He Who Must Not Be Named.
The Dark Lord.
Leader of the death eaters.
Tom Marvolo Riddle.
Lord Voldemort, to use his preferred name, is one of the darkest wizards ever known…a
murderous meglomanic and terrorist hell bent on ethnic cleansing.
Good job he is the stuff of well crafted fiction.
Hello and welcome back to Life’s Biggest Questions, the channel that likes to answer
all manner of questions on topics including science, history, politics, popular culture
and fiction…why…because the world is filled with curious minds and we want to entertain
them!
I am your host Rebecca Felgate, your friendly neighbourhood slytherin, and today I am asking
What if Voldemort was real?
Yikes.
Before I get into this video, I want to ask you what your Hogwarts house is?
You already know mine…you may also know I am an avid Harry Potter lover and make weekly
Harry Potter videos on my own channel…so when I get the chance to write a Life’s
Biggest Questions answer on potter, I am thrilled.
Let’s get a good potter chat going!
Alright - Voldemort.
Originating life as Tom Marvolo Riddle, Voldemort was born of a wizard and a muggle, making
him a half blood.
His mother, a witch from an age old wizarding family was mentally disturbed and bewitched
and attractive wizard into loving her, if only momentarily.
His mother died in childbirth and he was raised in an orphanage, where he was unloved and
began to turn nasty.
He found a home at Hogwarts and was sorted into Slytherin house where he found success.
From there he became obsessed with the dark arts and the power it brings.
From there he went on a murderous rampage to rise to the top…wanting ultimate supremacy.
If Voldemort was real, we would need to accept the world of muggles and wizards.
We would need to accept magic and forces beyond our power.
Where this would leave religion, our understanding of science and the universe, I am not sure…
it would be pretty mind boggling for a lot of people to say the least.
It would also expose a wider government conspiracy; in the Harry Potter books, World leaders are
aware of the wizarding world and often disastrous events in the muggle world caused by wizards.
Events such as the destruction of Brockdale Bridge and Millenium Bridge were blamed on
terrorists, when really it was the death eaters.
What other mass disaster was as a result of wizarding wars?
Were these also blamed on muggle terrorism cells?
If Voldemort was real, would this mean wizarding world politics effects world wide muggle politics?
How many muggle wars have been started over wizarding actions.
Speaking of muggles… if Voldemort was real it would be a terrible time to be a no maj.
If you are au fair with Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince you may remember the Inferi
– an army of undead muggle that Voldemort turned into his own white walkers, basically.
Despite being half muggle, Voldemort did not care for the No Maj lineage and killed them
without remorse.
Luckily, Voldemort was twice thwarted by Harry Potter, with his reign collectively lasting
just around 15 years.
Had he not been taken down, perhaps he would been able to lauch a genocide of Hitler style
proportions, or worse.
If Voldemort was real and he had won the First Wizarding War, who knows what kind of future
that may have meant for the world.
An undead army of zombies may be the least of the worlds worries.
Quick thought … but like…what about the snakes?!
Would the snakes of the world be doing old voldey’s bidding?
He famously spoke parseltongue, meaning he could communicate with snakes.
Classic Slytherin.
Would Voldemort verification give us further insight into the snake population?
Would we discover they have their own personalities?
Or would they all be at the mercy of the dark lord.
If Voldemort was real, worryingly, the ability to split one’s soul would be too.
If you aren’t aware of what a horcrux is, it is an object used to conceal a soul fragment.
A dark wizard can split their soul into seven parts and become invincible and this is what
made Voldy so unappealing to the eye – as his soul was melted away, so were his facial
features.
The process of horcrux making was first achieved by the Ancient Greek Wizard, Herpo the Foul.
If Voldemort was real and had managed to do this, then would others follow suit?
Would there be a spate of copycat wizards?
Can light always defeat dark?
If the human race has another race – the wizard race – what else don’t we know?
Would humans try and turn on wizards, if bad wizards like Voldemort always made the headlines?
Or would we remain bewitched and unaware of what was going around us?
If so, like I mentioned earlier…perhaps dark wizards ARE to blame for terrible events
and Voldemort is real, or a Voldemort mark two.
If humans can be split into muggles and wizards, as we know from Harry Potter and Fantastic
Beasts, so too can animals.
If Voldemort is real, by that logic, say hello to the Niffler, yay, the Hippogriff, yey,
the Unicorn, yey, the Basalisk….booo!
Also….perhaps on a par with terrifying Voldy…say hello to Dementors.
To be honest, if Dementors were real…then that would explain a lot.
Being serious, though…we are asking what if Voldemort was real, but in some ways, he
is.
There are a whole load of Voldemort’s out there.
By that I mean kids brought up in the system without any love or support who only know
bitterness and hate.
These kids are easily manipulated into wrongdoing and crime – someone or something shows the
slightest bit of respite and they’ve turned to the darkside faster than the sorting hat
can say slytherin.
In my opinion…evil isn’t born, its raised.
So…that is what I think would happen if Voldemort was real.
A much scarier question, however, is What if Delores Umbridge was real… but like Voldemort,
in a way I fear she too has echos in the real world!
Lets end this on a good note….the reality of the wizarding world WOULD mean the existence
of Hogwarts.
I await my letter with patience, and an empty belly willing to be filled with Chocolate
Frogs, Pumpkin Pasties and perhaps a cheeky butter beer or two, if we can smuggle some
onto the Hogwarts Express.
Guys, let me know what you thought to the question, what you would do if Voldemort was
real….also don’t forget to let me know your Hogwarts House.
I am snek!
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I am your host Rebecca Felgate, I’ll catch you in the next video… but until then, stay
curious…stay alert and never ever stop questioning.