Why They're Called Death Eaters | Harry Potter Theory

Today Ben dives into the Wizarding World of Harry Potter to revisit an old question and add some additional context to WHY Voldemorts followers are called Death Eaters!
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[@SuperCarlinBrothers]

Raise your hand if you remember the first time we took a stab at this question!!

[@Rainsounds5191]

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[@sleepy-emerald]

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[@leahluostarinen]

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[@button7123]

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[@MithrandilPlays]

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[@Grahambhatt]

I always thought it was because Voldemort thought it would be a scary name

[@Matthew-00]

This is another prevailing theory.

[@SuperCarlinBrothers]

That certainly helps!

[@charleslee8313]

That's the same logic as to why O-Ren's bodyguards were called "The Crazy 88" -- they thought it sounded cool.

[@thedragonwarrior5861]

@@SuperCarlinBrothers that it does

[@FatRonaldo1]

And they all eventually realised that ‘the Knights of Walpurgis’ was rubbish

[@janations]

Originally they were the Knights of Walpergis. Their symbol was the snake (symbolizing death) eating itself as a symbol for immortality. Death eating itself, so Death Eaters.

[@loturzelrestaurant]

???? Is it my Computer or is this video... FASTER?? ??? It's like this carlin-brother speaks way, way different than usually, but the seconds on the youtube-video dont show anything abnormal. ???

[@Maniac4Bricks]

Ah yes I remember that from the previous Death Eater video

[@evan5935]

The snake, or ouroborus? Cause the ouroborus is usually associate diwth immortality as 8t is qite literaly a snake in a circle (sometimes a figure 8) eating it's tail (signifying cycles and/or imortality)

[@vanessavaughn3529]

@@Maniac4Bricks Oh, good! There really is a previous video! I was really freaking out, wondering wth was happening, was I having a very vivid Mandela moment?? ... Thanks

[@ginnyjollykidd]

For your edification: a snake in the form of a knot and eating itself at the tail is an old symbol called an ouroboros.

[@WatchThatFirstStep]

"The Lightning-Struck Tower" is a direct reference to "The Tower". A major arcana tarot card representing sudden & unexpected change, catastrophe, etc. The imagery includes a figure (most often two) falling from the top.

[@azurebuild1215]

this is exactly what i was thinking when he was talking about it

[@jalapeno1119]

Isn't this literally referenced in the book? Trelawney mentions it.

[@gymnastgirlflips]

There's a book called "Looking for God in Harry Potter" by John Granger (yes, that's his real last name) and he mentions in it that Christians used to be called life-eaters, meaning that they're basically given life by celebrating communion (eating and drinking the symbolic elements of Christ, the life giver). He believed Death Eaters were called such because they are the opposite of life eaters (Christians, allegorically most of the "good guys" in Harry Potter). It really fit in with everything else he said in the book when it came to Christian elements in Harry Potter, like each ending with a descent into a hades underground (or Forbidden Forest or literal graveyard) and a Christ-like figure rescuing Harry from a Satan-like enemy (Phoenix, stag patronus (white stags are Christ symbols), etc.). And then of course the whole "love conquers all" and the talk of sacrificing your life for others and the protecting others... Anyway, I do love how you guys fleshed out the meaning of holly and yew. So much thought went into those books.

[@ginnyjollykidd]

Also a centaur saved Harry Potter from Voldemort in the Forbidden Forest. A centaur who was not wild and pugnacious like other centaurs in Greek Mythology was Chiron. He was known for wisdom and medicine.

[@rawdaaljawhary4174]

I love this breakdown. Thank you. This sounds like an eye opening book on a phenomenal series.

[@zach415]

Thoughts prior to watching the video: they are called Death Eaters because Voldemort’s goal was to ultimately defeat death and not die. Death was one of the few things he truly feared and is also what his name translates to: Vol De Mort is French for Flight from Death

[@thedragonwarrior5861]

That would make complete sense

[@H2SO4pyro]

No actually Vol in french means both flight and theft. But from a grammatical point of view vol-de-mort would translate to flight of death wich doesnt make much sense, so i think it's intended to be translated as death theft. As in making the horcruxes he kills his victims in order to steal their life expectancy from them

[@jamescunningham1844]

And voldemort "ate death" with his horcroxes. Took the lives of others for himself

[@mahe5674]

@@H2SO4pyro yes that's a better translation ! For the "flight of death" you can think of a "flock" or a "cloud" like a poetic way to say "death is coming".

[@paulalenski9901]

Voldemort's perverted version of a Sin Eater ...A sin-eater is a person who consumes a ritual meal in order to spiritually take on the sins of a deceased person. The food was believed to absorb the sins of a recently dead person, thus absolving the soul of the person. Sin-eaters, as a consequence, carried the sins of all people whose sins they had eaten. Cultural anthropologists and folklorists classify sin-eating as a form of ritual. It is most commonly associated with Wales, English counties bordering Wales and Welsh culture.[1]

[@Baskeva]

Here's a point: I think ordering the basilisk to kill moaning Myrtle fits because Voldemort used Nagini to kill Snape, believing that would turn the wand over to him, so ordering someone's death with a snake probably counts as you killing them.

[@loturzelrestaurant]

???? Is it my Computer or is this video... FASTER?? ??? It's like this carlin-brother speaks way, way different than usually, but the seconds on the youtube-video dont show anything abnormal. ???

[@oswinosgood7870]

I would agree in the fact that you are using magic to speak to the snake. I dont think (from memory) you can just, learn to talk to snakes. Ron somewhat picked up bits from harry but i dont think he ever knew what he was saying in parseltoungue right?)

[@Baskeva]

@@oswinosgood7870 Whether or not it has to do with magic, I don't think it's necessarily relevant. this was in response to his question of why Moaning Myrtle's death helped create the hoarcrux in the journal, because it wasn't actually Voldemort that killed Myrtle -- it was the basilisk... so his question was how could he be taking a life and create a hoarcrux when it was the basilisk that killed Myrtle and not actually Tom Riddle? But I'm saying that I think it would be consistent in the story, with Voldemort being considered the killer-by-snake, because he believed that killing Snape with Nagini would transfer ownership of the Elder Wand to him -- thus making him a killer-by-snake -- meaning it's not Nagini killing, it's Voldemort, in both Snap and Myrtle's case. Does that make sense?

[@briceshumate6857]

I think the magical connection is the important part. I.e. Voldemort having his pet dog kill Snape wouldn't have done the same as magically compelling what are essentially familiars to kill.

[@Baskeva]

@@briceshumate6857 I think if Voldemort ordered his dog to kill Snape, I think it would still be considered Voldemort killing Snape. That's my only point lol

[@joer8854]

I think the thing about Myrtle and the diary is that it was his first time attempting the spell. He had done a lot of research and there was still things he didn't know about the spell and how it worked. He probably wasn't sure if he would be able to communicate with the Horcrux or what kind of connection he would retain so using a diary would give him the best chance of being able to communicate if he wanted to or needed to and it allows that part of himself to communicate with others which obviously became quite usefull. It was his way of giving the spell every chance of working that he could. I think he used the snake because it would also test if he had to commit the murder himself or if it could just be him causing their death. In short I think he wanted to test as much about the spell that he could.

[@gordonhensley432]

Now, tell us when the brother wands were made, and when Fawkes gave away the feathers. Does Albus become the owner of Fawkes after the whole Aurelius thing is resolved? Did he commission the wands from Ollivander before going to visit the orphanage where Tom lived? And why did he give up his snappy business suits for the Merlin look?

[@madethistocomment727]

Maybe he started wearing the robes when he became headmaster

[@FatRonaldo1]

He must have given the feathers to Olivander before meeting Tom as he went to Diagon Alley the next day to buy his wand

[@RuyLopezTheSicilian]

My guess regarding Dumbledore's wardrobe is that he got his titles (Headmaster, Supreme Warlock of the Wizengamot, Order of Merlin, ICW, etc.) after he defeated Grindelwald, and ungrateful traditionalists, blood purists, and the like won't take him seriously if he wears business suits which they might see as Muggle attire, no matter how formal it looks to us the audience. I mean you never see people like Lucius Malfoy in those suits (though I might be mistaken of course). Robes are part of Dumbledore's campaign to win people over.

[@dsly4425]

Actually the business suits and the whole look of Dumbledore just screams “miscast” to me. Jude law does not have Auburn hair, which is well established in the Potter Canon and he never had the whole muggle attire vibe. Though I can more easily overlook the muggle fashion statement if Dumbledore actually looked like a young Dumbledore as portrayed in the main canons.

[@dharashah2467]

guess he wanted to fit in better within Wizarding World....

[@ChristopherWadsworth_]

I can answer this question. They know that Death is delicious and provides all of the essential nutrients for an eater.

[@paulalenski9901]

A sin-eater is a person who consumes a ritual meal in order to spiritually take on the sins of a deceased person. The food was believed to absorb the sins of a recently dead person, thus absolving the soul of the person. Sin-eaters, as a consequence, carried the sins of all people whose sins they had eaten. Cultural anthropologists and folklorists classify sin-eating as a form of ritual. It is most commonly associated with Wales, English counties bordering Wales and Welsh culture.[1]

[@thephony1651]

@@paulalenski9901 Sin, also part of a balanced breakfast!

[@joshhumphrey736]

@@thephony1651 you beat me by like five seconds

[@ishitasingh234]

We know that a snake, goblet, diary, locket, ring and diadem are a few of Voldemort's favorite things. So can we please get a full length version of 6:50 😂

[@TheSoundOfGeorgia]

The diehard Sound of Music fan in me laughed so hard at that point. I object to the notion of My Favorite Things is a Christmas song, but I firmly second this.

[@ginnyjollykidd]

I have to go back and read _Half-blood Prince again,_ but I'm the movie, it almost seemed as if Snape didn't kill Dumbledore but the fall from the Astronomy tower did. The Carlin Bros. brought it up in a different video.

[@Eris_-ey5dx]

Some Pagan practitioners and some witches still practice the magic of Ogham. The woods and their meanings are most likely based on Irish Ogham trees charts which use trees similarly to zodiac signs. Holly is the tree for the 8th lunar month for dates between July 8th and Aug 4th- and Harry was born July 31st. The yew tree is the tree for Yule which in pagan practice is the celebration of the winter solstice which is the longest night of the year, or the darkest day which can loosely be associated to Tom Riddle/Voldemort. JK Rowling frequently incorporates lore and mythology of all kinds. Her use of the meanings and representations of the trees of Ogham would not be unfounded. Btw love the channel!

[@kitkat_5425]

Tom riddle was also born on December 31st so the middle of winter

[@imsunnybaby]

i especially feel sorcerer's stone as a christmas movie because of the cool christmas scenes and they used to always play it on tv for free around xmas :)

[@danielverhagen8865]

Still wondering if JKR is out there watching Carlin Brothers theories just to write them down for herself so she can say in her next tweet that she planned it all along

[@jeremytung1632]

Not that we put any stock in what she says anymore

[@torazely]

@@dobythejank Rowling is a terf. She's bigoted and we don't care what she says because of it.

[@torazely]

@@dobythejank dude, she's a terf. She actively hates on members of her own gender just because of how they were born. It has nothing to do with us being sexist, it has to do with her transphobia.

[@torazely]

@@dobythejank okay, you're a transphobe, I want nothing to do with you either

[@khadijasenghor286]

@kevin While I also appreciate Rowling’s incredible work as a writer, as a person she is problematic and transphobic. You must realise that.

[@MassFlare]

10:27 Was I only the only one expecting the clip of Snape saying "Our newest celebrity"?

[@shreberry5164]

Nope

[@paragon_pa]

Avada Kedavra definitely is not powered by lightning. The spell does not leave a mark on or damage the body in any way. The coroner's report on the Riddle family showed that. They all had a look of fear. Since the patronus require a happy thought and Harry's cruciatus curse didn't work because of his righteous anger, could Avada Kedavra be similar? Possibly a focus on anger or hatred. That would play into Harry's scar hurting badly when Voldemort kills someone since he picks up the spike in emotion.

[@Beth-zs2jr]

I like this theory

[@Cailus3542]

I figured that Avada Kedavra was somewhat more basic than that. The spell simply rips the soul from the body. Nothing more, nothing less. It's spiritual violence, in a sense, and as such, requires substantial magical power and will. It's a cool theory that some form of negative emotion is involved, though, to be sure, but I see it more as that hatred making it easier to cast the spell, rather than the hatred being required. Sufficiently powerful wizards (Snape, for instance, when he euthanised Dumbledore) don't necessarily require that emotion to cast the spell.

[@telamere2043]

I'm sure i heard somewhere that the lightning scar reflects the hand motion from the casting.

[@telamere2043]

I'm sure i heard somewhere that the lightning scar reflects the hand motion from the casting.

[@paragon_pa]

@@telamere2043 That may be true and would make sense. Even if that is the case the spell itself does not use lightning in any way as it is described.

[@TheSpencermacdougall]

One other thing I like about their wands, is they both have Phoenix tail feather cores, and both return from the dead.

[@harryskywalker6814]

Theory: To create a horcrux, you must lose your nose. Makes sense to me 🤣

[@HAbarneyWK]

Well, that's where your soul is. Seems pretty obvoius to me😁

[@Lokear]

Or at least some of your nose. Voldemort has no nose because he made enough to erase all the chunks. If this is the case, Mad-Eye's a lot more suspicious...

[@-Spooder-Man]

Lol

[@strictly4thescrubs]

It all makes sense now, Michael Jackson was making horcruxes

[@harryskywalker6814]

@@strictly4thescrubs LOL 💀

[@stevefyfe1018]

When these theories are too perfect like this it always makes me wonder if JKR actually planned that out or if she just has an eternal batch of Felix Felicis

[@striker8961]

As someone who barely writes but thinks about ideas and symbolism for writing a lot, you'd be amazed the amount of stuff that comes together perfectly once an idea forms and over time those layers become even more perfect and you include more details to be more intentional. So probably both and then one leads into the other.

[@MF-ln2pi]

1. I believe they're called Death Eaters because they simply "feed on" death. 2. The "Lightning Struck Tower" refers to the tarot card of the same name. 3. Holly has always had a religious association with good, such as in the carol "The Holly & the Ivy."

[@shoresean1237]

Partial lyric: The holly and the ivy When they are both full grown Of all trees that are in the wood The holly bears the crown Also, at least as far as I can recall, the Holly and the Ivy also signifies Jesus' escape as a baby from the forces of King Herod, a baby marked by when he was born, and has an overall connection to the Slaughter Of The Innocents, the red and the green symbolizing both spilled blood and life, and summed up in the equally haunting Coventry Carol. Now, this one may not have been in JKR's wheelhouse when she wrote all this, but many scholars - devoted and believing - hold that the Slaughter probably did not happen because Herod's soldiers would have refused to perform this act, fearing reprisals from the populace among other things. So out of secrecy, wishing to get it right and fearing possible hesitation by his some of his followers (Not all are like Bella or Barty), he sets out to kill these possible-champions himself, surpassing or sinking lower than Herod is said to have. The yew tree, symbol of the graveyard, is overcome by the one will wield the might of the holly tree, associated perhaps twice over with another boy who lived. Merry Christmas!

[@TheSoundOfGeorgia]

I got flashbacks to singing this song during high school watching this video, and especially reading this comment.

[@sphynxmagg7256]

14” beechwood with dragon heartstring core, surprisingly swishy flexibility- according to Pottermore/Wizarding World but with the Universal zodiac wood, it’s Hawthorn.

[@VirgoLunaKnight]

Wow mine is same core but only difference is mine is English oak 12 and 1/2

[@LifeisMelody342]

😂 man I’m never going to escape my golden hearted kind nature 😂 instead of Pottermore giving me Pear Wood and Unicorn hair it’s Elm and Unicorn hair for the same reason on Universal wands 😂

[@christina3537]

same! mines beech and dragon heartstring too

[@tetsudikawakami3071]

Not gonna Lie the Zodiac Wood Thing is Meh to me.like yeah it worked with the characters in the books but its Just way too Limited

[@firekazuki3553]

Fir wood, unicorn hair, 14 and a half inches, flexible and supple

[@lordred9122]

I’ve always had a head cannon that aside from the wood type and core most wands are crafted into roughly the same shape but when a wizard is consensual by the wand they imprint themselves onto it So over time as the wand learns from the wizard it takes on a different shape and form

[@teamvlcn6820]

Like Zanpakutō from Bleach?

[@bigchilling420]

9:00 Heading J's cough at Ben's impression of him absolutly kills me!!

[@powerequinox]

The twists on comedy in these videos always drags me back! I love your videos, keep up the amazing work 🙌

[@aumathewarriormouse2549]

The crown of thorns would've been made from a spiny Acacia species, Holly is just another one of those winter defying evergreens used for decoration. And the trusty protective Rowan is my wand wood🌳 😁

[@robertgronewold3326]

Holly was a pagan Yule tradition. Christians repurposed it as Jesus's crown of thorns. Of course 98% of everything to do with Christmas is ancient and pagan at the end of the day.

[@MerkhVision]

I don’t think they meant the actual crown of thorns that Jesus would’ve worn was made of holly, just that holly is now used symbolically to represent it.

[@davidgantenbein9362]

You could have added that the phoenix feathers in the wands basically symbol the immortality they are fighting over.

[@barbiquearea]

Crabbe: Uh... Lucius... Malfoy: Have courage, my friend! Crabbe: Yeah, uh, Lucius... I've just noticed something. Malfoy: These blood traitors are all cowards! Crabbe: Have you looked at our dark marks recently? Malfoy: Our dark marks? Crabbe: The dark marks on our arms, have you looked at them? Malfoy: What? No, a bit? Crabbe: It's a skull. Have you notived that our dark marks are actually just mainly a skull and a serpent? Malfoy: I don't... Crabbe: Lucius... are we the baddies? Malfoy: We should be able to hold them at this point here for at least a few hours. Crabbe: But why skulls though? Malfoy: What? Crabbe: Why skulls? Malfoy: Well, we're Death Eaters aren't we? We eat death! It's about our defeat of death itself!

[@thatonehufflepuff3643]

“Hey brotherr” I love this

[@AnthonySilva35]

Me too Hufflepuff

[@sleepy-emerald]

Yess! I can’t wait to hear the theory!

[@kenfoster3983]

Okay, you did a great job with this one. Lots of great points brought up. Merry Christmas the Carlin Brothers/Family.

[@bensmith8402]

The Phoenix feather also fits in showing the similarities in Voldemort and Harry's stories. Phoenix's are symbols of rebirth or immortality, but the difference is in the woods. One acheaives rebirth throw consumption, killing others to make horcruxes, and one throw protection, dying to save everyone at Hogwarts. It fits incredibly poetically!

[@adamenio5397]

I literally woke up this morning and this was the first thing I thought. I just sat there on the foot of my bed pondering this question.

[@lucastheravenclaw2372]

And then you realized that J and Ben had your back

[@dominikdutrisac5660]

I’ve got a Rowan wood wand with a Unicorn hair core, 13 1/2 inches and quite bendy flexibility! Essentially I’m the wizard least prone to the Dark Arts 😆

[@kellysunserenity4068]

Merry Christmas Ben, J, and Tyler.

[@kylehoekstra7220]

I had watched her Tiktok too and love that you did this video!!!

[@Jayk129]

I so badly want to go through every wand description in the comments and ask “Cut or Uncut?”

[@AmTrFilms]

The Basilisk never killed anybody. Myrtle is one of the only characters in the series who wears glasses. Not directly staring into a basilisk's eyes only petrified its victims. Myrtle saw it through her glasses, was petrified, and Voldemort did what he did to make a horcrux, killed her and dumped her back in the bathroom.

[@mont.gomerie]

Woooahh!

[@donb7519]

i think myrtle wasnt wearing her glasses because she was crying and wiping her eyes a bunch hence staring at it directly

[@MazochistaRozsas]

Wow. I've been wondering how the Basilisk killed Myrtle if she wears glasses, and I just thought maybe because she was crying, she didn't have her glasses on, but this makes so much more sense.

[@kenziehurlock]

You're right! She wears glasses!

[@Alwarin1]

Glasses do not reflect or modify the incoming light. Their only purpose is to focus the light correctly - to compensate for your eyes natural lens. Glass would not save Myrtle any more as normal eyes with regular eyesight would

[@besirbilgili2389]

I literally clicked the video thinking this was a re-upload but boy was I wrong. Nice content, keep 'em coming!

[@m4tilda_]

your theories never fail to amaze me

[@kerutlj]

I always confused Death Eater and Dementor, my brain thought it made sense for each to be named the other.

[@mathieuleader8601]

the death eaters went by the name the Knights of Walpurgis originally

[@422katieleigh]

I’m very proud of the fact that I was the one who tagged you guys in that video

[@benscox]

Merry Christmas to all the team at SCB and I hope this new year is a wonderful one for all.

[@mryoungandbrave1]

My wand is made of Laurel wood with a dragon heartstring core, 12" and suprisingly swishy flexibility. Also, I'm a member of the Huffpuff house, and my Patronus is a Badger. If that doesn't say Loyalty, I don't know what does.

[@emrys3368]

22 seconds? Wow

[@SuperCarlinBrothers]

You were here so fast!

[@emrys3368]

@@SuperCarlinBrothers YUP! Wouldn’t miss it mate! I’m a slythern. ( ew spelling ) what’s your house?

[@HaveABiscuit]

The missed opportunity for the pun "These are a 'yew' of my favorite things" will forever hurt my heart...

[@steventuttle4268]

Y'all are my favorite Harry Potter content creators

[@andrewmartin3660]

One thing you should look into (if you haven't already) is how did Voldemort retain his original wand? Did the Death eaters get to the Potter house and collect it before anyone else did? Or did the part of home that was in his body somehow keep it?

[@idontevenknow1009]

I think it’s good that you made this video because I have wondered this for a while like why are they called “death eaters” do they like eat people souls or something ‘cause that’s what I though atleast

[@nbunnysnowboard]

You quoting Ollivander making Voldemort’s wand had me rolling 😂

[@ashleyklaves8216]

My wand is hazel wood, phoenix feather core, 12 1/2". It's always enjoyable to learn new things like the fact yew trees are planted in cemeteries. Didn't know much about yew trees at all.

[@unarealtaragionevole]

Just saw your Spider-Man review, possible video topic for you. Did Dr. Strange break the timeline, or create an alternate reality with his spell in Spider-Man? Cause the spell made it so no one knew Peter existed...ever. Which means that Tony never could have recruited him into the Avengers, so Peter couldn't have partaken in Civil War, Infinity, End Game....or Happy would have known him which he doesn't. However, at the end of Spider-Man it seems as if all is the same minus Peter's identity known...how can the events that happened have happened if Peter was never in the Avengers? Did the spell not work, and the world does still have the proof that Peter is Spider-Man but no physical memory? Did the spell work and the reality we see at the end of Spider-Man can't exist cause Peter was never part of the Avengers so the events couldn't have happened the same? Or did we see Peter in a new timeline or universe that's similar but a universe were he never existed in the first place so things could happen the same without him being a part of it?

[@TiaMat99]

oi, spoilers!

[@Beth-zs2jr]

My thinking is it would have played the same, only with Tony recruiting Spider-Man with no knowledge of what Spider-Man's true identity is. Though alternative time lines is also a possibility, since the act of sending everyone to their home reality technically created 7+ new timelines

[@erinconner4225]

My understanding is that the spell just erases all peoples' memory of ever having known about the existence of Peter. I never thought that it changed actual events, just people's knowledge of the events.

[@GeekyGuy.]

Because they’re not afraid of death, it’s so normal for them that they EAT IT

[@OneOfDisease]

I would argue they are all terrified of death, look at the lengths old V went to in order to avoid it.

[@corra_m13]

Pear and dragon heart string. Maches my personality just perfect! And also resonates with the warmest childhood memories about the peer tree at our old house we used to play around

[@TheSoundOfGeorgia]

A Sound of Music reference in an SCB video. My heart is happy! 😁

[@lonestar_iconoclast]

Okay, here's an idea: What If…? Harry Potter's wand is made of willow, but still contains a Phoenix feather as its core! Also, my wand is made of sycamore, 10 and 3/4 inches long with a core of unicorn hair.

[@MerkhVision]

So what? Why would it be significant if his wand was made out of willow? Lol

[@antemiuenteri]

"When the 'Author' explained to her editors" LOL I see you SuperCarlinBrothers. There is now two people who shall not be named.

[@christianbrown9029]

The Olivander scene in Sorcerers Stone is my favorite HP acene! Perfect casting

[@amycohoe8578]

I love this video so much amazing info

[@graysonishere7454]

Why do you guys keep accepting betterhelp sponsorships?

[@cradd7108]

Wish they would have responded. We know WHY, that check must be nice. Pretty sure they are still advertising for BH even 2+ years later. Definitely makes me think twice about watching channels that shill for this company

[@Knurvwastaken]

What’s the problem?

[@Darsh.r.m_20]

@@Knurvwastakenthey were investigated and it was found they sold private data of customers to other companies

[@RazeAndSew]

Harry's scar isn't shaped like lighting, it's shaped as the motion you do when casting avada cadavra, or whatever the spell used on him as a baby was

[@xromeox7]

Loving the fact that they made a three year refresher 👌

[@oldyavannahhadafarm]

Great video! We were just discussing this on HP reddit today! My wand is Ash, Phoenix core, 10 3/4”, solid flexibility.

[@LordDaret]

It would be hilarious if the killing curse was actually just lightning because that is muggle magic right there, and we all know how much Voldemort hates anything muggle related.

[@antonlyngekanstrup5191]

Hi

[@curious_zorro7346]

Dogwood and Unicorn Hair. 12 1/4" Springy flexibility. Awesome video! I'm always wondering about the wands in Harry Potter world. (nice reference to the "terrible, but great" scene) My sibling's wand (according to Pottermore) was dragon heart string and Cherry.

[@randoml97]

Laurel. When I tell you I was SHOOK when that came up after the guizz

[@Buttonpusher42]

Of course Harry Potter is a Christmas movie, he hides from Alan Rickman while creeping around a giant building, i.e. Harry Potter is a Die Hard movie, and therefore, a Christmas movie.

[@ferstnaimlaastnaim6732]

More like Harry Pooper *slaps knee*

[@SuperCarlinBrothers]

Nailed it

[@FlynnTheRedhead]

I was about the comment “wait didn’t you do this one already” right as Ben said it lol

[@marykateharmon]

Fun video as always. My wand is Spruce Wood with a Dragon Heartstring Core, 11 ¾ in and slightly yielding

[@dinooo64yt23]

First

[@emrys3368]

Edited this comment because you edited yours.

[@dinooo64yt23]

@@emrys3368 ok

[@emrys3368]

@@dinooo64yt23 ok. 👈👈😎

[@ChristopherWadsworth_]

@@emrys3368 ok

[@muhammadwaqarularfeen]

Phoenix feather wand chose lord voldemort. When Harry came to buy his first wand, again a phoenix feather wand chose him because of the part of voldemort living inside him, and it was more powerful than the soul of Harry Potter himself in terms of magical properties. So, the Phoenix feather wand chose lord voldemort twice. Not Harry Potter

[@seantlewis376]

I really like this theory connecting with the yew.

[@quanguyen]

Is JK Rowling "she who must not be named"? Why did you avoided saying her name at 3:54?

[@thisisasupersayin376]

If she won't acknowledge people as their proper identities, why should we do the same for her?

[@quanguyen]

@@thisisasupersayin376 Except SBC are making money off JK's characters and intellectual properties so the least they could do is acknowledge the author's name. If you can "separate the art from the artist" then why should her name trigger you? Furthermore, for someone who created an entire wizardry universe and still find this whole infinite pronouns ridiculous, it speaks volume doesn't it

[@thisisasupersayin376]

@@quanguyen No. Just no, to everything in this comment. "Making money off her characters" with youtube ad revenue? JK's characters are the LEAST of their income. "The least they can do is acknowledge the author's name" Rowling isn't a Tumblr artist making a comic that got reposted to twitter, even on the offchance someone watching this video doesn't know her, all they need to do is search "Harry Potter Author" on Google. She really loses nothing from this . "If you can seperate the art from the artist" This is just debatable really ""Why should her name trigger you?" I'm not. I just don't respect her. Lastly, I'm surprised the woman who wrote the line "Of course it's all in your head, Harry. Why should that have to mean it's not real?" isn't more trans-positive honestly.

[@maverickcrow6252]

Can we stop with the cannibalism theories? First off, all of his killings were completely unmarked, and secondly, Voldemort would never even touch a muggle-born, let alone EAT them, and 3rd, it is just as basic as saying Inferi are zombies. 4th, even is Voldemort was willing to touch a muggle-born, can you REALLY see him taking the time to gnaw at the flesh of someone LIKE said zombie? It's just weird.

[@paulalenski9901]

A sin-eater is a person who consumes a ritual meal in order to spiritually take on the sins of a deceased person. The food was believed to absorb the sins of a recently dead person, thus absolving the soul of the person. Sin-eaters, as a consequence, carried the sins of all people whose sins they had eaten. Cultural anthropologists and folklorists classify sin-eating as a form of ritual. It is most commonly associated with Wales, English counties bordering Wales and Welsh culture.[1]

[@jsepic5561]

I never knew how much I need a Voldemort version of the favourite things song untill you said it…

[@murandix5950]

Mine is Beech wood with a phoenix feather core, 11 ¾" and reasonably supple flexibility. I learned that Beech wood is often used for furniture and cabinetmaking because it is harder than oak, and much more commen, but dose not fare well outside.

[@MetalAsylum91]

3:51 , "the author" , why aren't you saying J.K. Rowling? It's a very petty and childish thing that people keep doing this type of stuff to her. People are allowed opinions, get over it, lol. Why talk about her work and make videos about it if you can't even mention her name, the person who created all this.

[@thisisasupersayin376]

What a surprise that someone would want their identity recognized properly! Maybe that's something Rowling should start doing!

[@MetalAsylum91]

@@thisisasupersayin376 Cry about it.

[@virginiasultana3654]

Hold up. 3 minutes in and you've already erased Rowling's name? Don't just call her "The Author". How would you feel if we just called you "the KZbinr"? Not great, I'm guessing! I don't care about her views, or how you or Warner Brothers feels about her views - she's still a person and she deserves to have her name associated with her work!

[@violajohnson3726]

Uagadou graduate here. Wand is Baobab wood with a Adaba tail hair core. 11 inches long.

[@simonmusic11]

Insanely cool theory!!

[@Skywalker0-3]

Stop calling JK Rowling "the author" she has a name and you're no better than her for trying to remove her from her own franchise. Either go all the way and stop using her works to make money if you're so disgusted by her, or just use her name like a rational human being would.

[@thisisasupersayin376]

She chooses to reject the identities of others. We can do the same to her.

[@Skywalker0-3]

@@thisisasupersayin376 you can, and you have every right to, however, you can't pretend like you somehow are taking the moral high ground. On a side note, she didn't reject anyone's "identity". She never stated that she dislikes anyone for any reason. She merely had the audacity to voice her opinion on the debate about whether or not biology is a thing. She just happened to have a different opinion than the loudest and meanest people on Twitter, and they want to bully her into obscurity as a result. I personally think that's unethical.

[@thisisasupersayin376]

@@Skywalker0-3 See, there IS no debate about biology being real. Everyone knows biology is real. The only ones trying to make it a debate are transphobes. They, for some reason, are trying to make a connection that pro-trans = anti-biology when there's no connection there to be made.

[@Skywalker0-3]

@@thisisasupersayin376 that's simply incorrect. You're telling swaths of people that they hate an entire simply because you disagree with them. It's not an honest way to win an argument. It's a tired and childish method used by leftists to shut down debate. If everyone were to just say that anyone who disagrees with them is a racist, homophobe, transphobe, or whatever applies to that situation in their mind, there would never be any advancement in anything. It just grows the pointless rift in this country, and personally, I'm getting pretty tired of it. I don't have to prove that jk and everyone who agrees with her in this particular issue isn't a transphobe, because it's not relevant to the discussion as to whether or not women are men or men are women. Merry Christmas

[@samuelbattershell3413]

Say her name, JK Rowling, coward

[@thisisasupersayin376]

Sure, she "Identifies" as JK Rowling, but everyone knows she's the Author, she can't change that. Sound familiar?

[@Maniac4Bricks]

10:25 alternative clip: "Harry Potter, our new celebrity." - Severus Snape

[@Two_angry_birds]

this is pretty interesting. i have never looked at it like this before.

[@ceilidhblackbird6290]

Why don't you just say JK Rowling's name, rather than "the author". It's all rather you-know-who ish! If you're fine with talking about JK Rowling's creations then there's no logical reason not to say her name.

[@thisisasupersayin376]

What's the problem with choosing not to acknowledge her identity? After all, she does the same thing with the entire trans community!

[@carraegrea9900]

Also found this interesting, ties into this well. The hedges at Malfoy Manor were made from yew also. The headquarters of the Death Eaters

[@tahreemrashid6812]

My wand is: Alder wood, Dragon heartstring 12 3/4 inches and amazing video its sooo cool how you guys piece these things together.

[@CDPLAYS7127]

Hi! I was wondering if you could put some of your tiktoks onto youtube because some people (me included) are not allowed/able to get tik tok, but would still really want to see the things you make on there

[@thelordofcorruption6420]

I would be birch wood, since I am a December birth, and also my magical wand core would be Thunderbird feather since that is the corresponding core to December. "I think I am right in saying, my dear, that you were born in midwinter?" - Professor Trelawney

[@StarrClaws]

So. To be unreasonably pedantic. In most graveyards nowadays in the US, we've put our dead in concrete boxes to then put in the ground so that embalming fluid doesn't ruin the earth. Therefore, most yew trees planted in such a place aren't actually taking nutrients from biodegrading humans, unless it's a much older graveyard. The symbolism and imagery is fantastic, though. Also, support natural burial!

[@sparshhardik]

best moment in your video, voldemort's "a.. he he..." 🤣👌

[@ronm9948]

I was waiting for it. “ the author “ told “her” editor lol poor J.K what has she got her self in to

[@TP_Rockstar]

Olivander has to have some incredible foresight when getting only 2 of Fawkes' feathers and then saying "these are the two wands I'll make"

[@francesscapiedra9355]

“Holly-wood” - Priceless! 😂

[@myadoesrandomthings]

My wand is- “Sycamore wood with a dragon heartstring core, 14" and unyielding flexibility” according to pottermore

[@gunshow2121]

My Slytherin and Gryffindor coffee mugs just came in today!! They look awesome. Shipping took a while… but worth it 😉 merry Xmas 🎅🏻❤️

[@PhilBagels]

AS I understand it, yew wood is also traditionally used to make bows. And is the etymological origin of the word "yeoman". Not that this has anything to do with the term "Death Eater", but bows were used to bring death to an enemy in battle (or death to an animal in hunting - which you would then eat).