Disturbing Facts About Harry Potter Hey guys!
Welcome back to Top 10 Nerd, I’m Ron McKenzie-Lefurgey.
Harry Potter is enjoyed by people of all ages, but it was originally aimed at young people.
So, most of it is pretty lighthearted, especially in the earlier books.
But when you really think about it, there are some pretty disturbing things in the books
and movies.
Some are obscure facts, and some are just so obviously crazy it’s a wonder they even
made it into a kid’s book.
But don’t worry, I won’t get into my feelings towards Snape.
If you want those, check out the Harry Potter Easter Eggs video.
Or like, any of my Harry Potter videos.
Now get ready, it’s time for the Top 10 Disturbing Facts about Harry Potter!
Number 10: =. There really isn’t much more to say about this one.
A girl slipped Ron a potion that made him lose control of his faculties and fall in
love with her.
And this is sold at a joke shop.
And you don’t think this will be abused by hormonal teenagers.
Like one day you’re walking around school, and the next thing you know you’re an 80
year old who’s been married to someone for 60 years.
No, this isn’t funny, it’s messed up!
Number 9: The Polyjuice Potion.
WTF JKR?
Your potions are ridiculous.
Not only is there a love potion, but there’s one where you can change how someone looks.
There are just so many implications of this.
Could someone save their old hairs and use the potion to look like their younger self?
Would the trade of celebrity hairs become way more prevalent?
Answer to that one: absolutely, 100% yes.
A particularly psychopathic guy could kidnap someone, turn them into Jennifer Aniston,
and make them be in love with him.
Forever.
Disturbing.
Number 8: Dumbledore’s sister.
Some people may not know the story of Ariana Dumbledore, since it wasn’t talked about
too much in the books and even less in the films, but like… her life was pretty messed
up.
Basically, when she was six, a bunch of Muggle kids attacked her because she was doing magic.
This traumatized her such that she lost control of her magic forever.
Then her dad went after the boys and got sent to Azkaban.
So her mother locked her up so she wouldn’t hurt anyone.
Which didn’t work, because she accidentally blew up her mother.
And then she herself was accidentally killed by a curse while her brothers were dueling
Grindelwald.
Yep, basically Series of Unfortunate Events, Harry Potter edition.
Number 7: Kids fought in a war.
This one is disturbing for a few reasons.
For one, it’s totally messed up that a bunch of kids had to literally fight for their lives.
Seriously, think about the fear and uncertainty felt by grown-ass ADULTS in war, but this
time it’s kids.
And they’re fighting adults who are trying to use magic to kill them.
But the worst part is that this actually happens in places around the world.
Harry Potter gets pretty dark at times.
Number 6: Harry was penpals with the guy who killed his parents.
Sometimes when I’m reading Harry Potter, I forget just how much Harry must absolutely
despise Voldemort.
He never got to know his parents because of this evil, vile wizard.
So it would be totally screwed up to learn that the guy in the book, with whom you’ve
been sharing all your secrets, was actually the person you hate and fear most in the entire
world.
Damn.
Number 5: The portraits have sentience.
Is it weird to anyone else that paintings can talk in the wizarding world?
Like, you’re basically creating an AI copy of someone.
Who, based on the Fat Lady and Sir Cadogan, can come up with their own thoughts and ideas.
And there are apparently no moral implications of this whatsoever.
The books are kind of inconsistent with this.
One minute McGonagall says portraits are just small memoir of the subject, which would be
okay I guess, but then we see Sir Cadogan and the Fat Lady able to talk to kids, learn
new passwords, guard common rooms...
It’s inconsistent, and they don’t seem to be phased at all about this magical AI.
Number 4: The world was saved by children, like… every year.
It’s easy to forget how young the kids are when you’re reading or watching a movie,
because you expect the protagonists to be heroes.
But when you think about it… it’s just crazy.
These same 3 kids keep saving the whole damn world; the first time they did it they were
frickin 11!
And what do they get?
50 school points each.
No medal, no award for, ya know, defeating the dark lord Voldemort.
Just “good job, see ya next year when there’s a giant snake in the school and we need your
help again, small child.”
(pat head) Number 3: The Dementor’s Kiss.
The Dementor’s Kiss is one of the most straight up ridiculous things in all of Harry Potter.
They know that people have souls, and they apparently think it’s fair to take away
a person’s immortal soul rather than just keeping them in prison, or even just killing
them.
Talk about not respecting religious rights; you’re stopping someone from ever passing
into the afterlife that you apparently know to be a thing.
That is NOT the government’s job.
No!
Bad government!
Stop taking souls!
Number 2: Keepin’ it Pure.
Harry Potter fans will no doubt recognize the term “pure blood”, referring to families
with no muggles in them.
Thing is, as the years go on, it’s harder and harder to find other pure bloods to make
babies with.
How do you get around this?
With a whoooole lotta incest.
Seriously, just look at the Black family tree.
See all those names?
Blacks, Malfoys, Crouches, Weasleys…
These people are all related.
And they bangin’!
Sure the relation is distant, and the British Royal Family would probably look even messier,
but… it’s pretty weird.
Number 1: Slavery is a thing.
Yep, I kinda have to agree with Hermione on this one, the fact that wizards keep house
elves as their servants is totally messed up.
The fact that they have been bred to enjoy being slaves doesn’t change the fact that
you’re taking ownership of a sentient, not to mention magical, being.
And treating him or her horribly.
Plus, if they ALL enjoyed it, then you wouldn’t need that rule about “you’re only free
if I give you clothes.”
Hermione definitely wasn’t right to try to force freedom upon them, but it’s totally
messed up that they aren’t allowed to lave on their own.
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Until next time, I’m Ron McKenzie-Lefurgey with Top 10 nerd.
Later nerds!