The SECRET To Creating Harry Potter Characters | Harry Potter Film Theory

[@jaredbennett7677]

Harry's dichotomy is present for Snape specifically in that he looks just like James (bad, in Snape's eyes) but with Lilly's eyes (good, in Snape's eyes)

[@keithjones3138]

Another yin and yang is how they look like their fathers and how they take that information. Both Harry and Voldemort, Tom Riddle Jr., looked like their father except for their eyes. Harry had his mom's eyes, and Harry notes that something flashes red at times. Also, Harry is proud that he has his father's likeness, while Tom mutilated his face to make sure he didn't resemble his father a few years after he killed him.

[@SawdustMusic-rd8mj]

I’d like it if you and J started making Star Wars videos again. You could absolutely do deeper into this concept with even more Star Wars examples.

[@RedHeart-gt9xr]

I do really miss their other stuff. I like their Harry Potter videos but I do miss the other stuff too

[@marshawargo7238]

I don't. I only ever watched the first SW with Harrison Ford. But that's my opinion & I can manage to watch or not watch. Therefore, I don't mind if they picked up on the other franchises 😊! Everyone should be represented ❤!!!

[@angiekiot3202]

First time I notice that, in English, the two feathered wands are Brothers, in French they are Sisters.

[@SgtSupaman]

I don't know French, but, since it has gendered nouns, I assume that would simply be due to the French word for wand being feminine.

[@mienfu9824]

@@SgtSupaman Yeah, that's probably the reason. It's the same in Czech.

[@elzbietajesionowska1676]

Same in Polish ;)

[@arlywan1980]

Same in Portuguese aswell

[@BfreeJP]

Same in Spanish. "Wand" is feminine, so they're "sisters".

[@GBunnyG]

Little thing, but I love that, on the final screen, the thumbnail of the Scathing Review of Hagrid has a teeny little bouncing spider on it. Very fun.

[@itchybelle]

hehehe thank you for noticing ;)

[@coolnerdlll6053]

I got the real formula for creating Harry: 1. Make freaky prediction about how the recipe will be used 2. Combine 1 James Potter with 1 Lily Evans 3. Add nationwide race war 4. Wait nine months 5. Nurture mixture for one year 6. Remove James/Lily combination from mixture and destroy it 7. Leave remnants of mixture with much worse bakers 8. Ignore mixture for ten years and slowly drive it insane for a further seven 9. Enjoy your PTSD-ridden mixture

[@chubby_deity3143]

I think a scathing review/defense for each character could be a nice mini series, just each brother, flip a coin or something to pick a side and just debate it.

[@nightleopard13]

Harry is also yin and yang. He looks mostly like his dad but with his mom's eyes. While his personality is mostly his mother with a little of his dad.

[@rustysm8080]

Hagrid's duality isn't about his "needing help". It's his Loyalty to Dumbledore's and Father figurehead for Harry...and his not keeping secrets and his love of "monsters".

[@madikytta4764]

I HAVE A NEW HEADCANNON!!!! Rita skita lost all renown she had before the war, therefore the wizarding public knew not to trust her afterward. Like if she published Harry and Ginny were cheating on each other nobody would care, and and it would be a gag in the family, they’d make jokes like (“oh we’re getting a divorce” said Harry Ginny lazily hands Harry a coffee mug and says “is it because I’m snogging Neville?” Giggling “No it’s because IM snogging Neville” Harry laughs. “Goddangit Harry can’t you let me have my affair in peace?” Ginny laughs.) I’m of the opinion that Rita wrote cursed child to get back at the potters.

[@Margaret-yv9ed]

😆🤣😂 That’s great! I love it, thanks for that

[@Margaret-yv9ed]

😆🤣😂 That’s great! Such a fun headcanon, thanks for that

[@hufflepom]

I have a theory that the Arianna becomes Fawkes (Per SCB Theory, Dumbledores come back as phoenixes). The pure, sweet, and good Arianna is a rebirth of Fawkes that gives a feather for Harry and the Obscurus side of her is a rebirth of Fawkes that gives the Voldy feather. To build upon your theory that Dumbledores come back as Phoenixes. What if Ariana came back as Fawkes? It would explain the connection between Dumbledore and Fawkes, they are literally family. Phoenixes go through cycles of life and are constantly being reborn. While during most of the rebirths, Fawkes comes back as the “sweet and scared and harmless” (DH, ch 28) side of Ariana’s personality, occasionally Fawkes is reborn as the Obscurus Ariana. Aberforth describes this as, “times she was strange and dangerous.” (DH, ch 28). We also learn from Aberforth that Ariana was prone to fits of rage where magic would explode out of her. If we view spells as the controlled expulsion of magical energy. “His wand began to vibrate more powerfully than ever... and now the beam between him and Voldemort changed, too...it was as though large beads of light were sliding up and down the thread connecting their wands -Harry felt his wand give a shudder under his hand, as the light beads began to slide slowly and steadily his way... the direction of the beam’s movement was now towards him, from Voldemort, and he felt his wand shudder angrily.” (GoF, ch 34) Perhaps, the connection of the twin cores is the two sides of Ariana’s personality entering a fit of rage after being hyper-charged by uncontrollable magic. The two sides of Fawkes could explain how both Tom Riddle and Harry Potter, two drastically different boys, attracted feathers from the same phoenix. Thoughts?

[@kyzer42]

Very interesting idea. I never ended up watching the third Fantastic Beasts movie, is that where the "Dumbledores come back as phoenixes" thing comes from? I know they talked about how a phoenix comes to members of the family in Fantastic Bests 2, but I don't remember anything about dead Dumbledores coming back.

[@hufflepom]

@@kyzer42 I edited the original post with quotes. Lol.

[@Miss_Myth]

Ooh! I like that! When I saw the first line, I thought, What about the Obscurus? but the fact that you cover both and how each comes into play is really good!! Personally, I like the idea that each "side" of her creates a separate phoenix (so we end up with two different birds), but both side of her showing themselves at different times in Fawkes' life is really good too. Would love the brothers to see this and run with it!

[@chubby_deity3143]

"Dumbledores come back as phoenixes" just feels off to me, since Dumbledore himself did not come back when he died. I wonder if we can refine to only Ariana, what if she was a Maledictus and she was alone was affected? Maybe there was some kind of mutation and she turned into a magical creature instead of a mundane one. And it would still work with your theory, which I think it very interesting.

[@hufflepom]

@@chubby_deity3143 the “Dumbledores come back as phoenixes” is from one of their videos. But I love the Maladictus addition!

[@PerovNigma]

There's also Hermione, stressing the importance of the rules and decorum unless _she_ wants to do something bad/reckless, like brew Polyjuice to infiltrate another dorm, or bring Crookshanks into the boys' dorm, or trap Rita Skeeter inside a jar, or cover Marietta Edgecombe's face with boils.

[@jackspaggato5825]

Great video but wheres What if Ron was in Hufflepuff part 9? Usually each episodes a week apart but its almost been 2 weeks with no news?

[@kinggl0ver9]

He literally says in the intro

[@jackspaggato5825]

@@kinggl0ver9 oh shi mb i cant believe I missed that

[@captainspaulding5963]

​@jackspaggato5825 be honest, you didn't miss it. You ran to the comment section before even watching 😂

[@antonangelov3855]

Also also, Harry has a part of Voldemort's soul within him. Voldemort takes a part of Harry when he uses his blood to resurrect himself. Bringing darkness into light and light into darkness. Whether they both act on the darkness\light is their choice. Like Dumbledore said it is our choices that define who we are (something like that)

[@jamessmithson-br7rm]

Yes, the weekend is here and another Super Carlin Brothers’ video!

[@PhilosophicAI]

Genuinely great. And how many other characters are yin and yang. Luna and Hermione. Ron and Neville and… crabbe and Goyle? The twins and filch and umbridge.

[@captainspaulding5963]

The only pair that you listed that are even close to being opposite are Luna and Hermione....

[@californiadovah7786]

Scared the hell out of me when the links to other videos popped up and on the video “ follow the spiders” I see a spider on my tv and didn’t realize it was a part of the video. I jumped so bad! 😂 thanks Ben and J love you guys

[@itchybelle]

Oops didn’t mean to scare you!

[@StormsofPeril]

I love these theories!! They got me into Harry Potter, and convinced me to watch the movies (I haven't read the books). You guys are awesome!!!

[@Bookloving_girl]

Read the books 🖤

[@saxdczxc3]

Maybe Sherlock Holmes and his Arch enemy, in James Moriarty?

[@carlrood4457]

I think there's a simpler concept. The characters all have strengths and weaknesses. Harry is "the chosen one", but he's not particularly knowledgeable or powerful. He is exceedingly brave and loyal. They simply feel real because of their flaws and the need to depend on each other because none of them can do it on their own. Nearly everyone offers something. This is highlighted in the destruction of the horcruxes. Different people destroy each one. Harry can be the main hero, but he doesn't have to do everything.

[@danielrhouck]

I think one of the big examples is Ron. He is a good friend most of the time, not his jealousy of Harry and his various bigotries do cause problems.

[@dawnmcauley6411]

The yin-yang itself (in it's entirety) is a complete cycle and person. Harry completes the cycle by accepting death (and is able to choose to return to life via the love-crux) whereas Voldemort tries to escape the cycle and death (and is ultimately barred from death via the horcruxes, a fate that is arguably *worse* then death.)

[@Lucas_Vanes]

Bro I didn’t know you had a KZbin channel, I found you podcast an have been watching it for years and I just decided to watch your channel. I didn’t think that your channel would be this big

[@RedHeart-gt9xr]

Welcome! Hope you enjoy the new hours of discovered content :)

[@bobpie7785]

Which podcast?

[@Margaret-yv9ed]

Oh, you’re from Popcorn Culture? Welcome! If you like their podcasts, I’d recommend Through the Griffin Door, their HP deep dive podcast.

[@Aravind-ace]

Never miss an supercarlin upload

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Your theories are always Entertaining! 😊😊😊😊

[@mobailey6666]

I picked a great day to wear my DOBBY socks

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Love you guys❤❤❤❤

[@Shadefinder1]

No in star wars to bring balence to the force you must get rid of the dark. The force is only balanced when there is only light.....

[@melanietrader]

19 seconds gang

[@roseszymanski]

Woah never been this early 😭 52 seconds ago?! Amazing content keep it up! (Maybe more Hunger Games content... 👀)

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

You always make My day! Thanks For this 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@tinyduece4177]

Thanks for the Ron hufflepuff update actually was gonna comment asking u where it is but u read my mind occlumency much😂😂😂

[@stene123]

I like this style of video. Could have been bit longer though 😊

[@RealYoVoidPlayz]

Video Idea: What If Sirius Got The Dementor’s Kiss. However saddening this is, I believe it will have considerable effect. In the order of the phoenix, the ministry of magic blamed the Azkaban Breakout on Sirius as a rallying point, as they believed him a mad murderer. I am in linden to think that a part, if not the whole ministry would start believing or being a bit more supportive of Dumbledore’s motives

[@captainspaulding5963]

It wouldn't have made any difference UNLESS it happened directly in front of Harry

[@mecahhannah]

Great analysis and awesome video as always thanks guys! I'm an aspiring writer and always enjoy and try to learn from this type of content!

[@DdKk-uc4ek]

When it comes to Voldemort vs Harry. I think the underlying difference in how they grew up is that Harry's parents died, they didn't abandon him the way Tom Riiddle's parents did. I believe that is the component that causes Voldemort to seek power.

[@ToaCody1]

0:30 Eh, I've been more fond of the Two Contraries, something every Pokemon fan has been exposed to for almost 15 years now whether they know it or not.

[@charliecopley9337]

It’s crazy to think that if they listened to the Stephen Fry audiobooks they would NEVER go back, 100000x better

[@kylecollins3755]

Are we completely stopping the Friday, Ron in Hufflepuff videos? Don’t stop!!

[@SgtSupaman]

I will never understand why anyone thinks good and evil should exist equally. There is no benefit to the existence of evil. Evil should never be allowed when one is capable of eliminating it. I admit I haven't kept up with all things Star Wars, since I couldn't be bothered to watch the movies at all after Episode VII, but, originally, the force was balanced by the *destruction* of the dark side. The light side of the force is what represented the balance, while the dark side was chaos. Bringing balance to the force really did mean defeating the evil. The yin and yang symbol is supposed to be about complementary/opposite things that aren't inherently good or bad, like contraction and expansion, passive and active, fire and ice, day and night, etc.

[@timchiu501]

Exactly, many foreigners misunderstand Yin and Yang as good and evil like Zoroastrianism. It’s always a combination of both sides.

[@Esvald]

Yeah the dark side of the Force is more like a cancer in a living body, the body (the living Force) is balanced when it is eliminated.

[@Motsham]

Then what about the Grey Jedi's who are, as they perceive it "perfectly balanced" in what they see as a true usage of The Force. Using both the light side and the dark side of The Force without letting the dark side corrupt them.

[@owencoles2798]

@@Motshamthis is what I was thinking. Like there’s many people, real and fictional, that are able to balance their good and bad traits to make an overall good person who acknowledges their shortcomings but doesn’t allow that to halt their progress.

[@SgtSupaman]

@@Motsham , to my knowledge, a Gray Jedi is someone that is generally good (usually using the light side of the force), they just aren't part of the Jedi Order. But, even if they are someone that uses dark and light, that doesn't mean they are balanced. Could just mean they are unreliable. They are like an anti-hero or anti-villain (depending on their ultimate leaning). Being conflicted doesn't make them balanced (even if they consider themselves as such).

[@brantjustilian3791]

I do remember riding on bike in my neighborhood and in one driveway there was three black cats and three white cats sitting on each side.

[@Sporking]

Did you bring up their signature spells' colors are inverted eye colors?

[@lukemateo9500]

6:45 they did care about eye color! They tried to have Dan wear contacts, but he kept having a reaction to them. It was better for everyone and he could act properly if they just didn't have the green eyes.

[@lukemateo9500]

There are some scenes at the end of the first movie where Harry is teary-eyed, and this is actually from the contacts that they had to take out

[@captainspaulding5963]

With how much money these movies had in their budget, there's absolutely no excuse to not keep an incredibly important plot point in tact.

[@JustFlemishMe]

The Force is actually not a good example of yin-yang. The Force is fundamentally good. Where a lot of people in and out of universe go wrong is the assumption the Dark Side is a natural part of the Force. That is simply not true. What is often called 'the Light Side' is simply the Force existing as normal. The Dark Side is a corruption of the Force, not a natural part. The sequel trilogy seems to have bought into this, and, terrible and nonsensical as it may be, it is canon. HOWEVER. Despite it making for a great reason for Luke to have cut himself off and waited to die, Luke never mentions the Force striving for 'balance' (equal light and dark) as a reason behind his decision. In fact, the only one to propagate this view is Snoke, a villain and puppet for Palpatine. It does feel like it could be nonsense spouted by Dark Side users to claim they do belong in the galaxy.

[@LonKirk]

Very good video. Nice.

[@pipasmr2011]

The sword of Gryffindor was found in the Rust Belt!!!!!!

[@Chikararyoku]

well, there's Hermione incredibly clever, but unless it's info found in an official book, she won't trust it or believe in it

[@camwyn256]

Anakin did what he was destined to do. He brought balance to the Force.

[@wyldstealer]

only thing i can think of looking at this thumbnail is that the only asian character is literally named Cho Chang and then proceeds to of effectively nothing

[@rredlein78]

SIR RONALD IN HUFFLEPUFF IS NOW A NEED AND NOW I DONT HAVE AN EPISODE TTWO WEEKS IN A ROW

[@barbarossa5980]

Ik this is no star wars channel, but the force is not good or bad, its just the force used by good or bad people

[@spencerhiginbotham7538]

3:51 Guys. Harry is what looks like a pile of ash! So that story is Harry Potter and the statue of himself!

[@importal172]

umbrige is a black circle

[@banderasz1185]

I disagree with your take on Voldemort. He does have the ying and the yang. His evil side is obvious but he does have a good side too-at least on the surface. When he was young, he was the favorite of all (but one) teachers and was respected by his peers. So in his youth, his ying and yang were his appearance and his persona which were at odds with each other.

[@JadeChaves-m6x]

Snape is actually a triple agent.

[@andylee6022]

How to write and good character. Take a high level concept or spiritiual idea and embody it in a person or the world. I have to wonder how long that theory goes. Some are easy and already pointed out but some are not. Like Shacklebolt, Fudge, Umbitch, and Tonks. Or are very superficial like lucius and arthur and molly and bella or narcissa.

[@regman1996]

New Rockstars trying to catch up to yall

[@sven135]

I don't agree that this is the ultimate reason why especially Harry Potter characters are "well designed". Isn't it always true for every well written character in any book or film to be two sided? Or to have an opposite or antagonist which he/she has always something in common as Yin/Yang. I don't want to criticize the content but it's very obvious and necessary to use such character designs.

[@crayyonnyadrav4055]

But in Magic, Red and Green are next to each other in the color wheel...

[@air1fire]

In Star Wars the light side is infinitely more powerful and there is no balance between the light and dark side because the light side is the balance.

[@jamessmithson-br7rm]

Umbridge is all yin, there is no yang

[@ObsessiveGeek]

Fred and George are her counterpoint

[@brookieblakeyBeddingfield]

1 min 0:16

[@abyssalcrisis]

Sooo is Ron in Hufflepuff on hold? This is two weeks in a row. :/

[@I_am_me_ofc]

I just did a quest in Hogwarts legasy were you become headmaster black and I got up to the headmasters office, I found the storting hat and you can find facts about it and there it says that it uses legiamens 😮(I dont now how to write it properly)

[@t.j.armendariz354]

Most death eaters aren’t duality

[@Pfhorrest]

6:52 green and red are *not* opposites on a proper color wheel, only on that antiquated RYB abomination! They *are* opposite in the LAB color space which better represents biological human color perception (wherein our optic nerves have three channels, one for total amount of lightness rather than darkness, one for the amount blue rather than anything else, and one for the amount of red rather than green). But the RYB color wheel does not accurately reflect that, placing violent opposite yellow rather than blue, and orange opposite blue instead of yellow, because it's totally unscientific nonsense from the dark ages. The proper RGB color wheel *does* translate directly to and from LAB, because it similarly represents the biology of human eyes and their color-sensitive cone cells, which generate the signals that get processed by the optic nerve as represented by the LAB color space.

[@hmmmkay655]

WHERE IS RON IN HUFFLEPUFF PART 9

[@RileyMcGreevy]

Luna is a Ravenclaw and is clearly smart, but she is often presented as loony and believes in unproven things like nargels and crumple-horned snorkacks.

[@Cyberlucy]

Ravenclaw is also known for taking in the eccentrics too.

[@heylolp9]

I mean there is a thing called Nobel disease Which is the phenomenon that Nobel laureates which are excelling in their field developed a false sense of confidence in fields which they don't have expertise in and falling victim to conspiracy theories and mystical beliefs based on the premise that, as Nobel price winners, they're smart enough to not be conned, getting them conned

[@captainspaulding5963]

There's MANY characters that we never see, like Thestrals up until Luna is really introduced. We have no idea if the things Luna claims to see are real or not

[@matthewpatrick7263]

Voldemort is pure evil because he's missing a large bit of his soul.

[@michaelroy7754]

What if the grangers had their memories altered to think harry eas Hermiones twin?

[@saintzeroinfinity]

☯️

[@cOdY23780]

Suggestion: What if Harry Potter was a girl?

[@taylorhagen3916]

There also the YingYang Killer anyone know what i mean, or am i alone

[@DrTimes99]

Stick with Harry Potter. Your brief foray into understanding the Force is completely wrong.

[@antoniocalado7101]

I think the biggest yin and yang of all is how this channel can come up with great theories and content (through the griffin door included), but at the same time waste everyone's time with quota filling videos like this and compromise their integrity with the better help sponsorship.

[@lady2wheels270]

Ouch & Wow

[@abyssalcrisis]

BetterHelp is fantastic. Get over yourself.

[@hallbjornthefirebreather8376]

​@abyssalcrisis betterhelp got caught selling clients info to Facebook for ad generation. They got a slap on the wrist and a finger shook at them, that's it

[@CharlesOffdensen]

5:55 That's another interesting prophecy. Anakin was supposed to bring balance to the Force. And he did. He first killed all Jedi and then, as he was dying himself, he killed the last remaining Sith. "A Chosen One shall come, born of no father, and through him will ultimate balance in the Force be restored." The Jedi somehow interpreted this to mean that the Chosen one would kill all Siths. How is that "balance"?!

[@TaliesinMyrddin]

"Why is every Harry Potter character so compelling" Ehh..

[@guybrushthreepwood7811]

You know what you mentioned about the force being balanced made me reconsider the Rise of Skywalker lines “I am all the Sith” and “I am all the Jedi.” Both of them at that point had the concentrated power of light side and dark side cause they were the only ones left. That’s definitely not what they were going for, but would have been a cool recontextualization.

[@gl1chm4gm42]

1 minute lets go

[@cacklebabygg6156]

The secret is to make lazy or racist names and make their whole personality about a racist stereotype

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Early

[@JY-CS]

Are they english? Name them a english name Are they welsh irish or Scottish? Google search common names for each ethnicity and make that person a representative for all of those people as stereotypically as possible Is he not british? Mentally freak out and google stereotypical names for them and make those people represent their cultures. Sit down and let the justified criticism roll

[@lestark]

Can we please get a non Harry Potter video?

[@izabellasanchez1621]

1st!

[@hackmxn]

A 14 minute video to reveal that the *SECRET* is not having one note characters, wow. Who would’ve thought that characters are more compelling when they are actual characters and not caricatures. This feels like there was a deadline and you threw everything you could at a concept you haven’t truly understood.

[@jakobabbott5084]

Bro, you freaking killed him.

[@Martyn_Wolf]

Hardly a suprise people use things they barely understand.

[@rehpotsirk56]

Exactly this

[@TheTuneShifter]

You do know that not everyone, especially kids, are expert writers like yourself right? This /is/ a family-oriented channel. This video can be good for explaining good character creation to kids.

[@Miss_Myth]

I have felt that way about other videos before, that it was just to meet a deadline, but I genuinely don't feel that way about this one, for two reasons: It can be helpful for those who want to write, and fun for those who want to deep-dive into HP. For writers, even if you understand that characters **should** be more than one-note, that doesn't mean you understand *how* to execute that. This video is an interesting perspective to understand how to layer characters, and nearly every source of writing advice will tell people to go to stories they know & love and analyze them to get a better understanding of what to do in their own stories. Second, even if you have no interest in writing, the topic might interest you. But even if it doesn’t, people just like to geek out about their fandom, and this is another way to do that, looking at characters we know and actions we're familiar with, but through a different lens.

[@AlexManMe]

Did we give up on the run series?

[@17jbeltran]

question... so are you guys a HP channel now?

[@hibudy82]

Yep