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  • @jasonmanchur2703
    @jasonmanchur2703 Год назад +1003

    So if Cadmus created the mirror first then the stone, then I think he also created the archway in the Department of Mysteries! First the mirror to see his hearts true desire (kind of checking to see if he could eventually get over his lost love). Second the stone to try and bring her to him. And third the arch to take him to her.

    • @ginnyjollykidd
      @ginnyjollykidd Год назад +116

      That's plausible. And indeed, sad as it is, the veil claims Sirius Black, proving that the veil is a gateway to death.

    • @hk-4886
      @hk-4886 Год назад +169

      I think scb have a theory from a few years ago that the threes Peverells all created an item before they created the hollows. The first brother created the mirror and as a means to get what he saw inside he created the wand. The second brother created the veil and to access the dead he could hear through it he created the stone. The third brother created the pensieve and while using it he realized how convenient it can be to be invisible so he created the cloak.

    • @Cameraman407
      @Cameraman407 Год назад +49

      1. Boggarts
      2. Thestrals
      3. Dementors

    • @Cameraman407
      @Cameraman407 Год назад +5

      Jason - I was honestly thinking that too.

    • @Esterferreiradecastro
      @Esterferreiradecastro Год назад +10

      I think they made a theory on that like a few weeks ago

  • @whitneyj9080
    @whitneyj9080 Год назад +134

    As soon as you mentioned "a gateway to the dead," it actually made me think more about the veil in the ministry.

    • @aaa-dk6jr
      @aaa-dk6jr Год назад +3

      Same here :)

    • @isabellarust3476
      @isabellarust3476 Год назад +8

      They have a theory about this too! Awhile back they made one about how the second brother may have made the veil as well

    • @AleksandraKloc
      @AleksandraKloc Год назад

      @@isabellarust3476 indeed i believe it does exist
      I think it was something like "the veil explained" around 6 years ago

    • @ObsessiveGeek
      @ObsessiveGeek Год назад +1

      They even use the exact same quote, specifically focusing on the word “veil” in that theory too.

    • @ZCisCool
      @ZCisCool Год назад

      I thought the same thing

  • @TrensGemini
    @TrensGemini Год назад +230

    I'm rather ashamed to say I haven't cleaned my mirror in years. It reflects badly on me.

  • @goodsamaritangaming1997
    @goodsamaritangaming1997 Год назад +188

    The fact that this came out at the same time as the "If Neville were the chosen one series" makes me wonder. Im not talking about in this new scenario, but heres a thought. Do you think if Neville looked into the mirror in the original lore that he would see his parents like Harry? His parents arent dead, but they can't be the parents he needs.

    • @ForeverDegenerate
      @ForeverDegenerate Год назад +50

      Neville from the beginning of the book? I could see that. Though, if I had to guess what Year 1 Neville's Greatest Desire was, I would say it wasn't for his parents to not be vegetables in a hospital. No, I would think it would be similar to Ron's Greatest Desire. I think Year 1 Neville's Greatest Desire was to make his parents proud; to become every bit the Wizard his Father was and live up to his Father's Legacy. I believe if Year 1 Neville would have looked at the Mirror of Erised, he would have seen himself as a powerful and confident Auror, if not Head Auror. But I think Neville is the poster boy for why the Mirror of Erised is so dangerous and bad. Neville would have never gotten anywhere close to being a confident Auror if he had seen it in the Mirror because, as Dumbledore said, he would have just wasted away staring at the Mirror. But because Neville never saw the Mirror, he actually achieved his heart's greatest desire. By the end of the series, he had become a very confident wizard who fights against dark magic. He had, basically, become an Auror, just without the title and pay. But also, through his journey, he found a new desire: Herbology. And I think that's the true danger of the Mirror of Erised. The Mirror of Erised locks you into what your current heart's desire is. In doing so, it prevents you from discovering new desires. One of the greatest strengths of humanity is our adaptability and flexibility. The Mirror of Erised locks the viewer into one course and, thus, robs them of their adaptability and flexibility. Or in other words, The Mirror of Erised robs the viewer of their humanity.

    • @Septimus_ii
      @Septimus_ii Год назад +2

      I think not quite the same, but similar. For Harry it was simply the presence of his parents and extended family that he really wanted. For Neville it's his parents specifically being active patents of him - more about the actions

    • @anastasialarchanidou8239
      @anastasialarchanidou8239 Год назад +3

      I don’t think Neville would have found the mirror since Dumbledore would have never given him James’ invisibility cloak

  • @w0t3rdog
    @w0t3rdog Год назад +413

    Would be really interesting meeting a boggart.
    Like... how many people are actually aware of their greatest fear? How do you quantify fear? How many actually have a THING they are scared of, rather than let's say being ostracized, alone, abandoned, never receiving their Hogwarts letter etc. How would a boggart even try to become something like loneliness?

    • @Roozyj
      @Roozyj Год назад +46

      Maybe friends or family giving you the cold shoulder? I guess most abstract fears have physical components to them. Like, I'm scared of death and loneliness and losing control, but those can be manifested in a lot of ways. Natural disasters, illness, people ignoring me...

    • @yaroslavpanych2067
      @yaroslavpanych2067 Год назад +26

      1st: boggard does not target the greatest fear, it targets any fear that current victim is aware of.
      2nd: loneliness? IMO, you are afraid it, only if you have it. So it will probably transform to yourself. But more interesting question would be: how exactly you fight it, how exactly ridikkulous make it laughing matter!

    • @natanoj16
      @natanoj16 Год назад +19

      About half a year ago I realised exactly what would be shown due to it coming close to home.
      The death of a specific loved one.
      Basically the same as Molly

    • @PhilBagels
      @PhilBagels Год назад +10

      That's a question I've always had. In the book, the fears are always of some concrete thing. But there are many other fears.
      And what if your greatest fear is a desk with papers on it?

    • @yawninglion1677
      @yawninglion1677 Год назад +10

      Yeah, I'm scared of heights, I have no idea how that would translate into a Boggart or what a Riddikulus would do.

  • @redbeard5939
    @redbeard5939 Год назад +132

    SCB: We have a theory about who created an ageless magic artifact in the HP Universe.
    Fans: It's the Peverells isn't it.
    SCB: It's the Peverells.
    ...
    Fans: Never change guys.

    • @m1xd2323
      @m1xd2323 Год назад +14

      I think it would make for a lame story if they did in fact create all those ageless artifacts, especially because if they were THIS good, it would've been more widespread and they would've gotten credit in modern times for it. I have no problem with Dumbledore's theory that the brothers created the Hallows, but i believe it makes way more sense to think that the Peverell's simply observed/studied those ancient artifacts (the Veil, the Mirror and the Pensieve) and took inspiration from them to eventually create the Deathly Hallows, which in itself already is an absurd feat.

    • @edopronk1303
      @edopronk1303 Год назад +1

      ​@@m1xd2323indeed!

    • @kaylapounds1359
      @kaylapounds1359 Год назад +3

      @@m1xd2323 not necessarily, because each brother has reasons for inventing them. But even if they did it doesn't take away that other inventions didn't come from Peverell's; the sorcerers/philosophers stone, the deluminator, brooms, any number of different creatures.

    • @whalefall413
      @whalefall413 Год назад +4

      @@m1xd2323 the main reason this happens is because that's the only likely conclusion with the information we have. If there was more lore about other great wizards with (as powerscalers like to say) the appropriate feats, I'm sure they'd be more than happy to choose someone else. At the end of the day they're making theories with limited evidence. And theory channels can't just say "maybe someone the lore hasn't revealed made the thing". I'd say it's already impressive that they can provide some evidence with somewhat reasonable assumptions (though I do think some of their theories don't quite manage it).

    • @MavenWalsh
      @MavenWalsh Год назад

      LOL. Exactly. Everything leads back to the Peverells for SCB and their fans. Except that they don't. Not really.

  • @GamerLoggos
    @GamerLoggos Год назад +64

    Personally I think the mirror was even more dangerous for Harry than Ron. What Ron seen in the mirror was possible, he could use that image as inspiration to one day acquire that desire. Harry on the other hand can never have what his heart desires. The only way he can see his parents at his side is gazing into the mirror. The fact he comes back night after night shows how it had already sunk its hooks into him but Ron didn't return with him again.

    • @TheCiller10
      @TheCiller10 Год назад +5

      What Ron saw in the mirror happened, with thanks to umbridge

    • @KyrieFortune
      @KyrieFortune 3 месяца назад +1

      What Ron saw was basically recognition, being seen for his accomplishments. He was the last of many brothers only because his mother really wanted a daughter, so he is stuck between several older brothers who have a lot more going on than he does and the one child his mother actually wanted, he is the "mistake" and he doesn't want to be seen as such. He elaborates it in the way a kid just starting school would, all in a school environment, but ultimately it's the desire to be seen and recognized for the cool important things he can do, instead of being set aside because he doesn't tame dragons or isn't a girl.

  • @matteoairaghi790
    @matteoairaghi790 Год назад +74

    I LOVED the theory about the creation of the Mirror, Veil and Pensieve. Can't wait to watch this video!

    • @ginnyjollykidd
      @ginnyjollykidd Год назад +4

      I would add the book that records all the names of witch and wizard candidates for Hogwarts. And the Sorting Hat. As much as we know about these artifacts, and the fact that they were around much later than the veil, mirror, and pensieve, we still don't know much about them.

    • @nondominis4359
      @nondominis4359 Год назад +3

      @@ginnyjollykiddexcept we do know that the sorting hat at least was created by the founders. It’s directly mentioned in one of the books that the sorting hat was Godrick’s. Idk about the book and quil, but those are also most likely created by the founders.

    • @AleksandraKloc
      @AleksandraKloc Год назад +3

      @@nondominis4359 actually I believe that there is already theory about that on the channel. I am not sure but i kinda recall that while Sorting Hat was Godrick's invention, the Book and Quill were Helga's.

  • @azyfloof
    @azyfloof Год назад +4

    13:04 "Using something somebody loves against them, I don't know what's worst than that" That was deep,and hit oddly hard 😮

  • @jonathankelly5353
    @jonathankelly5353 Год назад +61

    So, if defeating the mirror requires sadness or sorrow when shown the thing that your heart desires most, would that explain why Harry was able to "defeat" it and get the sorcerer's stone in the first book, since what he most desired was his parents but this caused great sadness because they weren't really there (and having the sorcerer's stone wouldn't bring them back, so he wouldn't want to use it, allowing him to get it from the mirror)?

    • @MerkhVision
      @MerkhVision Год назад +8

      Yes! That’s exactly what I thought after the video as well! Shame they didn’t bring that uo

    • @ForeverDegenerate
      @ForeverDegenerate Год назад +9

      @Jonathan Kelly
      It's much simpler than that. And it has nothing to do with Harry "defeating" the Mirror of Erised. Dumbledore actually tells us exactly how Harry acquired the Philosopher's Stone. And it has everything to do with the enchantment that Dumbledore himself placed on the Mirror: "Only the person who wants to acquire the Stone, acquire but not use it, can actually retrieve the Stone from the Mirror." Yes it's really THAT simple. Harry's only desire, at that point, was to prevent Quirrell from getting the Stone. He never had any desire to actually use the Stone. That's why the Mirror gave it to Harry. Because he satisfied the requirements of Dumbledore's enchantment.

    • @dustinmaxwell259
      @dustinmaxwell259 Год назад

      @@MerkhVision They didn't bring it up because they don't know. They're just throwing around wild guesses.

    • @dustinmaxwell259
      @dustinmaxwell259 Год назад +1

      No, Harry was able to "defeat it" because Dumbledore had designed it so that only soemone that wouldn't want to use the Stone would be able to retrieve it. That makes for a very short list, with possibly 3-4 people at Hogwarts matching that criteria.
      These guys are just guessing at everything. Sometimes they have solid theories, sometimes they're so far off the mark it makes my head spin.

    • @Dawid23_Gamer
      @Dawid23_Gamer Год назад

      The despair due to the thing you see is a defence against the mirror in general, because it's a reminder that what you see is not real. I think it's similar to boggarts in the regard that simple laughter does not destroy it and simple sadness/despair wouldn't break the mirror, but pure anguish would probably incinerate the mirror if this theory is true.

  • @littlefoot5013
    @littlefoot5013 Год назад +2

    Actually, there is a way, I suppose, to beat the Mirror of Erised: Contentment. Dumbledore says that the happiest man in the world would see himself just the way he currently was. If you'll recall, Harry's sort of "emptiness" in his life was that he didn't really have a family he could call his own, as the Durselys weren't actually nice to him and the rest of his family was dead. However, at the end of Deathly Hallows, Harry has a wife and three children, so, presumably, if he looked into the Mirror at the end of the last book, he'd just see himself as he was.
    That actually parallels the third brother of the tale, who was able to evade death for years with the Cloak but in the end willingly let Death take him and gave the Cloak to his son..

  • @OrcaGrace22
    @OrcaGrace22 Год назад +2

    The way to overcome the Mirror, is acceptance. True acceptance that things are as they are, your best self is your present self (the one who is learning, growing), etc.

  • @the808songbird
    @the808songbird Год назад +2

    Ok that line ending with "maybe that's just ridiculous" was beautifully written. Mad props

  • @CrimpyPlate
    @CrimpyPlate Год назад +13

    Gonna be honest, I prefer the theory you guys made a while ago indirectly addressing this. Where, yes, the Peverill brothers made other, more rudimentary versions of the hallows. But there, it was the first brother, Antioch, who made the Mirror of Erised, Cadmus who made the veil in the Department of Mysteries, and Ignotus who made the pensive.
    The mirror shows you your hearts deepest desire, and the Elder Wand is a way to achieve that desire. The veil is a one way trip to death, and the Resurrection Stone is a way to bring someone back from the dead (duh). The pensive is a way to go back into the past and exist completely invisibly, and then cloak allows you to do that in the present.

  • @steveschritz1823
    @steveschritz1823 Год назад +4

    That’s a great point about the Mirror and boggarts. There’s nothing in the books about just how long a boggart lives, but since they’re non-physical like a ghost they might very well be immortal and if magically harnessed in a device like the Mirror i could see them staying forever.

  • @coolnerdlll6053
    @coolnerdlll6053 Год назад +210

    I wonder if it's possible to theorize about people's Mirror of Erised visions and their Boggarts, similar to theorizing about Patronuses. I think Snape's Boggart is a shampoo bottle. It's "pretty obvious".

    • @madikytta4764
      @madikytta4764 Год назад +7

      This is fantastic

    • @blackpoe66
      @blackpoe66 Год назад +28

      I feel like Snape's boggart is something he's already seen in person: the love of his life with his greatest enemy

    • @Ked7
      @Ked7 Год назад +14

      @@blackpoe66no, her death.

    • @adrianabenyusova2614
      @adrianabenyusova2614 Год назад

      ​@@blackpoe66 Its a joke

    • @GubbiGap
      @GubbiGap Год назад +1

      This would be such an awesome video!

  • @malcolm32
    @malcolm32 Год назад +40

    This also explains why Dumbledore had the mirror and how he knew the Peverell brothers created the hallows. He had been collecting and studying their other inventions.

  • @imjustelm
    @imjustelm Год назад +22

    this was such a brilliant and heart-wrenching theory. the second Peverell brother’s desperate search for a way to bring his beloved back hurts in all the right places, and everything he possibly created in his many attempts to do so is just so sad. my favorite theory yet!

  • @Ked7
    @Ked7 Год назад +20

    They finally completed the trilogy. First the veil, then the pensive, now the mirror

    • @audiobookcentre1780
      @audiobookcentre1780 Год назад +2

      Omg were they created by the 3 brothers just a theory 😮😮😮

    • @Ked7
      @Ked7 Год назад +2

      @@audiobookcentre1780that is what they originally thought, the swapped the brother for the mirror from their original theory

  • @AbstractlyMe83
    @AbstractlyMe83 Год назад +6

    House- hat stall of Slytherin and Hufflepuff
    Patronus- Sloth
    Boggart- I was recently bit on the face by a dog I was pet sitting, so seeing that dog lunging at my face is probably my boggart right now
    Mirror- me on my animal sanctuary, finally happy, cuddling all the animals I’ll rescue, not a care in the world

  • @Alex-cw3rz
    @Alex-cw3rz Год назад +13

    I always find it funny that Harry has a deep meaning desire and Ron wants to win the house cup

    • @ariannasantina
      @ariannasantina Год назад +4

      to ron it had meaning bcause he came from a big wizarding family and being the youngest boy too he alway got handmedowns, etc, never had anything he could call only his coming from such a big family.. he wanted to make a name for himself and have his own big accomplishments and attention on him whereas in his big family he often got lost in the shuffle. Its why you also see a bit of underlying jealousy sometimes with Ron and Harry where harry instantly stepped into the wizarding world getting lots of attention and fame, Rons desire makes sense when coming from the perspective of a young boy being overshadowed and lost in the shuffle. (but yea it is a bit funny at surface level like silly ron just wants to win the cup and be head boy at school lol)

    • @anastasialarchanidou8239
      @anastasialarchanidou8239 Год назад +1

      Also, unfortunately trauma in such a young age can mature you prematurely. 💪🏼👊🏼

    • @elementsfanfics3859
      @elementsfanfics3859 Год назад +1

      To be fair, it isn’t really just the house cup. Ron was the youngest Weasley boy. Bill was a successful curse breaker, Charlie was a dragon expert, Percy was prefect and later worked in a higher position in the Ministry of Magic, and Fred and George were two of the most popular kids at school due to their mischief and positions on the Quidditch team. Even Ginny was special in a way; she was the only girl. Ron doesn’t see himself in the mirror as just holding the house cup. He’s head boy, captain of the Quidditch team, and (most importantly) CONFIDENT. He doesn’t just want to win some trophy, he wants to stand out. To be worth something.

    • @crystalward1444
      @crystalward1444 11 дней назад

      ​@@elementsfanfics3859seeing is believing. So Ron only needed to see himself once to believe it was possible to achieve. What Harry saw was impossible, as he said himself, and the only way he could believe in what he saw was to return to the mirror.

  • @JockenN
    @JockenN Год назад +61

    A huge flaw that always bothered me about Dumbledore's set up to get the Stone. "Only someone who wanted the stone but not use it could get it". If Quirrel wanted the stone not to use, but to give it away (to his master), it should still have worked for him.

    • @jypsridic
      @jypsridic Год назад +18

      giving it to his master is using it, just not for it's function

    • @Miss_Myth
      @Miss_Myth Год назад +23

      I've always thought the same!! The argument that giving it to Voldemort was still "using it" never clicked for me, although someone gave a different reason that did make more sense - to me, at least - the idea was that, since Voldemort's essence was within Quirrel, and Voldy was the one who wanted to use it, that created a barrier to Quirrel actually obtaining the stone. He gets halfway - sees himself holding it, like Harry does, rather than seeing himself making the elixir of life or handing it to Voldemort - but he's not able to get to the finish line and pull it from the mirror.

    • @NansJns
      @NansJns Год назад +11

      Well, Voldy couldn't actually touch the stone in the state he was in; Quirrel would have had to make the elixir to bring him back.

    • @conormurphy4328
      @conormurphy4328 Год назад +9

      Also I can’t believe that anybody who would try and get the stone for Voldy would be pure enough to not have a small part of themselves that would like to use the stone for themselves. Maybe people like Bellatrix or Barty jr but if wanting to give it to Voldy so he can use it counts then that stops them as well.

    • @ThreadBomb
      @ThreadBomb Год назад +12

      Ever since I've read the first book, I've thought that Dumbledore's explanation of how Harry got the stone was a lie. It doesn't make sense for several reasons. First, as @JockenN pointed out, Harry didn't want the stone for himself, but neither did Quirrell. Second, Erised is an enchanted mirror that shows what you desire. That's what it does. So how is it also a safe that can only be unlocked by the pure-of-heart? That's a totally different function.
      And how did Dumbledore put the stone in the mirror? Either you can just insert objects into the mirror, a function which somehow no one else had discovered (and surely a lot of people would want to go into the mirror, or else pass messages or objects into it), or else a spell was used to make the mirror serve a function for which it was not originally intended.
      So I think Dumbledore used a spell to hide the stone in the mirror, and set it so that only he, Harry, and perhaps a few trusted others could retrieve the stone. The reason he _lied_ about this is because he didn't want Harry to know he was the Chosen One yet.

  • @indigoopal8417
    @indigoopal8417 Год назад +3

    "Instead of showing you the thing you fear the most, it shows you the thing you love the most... that can be just as dangerous"
    The opposite can be said about both. Boggarts can be good if you decide then and there to vanquish your fear once and for all. The mirror could be used for guidance, or something to work for and keep your eyes on. I love how in the series objects aren't just bad or just good, they're all of both. It depends on the person to take it to one extreme or the other.

  • @definitlyarealperson7041
    @definitlyarealperson7041 Год назад +4

    I already know this video would be amazing!
    Love your channel!

  • @zesley101
    @zesley101 Год назад +6

    Haven't even started watching yet I know this video will be great. Easily my favourite channel on YY

  • @MumboJ
    @MumboJ Год назад +1

    SCB: "Who created ?"
    Me: "It's the Peverell brothers again, isn't it?"

  • @ChocolateJ3sus
    @ChocolateJ3sus Год назад +1

    I like entertaining the idea that the invisibility cloak had the same limitations as thestrals. Just Harry sneaking around the castle completely visible to anyone that has seen death.

    • @crystalward1444
      @crystalward1444 11 дней назад

      True. And Snape COULD tell that someone was there...where he may have heard Harry breathing, he also reached out exactly where he was standing and reaching for some sort of covering and not a person. He saw the CLOAK made of thestral hair but not through it and who was beneath it. This is possibly confirmed when Alan Rickman said he knew the full story of Snape from Rowelling beginning from the first film and "did things" against how the director wanted it. Rickman knew Snape witnessed Lilly's death, and so knew Snape can see the cloak.

  • @unLargoEtcetera
    @unLargoEtcetera Год назад +1

    When he said "maybe it's just...", I was expecting him to continue with "...a theory... A FILM THEORY!".

  • @madikytta4764
    @madikytta4764 Год назад +13

    House: Hufflepuff mirror image: my own wedding boggart: being alone and helpless

  • @danielrhouck
    @danielrhouck Год назад +1

    Some of this sounds like Harryʼs reaction to his Patronus lessons. Part of him didnʼt want to stop having the visions the Dementors gave him because his worst memory was also his only accessible memory of his parents.
    And I just realize *as I type this* that if heʼd actually mentioned that to Lupin, Lupin would have borrowed Dumbledoreʼs Pensieve that year to show Harry more memories of his parents.

  • @CommadoreGothnogDragonheart
    @CommadoreGothnogDragonheart Год назад +10

    Hey, this got me thinking about the Cloak of Invisibility and how it was made. What if it has Thestral hair woven into its fabric? Think about it. Dumbledore was able to see through it because he saw his sister die.

    • @insertclevernamehere1186
      @insertclevernamehere1186 Год назад +8

      Unlikely, otherwise it would be a pretty useless cloak. Besides, Snape couldn't see through it despite being a Death Eater for many years. Also, Dumbledore had been studying it for quite some time and likely knew how to recognize it.
      Though, it may be a blend of Demiguise fur and Thestral hair...

    • @Bushra42162
      @Bushra42162 Год назад

      This is explained in the Fantastic Beasts book. The demiguise is a magical creature that can make itself invisible when it feels threatened. The invisibility cloak itself would be made of demiguise hair.

    • @crystalward1444
      @crystalward1444 11 дней назад

      ​@insertclevernamehere1186 not QUITE. Snape sees the CLOAK made of Thestral hair but not who is beneath it. This is confirmed by Alan Rickman saying he had a disagreement with the director during the first movie about his acting and not following the director. Rickman was told prior to filming about Snape's back story by Rowelling. If you rewatch where Harry runs into Snape and Quirrell, Rickman grabs as if trying to remove a covering (in a pinching manner) and not at a person.

  • @jb888888888
    @jb888888888 Год назад +7

    Ron got his heart's desire in one of the later books didn't he? Or close to it anyway. He was a prefect and might have become Head Boy if he hadn't dropped out between his sixth & seventh years, and he was on the Quidditch team and won the cup, even if he wasn't captain. Won the House Cup too.

    • @crystalward1444
      @crystalward1444 11 дней назад

      Seeing is believing. What Ron saw was possible, so he believed it was going to happen and made it happen. Harry knew what he saw was NOT possible.

  • @billiet1432
    @billiet1432 Год назад

    Thanks!❤

  • @Jan_Koopman
    @Jan_Koopman Год назад +3

    I love this theory.
    I also loved your theory about the unforgivable curses.
    I would love to hear more from you about the cration of the Hallows and their prototypes.

  • @Geist1337
    @Geist1337 Год назад +2

    SuperCarlinBrothers theory starter pack:
    'Cadmus Peverell made everything'

  • @fortecapopkultury2772
    @fortecapopkultury2772 Год назад +2

    Fun fact
    Im from Poland and the mirror name is different in our books
    It’s calles Ain Eingarp
    If you flip it it reads Desires in Polish

  • @imsotired40
    @imsotired40 Год назад

    12 year long fan here! Hi! Love the channel and it's the main reason i still have/use RUclips haha I remember you guys talking about the pensive and veil before and I think they theorized they were created by the brothers. They also talked about the unfortunate curses being created by them. Now the mirror too. Perhaps also the hallows. My point here is that it'd be really cool to kind of combine all of the 3 brothers theories into one big theory and explore them.

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 Год назад +6

    Your videos always make my day guys!❤❤❤❤❤

  • @stickfigtree
    @stickfigtree Год назад +22

    Didnt you theorise that the mirror was created by the same brother as the elder wand? The mirror to show you what you want, and then the tool to get it?

    • @jonasfilmstudio
      @jonasfilmstudio Год назад +7

      Yeah, I guess they’re two separate theories

  • @BeardedTruth
    @BeardedTruth Год назад +17

    New video idea: A theory on why Voldemort and his crew didn’t just cast Avada Kedavra all at once during the Battle of Hogwarts. They should’ve easily and instantly won that fight.

    • @emmab4587
      @emmab4587 Год назад +5

      I'd say it has something to do with how taxing it is to cast an unforgivable curse. People don;'t just throw them around,, it's that thing where you have to mean it and have a specific level of carelessness for humanity. Though I guess some death eaters would've been able to get there. Okay now I do want a theory video

    •  Год назад +5

      Also, they where a bit of political party, they didnt want to kill off all wizards, only a few

    • @purplegoose971
      @purplegoose971 Год назад +1

      I think it’s because that wouldn’t have made it so exciting. There was a lot more suspense going on in the battle of Hogwarts that probably wouldn’t have happened if Voldemort just started with Avada Kedavra. If everyone just throws around Stupefy, Expelliarmus, etc, there’s more suspense. I think in both the book and movie there’s more suspense about who wins

    • @kaylapounds1359
      @kaylapounds1359 Год назад +2

      Because of the chaos. Spells would be flying everywhere, potentially bouncing off each other, which could kill their comrades.

    • @abraham2172
      @abraham2172 Год назад +2

      Voldemort wanted to defeat and rule them, not to murder them. The reason he started the battle was to get Harry out of safety. If he wanted them all dead, he couldve easily done so after the battle when he brought Harrys presumaly dead body back to Hogwarts.

  • @thegoatshead
    @thegoatshead Год назад +1

    I consider myself a connoisseur of deep Potter lore, but this boggart trapped as a mirror theory blew my mind. It has been a kind time since that's happened to me! Keep the deep cut content coming!

  • @UnknownRaccoon.
    @UnknownRaccoon. Год назад +1

    I think this is very possible and I think a way to defeat it would be realizing that that thing is something you cannot obtain which could lead to despair and sadness

  • @nathancase6485
    @nathancase6485 Год назад +1

    I love the science of magic these two put into words. Its one thing to say ''the wizard did...'', but the carlin brothers tell us a bit more of the how and why.

  • @saltyclampirate7397
    @saltyclampirate7397 Год назад +1

    One thing to consider is that in the chamber of secrets, when Harry looked into the mirror he did not see his family but a way to defeat Voldemort. He cared more for dealing the man that killed his family than seeing his family instead.

  • @maddenboseroy4074
    @maddenboseroy4074 Год назад +1

    There's a reason McGonagall called transfiguration one the most dangerous forms of magic.

  • @R4yn3N3r3id
    @R4yn3N3r3id Год назад +1

    I'm not sure I agree with this theory with the 2nd brother, but i do like the point/idea that maybe the mirror is a transfigured boggart. but lets say you are right and it was planned as such. many things magically come in three. lets say for Brother 2 it's the Mirror, Arch Veil, Stone....what are the other 2 object for the other 2 brothers?

  • @thedragonwarrior5861
    @thedragonwarrior5861 Год назад +1

    Here is my information
    House: Hufflepuff
    Patronus: Grey Squirrel
    Boggart: My biggest fear is heights, so not sure what it could become

  • @carbumb4229
    @carbumb4229 Год назад +1

    I think the brothers found the mirror and that is what set them down the path to make the hollows. They were all talented and the mirror let them see what they could do with there talent. Though I do thing your assessment on how it was made was quite plausible. What would be the spell of the this transformations? Spectrum Verto Speculo Spes. yes that would work. Though it might be that they forced a bogger to possess the mirror instead.

    • @crystalward1444
      @crystalward1444 11 дней назад

      The uncrossable ravine was actually the mirror?

  • @christianmarshal6117
    @christianmarshal6117 Год назад +2

    I discovered that reverse spelling myself about 5 years after its publication while revisiting it. I was trying to figure out how theses words would Ben be pronounced and noticed some of the letters seemed to be in the wrong order, like the s following the h in wohs and then I started to notice some of the words were words in reversed so I decided to tru writing out the whole thing and was intrigued by my discovery. Then I immersed felt horrified and guilty because I realized I had written in my sister’s book without thinking but she didn’t care she was just likewise intrigued by my discovery and congratulated me.

  • @MegaLokopo
    @MegaLokopo Год назад +1

    Now imagine being miserable and looking into the mirror of erised and seeing nothing but yourself.

  • @chimera5588
    @chimera5588 Год назад +3

    Looking back on your original video on who created the Pensieve, the Mirror of Erised, and the Death Veil being the creators of the Unforgivable Curses I actually think that Antioch would have created the Death Veil to somehow discern how to truly make someone dead. That would align with him creating the killing curse more so than the mirror would have shown him just knowing the spell and using it.

    • @benjeffries2610
      @benjeffries2610 Год назад +1

      Yeah! Unified theory of Potterdom

    • @chimera5588
      @chimera5588 Год назад

      @@benjeffries2610 Now that I think about it, to truly conquer Death is more fitting then discerning how to truly make someone dead.

  • @emafolo
    @emafolo Год назад +1

    I thought you guys did a theory where the pensive, the veil and the mirror were prototypes for the Cloak, the resurrection stone and the elder want respectively?

  • @ozzywidd7209
    @ozzywidd7209 Год назад +1

    Somthing I can't help but think over is how magic would work in a vacuum

  • @SweetSlytherinGirl-Jennifer
    @SweetSlytherinGirl-Jennifer Год назад +2

    Y'all never cease to amaze me with the creative theories you come up with. 💚

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 Год назад +3

    Amazing video as always! Your Theories always make my day!❤❤❤😊😊😊😊

  • @jonasfilmstudio
    @jonasfilmstudio Год назад

    Wow! You keep making me get goosebumps EVRY TIME I realize where your theory is leading! How do you manage to do that?

  • @SinaCupcake
    @SinaCupcake Год назад +1

    i think the way you can achieve what the mirror is showing you is by being indifferent to it, e.g. harry got the philosopher stone because he was indifferent to it and did not intend to use it

  • @karolinawww6834
    @karolinawww6834 Год назад +2

    I wonder what Hermione would see in the mirror... Straight Outsanding grades? Free elves? Krum on a freshly mown lawn? 😁

  • @avationmusic
    @avationmusic Год назад

    The video quality looks sharper! Did you guys get a new camera/lighting array/improve your colour grading? Keep it up Bros 😎

  • @AliciapTexas
    @AliciapTexas Год назад +1

    I have no Idea where you and Jonathon come up with these theories! It's incredible! I never thought about how that could be possible, but when you say it, and basically spell it out for us, it totally makes so much sense! (Can you tell I was born blond? LOL Luckily, my hair darkened into a brown ) Can't wait for more theories and more of Neville's story.

  • @blainbryan3244
    @blainbryan3244 Год назад +3

    I feel like the mirror would have been made by the first brother. He would have had the vanity to think of something like this. You know seeing yourself in all your "Ture Glory", and maybe finding the easiest way to get to that point or at least what that would look like.

  • @jamessmithson-br7rm
    @jamessmithson-br7rm Год назад +2

    Oh yes, thank you oncoming weekend. Another SCB HP theory!

  • @RandomPersonProbably
    @RandomPersonProbably Год назад

    10:30 Aye y’all finally (kinda) talked about the Thestral/ deathly hallows theory! You guys should really make a dedicated video about it.

  • @AdrianChazz
    @AdrianChazz Год назад +6

    Perhaps, the same way a Boggart is defetead by not fearing what you fear... the mirror is defeated by not wanting what you want...
    Hence the usage of it to conceal the Stone. He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named can't help but want it.
    So, the mirror would never budge to him.

  • @benwatkins7912
    @benwatkins7912 Год назад +3

    Great Video! Theory suggestion: Who did Filch confiscate the Marauders Map from?

    • @ForeverDegenerate
      @ForeverDegenerate Год назад

      If I had to guess, I would say from one of The Marauders during their final year at Hogwarts. Seeing as they were leaving Hogwarts, ostensibly, for good, there would have been no need for them to keep it. Also, the Map being a Map of Hogwarts specifically, they probably figured it would do more good to future students at Hogwarts than with them. Also, they, probably, figured their kids would go to Hogwarts one day and, being their kids, would, more than likely, end up in Filch's Office at least once. They, probably, intended to tell their kids about the Map. And I had to put money on who messed up and got caught, I would put money on Sirius Black. Why? Because as everyone who knew him from back in the day have said, he was the reckless one of the group.

  • @EzekEyes
    @EzekEyes Год назад +1

    Forget my house, patronus, boggart, and what I see in the mirror. I want to see what my polyjuice potion would look like

  • @potatoheadpokemario1931
    @potatoheadpokemario1931 Год назад +1

    So to defeat the mirror you need to know it can't give you what you seek and despair?

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 Год назад +4

    Keep up the amazing work!😊😊😊😊😊

  • @n00bxl71
    @n00bxl71 Год назад

    13:40
    Ben: "But who knows. Maybe that's just..."
    My Mind:
    "...A THEORY! A FILM THEORY!"

  • @hufflepom
    @hufflepom Год назад +1

    What I wonder is how what one sees in the Mirror changes over time. We know what 11 year old Harry and Ron see. But what would they see the day they drop their kids off for the Hogwarts Express in 19 Years Later?

  • @bluelemon243
    @bluelemon243 Год назад +3

    Here is a theory of mine i just thought:
    ollivander have an horucrux
    First, the ollivander shop is open gor more than 2000 year, it of course can be a family business but for such a long time it seems almost impossible i think, also its seems to work well with the tineline of the first person to make horucrux
    It can also explain why voldemort didnt kill him after he failed to explain harry's wand, act of mercy he usually doesnt show yo anyone who isnt a death eater, he cant
    In fact it may even explain why voldemort kidnap him in the first place, which always felt weird for me because when he did that, he didnt knew his wand and harry's wsnd shared core (which is weird but a fact i think)
    And it can also explain what ollivander ment when he said voldemort made horroble but great things
    Opinions ?

    • @audiobookcentre1780
      @audiobookcentre1780 Год назад +1

      Interesting who do you think he killed and what is the horcrux

    • @Ked7
      @Ked7 Год назад

      @@audiobookcentre1780his pet Phoenix

  • @SGomez
    @SGomez Год назад

    I have no idea how you guys come up with these that is so amazing I was so shocked I never knew what that phrase meant written on the mirror until you said it it was just basically English but backwards

  • @micheax48
    @micheax48 Год назад

    I don't know what it was with this video but Ben just dropped the best intro to any video I have seen in a long time! :D

  • @balbert24
    @balbert24 Год назад +2

    I love this theory and it's the second time you guys presented it. To me this is Canon that the peveral Brothers created the Hallows and the mirror, veil, and the pensive

    • @ObsessiveGeek
      @ObsessiveGeek Год назад +1

      These three objects need a name similar to The Deathly Hallows so henceforth I bestow them the title; The Binding Truths.
      The major difference with these is i personally believe all three brothers created all three of these objects, though it was a different brother leading the way towards its creation.
      The eldest brother took the lead in the creation of the mirror to better see into his potential future.
      The middle brother took the lead in the creation of the veil to better see beyond his present.
      The youngest and wisest, took the lead in the creation of the pensive to gain insight into his past.

  • @noelle_reads_alot
    @noelle_reads_alot Год назад

    13:39 I can’t be the only person who thought he was gonna say “ who knows maybe it’s just a theory A FILM THEORY

  • @karamullins1162
    @karamullins1162 Год назад

    Always love watching your theories, i have been watching your videos for a long time you guys are amazing and hilarious

  • @ActiveAdvocate1
    @ActiveAdvocate1 Год назад +1

    House: Hufflepuff
    Patronus: Black stallion
    Boggart: PROBABLY my dead family...or bees. Loathe them. As to the dead family thing, though, SORRY, no spell's going to make that funny. I'm pulling a Molly Weasley on that one and I'm not ashamed of it.

  • @rebekahscorner3367
    @rebekahscorner3367 Год назад +2

    I like that analogy of dating, it was my husband who got me into Harry Potter(I wasn’t aloud to watch it as a kid) and we grew closer because of it. I’m a hufflepuff and he’s technically Slytherin but he would have chosen griffindoor
    Edit: spelling

    • @ariannasantina
      @ariannasantina Год назад

      lol so your husband is basically Harry? (the hat wanted to choose Slytherin for harry , thought he would make a good Slytherin, but harry 'chose' to be in Gryffindor and the hat allowed him to choose their own fate.)

  • @Lovesmusic0218
    @Lovesmusic0218 Год назад +3

    Love your videos SCB keep up the amazing work ❤❤❤

  • @Harry-Hartmann
    @Harry-Hartmann Год назад +1

    A Very Good Video 👍🏻

  • @HannahEvansOfficial
    @HannahEvansOfficial Год назад +1

    Love your videos

  • @samurexatlas7373
    @samurexatlas7373 Год назад +1

    2:10 I was set on Lego Engineer.
    Big dreams.

  • @boldbearings
    @boldbearings Год назад +1

    Carlin Bros knocking it out every time. 🔥

  • @Jinsakai4200
    @Jinsakai4200 Год назад +1

    I think the mirror of erised is the veil in a way

  • @jamesfry8983
    @jamesfry8983 Год назад +2

    What ive always wanted to know is how did the stone end up in the mirror in the first place.

  • @nathanbanks5155
    @nathanbanks5155 Год назад +1

    You actually made me think of a different bogart-related question. Are they naturally hostile? Is their ability just a defense mechanism, or can they do serious harm. I know they can kind of emulate a dementor's kiss, but would they actually succeed in getting the soul?

  • @Hp_pjo_twilight_hungerGamesFan

    Idk how I have not subscribed until now I watch your channel so much

  • @Zukasaproductions
    @Zukasaproductions Год назад

    Gotta be honest, showing you your family you lost is an almost garantuee to make you cry.

  • @edgarleft
    @edgarleft Год назад +1

    In a previous therory, you thougth that the first brother made the mirror of erised and the second brother made the Veil in the department of mysteries.

  • @pramodzachariah7190
    @pramodzachariah7190 Год назад +5

    Motto of the supercarlinbrothers
    If you don't know who made it, it must be the peverell brothers

    • @Ked7
      @Ked7 Год назад +1

      I mean they can’t be proven false

    • @audiobookcentre1780
      @audiobookcentre1780 Год назад

      I think that is what I think all the time

  • @crimtanecreature8903
    @crimtanecreature8903 Год назад +10

    I've come up with a What If that I think would be very interesting. "What If Harry Potter Was A Squib".
    Would Dumbledore know when he was a baby?
    Would he tell the Dursleys?
    Would the Dursleys treat Harry better knowing he wasn't magical?
    Would Dumbledore still bring Harry to Hogwarts to learn about Magic and teach him to defend himself?
    Would Harry still have some of Voldemort's powers such as parseltongue?
    Would Harry still get a wand and would his original wand choose him?(Even though he wouldn't be able to use it).
    Would it be public knowledge that "The Boy Who Lived" was a squib?
    Would Harry still be put in Gryffindor?
    Would Filtch be kinder to Harry cause they're both squibs?
    Would Harry have more Astronomy, Herbology, History of Magic, Potions, Care of Magical Creatures, Divination(Maybe?) or Study of Ancient Runes classes instead of classes that involve using magic.
    Would Harry be taught how to fight without magic like with a sword, using potions or having pet magical creatures?
    Would Harry still go into the chamber of secrets and save Ginny?
    Would Harry still runaway from home and call the knight bus or meet Sirius?
    Would Harry still need to save Sirius from the Dementors?
    Would Harry still be enter into the tri wizard tournament?
    Would Voldemort still take Harry's blood and return?
    Would Harry be able to save himself and Dudley from the dementors?
    Would Harry still be allowed at Hogwarts when Umbridge becomes Headmistress?

    • @nightflame389
      @nightflame389 Год назад +5

      Peter would probably find out and Voldemort would try to go after Neville instead

    • @starblitzz7283
      @starblitzz7283 Год назад +1

      Stop spamming this comment

    • @crimtanecreature8903
      @crimtanecreature8903 Год назад +1

      @@nightflame389 Nobody would know he's a squib, not even his parents.

    • @crimtanecreature8903
      @crimtanecreature8903 Год назад

      @@starblitzz7283 No. I want to see the Carlin bros take on this and see what they do with the story. I won't stop until I see them make a video on this topic or see a reply from them so I know they've seen it and I can stop.

    • @prabkunvar10
      @prabkunvar10 Год назад +2

      ​@@crimtanecreature8903oh my goodness....ur such a child!

  • @КсенияКавалерчик-т4я

    I've recently understood, that if you only see yourself in the mirror, you are the happiest person in the world. Who knows, maybe the mirror on your wall is actually the Mirror of Erised, enchanted to look differently...?

  • @AgentMarcx
    @AgentMarcx Год назад

    Kind of like your video on the Knight Bus being a transfigured Zouwu, I like the idea that some magical artifacts were created using magical creatures.

  • @stephanietory5619
    @stephanietory5619 Год назад +1

    That's an interesting theory. Thanks Ben.

  • @timgravierjr.4241
    @timgravierjr.4241 Год назад +5

    I wonder... If a person's heart's desire is to know what his/her heart's desire is, would he/she see the Mirror of Erised in the Mirror of Erised?

    • @ObsessiveGeek
      @ObsessiveGeek Год назад +1

      Then they never find out what it actually is though

  • @kambrieearl4299
    @kambrieearl4299 Год назад

    The Peveral brothers casually being responsible for 90% of the magical artifacts in the wizarding world

  • @johnevans5706
    @johnevans5706 Год назад

    Boggart appears in front of Cadmus "ooohhh I'm your worst fear....wait....why am I wearign a wedding dress?"
    Cadmus *gets down on one knee*
    Boggart "stop man youre freaking me out."

  • @VVOPOL
    @VVOPOL Год назад

    I like to think that last thing that he created, after the mirror, is the real arch way to what he desired… you know, one under the ministry

  • @jare3959
    @jare3959 Год назад

    Years ago I had a headcanon that the Mirror was used for a cruel method of torture by the ministry. The mirror would first give the onlooker a glimpse at their deepest desires, then they would use a dementor to take away that hope.

  • @lucifersdevilishdetails.
    @lucifersdevilishdetails. Год назад +2

    Question.
    What would the alternative Harry in your what if Neville was the chosen one would see in the mirror ?

    • @Ked7
      @Ked7 Год назад +1

      His family and him as quidditch captain