws]

This is going to drive me insane. I could swear Hogwarts motto was mentioned in one of the books, yet I've spent a good time scouring them in the chapters I thought it could be and it's nowhere to be found.

[@jimsullivan696]

“I just had a crazy dream about a pig, who’s up for building a castle?”. 🤣🤣🤣

[@Houte]

I’ve been into Harry Potter since 2001 and I’m active in fandom and have been for over 2 decades. The fact that you guys can keep spiting original theories and headcanons is amazing and I look forward to it every time! Thank you!

[@FionaApplewright]

The main staircase seems to be pretty much in the middle of the school, which would be like the stomach of the dragon. If I had a bunch of kids doing bat bogey hexes and stunning spells in my belly I'd probably get indigestion, too, so the moving stairs makes sense.

[@kacperkubicki1101]

Ekhm... Salazar Slytherin has something to explain. EXACTLY WHICH PART OF THE DRAGON did he transfigure into the Chamber of Secrets?

[@Bluemilk92]

"Slyther-in" that Secret Chamber. Sal, putting the "Az" in 'ar, ya feel me? No wonder he has an heir.

[@williamsrdan]

Very similar to a DnD quote from our games many years ago: "Don't hug the dragon." When, at the end of a massive dungeon, in a frozen cave, and a little girl asks your True Names.... a halflling in the group decides to hug her...... promptly got backhanded 300ft in a 50ft room.... splat. (No, not me, but the player did rage quit and threw her dice in the dumpster...)

[@KuraiLunae]

I feel like either there's a big piece missing, or that DM was just being mean. I mean, hugging a small child (even if they're actually a dragon) shouldn't result in instant death unless there's a ton of warnings and things saying not to hug them.

[@MattCraft]

Should've rolled an insight check

[@NaoyaYami]

@@KuraiLunae Many DMs are mean due to belief that it's DM vs players, instead of all of them working together to create amazing stories. Of course not saying that it was the case, but it wouldn't be at all surprising.

[@KuraiLunae]

@@NaoyaYami I've had the good fortune of being in collaborative games since my first, but it's still horrible manners, if nothing else, to take world-bending power and use it to kill a character off without any warning.

[@williamsrdan]

@@KuraiLunae generally a very good DM, far better than the other DM that used to be my friend, long story of TMI. This was a very long dungeon, my character died after a series of pit traps he almost survived, but Nat1ing a crossbow while falling didn't work. I was still having fun. But was busy making a new character while the rest made it into the cave. Missed most of the NPCs conversation other than there definitely being signs that she was not normal, so hugging her was not smart. Very not smart. DM didn't go out of his way to spoil the party, at least compared to other DMs I've had the mispleasure of knowing.

[@slightlymaddog]

If gryffindor tower is the head, then maybe Ravenclaw tower (being the tallest tower in the school) was the tail, slytherin and hufflepuff go underwater and underground respectively so could be the feet, and so maybe 5he great Hall is the body, being more central and larger than the other rooms.

[@malcolm32]

What if Ben is slowly absorbing J's essence to feed his own power and that's why his Hey Brother is getting longer while J's is getting shorter? I'm onto you, Ben 👀

[@baystated]

I hope Ben doesn't move to the UK to petition Hogwarts for admittance. We'd miss him.

[@charlesfisher-kh5sw]

as an englishman we'll welcome him

[@hackman669]

He could simply live out his magical fantasies at Universal Studios. Would enjoy seeing a vid with the gangc touring and critics if the park. 😄

[@ericrutledge4925]

This has always interested me. I’m so glad that SCB is covering it. Love your vids! ❤

[@hoppingwren]

I think "Don't tickle a sleeping dragon" means "Don't mess with Hogwarts" because there is strong power here. It's a message from the school to those who seek to go against it. Voldemort tickles the sleeping dragon, he pitches himself against the magical power of love held at Hogwarts (Dumbledore, Harry) to his detriment.

[@santosic]

after Voldermort was defeated *at* Hogwarts, you can bet people will take that motto seriously from then on. Any future villains in the Wizarding World would probably know better than attacking the school itself 😅

[@TheSoundOfGeorgia]

I’ve known about the motto for years. I took Latin in high school (I was REALLY bad) and every year we’d go to this quiz night with a whole bunch of other schools, and the first thing we did before the quiz officially began was translate our school motto from Latin into English; and they’d always introduce it by saying ‘Hogwarts’ motto is… what’s your school’s?’ (Our school was alway the only one whose motto was actually in English. Made ‘translating’ it awkward.)

[@morganstiefvater2019]

I'm starting to really question the logic of having the entrance to the kitchens involve tickling now.

[@johnconner9296]

So we could have a future story where the Dragon wakes up

[@atleastdecent3810]

Wait, if the common rooms are the parts of a dragon, the slytherin dorm in the dungeon would be the colon, right?🤣

[@sleepynightowl1550]

which would actually explain why the huge pipes and massive pipe system below the school were large enough to house a fully grown basilisk 😆

[@atleastdecent3810]

@@sleepynightowl1550 That would make the pipes, veins, since they go throughout the castle

[@sleepynightowl1550]

that's also a possibility. I was thinking more along the lines of small and large intestines though, but who knows@@atleastdecent3810

[@AaryanRahi-xz9ek]

Or the buttocks

[@stuartm6069]

So, I have a question. The castle is protected by enchantments so Muggles can't see it, Grimauld Place is hidden in a row of townhouses so muggles don't see it and Diagon Alley is hidden from Muggles. Question: Can a muggle enter a Magical Village like Hogsmeade or Godric's Hollow? Can a muggle enter the Dark Forest? If so what would they see?

[@DaShirtBoy1]

I would imagine it's very much like Grimmauld Place: it just would not exist and a Muggle would appear from one extreme side (the entrance of the Repello Muggletum field) to the other (its exit), without knowing or even believing anything is there whatsoever. That's why the house at Grimmauld Place seems to appear from out of nowhere: because to the Muggles, it IS nowhere because it doesn't exist. It'd be like a field of Obliviate for just that area, for just Muggles.

[@1992Shahar]

acutely, Hogsmeade is the only village in the UK that isn't part muggle. so yes, they can

[@Greenwren]

I mean, never underestimate an urbex photographer 😂

[@villekuronen6242]

Godric's Hollow has muggles.....

[@EntwinedKarma72]

Different magic though, for example, 12 Grimmauld place is under the Fidelius charm.

[@coolnerdlll6053]

Wait, so the motto is "Never tickle a sleeping dragon" and Draco means dragon...so the motto is actually "Never tickle a sleeping Draco". You're welcome, Draco/Harry shippers.

[@lordedmundblackadder9321]

Draco just means dragon in Latin.

[@TheBrothergreen]

​@@lordedmundblackadder9321 Yes, very good. You appear to have almost gotten the joke.

[@justinharness1750]

Not to mention, JK lived in Scotland, started and finished the series there, and we already know many elements were influenced by this.

[@alonsussman1911]

Theory idea: Where do kids go before Hogwarts? Do they have a magical school for little kids?

[@ethanbrazile6934]

Maybe the dragon that was in the dark arts room was the dragon that the founders found in the place they built the castle...it's about 30 feet...and Godrick griffindoor tried to tickle the dragon😂

[@josh.0220]

Theory idea: what would’ve happened if Harry grew up in the wizarding world?

[@sheerdumbluck]

They kinda did that in the If Neville was the chosen one series

[@janeschwab1682]

yeah where he was raised by sirius, it's my fav version of harry to date :)@@sheerdumbluck

[@DaShirtBoy1]

If Harry grew up in the wizarding world, I think he'd have already lived with the Weasleys because: -Sirius was in Azkaban, -Snape would NOT have wanted to raise the child who was more or less responsible for killing the love of his life, -Dumbledore and the rest of the Order that was left wouldn't have taken him in willingly, -Neville's parents were tortured and ended up in St. Mungo's, and -the Weasleys already had a load of kids at that point so what's one more? lol

[@sheerdumbluck]

@@DaShirtBoy1 pretty sure Dumbledore’s Order had members who the books literally quoted as being extremely happy to accept Harry as their own and MOLLY come on, she’d accept Harry on principle. She’d be happy too since besides the morals of it because Harry avenged her twin brothers.

[@ArcheryStudios]

I read somewhere that Salazar and Godric were walking and saw a sleeping dragon. Godric decided to Tickle it 😂😂😂

[@MercuryIsDumb]

Slytherin's common room is the heart, Hufflepuff's is the stomach, and Ravenclaw's is one of the wings!

[@hallbjornthefirebreather8376]

I would say Hufflepuffs is the heart and Slytherin is the tail. But I like Ravenclaw being the wings

[@MercuryIsDumb]

@@hallbjornthefirebreather8376 Both Hufflepuff are Slytherin underground and if the dragon is laying chest they would be in the stomach area and I think Hufflepuff being near the kitchen makes them fit as the stomach and Slytherin's only real good part left is the heart

[@hallbjornthefirebreather8376]

@@MercuryIsDumb I accept that

[@MysteryGal312]

Doesn't it mean never tickle a sleeping dragon? I'm not exactly sure and this is before I watched it

[@ccorvid]

fascinating! I wonder if that means Gryffindor got the Head, Ravenclaw got the Wings, Hufflepuff got the Stomach, and Slytherin got the... "Plumbing"? gross. maybe we can say he got the claws or smthn.

[@ccorvid]

reading over the comments now, I've seen a few others suggest the Tail for Salazar, which I like as well!

[@darthseverus89]

Ben don't feel bad I'm still waiting for my acceptance letter to ilvermorny so I mean it don't feel bad I want to be in house Horned serpent BAD but I'm 34 rn soo...😭😭😭ya you aren't alone

[@CiderVG]

Ha I'm still 21, still prime age

[@gracefulannie-grcflannie-]

I actually got my Hogwarts letter a few years ago, in my late 40s. My nephew made it for me for a school assignment.

[@joisgerris]

❤❤❤love you guys! Dropped everything to watch this when the notification hit

[@SuperCarlinBrothers]

Dawww ❤

[@thescholarsjourney661]

The real dragon was the friends we made along the way.

[@diegoespinosa1073]

giggle

[@liamfaolin9296]

Dear Ben: I really enjoyed your delivery of this theory. Have to share something with you at the 2:27 I paused this video looked at my wife and said ben is about to tell me that Hogwsrts used to be a dragon. I only share this beacuse I have been watching you guys for years now and I love guessing your theories about HP. and to be that on the mark just made me happy

[@anemenemily]

Dragons protect their treasure. The students are its treasure!!

[@KyuketsukiRei]

Love this theory. I think this warrants a series delving into the sections of the castle and possible transfiguration comparisons. I want to hear more.

[@ThreadBomb]

If there's a dragon involved, I'd say it's more likely to be the mountain Hogwarts is built on, rather than the castle itself.

[@anvos658]

That would make more sense, though whether or not its a dragon's corpse or sleeping one its hard to say.

[@darkmarkuhs]

Considering slytherin is in the dungeon, makes the tail slytherin area , which kinda looks like a snake. Like a dragons tail

[@EsoteriaHealing]

I always used to wonder what it means. I came across the motto in a trivia quiz. Also there is a sleeping dragon statue in Hogwarts legacy.

[@anniemcdonald7586]

the idea behind this video reminds me a lot of the theory they did about the knight bus... i love that their theories can sometimes back each other up

[@2222bearbear]

slytherin common room being symbolically in the “belly of the beast” is very cool to me in this context

[@grec.]

"Never tickle a sleeping dragon" 🤣 fits perfectly to Griffindor, because all of them are ALWAYS inviting dangers into their lives 😅 ("the land of the brave is a true Griffindor's place"). This is my head canon: that since bravery is one of the most specific trait of a Griffindor, Godric knew they would need his sword to save them from trouble(s) so he hid the sword in his hat because he knew it would become handy one day (or constantly) to all the Griffindors 😂

[@jenanncreates1033]

Me imagining Howarts calling The Casa Madrigal on the weekends just to chat, because there have kinship in knowing what it’s like to have magical people living inside you.

[@maryvallas772]

40? How dare you? I'm 51 and still waiting! 😂

[@Jluyoungzone]

Titilandus sounds like a nice place to visit

[@Jump3RPictur3s]

so what you're saying Ben is "never tickle a sleeping dragon"... unless you really really have to.

[@lukemiller4208]

Roenaw: "guys I just had a crazy dream about a pig, who's up for building a castle?" Me: "I just had a crazy dream about a toilet, who's up for pizza?"

[@eliseives9574]

What-if proposal: what if Draco did go to Durmstrang instead of Hogwarts?

[@BowsandAros]

Gryffindor tried to tickle a sleeping dragon and Hufflepuff yelled at him to stop it, leading Ravenclaw to translate it into the school motto

[@JillInTheBox]

I did not know what to expect when clicking on this theory, but let me tell you: this is now my headcanon. I'll believe it; it's not that far fetched.

[@certainlynotthebestpianist5638]

This might be the wildest and most absurd theory of yours. And now it's canon for me

[@Wix_Mitwirth]

I always read caput to indicate dead, "dead dragon". This only makes it better. Similarly, "for tune-a major" is the password with a lady who sings badly.

[@samwiseplaysyt485]

Hogwarts castle is basically the house from Encanto but a castle

[@bhavens9149]

Also "remember Never anger a dragon, for you are crunchy and tasty good with ketchup"

[@fionamason4725]

Interesting, the tidbit about the Scottish dragon having purple eyes, the first thing I think of being distinctly purple in the books is Albus himself, being described in purple robes often.

[@amanekabbaj]

I’d just like to let you know that I’ve been listening to you on Spotify and it’s amazing how you manage to still have things to talk about that we may not know! It’s so fun!

[@f1uffy188]

I think it's too far to take this -- Hogwarts being a dragon, that is -- literally. However, I believe that it is definitely valid to take it in a metaphorical sense. "Never tickle a sleeping dragon" -- yes, I agree, it's somewhat of a warning; don't attack Hogwarts, don't mess with Hogwarts, else Hogwarts will respond with the vengeance and power of a dragon awoken from its sleep. Also, thinking back to the whole "Caput Draconis" debacle, you could easily say that Gryffindor is the head of the dragon -- the part that attacks, and leads the fight. It's a message, saying that Gryffindors will be the first to retaliate and fight, and that there lies the flames and maw; there lies Hogwarts' strongest weapon.

[@mabibarros]

at the begging I was like: “wuuuuut, is this guy drunk or something?”, but at the end I’m almost a believer of the theory. Good one, guys

[@oskyys6853]

The dragons head: ravenclaw The dragons tail: slytherin The dragons claws: gryffindore The dragons stomach: hufflepuff

[@HeHasGiven]

Odd bit I found reading the series again: the Ollivander family has been making and selling wands to wizards for twice as long as Hogwarts has existed. Hogwarts was founded in the 10th century(900s). The Ollivanders have been selling wands since 382 BC.

[@carmeltabby]

This one makes alot of sense but also gives me a weird feeling. Millions of children and teachers just wandering around INSIDE a sleeping dragon.......

[@MaepleSyrupEdits54321]

So you explained the crest quote and I was like YOU TICKLE THE PEAR TO GET INTO THE KITCHEN WHERE STUDENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO GO

[@RosaDiazYoutube]

Don’t agree myself- Then again, I’ve always had a headcannon for how the motto came to be… (Helga and Rowena and sitting discussing things, while salazar and Goodrick are off messing about. Rowena is bent over her parchment, writing) Rowena: so, I think the school needs a motto, what do you think? (Helga hears godric giggling and turns around, to see godric about to tickle a dragon sleeping peacefully nearby. Helga: NEVER TICKLE A SLEEPING DRAGON, GODRIC! Rowena: (not seeing what happned) yeah, that works. Maybe we should translate it into Latin, though… and chr out the same. Yes, “never ticks a sleeping dragon” is great advice!

[@eranshachar9954]

Nice theory but I think something different- Maybe there was indeed a Dragon where the school is now located, which the founders defeated together after a fierce battle. Which would explain why to give warning about Dragons.

[@meganturner5012]

And right next to the entrance to the Hufflepuff common room is the painting of a fruit bowl that becomes the door to the Hogwarts Kitchens when you TICKLE the pear.

[@michaelpless592]

And the fact that to muggles it appears as smoldering ruins. Like a dragon breathed fire and burnt it down.

[@OBroAnimations]

8:35 I don't know if Hogwarts Legacy is canon or not but theres is a dragon statue around the bottom of the castle with that fraze on it. (Edit) The statue was of a Hungarian Black.

[@Imrano_Rex]

So the founders thought it would be easier to transfigure a massive dangerous dragon into a school building to fill kids with…than just build a school building? Logic like that would explain why some people haven’t got their Hogwarts letters yet 😂. Sometimes it is just quirky mottos and passwords.

[@Lordpooz09]

I very recently saw a very similar theory by someone else (someone I'm not familiar with & haven't been able to refind the video) talking about the castle being a living sentient being. Only in their version it was a 5th founder who could transform like an animagus except they became a castle instead of an animal 🤷‍♂️.

[@nechamaeri6320]

13:55 Surprised that you didn't highlight the venomous sting that accompanies the dragon in the tale as being the basilisk

[@lucygarrett9785]

I loved hearing the first idea spark into your heads in the pod. I knew you would find out how it works and it would be great!

[@triciavater]

This is my favourite theory yet. I'd love to know what the author thinks of your ideas.

[@darchangel2136]

Never tickle a sleeping dragon. Seems pretty self-explanatory to me... except for the question of why anyone would tickle a dragon in any case

[@dankmemes7796]

Rereading the books and something stood out to me . At the beginning of book 6 belatrix and narsissa travel to meet Snape to ask him to help Draco . During this conversation Snape reveals that his information lead to the death of Amelia Bones . Now this moment in the books is suppose to serve as an AHA so Snape is evil after all and increases tension in the book as we the reader “Know” that he is evil . However in book 7 it’s revealed that he was loyal to Dumbledoor all along and following his orders . Does this not imply that in turn Dumbledoor practically gave up Bones on a golden platter to Voldemort? That he told Snape to give information that he very well knew would lead to her death . You could argue the same for the battle of the seven potters but at least then it was all people sworn to fight against Voldemort , people that would have agreed to the plan had they known of it . Bones was not part of the order , while she was sympathetic to Harry and opposed Voldemort she was not part of the order .

[@davidtarantino7668]

Got to admit, I was super skeptical but your reasoning and logic are solid as rock. Very very interesting. If I still had any interest in hearing J.K Rowling's thought on anything I'd be interested to see if this is true. At this point I think the lore is in better hands with the fans so I say we make this cannon! 😂

[@torreyjohnson6193]

ravenclaw tower is the wings, slytherin common room is the claws and huffelpuff is the belly

[@chadrussell1221]

I like the theory but have a small one of my own. Maybe the locals developed near where hogwarts was founded saw dangers that they attributed to a dragon but was actually just the founders and later years the students doing magic. The locals create the lore of a dragon, that the founders then use to create the motto.

[@Sailor_Enchantix]

This reminds me of Cloud Tower from Winx Club. It’s not just a building, but a living thing.

[@bhavens9149]

Using an existing ruin might have been easier than building from scratch, just a thought.

[@alisakomaritsyna8620]

Brain - Ravenclaw, heart - gryffindor, stomach- hufflepuff, slytherin ... intestines..?

[@МаксимЯромич]

Imagine now a student missing the Finite Incantatem spell and hitting a wall with it...

[@billysmith5409]

I’m getting old and I need to get my life together but I’m gonna keep sitting here in denial waiting for my Hogwarts letter!

[@kaylar.8126]

Gryffindor - head Hufflepuff - heart Ravenclaw - wings/brain Slytherin - tongue

[@mobailey6666]

This might be my favorite theory in a while

[@firelordmorgan4757]

What if James Potter got the sword of Gryffindor when Voldemort attacked them? He faced the darkest wizard of all time without a wand to buy time for his family, if that isn’t an act of true bravery idk what is. He’d definitely die but he could wound Voldemort who 100% would not be ready for that.

[@kacpikachu5951]

Idk if that would be an actual option; iirc, Voldemort ambushed the Potters that night, meaning that even if the sword appeared, James likely wouldn’t have been able to get it before he was killed. That being said, if I read that in a good enough fan fiction, I doubt I’d question it, especially if it resulted in an interesting enough departure from the original story.

[@anvos658]

Its basically the you brought a knife to a gun fight problem, where unless the sword can absorb the death curse, he's dead before he can do anything, since the death curse has more stopping power than a bullet.

[@santiago993]

Yess top 10!

[@SuperCarlinBrothers]

CRUSHING IT!