Harry Potter Theory

Bold statement here, but if you never read the books- then I’m not sure you understand Voldemort’s character as well as you might think. Because interestingly, despite Voldemort being the primary antagonist in the books and films, as well as arguably the second most important character (next to Harry, of course)- a lot of his origin story actually never made it onto the big screen.

Sure, we get some bits and pieces as the films progress, and we get a few flashbacks in the Half-Blood Prince, but honestly, if I hadn’t read the books- I really don’t think that I would have properly understood many of the key components that relate back to his family …

In The Half-Blood Prince novel especially, Dumbledore spends a significant amount of time guiding Harry through Tom Riddle’s past using Pensieve memories.They are the blueprint for understanding Voldemort—how he thinks, what he values, and why he made the choices he did.

But in the movie adaptation, most of these memories never appear.
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A couple of months ago I made a video discussing the fate of Voldemort’s AFTER his final defeat in the Deathly Hallows. And although Voldemort’s death looks fairly different from book to film- DISINTEGRATING into a thousand pieces in the films and simply falling to the ground with mundane finality in the books- one thing remained the same: Voldemort’s soul was completely and utterly destroyed.

And unquestionably this was due to his pursuit of Horcruxes.

By repeatedly tearing his soul apart—splitting it again and again in the name of immortality—Voldemort ensured that when death finally came for him, there was simply nothing whole left to survive it. And his soul, repeatedly mutilated beyond recognition, was incapable of moving on- forcing him to remain a broken fragment trapped in a state of eternal limbo.

But here’s the thing.. Although creating Horcruxes is a sure fire way to destroy the state of your soul, it’s important to remember that it’s not the ONLY way.

And this brings into the question the fate of some of the other characters in the series..

In particular, a character with a fairly dubious past: Albus Dumbledore.
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Hey everyone, welcome to another installment of Harry Potter Theory. As is tradition, with the closing of another year I’ve put together a compilation of some of the most popular theories from 2025. Sit back, relax and enjoy.
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In a clip that just surfaced online, we got footage of an interview with Ralph Fiennes where he seems to accidentally reveal the name of the new VOLDEMORT in the upcoming HBO series.

I’ll play the clip then let you know my thoughts.
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What if Snape Never Switched Sides?

This one’s going to be a doozy.

Severus Snape is perhaps one of the most important characters in the Harry Potter series.

He was the man who first delivered the prophecy to Voldemort.

He was the man trusted with secrets powerful enough to decide the outcome of the war.

He was the man who protected the son of the woman he loved, even when that boy hated him.

And perhaps most importantly, he was the man who chose the mission over redemption, knowing history would never forgive him.

In fact, Snape’s role in Harry Potter is so deep that it’s hard to imagine the story without him. Neatly every driving plot point and every major turning moment hinges on Snape’s involvement in some way, shape, or form.

And all of this just makes the question of him NEVER switching sides even more fascinating.

Because if Severus Snape never made that choice—if he never turned against Voldemort—then the story we know simply couldn’t exist.
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