The Hogwarts Express Explained

[@TheNoteblockLizard]

You also have to keep in mind that the Harry Potter books are set back in the 1990's which is well before cell phones and the Internet became what they are now.

[@maymay5600]

you mean set in 1990's in england, remember this was set in england if you didn't notice by now, in which you knew

[@shalryma]

Well, the pencils and phones were there already :D

[@kylemunger3605]

phones were invented in the mid 1990s, andthe internet datesback to the 70s

[@shalryma]

Phones date back to 1880s.

[@TravelinJenB]

The internet dates back to the 70s, but if you actually used the internet in the 90s, you'd know it wasn't the exciting, useful thing it is today. And the OP did say CELL phones, not phones in general. Also, where did they say anything about the location?

[@alexandersmith7061]

I want a spin-off movie on how they stole the train directed by Tarrintino

[@panda4247]

Also Sam Jackson: I have had it, with these motherfvcking snakes in this motherfvcking train

[@jietroraximoff2805]

@Fizz i think you mean "wizard:when did we get a train" rather than "muggle:..."

[@thedoughnutsystem539]

@@jietroraximoff2805 Hogsmeade's got Muggles and I think we're left to assume that the station for the Hogwarts Express is either located *in* the town or nearby it. So I don't think it'd be a huge stretch for a Muggle left out of the loop to be confused by the sudden train to nowhere that comes only once a year and takes a couple hundred children to... w h e r e v e r

[@leventdhiver]

@@thedoughnutsystem539 Hogsmeade is a full magic people town, some squibs maybe, but no muggles. The muggles being enchanted are the ones living near the "old, not new, very old" train tracks they needed to take out of London.

[@keiraeditsstuff]

Where the acting crew consists of J and Ben

[@tifftargaryen490]

im surprised hermione & harry didnt bring pencils as habit from muggle school

[@shino4242]

Hermione yes, Harry...wheres he gonna get a pencil from? The dursley's? yeah right. and if he used his wizard money, which is the only money he'd have unless he went and pointless exchanged it to british pounds, he'd spend it in diagon alley where they are only gonna be selling quills. I would be more surprised if Harry DID bring a pencil.

[@tifftargaryen490]

@@shino4242 he would probably have some anyways cause he did go to muggle school. Idk about the UK but in the US the schools still made you bring your own pencils. Also Hermione and any other muggle born

[@doctor4961]

Would the teachers complain about them using pencils/pens?

[@DrexYiii]

I'm from UK and I can tell you. There supplied with pencils in primary schools. So Harry nor Hermione would bring them beacause they've got the required items and are not used to taking pencils to school.

[@kathrynwitte3398]

Yet in one *book* scene, there were Gryffindors racing their pencil boxes... Hmmm.

[@missedthebandwagon976]

"Oh well what about enchanted quills?!" "Oh well what about enchanted pencils?!" This man is hilarious.

[@king_savage5096]

Missed the Band Wagon no

[@probably_a_robot9714]

Ah yes, I was looking for this comment

[@tr3way70]

yea but rumor has it he smells like poop

[@Fenrir214]

For me it would be enchanted fountain pens.

[@timothyscheidler6365]

Why can't you have an enchanted ballpoint so it doesn't run out of ink?

[@ArchangelTyrael]

"We can't let muggles see them" so we let everyone run trough a brick wall in the busiest station in the country.

[@crazyfire9470]

Archangel Tyrael wizard logic

[@bellapinto1718]

IKR.😂

[@bartram4037]

Well your didn’t take in the power of plot convince

[@masha7377]

Exactly my issue!! How on earth is everyone supposed to get to London?? I mean, the Dursleys and the Weasleys live reasonably close (how the Weasleys did it before 1992 still remains a mystery to me: Mr Weasley's car was a first time in 1992, in 1993 and 1996 they had MoM cars, in 1994 Molly called a taxi in the village for the first time, in 1995 they took the underground from Grimauld Place. And how did they get home every time??), but how about the kids from Wales or Ireland? Or even Scotland? Do they travel all the way down to London only to travel back up north???? And how on earth do they never meet anyone else, especially when Dobby blocks the doorway?! It bothers me SO MUCH and even more that J didn't mention that the "solution" has the same and even bigger flaws.

[@nou257]

rowling said that there’s this special spell where the muggles just turn/look away whenever wizards are running through the wall

[@carolinaszczesniak6207]

I've always thought that Hogwart's Express was actually used because it gives a chance to spend time with schoolmates or to meet new friends. I mean, sometimes there's no need to travel as fast as possible, sometimes you can just enjoy your journey (especially if you can eat tons of candies at the same time).

[@ItsAsparageese]

This! There's a lot to be said for a journey helping set the tone and helping really separate the experience of the school year from the usual rest of their lives. It's got to help people feel more focused and committed when there's a nice thick time/mental border between being at school and being elsewhere (with the small exception of Hogsmeade for a bit of socializing later, but that's well contained and still takes a walk). Idk maybe I'm just romanticizing it but I'd like to think travel would be one of the best things about going to any boarding school with a lot of natural grounds around it.

[@suzyah7382]

I think a lot if them were new and so their knowldge about magic, therefore train is a good starter and not to pressure the students

[@rightinthedome9973]

It's all about the journey!

[@josieclarke8197]

I bet Dumbledore took most of the books on Flamel out of the library when the philosophers stone was hidden in Hogwarts, you know, just in case.

[@k.5425]

Yep

[@maxwellbrown2539]

Nah Dumbledore likes trouble

[@GrieferCreepertntx90]

Its good that Binns and Snape were bad teachers. Otherwise the students may have needed information on alchemy in the 1400s

[@prestonlogan3808]

Yea, but he left one book, just for hermione

[@ginnyjollykidd]

Just as he took out the books on horcruxes. When did he take the horcrux books out?

[@theta_plays9997]

Guns, can you imagine how powerful the wizarding world’s defenses would be with enchanted assault rifles, or if Harry just shot Voldemort

[@firesword5311]

-Haha ! You don't have your wand anymore ! *pulls out gun* -We can talk !

[@club6525]

His Horcruxes would still remain. Thus Harry could not have killed Voldemort using an assault rifle. However, if he did so by traveling back in time and shooting him before he when he was a baby which still feels wrong despite him growing up and killing thousands of people, would be much more effective as he could not have established his Horcruxes at that point would likely prevent the reign of Voldemort. The problem with this is there could be many unexpected consequences or a paradox as if he died as a kid, Harry would not become the 'Chosen One' and never travel back in time which would allow Voldemort to live and so on

[@ansatheatrocious6083]

@@club6525 Do remember that it was established that time turners cannot alter the past

[@clamgaming5004]

Ummm... this could go wrong. Really wrong

[@club6525]

What if Harry became evil because he felt so powerful after shooting Voldemort. What if he decided to shoot everyone and take over the wizarding world

[@corylusbluefox9482]

"Three hour train ride"? From London to the Highlands? Are you having a laugh? That's more like ten hours. If the Hogwarts Express can do it in three then that would be true magic. In fact, if any train in the South-East actually showed up on time the muggle-borns would probably faint from shock.

[@headlessguy98]

MountainRain The train leaves the station at 11 AM, but doesn't get to Hogwarts until it's dark outside. It's not dark out in September till around 8:30, so that'd be about a 9.5 hour trip.

[@christopherbarbour5260]

according to google maps, it takes 9 hours and 8 minutes to get from kings cross station to fort William, considering this time is for a modern deisel train, the time might be closer to 9 hours and 30 minutes.

[@highdefinitionapollo2.019]

Are any of you noting that its a stream train, not a modern one?

[@gretchenrw]

MountainRain I live in London, but am originally from Aberdeen in Scotland. If I get the train from London to Aberdeen it takes 9 hours, so 4 hours is not realistic at all!

[@applek6987]

I'd die on the spot

[@HighAirBallerRandomVids]

Wouldnt muggles notice over 300 families disappearing into a wall

[@katiekatie6289]

They've enchanted the wall with a perception filter so nobody notices.

[@leotowers3931]

"Muggles? They dont see nothing do they" "No, but if you jab em with a fork they feel it"

[@EtzEchad]

@@leotowers3931 Hehe. I was going to say the same thing.

[@EnchantingWings1]

@@katiekatie6289 Pretty sure they haven't, as many people noticed Harry and Ron trying to run into the wall in Chamber of Secrets.

[@fabulyzqueen582]

@@EnchantingWings1 that is because they *crashed* into the wall...

[@kris198921]

I think you missed a pretty important reason why the hogwarts express is used. I think at least part of the reason the train is used is because it gives the new students time to meet other students and start to perform friendships so they dont feel as nervous when arriving at hogwarts for the first time and it gives students that have been to hogwarts before time to catch up with their friends so they dont have to do it during the first day of school.

[@cocoamint7762]

kris198921 it would be worst for me since I'm social awkward and panick if talked too 😂

[@nbriggs133]

That was always my theory too, just doesn't really explain what they did for all the centuries before trains existed.

[@m.ivyluna4632]

kris198921 I like to Think before train they had like a trek threw the country lol

[@carlrood4457]

I presume they had a fleet of stage coaches, possibly magically enhanced to hold more people, TARDIS-style.

[@montetiger866]

i agree

[@evakelly3627]

Tell me; What is the exact function of a rubber duck? **takes bite of breakfast aggressively**

[@andrewlance3898]

@@Nerdycopia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging

[@dragonfury1565]

Eva Kelly I want to meet Arthur Weasley, just so i can teach him all about the muggle world XD

[@dakotamartinez8310]

What is the answer anyway?

[@tetsudikawakami3071]

A toy. A toy to keep you entertained during your long and boring Bathtub session. But now a days its mostly decoration

[@prestonlogan3808]

Simple. They go in cups

[@hey_its_annabel]

There’s something about a muggle steam train that just seems...magical Also did you know that jk Rowling got the idea for Harry Potter whilst on a train

[@neeshaibrahim8742]

Bumbleli Gaming it was a plane

[@user-jh8cx4jf7u]

@@neeshaibrahim8742 Train. She was going from Manchester to London King's Cross.

[@cucumberrick3064]

You are one of the few people who use proper grammar and spelling.

[@kung-tenghuang8144]

Bumbleli Gaming it was a train. I did a report on her

[@DrexYiii]

Hmm no, no I didn't.

[@deadlyNightshade789]

One thing I've been wondering: is there only one Hogwarts express going from London to Hogwarts or do literally all wizards in the UK live in the London area? Would a Hogwarts student that lives in Edinburgh have to get to London first just to take the train all the way back to Scotland, where Hogwarts is? And what about Irish students?

[@Marika50]

Maybe everyone has to go to that one station?

[@filthycade2399]

May be they dont have to travel this much, they always can use a portal or chimney

[@hey_its_annabel]

Yea, I always wondered that

[@moramaylocklin4544]

I imagine this that their are about 20 stayons (I can't spell) that all come verge to the same place because magic

[@hey_its_annabel]

Harry probably just never noticed the train stop lol

[@captainkiwi77]

“How do we build a train man, we can barely get through rubber ducks” “We could just... take it, I mean it’s not like we’re magic or anything”

[@lightningmcqueenstan]

lol

[@badanabta]

Random newspaper: *TRAIN SPONTANEOUSLY DISAPPEARS*

[@atdynax]

There was no google in 1997, was it? And no smartphones. Texting was possible but expensive.

[@imusingadblock5363]

The books started at 1991

[@endwalker4408]

Ended in 97

[@spaceracer23]

Google was founded in 1998. However I was doing online research in my school library in the mid 90s. Yahoo! started in 1994. Ask.com (AskJeeves at the time) 1996.

[@Tombud-ti7gn]

I wonder if tech might change if future books are written? What if they had magical servers? Magical internet?

[@notoriusc]

I now want a “Great Train Heist” movie thanks guys!!!!

[@johnyshadow]

Fantastic beasts and how to steal a train?

[@DGMinecrafter]

lol Best. Movie. Ever.

[@laurasohn8332]

woo! spring break! we just stole train!

[@reubenoakley8967]

Fantastic Beasts: Basalisks on a Train!

[@johnyshadow]

Voldemort on the Orient Express.

[@lucypreece7581]

Congrats on Super Carlin Baby arrival. May the Force be with you all. Always.

[@NA-ck6cz]

Little Miss Sunshine Kylo Snape?

[@lars2651]

SeveRen? KyPe? is that counted as a ship name...?

[@Neutral_Tired]

fun fact, i've been to kings cross and platform 9 3/4 can't exist because there are train tracks between platforms nine and ten. also they have a Harry Potter shop next to the luggage trolley in the wall

[@lr7845]

Magic. Duh.

[@lulusinner]

apparently jk rowling was trying to visualise the station and actually was remember euston stations layout where 9&10 are next to each other

[@Karialkia]

Actually there used to the trolley between platforms 9 and 10 (like he states) but crowds and the expansion of kings cross meant they moved it to its own place. They then added the shop later as I've visited the trolley before the shop and you didn't even have to queue to pose with the trolley back then, it was just kind of there.

[@matthewharrison430]

I know. Was so sad when I got there.

[@charlottepage2333]

KanitoKawaii yup

[@ImCreatingStuff]

So here is the simple answer’s to Why they take the train 1:if you where flying someone would see you 2:if you maybe where in your First,Second,Third,Fourth and maybe Fifth year in Hogwarts you probably woudnt have learned to aparate 3:You cant aparate in the Hogwarts groun’s (witch includes the Forrest,the lake and hogsmeade)

[@tahirleonenko6342]

You can aparate to hogsmead, if you remember, in the last book Harry and friends apparated to hogsmead when they wanted to get to hogwarts, and they triggered the curfew spell in the area. And adults can side along aparate their children to the area.

[@faboo8179]

@@tahirleonenko6342 yo what about muggle borns

[@TheSilverwing999]

@@tahirleonenko6342 That doesn't help muggle horns whatsoever though, since their parents can't use magic to travel with their kids. I seriously think it's just a simple way of making sure no one is seen, with everyone attending arriving at equal terms.

[@Noobie2k7]

Yeah, and same with the Floo Network. Just set up a Floo Network area like the Ministry has in Hogsmead instead of Hogwarts. The fact the Ministry manages to have Hundreds of workers arriving and leaving multiple times a day all by various magical means without any issues does kind of prove the Hogwarts Express is sort of pointless. So the Ministry can manage it daily but Hogwarts can't manage it 3 times a year? Yeah, ok.

[@k.5425]

@@Noobie2k7 but see how Harry made an accident with the floo powder and didn't end up in diagon alley. As the previous comment said they also had to consider Muggleborns and therefore not exposed to Floo powder or proper magic, maybe kids who might not pronounce Hogwarts properly or something. They needed like an ultimate way that no one was gonna get lost or accidentally end up where they weren't supposed to. Oh and all this was mentioned in the video. I guess you commented before watching

[@sours-orchard]

I was just giggling at the Voldemort and flying part...

[@multitudeofvoices]

Bits like that make me wonder how much sheer fun these guys have making these films. That kind of silliness makes my own work so much fun for me.

[@sofiavelez1311]

I was literally just watching Jon’s vlogs! Also Jon so happy for you and Beth! Congratulations!!! Luke is adorable!

[@evo_is_confused]

The more I hear people talking about the Cursed Child the more it sounds like a ridiculous fanfic.

[@tjhall1000]

i mean, it technically is a fanfic since JK put her name on it but she didnt write it lol

[@candykittenlove2504]

It basically is

[@prestonlogan3808]

Wanna see it in real life. But it sucks

[@evo_is_confused]

@@prestonlogan3808 it is really really cool irl like as an experience I loved it just the story is.. :/

[@zaidlacksalastname4905]

Amen

[@beccaex9880]

Before I watch the video. I've always thought that the children got the train so they could Bond and experience a little magic before getting to Hogwarts.

[@kochanie132]

Same

[@tjhall1000]

this is why i thought it as well. giving all the kids 8 hours to chill and meet up with friends could only help the start of school year for sure

[@elizalagonia1049]

It's 4 times a year. Once to get to school, Christmas Holiday is two trips back and forth and then once when they come home. Also, it's more like a 5 or 6 hour train ride they leave before noon and get there at around 5 or 6 for dinner. It could be longer because it's always night when they arrive and the sun goes down in England a little later in September because they are closer to the north pole. The way they hide it is that, most boarding school students in England leave for school around September 1st so train stations are rather busy that day with families sending their teenage children off to school. On a fun note, I have a picture of me with the trolley between platform 9 and 10.

[@braverthanyoubelieve6985]

I was gonna comment the same about the Christmas trips home :D And as far as the time goes, it takes around 5/6 hours to get on London to Edinburgh, last I checked. I don't know where exactly in Scotland Hogwarts is (likely a lot higher up). Plus that is using modern trains and not the stream one that the Express is, so I bet it takes even longer! :O

[@e-brown]

once to get to and back from Hogwarts at the begging and end of the year. we are at 2. Twice for Christmas holidays. We are at 4. And then to and back form Easter holiday Which is 6 times a year.

[@charlieflockhart2203]

@@e-brown they don't usually go home at Easter.

[@e-brown]

@@charlieflockhart2203 oh they did in the books but it was usually glossed over

[@charlieflockhart2203]

@@e-brown sorry I forgot my bad.

[@Vanpotheosis]

5:20 Twice a year? What about mid-term break? Eh!?

[@wyldegi]

Med Otaku genius.

[@ismirdochegal4804]

Twice forth, twice back. -> Twice a year.

[@Noobie2k7]

@@ismirdochegal4804 it;s 3 times each way. Start of term, Winter break and then also an Easter break. Hogwarts has a 2 week holiday over Easter time when students can return home if they wish, just many stay at Hogwarts since they get to hang around the place for 2 weeks extra with no classes.

[@ismirdochegal4804]

@@Noobie2k7 Intresting. I didn't know that.

[@Noobie2k7]

Yeah, it's not really brought up much, it's mentioned a couple times in the books and i don't think at all in the movies, since obviously Harry never goes home during Easter.

[@tammyraymo1]

I like trains .___.

[@charlieflockhart2203]

🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃

[@littleirish7785]

Blue_theHedgehog so do I .__.

[@Frostedlyre]

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[@celestialcreationsxi513]

@@charlieflockhart2203 khhhgggyuijijij

[@Brandon-dy8us]

Same even though I was stuck on one for 26 hours because a snowstorm broke the connectors in between one of the cars... was a fun time getting drunk with strangers

[@XxHizzyxX]

I think another reason is the social aspect of it, giving the students a chance and socialize on the way to the school must cut down on in class disruptions those first couple of days.

[@pytergomes6321]

I have only one problem with the : "Voldmord flying" in the books, the 7th, Harry says something on the line : he will be closer so he can aparaty: it implays that distance do mather when aparate. Sorry for my english. Great video thogth.

[@matt755spruce]

But if you can't teleport far enough in one go, just teleport again. There is no cost or cooldown!

[@nbriggs133]

Perhaps, but voldemort was supposed to be out of the country both those times and I seem to remember him flying over water for at least one of them. Perhaps the distances to apparate across the north sea was too far? In theory you could still just circle around to the channel side, but who knows. Also, we never see anyone apparate more than twice in succession so its not clear there isn't any sort of cost or cooldown, particularly if its a really long distance one rather than just across a room or something.

[@Agateophobiadragon]

Neil Briggs I think of the names when I approach this problem. Apparate and Disapparate. In the definitions of the prefix, "dis," we find that it can mean, "a reversing force." This tells me that since apparating is like teleporting, then disapparating is to teleport with a reversing force, essentially teleporting back to where you were before the first teleportation. I feel like this would be quite limiting, even for Voldemort, especially of there are limiting distances, cool-down times, and etc other factors that go into apparating.

[@TravelinJenB]

Yes, you can only go so far when apparating. The other thing is you have to be able to exactly picture where you are going. So if you're going somewhere with no places you're familiar with in between, apparating isn't really an option. Also the use of apparate vs disapparate is just like using appear or disappear. In other words, if someone with you leaves they disapparate, and if someone not with you comes to where you are they apparate. If you do it yourself you apparate.

[@darion1728]

i swear in the deathly hallows book hermione appararated twice in a row to bring harry and ron to the forest where they camped and recovered a splinched ron, and even if hermione didnt apparate from the ministry to 12 grimauld place to the forest, in the books and movies they never returned to 12 grimauld place so disapparating doesnt return you to where you started, it just means to leave from somewhere, so voldemort could just apparate 2+ times to reach harry because there isnt a known cooldown or cost

[@konkuringu]

The only thing about texting vs. owls is that HP is set during the 90s, right? I mean, texting existed, but it took a bit for it to become mainstream. Maybe Hogwarts students now *are* hiding their cell phones during class...

[@charlottebushrod9535]

konkuringu i’m not sure if it’s true, but apparently technology like phones don’t work in the wizarding world because of all of the magic it like cancels them out or something. i’m still not 100% though.

[@thegravityman1]

Interesting thought, but I'm afraid I have to disagree. Even though we learn in the last HP book that magic leaves traces, magic is not something in the air which can be touched. And therefore it shouldn't be able to disturb radiowaves.

[@clvigue]

The way kids of cell phones these days, I suspect that muggle born kids might. Anyone born into a wizarding family. on the other hand, would likely be completely baffled considering Ron is shown in the second books to not understand how a landline telephone works when he attempts to call Harry over the summer.

[@karlbergen6826]

Ron thought he had to yell into the phone. As for using cellphones they would give Hogwarts away unless some clever Squib electricians and engineers build a micro wave tower off the ground that appears to the system to be in Dufftown, a Muggle village close to Hogwarts. Very low voltage devices should work, such as calculators.

[@anerdwithaswitch9686]

Muggleborns in the 2010's: "Why is there no wifi?"

[@jnmsks6052]

I've often wondered why they use quills and candles. As someone who would be 9 days younger than Harry (my best friend back in school was born on July 31, 1980), I have to defend their use of the library. I remember the time when not all information was at your fingertips, and though the internet existed, it's existence wasn't widely known until a few years after Harry started at Hogwarts, especially by kids (I heard about it on Channel 1 in 1994), computers ran on DOS with single-color monitors and dot matrix printers, and with wizards not using computers to begin with, I would be more surprised to see them using something other than books, though you'd think they could at least have a magical card catalog.

[@Melissa-wx4lu]

Channel One! I always thought that was something just my school did. I'm weird and I love news so I loved it. I also agree. I think the first time I ever used the internet was in '97 in school. I'm sure it was in our town before that, but hardly anyone had a PC back then. only schools and libraries.

[@CreativeWM_Personal]

Except in Goblet of Fire Hermione explains that magic interferes with electrical devices, also in the new Fantastic Beasts book magic and electricity may the same thing (see the entry for the Chizpurfle)

[@jnmsks6052]

Rather than candles, I wasn't thinking electric lights, but more or less casting points of wand light rather than resorting to fire. After all, I would imagine that candles are a muggle invention as well, just not as recent.

[@jnmsks6052]

Melissa Lewis I think they called it the "Information Super Highway" on Channel 1. Some of my classmates had AOL in 1995 or 1996, but it was probably 1997 when I first used the internet, too. Yahoo was the best search engine ever, and everyone was talking about the dancing baby.

[@KB-tg7pf]

I have a theory: magic fosters laziness. At some point someone said, "this carriage is so slow and boring... wish we could fly." And instead of inventing the plane, they just made the horse and carriage fly. You can pin point the time period that someone gave up and just used magic. Lol

[@romanoglan2275]

"What about enchanted quills, what about enchanted pencils" 😂😂

[@colda.f.238]

pencils that never need to be sharpened! that would be cool

[@eaglehaze1600]

Pens!

[@colda.f.238]

yeah but that's too much muggle technology for wizards

[@BlueSparxLPs]

I did always wonder why they didn't just enchant the quills to have an unlimited supply of ink. Umbridge was able to make a quill write with blood, and you didn't have to dip it in anything (granted, the blood did have to come from somewhere--namely the user in this case--but it's still more efficient).

[@vianjelos]

@@colda.f.238 those exist...they are mechanical pencils or lead pencils and you just add the graphite replacements into them...

[@Hammerandhearth]

There are a number problems with Rowling's origin of the Hogwarts Express. 1. The ministry procured the locomotive in 1830, this is a year after the Rainhill trials and the establishment of the first true railway from Liverpool to Manchester. Trains looked very different back then, nothing like the current Hogwarts Express. 2. The Crewe works, where the locomotive was built, wasn't established untill 1840. 3. The current (movie) hogwarts express is a Great Western Railway Hall class built in 1937. GWR engines were built at Swindon, not Crewe.

[@merrymeet]

It's also something to note that HP takes place in the 90's when cellphone and internet communications becoming household items were very new. So even muggleborns might not have a computer in their homes. I don't remember my parents cellphone being able to "google" things... which makes sense because google came out in '98. This would have been Harry Potter's 7th year at school if he chose to continue his education. It just explains why wizards use things like Owls, Memos, and Snail Mail to communicate the duration of the series.

[@kil6059]

2:35 In the books it sais that Voldemort can't apparate cause he's too far away from godriks hollow so he has to fly at first. But at last he did apparate there but still missed Harry and Hermione. It would be interesting to know how far you can apparate though.

[@multimanjazzman8203]

KilianSch 007 And I think you just can apparate to hogwarts, in hogwarts, and from hogwarts

[@GrimRuler]

@@multimanjazzman8203 You can apparate anywhere, but the books hint at some range limit

[@Paintchipsrocks]

You can apparate approximately the distance you need to for the plot.

[@Tuffyimpact]

It is a maximum of 1000 kilometres

[@cjg8763]

I always wondered why he couldn't apparate multiple times in quick succession closer and closer instead of flying at first to the limit.

[@netashtein7165]

Hey brothers! Can you do a "how Coco fits in the Pixar thoery" video?

[@myaormond]

Thנטע שטיין

[@myaormond]

They already made that video

[@antoniasirotich7021]

Snow Bud no they didn't

[@joshuadesautels]

They made a movie review video.

[@misterc435]

Yes

[@beriorgar]

get a swat team with automatic rifles to take out voldermort.

[@feel_free_to_screenshot8099]

Genius

[@arandomuser9459]

beriorgar Perfection.

[@tommoore2012]

What part of Voldemort not able to die makes you think a gun would somehow just work?

[@elias325]

Protego

[@Thunderbolt5827]

tommoore2012 ❌ - 😐 - 🔫

[@gayliljaehyun]

grand theft locomotive.

[@KodiakJax05]

lol xD

[@TheDonner000]

Couldn't they just ask the muggle prime minister?

[@youtubingjaguar5082]

Ha! ;)

[@youtubingjaguar5082]

No, that would be too easy. ;)

[@demonking86420]

All they had to do was follow the damn train

[@Zarzunabas1]

what Hogwarts needs is an elevator. Harry must have calves like a MAN!

[@daisyanimation286]

LOL 🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@williammcalpine2718]

Underrated comment

[@not-so-happypappypatton]

At least they don’t have gym

[@dynogamergurl]

or better yet the stairs should be enchanted to be escelators.

[@saruwatarisa]

@@dynogamergurl the stairs to Dumbledore looks like an escalator tho?

[@r_and_om_me5203]

People can't apparate long distances, and Voldemort was overseas when he was summoned to Godric's Hollow and Malfoy Manor.

[@thegravityman1]

This is actually a pretty huge detail, weird that he missed it.

[@yenxion6516]

That what I was going to say. That why Newt have to take the boat to America. Also that why sometime Dumbledore take the thestral when he goes on long journey.

[@demi-godjediathogwartsrapp9938]

Congratulations to you and Beth!!! You're going to be fantastic parents!!!

[@demi-godjediathogwartsrapp9938]

??? The baby was born on November 29… not a couple of months ago.

[@nunyabizness4584]

I think Hogwarts should maybe consider security cameras.

[@boredandihaveyoutube8175]

Nunya Bizness Ikr

[@potato.potato1478]

It would be a good idea but the muggle technology would go haywire at hogwarts because of all the magic

[@brony4869]

im sure they could make a good magic equivalent

[@syedmazharhasan6803]

Have you read Hogwarts, A History?

[@nunyabizness4584]

yes

[@amymcgarry1348]

What if a clumsy muggle fell onto the 9 and 3 quarters platform?

[@shino4242]

OBLIVIATE!

[@zelliej86]

New fan fiction! How I Accidentally Discovered the Wizarding World

[@lunarkataoka6092]

Its like the leaky cauldron, only wizards can go through.

[@zelliej86]

@@lunarkataoka6092 We see Lilly's parents and Petunian on platform 9 3/4 in Snape's memory

[@yjaspal2011]

You actually have to know that you are going through the wall to get through. When Mrs. Weasley was talking to Harry in the first book, we find out the if you hesitate then you won’t fall through. I think a muggle would definitely hesitate.

[@ironicdutchmoonshade]

The train is maybe not the most magical looking, but it is a old and good looking one

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

Congratulations to Jon and Beth on their new son Luke.

[@vampirecaptain7676]

Of course they named it Luke.

[@Tonithealtwing]

Vampire Captain It?

[@funsometimes]

Vampire Captain Why? Wait.... Star Wars?

[@bensonbbarry2945]

Different Leafy actually, they said the name wasn't inspired by Star Wars, the just like the name

[@gemsgems500]

Movie Nerd suuuuuurrrrrrrreeee that what they SAID but Jon had to have been thinking it

[@chloec4009]

Can you do you a video on how stupid countercurses are? Like Reducto and Bombarda should be the most effective combat spells because they aren't combat spells and therefore have no countercurses. Case in point when Ginny explodes the Death Eater in Order of the Phoenix and there's nothing he can do about it.

[@bennett8921]

The thing with spells like Reducto and Bombarda is that: a) they are a *hell* of a lot more difficult to use than combat spells and b) roughly three times as difficult to control. Ginny is a *very* skilled witch, and so can control the energy of these spells enough to make them effective. An average or poor wizard would have much more trouble casting these difficult spells, and it is likely that they would either go in an unintended direction or just fizzle out before doing any real damage. Combat spells such as Furnunculus or Stupify can still be difficult to cast, but for different reasons. Rather than the energy from these spells being "wild", it is simply slippery. Once you get a hold of it, it is fairly easy to point in the right direction and make it do what you want.

[@chloec4009]

Then why do "skilled" wizards still rely on curses and hexes. Other than Pettigrew blowing up half a block, I can't think of another instance where "skilled" wizards, like Ginny apparently, use them in combat. We know Harry is capable of using Reducto very accurately as he uses it in Goblet to free Cedric from the vines. Why then, does he not use it against the Death Eaters or Voldemort in the graveyard unless he's just ignorant/stupid or it's a plot hole?

[@bennett8921]

Chloe C Because they're difficult to use. If you're driving on the highway, you can choose not to use clutch. It's easier to change your speed, and in the end it is more effective. But it's also really hard to not use clutch. So you use it. It's easier to use even though it's ultimately less effective.

[@chloec4009]

Please show a reference where spells like Reducto and Bombarda (learned in Year 3) are considered more difficult than spells like Stupefy (Many in the DA have trouble with in Year 5).

[@bennett8921]

The Reductor Curse is first mentioned when Harry is learning advanced spells in preparation for the Triwizard Tournament in book 4 (page 608), and Bombarda is never used in the books.(I don't count movies as canon for debates like these; there are far too many discrepancies.)

[@Adrian-Maxwell]

"You need to have this happen twice a year." Six times. Getting them to school, taking them from and to school for Winter and Easter Holiday, and then taking them home.

[@Torlonus]

Well to be fair the last book ends the year the first book came out. So googling something on your phone wasn't really a thing in 1997. The real question is what would the wizarding world do with all this new tech? Make better spells to match what muggles can do or just give in and get a smart phone? With the greatest "purist" wizard defeated who's so say they didn't start going with hybrid stuff. "Like the iPhone but hate that the battery dies so quickly? Come down to Torlon's enchanted electronics and get a magical self charging battery!"

[@cdmay4]

Torlonus they still had cell phones in 1997 but they still use owls mostly

[@kayleighlehrman9566]

Can you guys explain how the Chamber of Secrets, built by Salazar Slytherin over a thousand years ago, had its entrance in presumably 20th century plumbing?

[@IDontKnow-pf6en]

Kayleigh Steinel the plumbing was built around it for concealment perhaps

[@kayleighlehrman9566]

Erin Maria but how did nobody notice "hey...there's a giant hole here... wonder where it goes?" when installing them?

[@maskhyruken5965]

Magic

[@millerjames908]

Copied common Roman plumbing, in a magical castle. The real question is how did Slytherin convince the other founders to install it, instead of just enchanting the toilet bowl to vanish the poop?

[@thefuzzyone933]

James Miller But where dose the poop go?

[@fatjackjack5416]

This question can be answered in one word. "Tradition" nothing more

[@RiddleMrs]

I read that the way they sing it in Fiddler...

[@namegoeshere5220]

Jack Jack Yeah, probably this. Given how, let's admit how backwards the wizard culture is for the sake of tradition. Like promoting racism, slavery, and class systems.

[@KossolaxtheForesworn]

if they are so conservative, how come they are allowing racial minorities in their school. it seems their traditionalism extends into levels of radical islam.

[@fruitygarlic3601]

MrAnimepredator I don't think allowing non-white people to get the same level of education is equivalent to radical Islam, but pop off I guess.

[@unknownbutawesome8759]

@@KossolaxtheForesworn muggle conservatism and wizard conservatism are different, i guess.

[@Ivienen]

My problem with the hogwarts express is that it should stop in more steillons in the way to scotland, because, if somebody is from for example liverpool, he has to go south to london be his own wis, and then north in the hogwarts express? It would not be easy for he to go directly to hogsmeade?

[@MatthewRogersmillifuzz]

So, the way i've always rationalised it is that harry is told to go to platform 9 and 3/4 in kings cross because its his closest capital. I would imagine welsh students maybe go via Cardiff and Scottish students maybe go via Edinburgh or similar where a portal exists such as the one between 9 and 10 to take them to the Hogwarts express platform? But obviously this is just a thought I've always had about it tbh. Although I can see the logic behind having it only from one location due to logistics and security like...it seems to me like good logic to have one from each capital or something. LIke...if you can hire an emergency obliviator or something for one station then why not four and have one at each capital?

[@k.5425]

I think it does make stops. And London is the last stop before it finally goes to Hogwarts.

[@k.5425]

@@MatthewRogersmillifuzz yep. Exactly what I was thinking. You go to the closest train platform for your area

[@themagicalmystery3936]

I mean why go to London to catch a train Hogwarts express to Scotland if you already live in Scotland

[@joshuadesautels]

Interesting point!

[@MerkhVision]

You can probably just go to Hogsmeade and enter through the gate if you really wanted to

[@shalryma]

I think everyone living north of the Leeds would go straight to Howarts :O

[@Sentariana]

Themagicalmystery I've often wondered if there were other entrances into Platform 9 3/4.

[@arissantorisonmars9271]

OR maybe the train has stops other than at Kingscross?

[@kierabutler1739]

professor mcgonnagal:write 15 inches about transfiguration on your parchment with your quills me:how many lines of my copy would that be with my pen

[@hey_its_annabel]

Kiera Butler yea what’s funny is how at hogwarts teachers be like “write a foot long essay” whereas at my ‘muggle’ school the teachers be like “quality not quantity”, I feel like the muggles got it better lol

[@pukk6094]

Blossom Gam3r Most teachers aren’t like that tho

[@hey_its_annabel]

Abcd Efg you talking about hogwarts teachers or real teacher? When replying please develop you point further otherwise don’t both asking. Or do you not understand what the phrase “quality not quantity” means?

[@analogbug16]

Page and a half got it.

[@arandomuser9459]

Kiera Butler Yeah cause I ain’t writing with a dam quill.

[@laytonpro8655]

The only problem I have with the hogwarts express is the fact it doesn’t have any stops on the way. Hogwarts is based in Scotland right? And kings cross is in London at the bottom of England. Do students from northern England and Scotland have to travel to London just to go north again? I mean they would be going further to get the train than to get to hogwarts. And there is no mention of students from the north traveling straight to hogsmead and if they did it would be inconvenient for them to arrive one by one. Is there a different form of transport available to them since there is no sense going from Scotland or northern England, to London (bottom of England) and go straight back up to Scotland. It just doesn’t make sense. Edit: and you can’t expect there to not be a single student from Scotland since Scotland competed in the quidditch world cup meaning it’s populated with wizards and hogwarts is the only magic school in Britain

[@lenastorm6280]

Layton pro 🎩⚡ There are other platforms at wich the train stops. Read the Pottermore page.

[@naven2802]

Layton pro 🎩⚡ ever heard of the water trough system so you could re-water a locomotive on-route without stopping?

[@lenastorm6280]

No, what is that? And what has that to do with your question? (english is not my first language, so I'm sorry, if I didn't get that correctly.)

[@prydonianrogue8580]

Layton pro 🎩⚡There are a few possible answers to this. One of them, quite simply, is that Platform 9 3/4 is linked to multiple different train stations across Britain and the letter sent to each student directs them to the nearest station. Alternatively, there may be multiple trains (though the books imply the first moreso than the second given the fact that there are students from all over aboard right from Kings Cross). However, of course the Hogwarts Express doesn't stop... That's what "express" means in that context. It means it's a train that runs non-stop from origin to end destination.

[@TheIrisCZ]

I expect that even though it is very inconvenient, students from Scotland need to go to the London anyway. There isn't any other place to buy necessary school supplies outside Diagon Alley (the other closest will be probably somewhere in France). I guess you could find a few books, quills and potions ingredients in Hogsmeade or other (partially) wizarding villages, however for robes, wands, brooms etc. there is nowhere else to go except London. And don’t forget about money. The only place you can withdraw, or store larger amounts of your Galleons is at Gringotts. It seems to me that the wizards became “slaves” of their own ways. They never thought of expanding all the shops outside the London, because why do it, when you have instantaneous travel. But once the wizards started to really hide, the school became mandatory and you add the children to this mix… Well that’s how you get problems. I guess that’s why the train only goes from London to Hogsmeade even though the students come from all over British Isles. All the important things are available only in London and the families must go there for supplies and other wizarding necessities regularly anyway. This way you also make sure that you don’t overload the Floo network and allow everybody to get to London easily. Everyone will travel at different time to different place - perhaps even to their friends’ houses. And what about the crowds of wizards? I always suspected there is much more going on in the King’s Cross. I believe there are countless secret enchantments that make all wizards almost invisible by making them “forgettable”. The muggles see them, wonder why they are so weird, but once they get around corner, they forget about them (also there will be some ministry workers undercover to help if things get out of hand). My headcannon is that’s the reason why some people suddenly forget to buy tickets or get on the train - the magic can go a little wonky occasionally.

[@Riles367]

They go on the train so they can socialize and make friends before they get to Hogwarts

[@joehawkes6559]

ANSWER FOR U J: So that the Thomas the tank engine vine can exist

[@org9234]

Joe Hawkes yassssssssssdsssssssss

[@jamessteiniger7016]

Lhh the best is that you never expect it.

[@BBTVbillybostwick]

Joe Hawkes mostly that

[@naz_car2135]

10/10

[@EmmalovesLouis1D]

Joe Hawkes hell yes

[@clearboardproductions503]

There are a few things I would like to point out. While steam locomotives have been around since about 1805, the locomotive in the film, Olton Hall, was built in 1937, over 100 years after the first heist. But, I do have a theory on why it is the locomotive used by the wizards and witches of Hogwarts. You see, she wasn't the first locomotive stolen, but may have been one of MANY taken. The first train may have served well for a while, but eventually more and more students would take the train and soon, you would need a more powerful locomotive. So, after many more locomotive heists, presumably from ones sent for scrap, in the 1960s, British Railways were modernizing, in a big way, new diesel locomotives were making steam obsolete and hundreds of locomotives were being placed on the scrap lines. Olton Hall was sent for scrap in 1963, but she was a fairly powerful locomotive, easily able to haul the amount of coaches required while not requiring much of an infrastructure overhaul to carry her. So, the ministry of magic stole their final locomotive, saved from scrap to run forever for the magicians of another world.

[@owenmeschter9888]

Nice theory, but do remember that the movie was made in the 1990's and they were just going off what the book said..they didn't feel the heavy need for historical accuracy. It's Hollywood :)

[@JeremyThePerson]

I thought Mr. Weasely got the car and "Illegal" and "secretly" magicfied it.

[@simonvanberlo983]

Jeremy the Person He wasn't talking about the Ford Anglia. He was talking about the cars of the ministry of magic which you can borrow as a employee.

[@adrianac8186]

What about enchanted pencils 😂 I'm dying

[@candycemonroe7345]

When I heard that -- I picture a mechanical pencil with unlimited refills.

[@cornwallis8297]

I always wondered about this

[@chuggaa100]

I always just assumed that it was because teleportation is a very advanced spell, and those who are muggle born don't have parents who can do it.

[@chubby_deity3143]

magic takes time to learn, that was quick, lol

[@andredizon5805]

How would you steal a locomotive that was built in the mid 1930s in 1830? and they didn't mention anything about the wizards also stealing passenger cars to accommodate the students, and building a railway that spans kings cross station to hogwarts... Or did they just stole the Locomotive by itself, put it on display in hogsmade and realized, "Hmmm... We still need passenger cars and a railway"...

[@leotowers3931]

Time Turners...as horrible as they are for a plot device, they answer all time related questions lol

[@seank1048]

I was thinking the same things so I’m just going to assume that the old loco became to high maintenance so they simply stole another one

[@Noobie2k7]

@@seank1048 No, they merely made the Hogwarts Express run on magic. Then they also enchanted the chimney to continue to produce smoke so that any possible muggles who see the train on it's journey wouldn't suspect anything.

[@seank1048]

Noobie2k7 but how does that explain the change in the locomotive from a Victorian loco to a 1930s hall class loco

[@Noobie2k7]

@@seank1048 Not even sure what you're asking. In the books the locomotive never changed. Are you saying that because the movies used a 1930's train that somehow ruins something?

[@TeTaongaKorora]

0:48 HP was set pre-cell phones and pre-widespread internet

[@lucifersdevilishdetails.]

Actually it wasn’t pre cell phone it was during the first text message was send in 1992 (chamber of secrets) and the first phone to have a full keyboard was 1997 (the deathly hallows) and 1971 the first email was send.

[@robertgronewold3326]

True, but phones were not that common yet. Like one in ten people had them, and they could only get signal when you were IN a big city, like London or New York. It's only since around the year 2000 that phones got so many hand features that they exploded upon the world.

[@jenkopp]

They existed they just weren't common.

[@lenastorm6280]

Didn‘t Harry mistake Draco talking to Rita Skeeter as a bug as him talking to a mobile phone until Hermione told him that phones don’t work at Hogwarts?

[@robertgronewold3326]

No, he thought it looked like Draco was talking into a walkie talkie.

[@sydalyssawatson2839]

2:23 Omg, I love this clip. (Great bloopers on Twitter as well, it's freaking hilarious)

[@blue_manatee3895]

WARNING: USES STRONG LANGUAGE (but in Spanish) Honestly, they could use a lot. You mentioned pens and pencils, cars, et cetera, but things like electric lights instead of torches, using the house-elves instead of Filch as the caretaker(s), and the entire Wizangamot system (and pretty much the Ministry in general, given its corrupt nature) are just so wrong. I know that electricity doesn't work well in the presence of magic, but there's got to be SOMETHING that can fix that. I, for one, can't imagine going an entire school year without my iPod (or a piano- there are no pianos either! NO MUSIC? WHAT?). Filch clearly doesn't want to be there, so just use the elves who LIKE WORKING!!!! The Wizengamot is just awful; there's not a democratic system that I know of, and bribery is so rampant that it's basically expected. The monetary system is too complicated for a society that doesn't teach math; you can just melt the gold down, sell it, then convert it back into Galleons = Ponzi scheme = rich in twenty-four hours. Fudge is a complete pendejo at all times, Umbridge is a popote-pajita-pitilla (they all mean straw in different accents, and swear words in others), and somehow they don't get kicked out for all that they did. I should really stop now before going off on even more of a rant about how stupid people can be. This has been my eighth long comment of the day (not including e-mails!) so I'm getting tired of typing. Oh yeah; typewriters. THEY'RE NOT ELECTRIC! THEY SHOULD WORK FINE IN THE PRESENCE OF MAGIC! YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO HAND-WRITE EVERYTHING WITH QUILLS AND PARCHMENT! USE TYPEWRITERS AND PAPER OR JUST A NORMAL PENCIL! YOU CAN ERASE WITH THEM! AAAARRRGGGHHHH!

[@evie.davies9061]

JL C I bet u couldn't write a HP story and it will be better than hers so stop picking out unnecessary points that make it so much better

[@blue_manatee3895]

+Evie. Davies Of course I couldn't! I actually really admire JK Rowling, and I'm no writer; I've never written anything longer than 10 pages and no fiction. I'm just pointing out plot points that could have been fixed by wizards using logic, but they don't seem to have any. Umbridge is an AMAZING villain (she's exactly like my school counselor, too), but she shouldn't be a MoM worker at all.

[@alternifeind15]

I get your thing with electricity and typewriters. I think the lack of electricity has to do with tradition along with quills. However things he brought up like texting didn't even exist in the time period the stories are taking place in.

[@esmee6308]

Filch is actually a really sad situation. Filch likely grew up in the wizarding world, so when he discovered he was a squib there weren't a lot of appealing options. He either starts a life in the muggle world, a world he's never known and isn't allowed to know about him or take whatever job you can get, despite the options being extremely limited. If you look at it, his Hogwarts position seems to be charity. House-elves do a majority of the cleaning and professors often patrol the castles if deemed necessary and carry out detentions themselves. Filch probably grew very bitter over the years from jealousy and at times bullying and turned into a miserable old git. It's probably also a lot harder to transition from magical world to muggle world. It's much more common for muggle-born witches and wizards to be born than squibs. Wizarding children aren't allowed to practice magic before school, giving them only a slight edge. For a squib you'd need to find a bordingschool, your teachers would not be able to support your transition because they're not supposed to know about the wizarding world and you'll be years behind education-wise. It's probably easier if there's muggles in the family that could help you though. Agree on everything else though. :D

[@deepderpdumbstuff4172]

The wealsy family used the ministry cars three times

[@minhajnizam5090]

Deep Derp Dumb stuff only to get to the station

[@rousod]

weasly*

[@lauradavid2311]

rousod weasley*

[@minhajnizam5090]

Also they only used them twice and both times was due to Harry

[@NoJusticeNoPeace]

I've always thought the Trolley Witch was _part_ of the train, the way the Room of Requirement is part of Hogwarts.

[@hey_its_annabel]

Poor trolley witch, is now a Peice Of furniture LOL RIP

[@Doctor_Odin]

It would make sense for her to be an avatar of the train an enchantment to make sure the children are comfortable. Otherwise why not just have house elves going around with a snack cart soliciting Beverages and whatnot.

[@zaryabraja4232]

When I first saw this I was like : duh, it was because J.K Rowling loved trains when she started writing Harry Potter

[@spmgijsbers339]

Middle ages vibes.. like owls.. however trains were invented in the age of factories and machines.. so after the middle ages.. woops😅

[@ashtro9307]

Here's a question: Why does Professor Lupin take the Hogwarts Express in Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban? I swear the teachers have their own type of transport.

[@elderscrollsswimmer4833]

full moon the previous night. He was probably too tired to apparate, and concidered Night Bus too expensive (or the secret location wont allow it)

[@136jab]

but they take the Knight bus to Hogsmeade in HBP

[@silverstream233]

Wait can werewolves even apparate?

[@carlrood4457]

The full moon doesn't completely explain it. One would assume teachers normally arrive several days before students in order to get settled. It's certainly how real schools work. However, it's possible Remus was unable to travel BEFORE the full moon because the Ministry would likely have wanted to question him regarding where Sirius might be hiding or what routes he might take. He's the one living person who knew Sirius best, so they would want to see what he might know that could aid in a speedy capture.

[@faithjones3196]

Also, maybe he didn't want to go before the full moon as that would have meant he would have had to transform while at Hogwarts (well in the Shrieking Shack). I know that he would have to do so eventually anyway but if I were him I'd want to put off transforming there for as long as possible because the shrieking shack always reminded him of when he would get help from James, Sirius and Peter, who are either dead, presumed dead or convicted for being a killer. I could be wrong but that's what I always imagined when I thought about it.

[@angiewagner9232]

I love this channel because it always asks questions that I’ve never thought of!

[@chasemartin5777]

They could use muggle technology to install some stationary staircases.

[@lars2651]

Explaining The Joke Muggle technology would just break inside Hogwarts coz the magic inside it woulf be too much for muggle tech

[@gauthamarun3878]

Lara SlytherClaw ...It's a staircase, and I'm pretty sure wizards use non-moving staircases

[@lars2651]

Gautham Arun but what about the muggle technology they would use to install the stationary staircase???

[@gauthamarun3878]

Lara SlytherClaw Fantastic Beasts show them repairing an entire city with magic, a couple of staircases should be no problem

[@ivy6662]

Gautham Arun but the stairs aren't broken they're meant to move

[@zharaireland2646]

also if a muggle sees a train they will not wonder where it is coming from or going so it will be very non suspicious

[@quinnknaap7166]

Congratulations with the birth of your son Luke! I'm sure you'll be an amazing dad

[@astrayle]

I think the reason why voldemort flew to malfoy manor and Godric‘s hollow is because he‘s too far away at that time to apparate there. While Harry was in Malfoy Manor voldemort had been of to Nurmengard to kill Grindelwald. I actually forgot if it was mentioned where he‘d been while harry was in Godric‘s hollow, maybe in Germany or somewhere else, looking for the elder wand. The distance you can apparate is limited, so it makes sense that he had to fly to a certain point to apperate from there. But please correct me, if I got something wrong or messed up :)

[@simonvanberlo983]

Julia You're completely correct. I thought you were only able to apparate to a place in the same country.

[@matt755spruce]

Why not apparate multiple times? There isn't a cooldown on spells and magic dosnt seem to dramatically tire people, so if you can't reach with one spell do it in two or three or fifteen.

[@nbriggs133]

We never see anyone apparate more than twice in succession so its not entirely clear that it is unlimited. Voldemort as a very powerful wizard would presumably be able to do more, but its never really directly shown or confirmed. Plus its possible there are some sort of international boundaries you can't just freely apparate across and while voldemort is in charge of britain he is actually on the continent both of those times so might have to stay under the radar so to speak. There's also some confusion where its not clear if you can apparate to random places or not. The lessons seem to emphasis envisioning the location to get there, but then we see examples of harry and crew apparating to random places all over the country in book 7 so who knows. If there is some necessity to know actually know a location or have some other guide to it then maybe voldemort can't just chain apparate from anywhere.

[@Sentariana]

Grindelwald? I thought Grindelwald was long dead by this point. Defeated by Dumbledore.

[@nbriggs133]

Key word "defeated", not killed. Dumbledore imprisoned grindewald in nurmengard (poetic justice since that was grindewald's own prison), which is where voldemort tracks him down in book 7 on the trail of the elder wand.

[@nesirsitsir]

2:14 huhuh Master stroke.

[@godslave1990]

"Horses became outdated" hahaha muggles really are the worst

[@sebastien-loikntsangou-kan5264]

9:00 The only good thing that came out of the Cursed Child.

[@thespacepeacock]

Actually that’s one of the worst things

[@AlexandraAndStuff]

Cursed Child is cancer.

[@g-gamzee6580]

Idk why I'm posting this here but I just sniffed my candle and the flame went up my nose and now one of my nostrils has no nose hair. Lesson of the day: sniffing candles is a sufficient way to remove nose hairs. You're welcome

[@isabelle921]

i love this comment.

[@xBrii333x]

Aw, man. Now your nose hairs are lopsided. Better sniff with the other nostril, just to balance things out.

[@wellingtonsmith4998]

I just use a Muggle propane lighter, that is so much safer.

[@g-gamzee6580]

Brianna E. I did. #nohate

[@strawberrymilksamurai]

Burnt hair inside your nostrils... that must have smelt terrible

[@tiagotiagot]

Why did wizards develop this culture of holding onto the old ways and not being scientific and creative even with magic itself?

[@sapphireseptember]

TiagoTiago Good question. I don't have the answer to that, I shall think about it.

[@NitroNinja324]

TiagoTiago Now I'm wondering how an uber-liberal feminist like Rowling could create the most conservative culture in fiction.

[@lunayen]

TiagoTiago Imagine if you could magically create, build or make anything you can imagine? Why go along with the times when you've reached a comfort zone? Plus, their distrust of muggles could also be a reason why wizards never went with the times. But who knows, maybe the newer generation of wizards are able to adapt to modern times.

[@quoniam426]

Why did the wiards never got interested in Space exploration, who know what other magical secrets they could have discovered. I guess Magic would make it a lot easier to build a spacecraft able to resist radiations, have next to infinite supplies and why not magical FTL drives. WHo knows what magical properties space can hold??? I know that want to stay as down to Earth as possible, but clearly the wizarding community misses an oppurtity to beat the muggles at without them knowing. So the anwser might be cultural after all.

[@domidium]

The cooperation of Wizarding magic and Muggle technology would be a marvel to behold, if only technology worked properly in the presence of magic, which it doesn't.

[@nukemanmd]

Wouldn't a fleet of Knight Bus type vehicles offer more convenience to wizarding families? The bus in Prisoner seems to be capalbe of jumping altmost instaneously, over great distances. It is invisible to Muggles. It could pick up students at their homes.

[@k.5425]

Hmm. True🤔🤔. But I don't think parents would like their child to be in that kind of bus...

[@lucianthedruid7168]

Yes totally

[@anvos658]

Main problem would be needing to enchant them so it didn't appear a fleet of buses mysteriously take a trip to a specific small town in Scotland 4ish times a year (including holiday breaks). Though yes, if the train ever breaks or gets destroyed that probably would be the replacement.

[@joehawkes6559]

SO THAT HARRY CAN MEET RONALD 😝

[@LiveHedgehog]

But Nicholas Flamel was in a Library book - one Hermione had but didn't read because she didn't expect him to be an Alchemist.

[@lillaboxall1302]

LiveHedgehog That was only in the movie. In the book there wasn't one.

[@robertgronewold3326]

No, she dashed upstairs in the book and got her HUGE library book to show the info in. Her mistake was looking for recent wizards, not an old one.

[@Sentariana]

Lilla Boxall In the book, yes there was! She just didn't think to look there because she'd already read it.

[@DissectingThoughts]

Other ways wizards can benefit from muggle technology? Guns. Not only has Rowling herself said that a muggle with a shotgun would win against a wizard with a wand, that's not even the crux of the matter. Let's say it's possible for wizards to throw up shield charms that protect against bullets. I mean, I'm not sure they can. I can't recall them shielding against many other things than magic. Also they are often caught unaware when someone just gets close enough to punch them instead of throwing spells at them, and a fist is a lot slower than a bullet. But let's for the sake of argument say they can throw up bullet proof shields. And let's also leave aside the fact whether a slight combat advantage between an armed muggle and an armed wizard would do much in favour of the muggles. Wizards can still mind-charm, and muggles are largely unaware they exist, and so can't mount an offensive. Never mind all that. We're talking strictly about wizards vs. other wizards here. So let's say if a wizard attacked another wizard with a gun rather than a wand. Let's say bullet proof shield hexes are a thing. You still have to react in time. And you just can't. Wizard spells are so much slower than bullets. I don't know what speed they travel at, but it's not super sonic by any stretch. Mostly if someone throws a spell at you from the other side of the room, you'll at least have a chance to react to their voice before the spell reaches you. That's why voiceless casting is such a big deal. With a gun, though? Not only won't you hear the gunshot until after the bullet reaches you, because the bullet is travelling faster than the sound of the shot. Even if you did hear the gunshot, you just couldn't react in time. Moreover, the gun doesn't have the avada kedavra drawback of you having to genuinely mean it from the bottom of the heart or whatever. You just pull the trigger, and if you hit the person right, the person dies. If you hit the person wrong, they're at least distracted long enough for you to fire off a spell. Or hey. Shoot again. You know what would be terrifying? A sniper that could reposition instantly to another sniper vantage point and try again right away if he or she missed a shot. So why don't wizards, who really want other wizards dead, don't try to just snipe them instead of getting right up close where they risk countermagic? You know what you also have to do with spells? Aim. You have to aim them, and a wand isn't exactly an instrument designed for precision shooting. I don't care if you're Dumbledore or Grindelwald. You're not going to hit someone shooting at you with a sniper rifle with a well-aimed hex-shot.

[@DissectingThoughts]

I am, indeed, a Dresden Files fan. Been waiting for Peace Talks for years now.

[@aelianaevergreen8955]

I guess it's just a matter of pride among wizards, they would find the idea abhorrent.

[@IDontKnow-pf6en]

DisThoughts i feel like a lot of things are assumed here. also, they would have to learn to shoot a gun, because it isnt as easy as it looks. then you have all the regular drawbacks muggles have when using guns---which includes evidence. AK kills with no trace, and while im not sure if they have magical CSI, it is something to consider. also, once they see the gun, it would be pretty easy to defend against. afterall, you have to show the gun before shooting it (barring sniper scenarios and the like), so there would be at least a hot second to do something. plus, youre figuring that everyone is fast and adept with firearms, which isnt usually the case. im not saying guns wouldnt be a viable competitor in killing tools for magical folk, but i feel as though there are prolly many reasons they arent used.

[@themoleman6806]

I would actually start reading Harry Potter again if there was a story about a wizard assassin that uses guns and magic to ensure he won't get caught.

[@thebluePumpking]

DisThoughts There is a shield spell and we even saw it in a movie. Dumbledor used it to turn the glass attack from Voldemort into sand. So it could work on bullets too but those fly much faster and no wizard could react that fast.

[@krzysztofwojewoda4075]

"You cant teleport into and out of the area of Hogwarts!! I've told you a million times!! It is in the History of Hogwarts!"

[@shino4242]

Hogwarts, A History You uncultured swine.

[@soniiabaybee]

No, but they can teleport to hogsmede.

[@anvos658]

You could still set up a floonetwork hub with a unique ID (so even if you pronounce it wrong there is nothing else nearby it could redirect you to) just a short carriage ride away. Then you just set up a few local hubs throughout the areas of Great Britain, so you don't need hundreds of contections. Doesn't require a whole train station, and people going to a few random houses and/or businesses is a lot less suspicious than the same group arriving at a train station multiple times a year, yet never buying a ticket.

[@mainahgruau6631]

Twice a year ? What about holidays ?

[@pattowo029]

Mainah Gruau I was going to say that

[@alexlovesmilfs8830]

I think when he said that, he meant getting _all_ students in and out if school. During the holidays, some students stay behind. I'm not trying to be rude in anyway, just saying what I think.

[@ElysiaWhitemoonOmega]

he talked about getting all the students into school, wich happens twice a year, once after summer, when the year starts and then again after christmas, when the winter holiday is over. the train travels 4x, 2x to school and 2x from school, but they are only brought to school twice

[@syruscloud7277]

rude

[@alisonmitchell1]

I'll be there in a jiffy!

[@AnarchistOwl]

3 hour train journey? From London to the highlands? In the 90s? As if. You’re looking at more than 5 hours in 2017!

[@Titemaud]

Yeah, most likely, I mean they leave London at 11am and get to Hogwarts just in time for the Sorting and dinner, which, if you assume it's Brit style, is around 6/6.30 pm. Count getting off the train, the commute by carriage or boat and the excitement of seeing each other again after the summer (for non first years), my guess is they arrive in Hogsmeade around 5pm, which makes the train ride around 6hours.

[@AnarchistOwl]

Sounds about right

[@StormBlazePegasus]

its over 2 hours to get from Bristol to London, I would not want to be on a London to Scotland train x.x although longest train journey Ive done so far has been Plymouth to Manchester like 5-7 hours x.x

[@naven2802]

AnarchistOwl remember it’s “enhanced by magic” and the Modified Hall locomotives were pretty nippy so with both wizard and movie magic it is possible

[@AnarchistOwl]

Brightwinter721 not gonna claim to know anything about trains but is there ever actually anything that states in canon that it’s a 3 hour journey? (I know this is a weird thing to discuss at length but if it’s appropriate anywhere, it’s on this channel 😅 )

[@phosphoros60]

"To his dying day, Dickwin Durble, conductor of 5972 Olton Hall Locomotive, maintained that he had lost or misplace _something_ but never could put his finger on what..."

[@RMCL468]

Easy. it is a train that moves and can carry people inside it.

[@beebaw99]

The Cursed Child was a trainwreck Get it? Train-wreck?

[@azrasheikh551]

😂

[@miathomas5205]

punny!

[@hey_its_annabel]

Lol

[@zebjensen4251]

oh ho good one. nicly done sir nicly done.

[@terrier_productions]

🤦🏻‍♂️

[@CalistaW]

to be fair, the book was published in America in 1998, but Harry was actually born in 1980. I was 12 in 1998 and not many muggles had cell phones back then, just saying. Congrats on the new baby though!

[@erenyeager3829]

What if you could just use wands to write what your thinking (EX: Writing OWLS)

[@nicholasstephenson6943]

Did you know that the Hogwarts express is a GWR Hall class steam locomotive that was built way after 1827 so there could have been another train.

[@nicholasstephenson6943]

Glad you see this too

[@naven2802]

Nicholas Stephenson you mean Modified Hall. The hall class was smaller and older than the Modified Halls and Olton Hall (hogwarts castle) was a Modified Hall.

[@owenmeschter9888]

Remember that the movie was made in the 1990's and they were just going off what the book said..they didn't feel the heavy need for historical accuracy. It's Hollywood :)

[@randr8098]

CONGRATS ON LUKE!!!!!!

[@AmbitionMusic]

🚂💨

[@shuu_39]

Ambition Train farts. Love your music ❤

[@geraldineoshea1931]

I would just try to sneak some pens and pencils in and when they find them I will say I need them to survive they would say go to madam promfey and I would Sprint and shout noooooo

[@spazzmaticus9086]

Fitting profile picture.

[@jinnosenju9768]

Voldemort flying is good for when fighting in the air, and the whole reason he was flying to Malfoy manor was because he was abroad and too far away to apparate

[@kendragraham1348]

fun fact : my wand is 9 and 3/4 inches, just like the platform!

[@Alis_Grave_Nil]

What wood and core?

[@noahchmielewski1347]

Probably made from rat hair and pig spine

[@kojekotake4524]

Cool

[@presqueezedlemons7170]

My wand is a 10’ sycamore wood, unicorn hair core, and extremely flexible.

[@haylee5279]

Mine is 12 and 3/4 inches, beech wood, Phoenix feather core and brittle flexibility :)

[@Ray-hk1zm]

Okay: Apparition and floo powder don't work for getting onto the Hogwarts grounds, it's protected. And brooms and thestrals would be EASY for muggles to see.

[@mishapenmoonmoth]

Floo powder does work they use mcgonagall’s fireplace in 6th year to get from home at the end of Christmas holiday.

[@spinba11]

it was a one off connection

[@leskolt2911]

I don't think muggles can see thestrals even if they have witnessed death. although random flying people may catch your eye...

[@PolevayaMysh]

They can apparate somewhere close to the Hogwarts grounds and walk from there.

[@MerkhVision]

Dumbledore set up special temporary Floo access for some of those occasions

[@keeperofthetriforce7]

why take a train? Because the train is the true main character of the story duh

[@KossolaxtheForesworn]

why take a train? because next stop auschwitz.

[@hey_its_annabel]

Because why not?

[@thatlizardperson7976]

Train = true main 😨

[@jerri1918]

tl:dw because steam trains are awesome