Would a Horcrux Show Up on the Marauder's Map? | Harry Potter Film Theory

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Today Ben dives into Marauder’s Map lore: Could it have helped the Golden Trio in their hunt for Horcruxes?! There’s so much to consider: Why does anyone or anything show up on the map? If we can understand why ghosts appear, does that help us to better understand if the fragment of soul inside of a horcrux could be enough? And even if it is: does it make a difference!
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[@ysgramorssoupspoon2261]

Objection! Horcuxes don't have feet therefore one could not show up on the map.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

Would that mean someone in a wheelchair wouldn't show up or maybe have a different symbol and Peter would have four feet on the map then

[@coolnerdlll6053]

Harry and formerly Nagini: Am I a joke to you?

[@drm726]

Except that showing people as feet is movie nonsense and in fact people are specifically referred to as little dots in the books.

[@amberbanuelos7053]

@@coolnerdlll6053came to say the same thing.

[@Phoenix-LBS]

@@coolnerdlll6053💀

[@rerebird8282]

Out of all “filch is a poltergeist” things you’ve come up with- the pin is certainly that mrs. Norris shows up on the map but other animals dont. The only other conclusion i would have is that mrs. Norris is around during the marauders time and therefor would be a threat to look out for specifically.

[@arthurbraaddoktor1579]

By the end of the last book it will have been twenty years since the Marauders left the school, assuming miss Norris is a regular cat it is highly unlikely she would live so long.

[@bradxv]

@@arthurbraaddoktor1579 not a regular cat

[@arthurbraaddoktor1579]

@@bradxv yes I was trying to argue she is not at regular cat

[@DarthSanguine]

@@arthurbraaddoktor1579 Unlikely, but not impossible. The oldest ever cat irl lived to be 38.

[@Vincent.E.M.Thorn.Author]

This same video brings up Maladictus like Nagini.

[@TiMoThY211991]

Something that strikes me as much more likely is that the Marauders created an exception specifically for Mrs. Norris because she is a threat to the Marauders getting in trouble. They needed to know the cat's whereabouts in order to be able to avoid her effectively.

[@shutupandrun2011]

That is an awfully old cat then. The map came to exist before the guys graduated. Lily was 20 when she had Harry, plus the 11+ years of Harry's life. That puts Mrs Norris at 34+ years old.

[@brantjustilian3791]

Well, Fred and George might be confused that there’s five kids inside the castle all named Tom Riddle. lol

[@genio2509]

But seriously thinking, if the horcruxes did show up on the map, they would have only seen 2: Quirrell and the dairy (accompanying Ginny), so you have a Tom Riddle next to the teacher every time they looked at him and then the next year that same person accompanying Ginny every time they looked at her, so it should be really suspicious for the twins.

[@rennakahara7851]

Three actually - You're forgetting Harry.

[@genio2509]

@@rennakahara7851 Harry's horcrux does not appear, he would have found it himself without a doubt otherwise.

[@rennakahara7851]

@@genio2509 It was your hypothetical, dude. Obviously horcruxes don't appear on the map at all since this is the case. If one appears, they all have to appear. You can't pick and choose

[@satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185]

​@@rennakahara7851The video explained this. Harry's soul dwarfs Voldemort's soul so the map only registers him as Harry

[@beaniebear1122]

The thought of Joy representing Voldemort sounds very funny to me.

[@coolnerdlll6053]

It's also ironic that Quirrell isn't Fear.

[@Soph1aF]

@@coolnerdlll6053 Lol!

[@GrangerPOVs]

@@coolnerdlll6053 wasn't that whole thing just an act tho

[@BilliamJoyBoy]

Would be hilarious if Fred and George knew Tom riddle was on the back of his head and that’s why they were throwing the snowballs, to see if he would take it off 😂

[@meleardil]

Girls can go to boys dormitory, but boys CAN NOT go to girls dormitory. Seeing Tom Riddle SLEEPING with Ginny would have been more than suspicious for two protective brothers.

[@BilliamJoyBoy]

@@meleardil furthermore they would have saw the same tom riddle with Quirrell in book one and than with Ginny in book 2 and why didn’t it show with Harry too? He is a horacrux too. Also dumbledore found the ring in the shreaking shack which is on the map because snape and lupin saw the trio there with Sirius, and Peter too I guess, so wouldn’t they notice there was a Tom riddle there too?

[@vyran7044]

@@meleardil While yes one would thinks so they also failed to notice peter sleeping with ron soo...

[@MagicXRoads534]

@@BilliamJoyBoy It doesn't show Tom next to Harry because (as they said in the video) his soul massively dwarfs the piece of Voldemort's that resides within him, essentially his location on the map is, first and foremost, occupied by the person of Harry Potter. The same could also be said of Quirrel, but the fact that he was housing Voldemort Prime may have some impact on that. Mostly though, you might want to read the 3rd and 6th books again, because none of what you said after "harry is a horcrux" is true. Dumbledore found the ring in the Gaunt House, which is no where near Hogwarts, and even the shrieking shack is not on the map, everyone seen "in the shrieking shack" was seen in the passage under the whomping willow *before* leaving the castle grounds.

[@Sirius_CanisMajor]

an idea: what would snapes portrait (after the wizarding war) think about harry? will he still despise him? or would he like him? or something in between? and would snape be moved by harry's insistence that his portrait is hanged, and that harry named his son after him? WE NEED A SNAPE PORTRAIT AFTER-MATH DISCUSSION!!!!!

[@genio2509]

Idk, in the movie they added the line of "You have your mother's eyes" which I think is a good addition, as it shows Snape finally getting past the James in him and seeing the Lily. So in the movie I do think the portrait would think at least ok about him. Book Snape though did not get any kind of half-redemption, but he did say he cared for Harry, so probably would just not say bad things, but I don't think he would be praising him either.

[@TheKingDreamerLB]

Snape never got a portrait

[@mindovermatterbecomingyour1561]

​@@TheKingDreamerLBactually he did after the war Harry made sure that snape got his portrait hung in the headmasters office as snape WAS an official headmaster of Hogwarts whereas umbridge never got a portrait as she was never properly made headmistress fudge just abused his power & illegally declared her headmistress

[@mindovermatterbecomingyour1561]

​@@genio2509snape DIDNT care about Harry though in fact snape was insulted & repulsed by Dumbledores mere suggestion that that was the case then he cast his patronus to prove that it was lily he cared about snape only ever agreed to watch over & protect Harry as a self-imposed punishment for his role in Lilly's death (telling Voldemort the 1st half of the prophecy that he overheard)

[@genio2509]

@@mindovermatterbecomingyour1561 Snape despised him all his life, but did care for him, at least physically, because of Lilly. I think I can't really write what I want to say, but he didn't want him dead, and at the end grew slightly, actually caring for his physical being.

[@takumi2023]

You know the answer is quite simple. The map makers wanted to track ms noris and peeves so they can sneak around them plain and simple.

[@hempsellastro]

Just what I thought. Surely the Marauders could have added Mrs Norris, Peeves and other known threats on top of the general Homonculous charm. The basilisk was not known to Marauders so they would not have added it.

[@CosmicComicbooks]

So Mrs. Norris is around 20 Years old.

[@hempsellastro]

@@CosmicComicbooks Maybe a little older in the final book - surely not completely unbelievable especially in the context of the ages in the wizard world generally.

[@BroCo87]

@@CosmicComicbooksshe’s a poltergeist

[@EpicRandomness555]

That still doesn’t answer how they would’ve specifically marked them down on there even though the rules apply differently to everything else

[@drVarulv]

The "of course sir, im an elf" scene is one of the best in the whole film franchise

[@sullisen]

Kind of made me want to see a book, film, game, whatever from the perspective of a house elf for some reason.. Set in the 2050s, Hermione having never given up on SPEW finally achieves one of her life ambitions, bringing about the liberation of house elves (elfs?) breaking their bonds to their respective families(though they can of course choose to stay but no longer in forced servitude). And we find out about Dobby and Winkys secret offspring and get to follow their tentative first steps in a wizarding world where they aren't AS much of an outcast for following in their parents footsteps and electing to remain free, and generally the integration of free elves with their special brand of magic into wizarding society. Okay that doesn't even sound good but SOMETHING with a house elf protagonist..

[@wolfkniteX]

I mean, if Filch and Ms. Norris were both working in school at the same time as when the Maruaders attended Hogwarts then it's likely they would've taken Ms. Norris into special consideration given her connection to Filch and they simply wanted to watch out for her to avoid her. Same logic can be considered for Peeves given how chaotic and unpredictable he can be. If they wanted to avoid him to go about unnoticed the map would help them stay away from him.

[@siamath9954]

Ben's Dobby impression: 10/3

[@mikehawlkridge903]

9/10 doctors agree

[@tiffanybeuselinck1001]

I'd say more like 9¾

[@Maartimer]

I always wondered how Voldemort could enter the room of hidden things, see the piles and piles of hidden things and think "no one else has found this room or will find it in the future"

[@oshersharaby]

It's not about finding the room, but the object (horcrux) itself. Sometimes the best hiding place is in plain sight - even if someone did see the diadem - and very likely someone actually has over the years it's been there, they wouldn't really think anything in particular of it considering all the other junk there.

[@Maartimer]

@@oshersharaby But Voldemort literally thinks to himself that: "He alone knew where in Hogwarts he had stowed the Horcrux, because he alone had plumbed the deepest secrets of that place..." That doesn't sound like it's about it being hard to find it once you're in the room (which I'm not sure it would really be if there are ways to trace powerful magic).

[@firestar4430]

1. He was incredibly arrogant and convinced himself he's the best. 2. I believe this thinking led him to asking a very different question to the room of requirement. Harry asked for help hiding something, knowing he couldn't do it on his own. I think Tom, with his predilections for collecting objects, told the door, "show me a room full of treasures."

[@SkyPerson]

The Room of Hidden Things most likely conjures like 80-ish% of the stuff in the room to help hiding things, so Voldy probably realised that it gave him what he needed, “a place to hide something” at which point, because of his arrogance, assumed that it was all fake cause he was “the only one to ever find it”

[@juanmoreno6591]

The fact that there is mountains of hidden objects, a lot of them very valuable, is solid proof that nobody had figured out how the room actually works

[@MeowMeowza37]

Questions: 1 What would happen if the trace was triggered in a fidelius charmed house would it work? 2 What would happen if you polyjuiced into a viela are they the same species? It works when Fleur does it and she’s 1/4 Viela

[@Ollie.H-2301]

It's said to be only for human transformations. Hermione accidentally tales it and it would turn her into a cat. Hagrid asks why Lupin doesn't check he's actually Hagrid in Deathly Hallows and Lupin responds "it's only for human transformations and you're Half Giant". So that means someone can't turn into Hagrid due to him being half giant. So if you see Hagrid it's always Hagrid and the same applies to Fleur, if you see her, it's 100% Fleur. I don't think I've explained this well but what I mean is that anyone can take the potion as long as they're turning into a human, but not the other way around.

[@EzaleaGraves]

*Gives polyjuice potion to my dog so he can talk to me*

[@MeowMeowza37]

@@Ollie.H-2301 Interesting 🤔 That’s super weird

[@MatthewMorris6148]

Regarding the first question: I don’t think it would. They would probably get a ping that Magic was cast, but they wouldn’t be able to tell where. Actually, I think there’s an exception to this. I think that if the person with the trace is also a secret keeper, then it would work. I don’t really have any evidence to back any of this up, it’s just my opinion.

[@amberbanuelos7053]

@@Ollie.H-2301I wonder if Fleur can take Polyjuice because she’s only 1/4 Veela while Hagrid cannot because he’s 1/2 giant, or if Veela are genetically closer to humans than giants are? Lupin knew Hagrid was Hagrid because Hagrid couldn’t take Polyjuice during the same events where Fleur took Polyjuice to become Harry, so is it because she has less Veela than Hagrid has giant or because Veela are more genetically similar to humans? Totally don’t expect you to have the answer, but it is an interesting topic to explore.

[@michaelshelling8738]

I think it is a lot simpler. The Homunculus Charm specifies "Enables the possessor of the map to track the movements of every person in the castle". What if the charm uses the possessors or casters definition of a "person"? The Marauders and Harry would both think of Filch and Peeves as people. They would not, however, think of a horcrux mainly because when it was first used/created, they did not know what a horcrux was.

[@willsafran8855]

If a maledictus show up on the Marauder's Map couldn't that be the reason Mrs. Norris shows up?

[@adamn.4615]

That’s what I was thinking.

[@Soph1aF]

​@@adamn.4615 Is Mrs. Norris a confirmed maledictus?

[@arichiboi8704]

@@Soph1aF it's not confirmed, it's only a theory, and I don't believe it has been ruled out either.

[@Jamilajahankhushbu]

or it could be that the Marauders specifically added Mrs. Norris because her job is to track students out of bed.

[@arichiboi8704]

@@Jamilajahankhushbu thats true

[@pinchusyagid8225]

In fact, house elf powerful magic is the same reason why dobby was able to enter Snape's office to steal the Gillyweed. Snape, unfortunately, had forgotten about that detail by placing a powerfull security charm on the DOORWAY...

[@ignisofficialgaming]

Objection! Because Voldemort is latched onto Quirrel’s body as a parasite, he wouldn’t show up on the map by the same logic as Harry and Nagini. There’s a dominant soul in the form by sheer percentage and by extension control. If we operate on the simple logic that each time Voldy split his soul he lost 50% of what he had, he would be down to single digits for his percentage by the time of the series and as such would not show up unless he has his own body

[@aisleelovegreenwood6448]

I like the logic, as a small little correction the mathematician in me can't help but say that he's at 14% of his soul, which is still above the single digits☺(I am so sorry, I cannot help myself).

[@biolight44]

If you're doing the question of whether people kissed by a Dementor are on the map, can you add how having a horcruxe would work if kissed (by a Dementor)?

[@TheDMan2003]

Assuming the horcrux can be kissed to begin with?

[@dnicej1293]

If you got kissed, could your friends fill your body with your horxrux and bring you back? Any kissed body?

[@TheDMan2003]

@@dnicej1293 Nope. Once you get kissed, you’re toast. You just exist as an empty shell, and according to Lupin, “there’s no chance at all of recovery.”

[@insaincaldo]

@@TheDMan2003 An assumption based on the kiss taking your whole soul.

[@reecejohnson7252]

@@TheDMan2003that was based on the knowledge that you’re soul was intact and whole. If you split your soul like Voldemort did, you theoretically could have your segment of soul put back into your body. Or at least put into a newly created body. The whole point of the horcrux is that it anchors your soul to life the only difference is that someone else would have to perform the magic needed to transfer it.

[@BigBoyJay_69]

10:45 I never thought about this. So wouldn't the map show Quirell with a student Tom Riddle at all times? Surely, the twins would have caught on to the fact that everywhere Quirell goes there is a Tom Riddle right on top of him.

[@meleardil]

Girls can go to boys dormitory, but boys CAN NOT go to girls dormitory. Seeing Tom Riddle SLEEPING with Ginny would have been more than suspicious for two protective brothers.

[@wrdreads4742]

I always pictured the castle walls on the map actually being the names of portraits on the walls...

[@Silver_Girl178]

Horcruxi are dependent on/shielded by their containers, so as long as they stay inside of even an inanimate object, I don't think they would show up as a soul on the map. But, you're right, Tom Riddle would have shown up if he had fully manifested outside of the diary.

[@naomi_falk]

Love when the podcast overlaps with this channel!

[@MirMurAcle]

Okay hear me out. Horcruxes don’t show up on the map. Harry was a horcrux and Tom doesn’t show up on the map with him. Case closed :D

[@andrewshepherd1633]

Yeah there's some of these that are just too stretchy

[@MirMurAcle]

Too true. I’m all for theories but this one just doesn’t fly

[@wiktoriatluvi]

Nice move to acknowledge the reviewer bringing up a subject :) (I was kinda hoping you would do that for the cloak one too with every new video, but oh well, at least now you do it, keep up the fun stuff, I’m loving the podcast 😊✨)

[@jawstrock2215]

The easier explanation is, the map shows what the Marauders knew. -They knew the school was for human wizards, and their staff. -They knew of Peeves, Mrs Noris and Filtch -They knew all the ghosts. All 3 are things you don't want to cross when walking out at night. They also knew about Animagus magic, so they could plot that too. And probably had the Centaurs as well, and other half species. It doesn't show the secret passage from the Room of requirement and Hog's Mead as they didn't know about it. They certainly would not know about Horcruxes. So they wouldn't be plotting them(If Horcrux can be plotted at all in the first place.. and if they were, it would make for poor protection.. just walk with an Horcrux detector really.). Besides they are suppose to be inanimate objects, so, you wouldn't care about them anyway on a map made to track safe passages of the school.

[@marcosmwb8444]

When I saw the title I immediately thought, harry would notice tom riddle written near harry potter

[@stefrondi1339]

Top tier Dobby impression 😊

[@mjpete27]

Hullo Ben, Always an interesting take on the stories that you all have on tap! I do enjoy your content so much, Thanks!

[@JustACactus616]

This is random, but I was thinking about Patronuses (or as I like to say, Patroni) and is it just a coincidence that Lupin’s patrons is a wolf? Or is there more to it?

[@lukeroberson2115]

Lupin's probably isn't a coincidence due to being a werewolf defining his life the way it does. Like how Snape's is a doe because Lily defined his life.

[@insaincaldo]

Seems likely, he would not have found his patronus prior to being bitten.

[@VarianAlastair]

This is called theming

[@BatFlash52]

Question: Would He who must not be Named show up as Voldemort or Tom Riddle? I’m assuming Riddle because Voldemort is a nickname, but does the Map take in preferences? I mean it does call Myrtle, Moaning Myrtle? Though it’s weird the Marauders don’t show up under their own nicknames, figured they put that in case anyone else ever got the Map.

[@Alienchief1994]

Trying to remember, but do we ever actually see the mauraders on the map? Obviously Mooney sees Worm tail. But do they say how they appear?

[@mindovermatterbecomingyour1561]

I think it would show Tom Riddle as that's Voldemorts true identity since it shows James Sirius Remus & Peter rather than moony wormtail padfoot & prongs also keep in mind that a LOT of people knew the marauders nicknames as they were quite popular & regularly called each other their nicknames

[@mindovermatterbecomingyour1561]

​@@Alienchief1994lupin says specifically that he saw Peter & Sirius on the map as Peter & Sirius

[@chadrussell1221]

The marauders might not want to be on the map as their nicknames, as if caught with it would give away that they had made the map rather than remaining potentially innocent

[@SgtSupaman]

Maybe when Harry saw Moaning Myrtle on the map, it just said Myrtle, but he automatically appends the "Moaning" part of her name in the narrative because that is how he knows her. Or maybe ghosts actually show by the names they are known by instead of what they were named in life. For instance, it doesn't seem like anyone even knows the old name of the Bloody Baron. So, after death, they basically got new names.

[@tribute_eagle6176]

Can't wait to watch love your videos ❤

[@TheUmbroDragon]

I was under the impression that any creature with a name would appear on the map. Because what you say about spiders and ants is true. There would ge thousands. But i think if hagrids pet spider was in the castle, you would see his name. The important aspect of the map locating people is the information of their name and location. So it would be safe to assume that it would have to be a creature that has been named.

[@Foxfire-xq5ij]

I agree. I think crookshanks, and other pets would show up. I think only animals with close ties to wizards would show up. So headwig would show, but not all the owls.

[@euanberesford9974]

Great video and looking forward to the next chapter of through the griffin door on Sunday

[@pipwilson7435]

Yikes! You've convinced me! At the start of the video I was like, obviously not.

[@SalKhayer]

The relationship with the SCB guys and the captioner is top tier. One of the previous videos where they used "ph" or "f" as a replacement sound and the captioner absolutely nails it is excellent.

[@mcg10004]

The idea that Tom Riddle would have shown up, or Voldermorts name with Quirrel is now head cannon for WHY Fred and George was pelting him with snowballs

[@pj14482]

6:48 “housing Voldemort Prime for an entire year“ does not make Quirrell into a Horkrux…or else you‘d have to count Voldemort Prime later on as well as a Horkrux, right?! Quirrell‘s just a mere host for this freaking parasite… a. k. a. Voldi

[@oshersharaby]

I guess he's probably not a horcrux in the sense that he probably wasn't created with the complex dark magic involved in the creation of one. However, like a horcrux, he was undeniably holding a piece of voldemorts soul, and his 'prime' piece at that. So it still functioned the same if not very similarly, being a container of said soul.

[@kylestout7008]

My personal headcannon is that the Marauders were able to plot the normally unplottable grounds of Hogwarts because they used the Quill of Acceptance and the Book of Admittance to make it.

[@delbertdoppler]

There were 2 specific editing decisions in this video that I want to appreciate with this comment: 1) using Joy and Sadness from Inside-Out as representations of Voldemort and Quirrel respectively. I don't know if it's awful in the best way or awesome in the worst way, but it's a superlative either way and I like that. 2) Ben saying "Kinda creepy,... right?" with the most cursed editing I've ever seen in a non-horror piece of content sent me. It was so unexpected for me and it was glorious

[@itchybelle]

I have been WAITING for someone to comment this exact comment you win you’re my favorite

[@traviseller8160]

Mr. Prime V is a fragment of a soul. Just because he is the "prime" version doesn't mean he isn't a fragment. The prime fragment, if you will.

[@oshersharaby]

Yea it's just where his 'consciousness' is at that moment

[@traviseller8160]

@@oshersharaby The fact you don't "feel" your soul dieing via horcrux death. I guess with separating ones soul means it's not "connected" to you. It's a soul though, shouldn't you still feel it?

[@oshersharaby]

@@traviseller8160 I'm not sure what you're trying to say ^^

[@traviseller8160]

@@oshersharaby When the "Golden Trio" destroyed the horcrux Mr. V didn't know until later on. Feels like if a part of your soul "dies" you would feel the death, if you will.

[@pedroandrade9088]

yes. Moreover, Voldemort himself describes his state after the curse goes back on him as "less than the meanest ghost".

[@jakeferreira1211]

I don't think Quirrell counts as a horcrux. Voldemort never went through the process of removing a part of his soul and attaching it to him. That's just Voldemort attaching himself to Quirrell.

[@angnehm1791]

Love you guys!!

[@olivergellertjohansen1115]

Yet another win for the Carlin Brothers!!!

[@HannahEvansOfficial]

Love your videos

[@TheGarrettPM]

The Filtch as a poltergeist always in my head canon. I love you guys went into it

[@FPL_Gaines]

Well deserved 11/13 for Ben's impression of Dobby!

[@JustACactus616]

I was wondering what if you Avada Kedavra (or kill in any way) a horcrux? Does that split your soul????

[@amandapanda2803]

There is another spell that is cast to create the horcrux the murder is part of the ritual. I think if you did this with a horcrux it wouldn’t work because you’re only destroying part of a soul. Not separating one from the body.

[@Neroaxeryt143]

Harry was a horcrux and when he was killed, the horcrux piece was destroyed

[@ked49]

And voldy didn’t spilt anymore

[@JustACactus616]

But Voldemort was already so damaged in Hallows that it wouldn’t really matter. And it’s still killing a soul- whether it’s part of one or all of one. And not all Avada Kedavras have soul splitting involved- such as Wormtail killing Deadric

[@michaelzautner4848]

Fred and George super casual about people they don’t know sleeping with their siblings at school.

[@monkeymajor128]

And there LITTLE sister to be exact! No way they are way more protective than that!!

[@hubertnnn]

I think some of the horcrucses might show, but not for reason you mentioned. Each time Voldemord split his soul the next horcrucs have less and less. First horcrucs would be 1/2 of soul, second would be 1/4 of soul, third would be 1/8 of soul etc. So at some point soul would be so little that the map will no longer show him. Since Harry was the last horcrucs he has the least of Voldemord soul, so no Tom Riddle on the map next to him.

[@animefan-ji8rd]

thats implying that making a horcrux evenly splits the soul each time. what if it only tore away a pertion of a soul (to bring Voldemorts own ideas into play, 1/7th per hercrux). if it does work like you said, that how much soul is needed for a horcrux to show up on the map?

[@meleardil]

I always interpreted is a fragmentation of the soul. Cracking and fracturing itt. to be immortal is the only goal, so it makes no sense to put MORE soul into a horcrux than absolutely necessary. I still think that Voldy-prime had the vast majority of soul-volume even after creating 8 horcuxes. I think that is backed up by the maimed creature image in the Limbo. It is not a 1/128 speckle of a soul.

[@LuisDiaz-qg3eg]

I am fully expecting the answer for the Marauder's Map to be an infinitely customizable (and intuitive) User Interface with toggles for individual animals (default to just Norris) and toggles for individual entities (default to just Peeves).

[@LuisDiaz-qg3eg]

Multiple Muggle systems are involved enabling full-text-search for individual options, by injecting the data into, at least, intermediary systems including Elastic/OpenSearch, Metarank, Qdrant, and OpenAI, and the vector relations are stored in a Data Lake. Marauding is hard work

[@nancycollins8824]

So pretty! You're very creative!

[@johnmorton5889]

I think the room of hidden things generates stuff itself, because if you need to hide something, putting it in a giant empty room wouldn’t help very much

[@stefanpredl6849]

i think its the same room all lost stuff ends up

[@GBunnyG]

Clusterflock. 😂 Well done.

[@atlashollows7512]

The best part of this video is the captioner interacting with the clusterflock joke lol

[@makenzierene]

The captioner saw it and left a note 🎉🙌🏻 Not sure if now it’s someone from your team but it didn’t use to be so all I’m saying is your efforts to get a cheeky captioner finally paid off 😂😂

[@Blake-ij4kw]

This IS actually so interesting! /gen

[@PhineasCollins]

More name of the wind theories pls!!!

[@Oaklee-mi1mq]

Questions: 1. what if harry accepted a friendship with Malfoy? 2. What if Relgulus black was actually still alive?

[@AuthorZaraHoffman]

My theory would have been (regarding people, not things of the castle): whole soul (which still applies to ghosts) vs horcruxes (PART of a soul)

[@Harry-Hartmann]

A very Good Video 👌🏻👍🏻

[@TommyTombstone]

I'm so happy about the first clip of the video. As soon as I saw the title, my brain said "THE MAP NEVER LIES!"

[@Soph1aF]

What about Harry being a horcrux? It mentions a lot that Harry sees himself, and he knows who Tom Riddle is. It would also be kinda strange to see yourself with someone you're not.

[@satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185]

Harry's soul dwarfs Voldemort's soul so the map only registers him as Harry.

[@Soph1aF]

@@satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185 Ohhhh, that makes sense.

[@BobBob-fm6oo]

I think a better question would be does Harry under the invisibility cloak show up on the map. Knowing that his cloak is the true perfect cloak of legend so I don't think that it could.

[@user-tb7kx1jf5o]

The impression was a solid 12 1/2 🎉 great job

[@thephonegamespecialist6883]

1:43 Is it just me, or should Harry have been a more supportive friend to Ron, since he knew Ron didn't really want to be among the spiders he was terrified of. Harry was having an important conversation, but still, he should have been supporting his best friend.

[@TheToneBender]

I don't think Quirrel would count as a horcrux. Voldemort was more of a parasite living on him than his soul being attached to Quirrel.

[@ThisUserIsNoLongerAvailable]

9:02 Myriad, nice.

[@erikaczyn]

Since the basis for the "marauders map only shows marauders to other marauders" theory is that otherwise Harry or Fred and George would have seen Peter Pettigrew in the Gryffindor dormitory, I think that horcruxes can't show up on the map or else Fred and George would be wondering how a boy named Tom Riddle managed to get into the girls dormitory. Also, I think the ghosts can show up because they have full souls and horcruxes don't have enough soul to show up on the map. I think the same would be true of Diary Tom and Voldemort Prime as they don't have full souls either. Also, has the Bloody Baron shown up on the map? While we have no knowledge of him making a horcrux, he did kill Helena Ravenclaw which means his soul was damaged.

[@snarkfish1453]

Top tier Dobby impression

[@lanturned3343]

I love the channel, i viewed a lot videos. 10/10 guys, but it seems the hp universe is running out of mysterious stories and ideas to unravel. But again 10/10 for effort and i love the channel

[@aaryntip5989]

Why didn’t he just make more horcruxes? Was there a limit?

[@JustACactus616]

I think it’s just hard to split your soul into so many pieces. Because Slughorn warned him, and that’s how he becomes so distorted. And that explains baby Voldemort in Kings Cross. I think it’s just that souls can’t manage that much splitting or whatever. This isn’t 100% factual though, just speculation or info from their channel

[@-ellieille-]

I’m pretty sure he thought 7 was the most magical or powerful number for some reason 😅

[@samurexatlas7373]

Pride, he wanted a 7-part soul, most magical number and also a lucky number.

[@murderofcrows5089]

I think I could be wrong but each time you create one you split your soul in half so on top of the seven piece soul thing he was aiming for it might be after his last horcrux, which I believe was Nagini (assuming I spelled that right), his soul might have been to shredded to split again

[@erikaczyn]

Read half-blood prince

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Love your videos! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@madalynnr9940]

I think when it comes to Harry, Quirell and Nagini he would not show up because all those horcruxes/entities were post his fall when he described himself as "less than the meanest of ghosts" meaning too small to show up on the map. Or they do for Quirell and thats why Fred and George were pitching snowballs at his head.

[@robertdavis5693]

Harry's Horcrux was created while Voldemort was whole. (Well, as whole as he could have been having created all but possibly Nagini's horcrux by then.) Not post fall. Quirrel? Yes, for certain. Nagini? Not sure. Because Nagini was one of the canonical 7. (Voldy's plan to create 7 horcruxes.) While, iirc, Dubledore says that harry was the horcrux that voldemort never intended to make. I believe he was intending to make one using the soul of the 'boy who lived.' As a sign of ultimate triumph over the prophecy. (One of those rare times that Dumbledore was wrong, though it was Dumbledore in the King's Cross purgatory.)

[@madalynnr9940]

@@robertdavis5693 the curse rebounded and then created Harrys horcrux making it post fall due to the unstable nature of the soul lining up with his soul being less than a ghost at that moment Nagini was created after his rebirth

[@Soph1aF]

That's a cool theory.

[@robertdavis5693]

@@madalynnr9940 Yes, but she's never said publicly HOW a horcrux is created. If it anything more involved than just some random occurrence, then he had to have prepped to make one before entering the house. That's the reasoning for my theory that he meant to make one out of Harry. He never considered that a mother's love could protect her child from anything. Even him.

[@madalynnr9940]

@@robertdavis5693 Whether or not a horcrux was preplanned prior to going to kill Harry doesn't really have any bearing on whether there would be enough of him to show up on the Marauders Map. What matters is that he was so spread thin by that point that there wouldn't be enough of him to be registered by the map therefore making the piece of soul in Harry, Quirell and Nagini too small to be registered by the map because he described himself as less than a ghost at that point and would therefore be less than a ghost from that point forward. The real interesting question would be if Voldemort showed up on the map during the Battle of Hogwarts.

[@jacobswinson2429]

What about a video on how powerful is the room of requirement like could Harry have just used it to show him the location of every horcrux i mean theres so much untapped potential with this room i would love to see a video about it

[@maxstone3779]

Could the map have a filter? The trio don't know how to activate it, but the Marauders do.

[@Hayatefan]

Hey Ben, where did you get that hoodie from?

[@Caffeinated_Firefly]

I think that the Marauders created an special exception for the caretaker's cat. How? idk, magic

[@ethancorlett5904]

Maybe it may already exist, id love love to hear clips of the podcasts in highlight format (not talking shorts frankly i hate them, although may help your channel) I personally dont listen to long podcasts much but want to hear what you discuss.

[@Ollie.H-2301]

With this video, the Harry Potter video playlist has now gone up to 394 videos

[@findcatori_7469]

Fanfic with the diary's horcrux succeeding and living simultaneously with real Voldemort would be really cool haha

[@papel_pe]

I want to believe it shows anything that has been named... But if Hagrid starts naming all the spiders and ants they all starts showing up.

[@General12th]

Hi Ben!

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

You guys always make My day! Thanks 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@JustACactus616]

Hilarious

[@mm3andersen1]

Hey guys! I love your "What If" series. I wonder how much the series would change If Dumbledore never died.

[@kaitlyneyre8813]

Asking again to please make a video on how spells are created, like how snape made sectumsempra and others when he was still a young student

[@skyesmith5683]

I rate Ben’s impression 9 3/4

[@rainynight02]

A "what if" scenario, "What if Voldemort didn't give Lilly a choice? What if he just moved her out of the way and immobilized her and then killed Harry? Or if he just killed her without giving her the option I guess. Her being alive could drastically change certain things.

[@victorkovalenko1370]

I haven't understood anything. Thanks for the video

[@frankmaggiore3970]

I have always viewed the creation of the Marauder's Map as the magical equivalent to computer coding. The magic the drives it is at a student level but it would have taken an inordinate amount of time and effort to build it. Time only students with a strong (and devious) motivation could pull off. This would be like building a game map of the castle and then casting a spell on every pixel of the castle to identify the name of who is currently occupying that space at any point in time. Since the goal was to use the map to sneak around Hogwarts Filch, Peeves, Mrs. Norris, and ghosts were all needed to be programmed into the map, where other animals were not required. The Marauder's likely needed to build the map over a long period of time and needed multiple attempts to de-bug it. This is why a great wizard like Dumbledore couldn't just perform a spell to make it happen. It needed to be carefully crafted and worked on bit-by-bit until completion. So the Marauder's could be viewed as magical programmers with patience and drive to create the equivalent to a magical app. If they only could've gotten venture capital funding and a pitch meeting with Apple at the time.

[@ColtonRMagby]

That's a DEEP question.

[@KevinBenecke]

Has anyone ever done a video on what kind of powers did Mr. Filch have? If not, it might be an interesting video to make.

[@noelbrucker135]

Mrs Norris showing up supports my theory that she was a failed Animagus (having had Filch trying to help her, of course they failed) and so she remained in her Animagus form.

[@strawbarry510]

Hey off topic, are you guys going to talk about Wish?

[@FadeEsdrasX]

Ooh interesting

[@MonkeyGein]

But what if… Mrs. Norris is a maledictus?! Not only that, but what if SHE is the actual caretaker!? It would still support Filch as a poltergeist and their weird connection.

[@boilerfan18]

Maybe the map only shows being the owner needs it to show. Filch and Mrs. Norris are on the lookout for rule breakers so of course they would show up. House elves and pets won’t care if a student is someplace they’re not supposed to be so it’s not important to know where in the castle they are.

[@p.s.8171]

I like the idea, that the map recognizes personalities that had been named. It's probably not the most solid theory, but it's a nice one. The name is a kind of container for your personality. And the map recognizes such personalities and their names and displays those names of the currently dominant personality. That would disqualify horcrucses, half personalities like Voldemort in Quirrel, ants and spiders or the basilisk (since "Slytherin's monster" is more like a description and his personality is questionable), but not ghosts or animals with strong personalities. That would also explain Peter Pettigrew until book 3, because he's more Scabbers than Peter in book 1, 2 and part of 3. As he's more and more often brought up, mentioned, remembered, and hears his human name and Sirius' name which is linked to him, the personality awakens and the map switches his name.

[@user-lw3yp6gw5g]

Pls make a video on how spell made. It drives me crazy. How can you invent a spell. And why are some spells are hard if all you have to do is focus, say the words and wave a wand. Why there some spells that are “too complicated”

[@torazely]

Commenting this before seeing the whole video. I mean, Harry did. So technically, yes. But no, i don't think the soul inside would. Harry never saw Voldemort's name traveling around with him on the map.

[@monoduck]

Question, would a drawing of someone work like a painting? Like if you scribbled a dead person, like Dumbledore or something, would it work? And if not, what makes it different? Is the paint magic? Do they bewitch it afterwards?