The Most POWERFUL Potion Maker Nobody Talks About - Harry Potter Explained

[@vinny9988]

It's interesting that Snape used his knowledge of the Dark Arts to make the world a better place.

[@TsukabuNosoratori2]

Right? And in the end it was a combination of Snape and Budge's work that helped Harry thrive in his last year of Potions under Slughorn. Harry wasn't under Snape's torment and when he got his copy of Advanced Potion Making, he learned to translate it to his advantage (I also love how that pissed off Hermione something fierce.)

[@Wmuthoni]

From what I understood Snapes describes the dark arts having been created as a last resort to rid of near unstoppable threats. In class Snapes describes DA branch of magic as pragmatic & ever evolving and it’s for this reason Snapes warns that the dark arts must be given their due respect or they will destroy you.

[@Swagodactyll]

Well, other than the whole joining an army of dark wizards for a spot of genocide.

[@vinny9988]

@@Swagodactyll aside from that little fluke

[@jerep1863]

@@TsukabuNosoratori2😢

[@zevaak]

Is anyone else concerned about the thought of a man alone on a Scottish island with only sheep testing "attraction potions"? 💀

[@megatronjenkins2473]

🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@thunderstar254]

Fantastic beasts and where to find them 😏

[@megatronjenkins2473]

@@zevaak thanks, smokey!

[@briannam3140]

sounds like albus dumbldores brother aberforth 🫢

[@MrPurpleDecay]

​@@briannam3140was gonna say the same thing 😂

[@brokenman58]

With the knowledge Snape showed in his youth, if he devoted himself to it i believe he would have been the greatest potionmaker known

[@ismata3274]

Let's cut him some slack. He was the busiest man alive in his life.

[@orangecitrus8056]

snape's actually so overrated

[@somersault1123]

Not likely. Both clues that we have for Snape as an exceptional potion maker are actually better explained as his lack of ability in Potions. Those clues are; his position as Potions Master and his old Potions textbook. Why do they actually work against him? Why would a naturally gifted Potioneer need to write down their new methods in their Potions book? Because they keep forgetting the process. So they require a guide but don't even bother to write their own process down in full. Instead opting to amend and add to existing framework. This is because their true skill lies elsewhere: Dark Arts. If he was no good at Potions, why would Dumbledore make him Potions Master for so many years? Dumbledore wanted Snape to remember the real genius behind his Potions book, Lily. So he made him Potions Master instead of giving him the Defense Against the Dark Arts post that Snape wanted. Surely if Snape wrote the superior guide to the textbook and Slughorn never made any such guide himself, then Snape is the better Potions Master and should remain Potions Master after Slughorn is convinced to come back to Hogwarts. But he isn't. Slughorn takes his position. Because Slughorn is better at Potions. In fact, Snape isn't very good at Potions at all. Which i why he needs to keep the reference guide that Lily made him even while he's serving as Hogwart's Potions Master. Which explains why his old, outdated book is still in the Potions classroom after all those decades: He still needed to reference it even while passing himself off as a Professor in Potion making. Whereas Lily never needed to deface her textbook as her personal notes were already more detailed and her memory of Potions much clearer and not clouded by consideration of Dark Arts and using such Dark Arts to get back at Gryffindor Bullies like James and Sirius and show up Slytherin bullies like Bellatrix. With that much pressure to excel at Dark Arts, there is no time to secretly develop an advanced expertise in Potions that far exceeds the actual experts before even leaving school. While also becoming so adept at Occlumens and potentially Legillimens as well to rival the second strongest wizard to ever live as well. "But we know that Snape did write the additions to his Potions book because he wrote his own Dark Arts spells there as well." Not exactly. He likely became fond of the book as he was so obsessed with Lily and the book became something through which he felt a connection with her. So some of his Dark Arts work would have been added since he probably wished Lily would share his own enthusiasm for Dark Arts as well. So he would have started jotting random notes in there about his other obsession(Dark Arts) as well. The hard evidence we have is that Severus actually invented his own curses(Dark Arts). If he was so adept at Potions that he could run circles around the professionals while studying, he would have at least one Potion creation to his name by the time he's 30-40 years old as well. But there are none. Instead what we see is him always standing on the shoulders of giants in the field of Potions.

[@chilogutierrez695]

Eh. Dumbledore refused to give snape the DADA post because snape was important...... And Dumbledore was aware of the curse and couldn't risk severus

[@TheJaguarthChannel]

@@somersault1123 Writing down your notes is proof that you're incompetent? How absurd.

[@voen]

The Potter family fortune was made from potions yet it was the class young Harry James hated.

[@darkmage9252]

Harry didn't exactly hate Potions, he hated the teacher for the first five years, plus he had issues with Potions when Snape was the teacher yet Snape was his best teacher in the form of a book

[@Martyn_Wolf]

@@darkmage9252 Because of Harry's dislike of Snape he didn't bother to actively learn from Snape who was using what he wrote in the potions book to begin with to teach his class. Add that Snape would actively hinder Potter so Potty we lad would come across as shite. As proven when Snape left him alone and in Slughorns class, Harry is capable at potions.

[@darkmage9252]

@@Martyn_Wolf except without the Potions book Harry lost his prestige with Slughorn.

[@Martyn_Wolf]

@@darkmage9252 I said capable aka average, not master level lol Remember even without the book he concots a potion although it wasn't at the standard he made them at with Snapes notes aiding him. During his exams in a previous year he manages to make another potion to a decent standard. Hence giving him the moniker of capable.

[@animemusic8]

He hated the teacher. Well, who wouldn't hate Snape. He's the worst. And his intentions of protecting Harry doesn't justify the means.

[@vaderkeytheory5992]

Your videos allways grasp my attention keep up the good work

[@matthewdeavitt9888]

Born in Scotland, lived with a flock of sheep he used for potion testing, and made the "beautification" potion...... anyone else connect the dots there?

[@xTerminatorAndy]

no, care to elaborate please?

[@naebhor6931]

​@@xTerminatorAndyhe's from Aberdeen, as they say.

[@Brickticks]

Nice, I once made a Brewing Handbook in Minecraft for potion making. Haven’t cracked a copy open in a long time though, as I don’t really need it anymore.

[@stevengoyer5287]

I love watching these videos. Can you do an indepth video on appearting or how the port keys work like how house elves teleport

[@spiritussancto]

i feel like people who can bake off-book would also be great potion makers. cause baking requires either extreme attention to detail OR a deep understanding of how and why each ingredient is used in which ways. if you understand things deeply you can freeball. it sometimes requires some trial and error of course but if you understand what you did wrong you can fix it. practice doesn't make perfect, it makes muscle memory. if you're fucking up and not understanding why you're not learning by just repeating the same mistakes

[@Danielle-pn4hq]

Potions is one of the most dangerous lesson's one mistake and it's toast🙏

[@pegzi5t137]

Potions can read intentions ,they have a bit of life spirit,within reason ,that's why it's an art ,crafted with dexterity and a pinch of love using trust as the base ingredient,tried and tested ,with scientific principles,effected by act of intentions errily coming close to one powerful yet elusive soul,that feels like it won't break your trust and repay back in other forms in not in that form,is a science of trust and understanding, water is an elixir,a life force sustainer do not disrespect it

[@voen]

Your cavalier attitude towards the International Statute Of Secrecy is disturbing.

[@ajhard151]

I always thought of potions as cooking. Weather your expertly baking a wedding cake or making bacon and eggs, there's a certain je ne sais quoi about doing it. And some people can't reliably toast bread, or boil water without a kettle. Same with potions you could be a great and powerful spellcaster but if you don't got it you won't get it. The right teacher / instructor also matters. Head cannon : JKR can't cook but has respect for people who can. PS. Personally love your respect for water (Lifeguard) the moment you think a lake, creek, pool, bathtub, won't take your life.... the water says "bet".

[@LyleFrancisDelp]

The ever present question....can muggles make potions by following directions?

[@Dolceandgabana]

No, because you imbue your magic into the potion while making it. Rowling said this herself

[@meacadwell]

@@Dolceandgabana Another question then: If all the ingredients of a potion were indivdually imbued with magic by a witch or wizard, then a muggle used them to make a potion by following directions, could the muggle then make a potion?

[@testickles8834]

@@meacadwell for lack of a better answer, magic is smarter than that.

[@chrishale7480]

@@testickles8834so a muggle adding the ingredients but a witch or wizard adding the magic might work?

[@krishmajumder1411]

​@@meacadwellThe author said that there is usually some small amount of wand work involved for potion making.

[@TsukabuNosoratori2]

One could say Budge never budged from his beliefs.

[@Martyn_Wolf]

Great pun

[@AustynSN]

It really doesn't make any sense at all that a school with a 7-year curriculum would have so many school activities that only occur every 7 years and only allows participation if the student is 17. Lest than 1/7th of the student body would ever qualify to even try to participate.

[@chinolebron6233]

I would say it was Nicolas Flamel for making the elixir of life!

[@mecahhannah]

Awesome as always thanks ❤

[@xrdx9930]

Great story, thank you for sharing.

[@gabinathan5499]

I THINK ZYGMOND BUDGE SOUNDS LIKE THE BEST POSITION MAKER BUT SNAPE WAS VERY GOOD TO. WHO WOULD WIN IF THERE WAS A COMPATION

[@informationyes]

story "he had a face not even his mother can love 3:03 A,I "so kid with perfect jawline then?

[@neoream3606]

Was Snape one of Slughorn's special students because he was so good at potions?

[@brettlarch8050]

Let’s talk about something that’s not talked about with Liquid Luck: If it’s drank in the right amount and if the situation needs, liquid luck would save your life.

[@TsukabuNosoratori2]

That's how it worked with Ginny, Luna and the gang in the battle in the 6th book too! They were talking about how the curses just sort of zoomed past them and they could easily dodge them all because they'd taken even just a couple drops of it.

[@zackchaozmaster]

the any witch or wizrad get better then Zygmunt Bude is making a potion that lets sqibs use magic and one bad day shows it works on muggles too

[@Anasi94]

He was definitely a Ravenclaw...

[@aarondarling9769]

has anyone done one about the marauders map being Taken off harry with the quip plus harry could use it too see who is approaching him> been watching vids never seen any mention of this.

[@virginiahoffman2547]

Potion making is equivalent to chemistry class. And perhaps Bartending - giggle water?

[@Daves-Raves]

Ngl before watching I thought you were gonna be talking bout Snape 😂

[@aleximalmgren5301]

He's a Game Character I don;t game so I only get these stories on KZbin .

[@aleximalmgren5301]

The Aurua could just be some kind recording like the portraits those are not ghosts they are just a recording .

[@joshualieberman2265]

Wait so his grandmother sparked his interest in potions by showing him how to make the laughing potion (3:20) but then he also invented the laughing potion (7:50). I am very confused.

[@JohnDoe-nq4du]

Rowling is not good at timelines.

[@doriansilver5365]

It says he refined the laughing potion.

[@grokeffer6226]

Interesting stuff!!!

[@dustyconrad3255]

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[@jamesrominger3850]

Nobody talks about how come Harry didn't get another vial of that liquid luck and go merk Voldemort? I'm sure slughorn would have given him another to fight the dark Lord and it's not like Harry could've lost then lmao

[@janrudnicki6111]

Very good

[@danielgodfrey4415]

Does the philosopher's stone count?

[@relldog8]

Alchemy not potions

[@starwarts4556]

So, all that Zygmunt Budge _really_ did was to create the very first ever placebo.

[@DenofLore]

In BG3 we call it Rizz.

[@Ozslady]

what about the potter ancestor he created alot of potions and became rich which he tested on muggles (i think) and sold to the magical world

[@wtoven647]

I’ve got a best man speech to do tomorrow - I could do with a bit of Felix!

[@robgonzalez3718]

Is this info all from pottermore?

[@voen]

Probably from a few of the games, that Blackwood Wizard was from Hogwarts Legacy.

[@Dan261178]

Actually its from the game "Wonderbook Book of Potions" if memory serves

[@craxd1]

No, Flamel would have been. On his way to creating the stone, he would have created the Great Panacea, the cure-all of cure-alls, I would even state that someone from the Potter line would have been greater, such as Linfred of Stinchcombe, who created several very important healing potions. Healing is more important than the potions mentioned, including liquid luck.

[@JamesDavy2009]

That is a good point. Sales and licensing fees (e.g. from St Mungo's) of those potions would have made more money.

[@LuciusFaith]

imagine luck 10 being luck 100 would be detrimental! its like coming down from heroine!

[@johnnynielsen3006]

Snape must have improved the recipes in the Magic Potion book... Snape's equipment must be of poor quality... His silver knife couldn't cut, so he had to crush those ''Beans''... Stirring pots was also done with bad spoons... Maybe Snape invented the ''Silver Moon'' potion used to lessen the effects of the Werewolf curse treating ''Mooney'' Did Snape invent the ''Dead Man's Tale'' potion, that is said to revive murdered people long enough to tell who did it...?

[@vidal77777]

where do u find this stuff???

[@MrCoxmic]

How many of Snape's creations were lost? How brilliant was he?

[@yesaelrivera645]

I have a phew questions: A- What would have happened if Ron had caught the book instead of Harry? B- Was there other students before Harry to use the book or had knowledge of it? C- was it an accident Harry finding the Halfbood Prince potions book? Keep the good work!

[@CattyCycler]

How come potions outside of class takes weeks or months to complete. But in class they are able to finish a potion in a couple of hours

[@seattlefloyd]

The ones they do in a single class are the simplest, quickest ones. Classroom exercises should teach the basic and advanced techniques; the potions themselves are beside the point. If the students master the techniques, they can make any potions they want. It's analogous to chef's school. They don't have a separate lesson for every dish. They teach different methods, proper use of various knives, pots, pans, various heat sources, etc. Then the graduates can apply that knowledge to any food they want.

[@JamesDavy2009]

@@seattlefloyd True. Certain ingredients to make Polyjuice Potion are hard to obtain (boomslang skin for instance) and/or time sensitive (fluxweed picked at the full moon for maximum potency). Fluxweed is a common ingredient for transmutation/transfiguration potions and it wouldn't surprise me if said ingredient is also used to make the Animagus Potion.

[@silvenimoy3115]

I wonder if they specified that liquid luck was allowed in competitive potion making solely as a difficult potion to brew and NOT as potion to be consumed during the event 😅 Although I’d be more interested in how they would actually test for it to convict someone of illegally using it. Does the wizarding world have drug tests? 😮

[@Arterexius]

Yes, they have Veritaserum, which causes the drinker to speak the truth, no matter what they do to hide it, which would, I assume, include drinking liquid luck

[@rynodragonite4549]

Zygmond budge

[@MusikCassette]

2:30 snape?

[@megatronjenkins2473]

8:24 wait SHRINK TO A YOUNGER FORM?!? How?!? That's not how that works.

[@bran3516]

Neville's toad shrinks to a tadpole in the books, so yes it shrinks you to a younger form.

[@megatronjenkins2473]

@bran3516 it DE-AGES you, not SHRINKS YOU YOUNGER SHRINKING MAKES YOU SMALLLLLLLLEEERRRRRRRRR

[@professorsassafras]

Can squibs make potions?

[@naytexavier7362]

I don't see why not. A squib can still get magical ingredients if they know where to go. I don't think every potion needs some8to use magic to make it

[@professorsassafras]

@@naytexavier7362 so why won't anyone let squibs go to wizard school? If a squib could make potions then that means they can have a place in the wizarding world. They don't need to be kicked out to muggle school

[@mikev343]

​@@professorsassafras potions are magic so no.

[@MrAtarine]

i mean should we break your 666k subscribers

[@inferno350z]

Dumbledore snuck the book in with slughorns things and then told harry to take the class last second so he wouldn't have bought a book in advance.

[@dustinmaxwell259]

But that was Snape's book, and it was full of mistakes which Snape corrected in the form of side notes.

[@inferno350z]

@@dustinmaxwell259 and it would have been at slughorns residence when they visited. Slughorn most likely brought it himself just think its a fun theory. Its fun to go back to small coincidences that led to something larger to see if it couldve been part of dumbledores grand scheme.

[@Arterexius]

@@dustinmaxwell259 Harry also followed those side notes

[@melanievetter6211]

😊🎉✨️🎇🎊🦁

[@ginnyjollykidd]

But is Felix Felicis the most powerful potion? There wasn't very much in Slughorn's phial. Unless he actually didn't want any student to have much. Then again, only one teaspoon (tablespoon?) was needed for a perfect 24 hours. The DA took only a small bit each, and they were able to miss the Death Eater blows. Harry also noted that though the potion revealed a small bit ahead of him in his journey to Hagrid's, he also noted that the portion was nudging him this way and that, like refilling Hagrid's and Slughorn's glasses of liquor. And knowing Hagrid was really asleep and wouldn't hear Harry's conversation with Slughorn. Perhaps Budge had imbued all of his potions with a bit of himself. Like maybe portraits of Headmasters have?

[@Bargadiel]

Can you please consider not using AI generated images for your thumbnails?

[@hudsonclarkk]

bro. u gotta find a new franchise

[@Kishla-f4o]

Nerd