After the battle under the astronomy tower, someone tells Harry (I feel like it was Ginny, but I'm not sure) "Every spell seemed to just miss us," which leads me to another theory....... The Death Eaters are actually Stormtroopers.
I thought luck was literally an ingredient. Like how the laughing potion needs you to laugh at it during brewing. This explains why the brewing process takes so long and is so precise, you genuinely have to get lucky to make it. Snape is notoriously unlucky so would never be lucky enough to make it. This also fits with Snape's monologue from the Philosopher's Stone: 'I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even stopper death'. It's possible that this isn't just flowery language but literally a description of high end potions using concepts as ingredients.
Both yours and the SCBs theories are plausible, but yours makes more sense and is even MORE plausible given the universe it's set in. So well done! You've put a lot of thought into it. :D
Whait, this actually kind of happened to me. I had an ice cream and I liked it, I thought it was delicious. But then my mother said that there was a little bit of alcohol in it so... I felt sick because I knew there was alcohol in it. Before I knew there was alcohol in it I thought it was just an normal ice cream. (sorry for my bad English)
Snape does says this in the first book: “I can teach you how to bewitch the mind and ensnare the senses. I can tell you how to bottle fame, brew glory, and even put a stopper in death.” -J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone It makes me think it is actually liquid luck...
I really like this view on the theory, but I find it strange that Snape would admit to being able to teach them all that stuff, it's not like he actually seems to love teaching anyways...
@@yiocho220 you mean NEWTs, OWLs were taken in the 5th year whilst Snape still taught potions. He taught Defence Against the Dark Arts during the Halfblood Prince.
@@daphnejyothi4795 It could be possible that this potion Snape mentions is specific to a certain situation or environment, such as a potion to cure even the worst burns from a fire. This would mean that the potions power has the potential still to be dwarfed by Volemort's own.
I really think Snape doesn't get enough credit for how great of a wizard he is. Imagine how skilled of a Occlumens one must be to deceive Voldemort on every occassion they meet. When Lucius Malfoy lies to him about how glad the family is to have Voldi as a guest in their house, he immediately recognizes the lie (which could also be because he just knows but I'm sure Voldemort is just as skilled an Legilimens to perform the technique at any given time because in his situation he just needs to know whether or not his followers are honest about their loyalty). Furthermore, Snape recognizes when Draco uses Occlumency against him but it seems Snape can do it without the Dark Lord recognising. Because when Voldemort recognizes Snape to use Occlumency against him, wouldn't he find a way around it to find the truth, like Imperius, Truth potion or sth else?
@@ДмитрийМордовин-ъ3ю Yes, but if Voldemort would have ever been in doubt about Snapes loyalty, he would just have killed him, so my point still is, he just deceived the Dark Lord successfully on any given occasion they met. Especially when Voldemort tried to get the truth out of Snape with force and Snape resisted, he would immediately be dead. Snapes says himself once "The Dark Lord, for instance, almost always knows when somebody is lying to him." He says almost, because he knows perfectly well that he himself is able to lie to Voldemort without him recognising. Thats simply something no other wizard can do, as far as our knowledge goes.
@@ДмитрийМордовин-ъ3ю As I said, Snape can use Occlumency against Voldemort without him noticing that he does, which is proven by the fact that Voldemort never killed him out of doubt in his faith. Snape is particularly skilled in this specific part of magic (and many others, I'm sure), which is why Voldemort did never lose faith in him and which led to the events happening as they happened. That was the point I was making that led me to say Snape doesn't get the reputation he deserves when it comes to magic skill.
I think the reason wy Snape see Draco uses occlumency is because he was able to get in his mind before, but not anymore. I'd say Snape always was an occlumens, already before he was a Death Eater, maybe at first Voldemort was suspicious, but after Snape showed him to be a faithful servant times and times again, the doubt was slowly dissipated. Remember how Bellatrix keeps doubting him. Remember how important it was for Dumbledore that Snape gives at least partially correct information to the dark lord so he trusts him. Remember how he said after Snape kills him he will be sure of his allegiance. I believe that Voldemort had doubts regarding Snape, often, they just were less with time, because he could base himself only on Snape's actions to judge him and he was good to give the change. That would have been way more suspicious if voldi could enter Snape's mind at first, but not later on.
I think if Voldi could read Snapes mind at any point he would doubt Snapes ability to deceive Dumbledore, in a weird way the fact that Snape was so good at blocking Voldi out probably made him more trustworthy.
Here's a theory for you: a young and still-learning Snape once tried to brew Felix Felicis. It proved to be beyond the abilities of the talented but still learning 3rd or 4th year Hogwarts student. I say 3rd or 4th year because at that point he would have had time to realize his talent and get confident in his abilities but would not yet have learned enough to brew the most difficult potions or understand his limitations. And he got it horribly wrong, leading to a life filled with horrible luck.
My thoughts exactly! I figured that maybe his misfortunes could be a result of a felix felicis brew gone wrong before he eventually became the potions master he was known for
Snape probably did use it though, on the day he died. Voldemort still thought of him as a good servant, so why would he subject Snape to a painful snake bite death instead of killing him instantly? Why didn't he have the snake then eat him? Why would Harry remove the cloak? Snape got very lucky that he was able to give Harry his memories. And at that point he had nothing to live for, and probably wanted death so that's why the potion didn't save him.
Well nice But why it did not save him Because he did want it So that he can get the forgiveness from Harry and feel peace while having the chance to see Lily and offer her what he did for Harry to forgive him
I still think Harry just deciding to go to Hagrid's and happening to run into Slughorn as he was stealing leaves, rather than where he was supposed to be, was a stretch to just be a placebo. That part was definitely some luck.
well slughorn did brew the potion and wanted to gain harry as a friend. So maybe he was there because he knew Harry would believe it to be luck, but rather slughorn just went there knowing he would give away his memories
@@HyperLexus That makes sense. I bet he wanted to get it off his chest for a long time, but couldn't just do it without forming a bond first. I think this is partly why he agreed to treach at Hogwards. He only agreed because deep down he was tired of running from it too. He was propably subtlety reaching out to Harry he whole time as well and knew about his mission too.
@@HyperLexus slughorn wouldnt have known when harry took the potion. even slughorn knew what day harry took the potion then slughorn still would not know where harry would be
HyperLexus That’s cool and all, but slughorn wouldn’t have known when he took it. He just happened to be in the right place at the right time, which seems too coincidental
I suspect that the potion probably boosts intuition a bit in order to help the drinker to have convenient encounters and dodge spells more easily ect but that it is mostly mystery & placebo with a bit of a happiness and intuition boost thrown in to help the drinker experience "Good luck"
In response to Snape's bad luck, we are told that if brewed improperly, the effects can prove disastrous. So what if a potions student who is constantly improving recipes decides to mess around with the luck potion, confident he knows better than the one who made the original recipe,and it goes horribly wrong? So wrong in fact that his luck was changed forever for the worst?
Ohhh i really like this. Whether the theory that Felix is simply enhancing the drinkers intuition and decreasing inhibition is true or if the potion truly alters things to the drinkers needs (which seems more complex - like what if 2 people with conflicting interests take it at the same time???), Snape's misfortune could definitely be influenced by a bad attempt at it. As a teenager we know from HBP he's extremely gifted to the point of correcting the textbooks. What if, in an attempt to finally defeat James Potter and his gang and win back Lily Evans and overturn what he saw as a life of misfortune, he brewed the potion wrong and his luck went from bad to worse when he let Lily slip away and turned over half heard information that lead to her death until finally he then misjudged Voldemort's next move to get the elder wand and ended up dead because of it. Either the bad potion or bad attempt made his intuition even worse and made him even more inhibited (meaning he is rarely happy and is always self conscious, which I think is in keeping with his characterizations), or it really just made the situations touching snape go badly for him through some kind of negative magical aura he had bc of the bad Felix.
Olivia Raney that's exactly the wave length I had in mind. I personally have no sympathy for Snape. I understand why he does what he does, but we are all accountable for the choices we make, and in regards to Lily Evans, he doesn't love her, he obsesses. But I digress. Anyhow yes the idea that his bad luck is worsened by the fudged luck potion makes a lot of sense.
This is the most plausible explanation . That Snape would have wanted to charm Lilly and he would have brewed it only to show off his skills and test his ability to make the portions the way he wants it . And it turned out to be very bad and that is when Snape realized that his overconfidence in his ability is stupid and dangerous this may be the reason why he works harder.
My reasoning as to how Slughorn had some on him: He was trying to avoid Death Eaters before Dumbledore stepped in. The Liquid Luck was in case he was found and needed something to escape and evade the Death Eaters. After Dumbledore reinstated him as Potions Master, he had no further use (since he was in the safest place in Britain) for it and figured he'd offer it as a reward. This is assuming, of course, that Felix Felicis is an actual potion and not a placebo.
But why would he have some on stock. He wouldn’t have known Voldemort would come back. He had some in his youth and that was it. He would be brewing some for no reason
I'm not convinced, because in the books it's stated that while under the effect of Felix Felicis, Harry seemed to just KNOW small things to do that would lead to the ideal outcome. I'm betting less on a Placebo effect (which was what happened to Ron) and more of an artificial boost to a wizard or witch's Divination ability. We know it's a really inexact magical discipline, and it seems to just work for magic folk who have a natural affinity for it, and even then it doesn't work exactly when they want it to. Hence Prof. Trelawney. What I think Felix Felicis does is amplifying a wizard's sensitivity to possibilities of the future. You know what small actions will have what changes in the future, even if you can't fully process or see it all clearly. In addition to that, maybe the potion gives you an autonomous mental guide, which sifts through this myriad of future possibilities and finds the shortest path to your goal, giving you "hunches" of what to do to make sure that future comes to pass. How else would Harry know that somehow visiting Hagrid would lead him to getting the info he wanted out of Slughorn? Of course, this doesn't mean it's an all-powerful potion, because for one, you can't see all these future possibilities clearly, you're just told in your subconscious that doing this seemingly unrelated thing will help. Secondly, the potion would never be able to let you do something objectively impossible. It might end up either not working for you at all if your goal is completely out of your reach, or just veer you into a route that leads you to realize the futility of your endeavor in a less painful manner. And then comes the fact that if you ingest it too much, you'll have some wonky and permanent side-effects, which one would expect from having their "future sensitivity" fully open so often. It would mess up with your mind horribly, so definitely choose the times to use it carefully. Just my theory, though. Whatcha think?
You cant ignore how the book explains it though Harry was hearing and following a voice different from his own that guided him in the absolute right directions that night So on top of giving you a mood boost it tells you the most logical and correct actions to take
It really... Well. Guess comments would be boring if he split into an insanely sceptical and not so much view. Maybe harpies are so rare and dangerous and breed so slow, there can't be much of the stuff. Like killing 30pandas for one Portion of everything cure. +maybe because nobody took it all that much or regularly, theres worse side effects or it wears off or you deal with a stream of less severe but constant bad luck for a while . Could be alot.
Perhaps it was actually just his own, or a different voice, but he was just imagining it to be real. That's not to say it inherently is true or not, just to posit a possible counter
What if the actual effects of the potion were just that, making people to do and try stuff they'd never do under normal circumstances. Assuming anyone with the potion would be saving it to use in the most difficult day of their life, and by drinking it they just throw all the stress off of themselves and come up with many creative ideas. In other words, bolsters one's mental abilities (concentration and focus) and also their belief in themselves (as mentioned earlier).
Ever heard about the voice of intuition? - which is clearest when you don't doubt yourself constantly (which you don't when you assume that you're the luckiest for now)
*“Makes you feel positive, lowers your inhibitions and just gives you more confidence”* So it’s alcohol, Felix Felicis is just alcohol. It just gives you liquid courage.
There's also the inside of Newt Scamander's briefcase to be taken into account....Multiple spacious areas and enclosures for the various creatures contained inside, all magically created to suit the needs of the creatures in them while retaining the look and weight of just your average briefcase.....Hauling around a cauldron full of potion in a flask magically enchanted to be the size/dimension of a cauldron on the inside while magically retaining its normal size and weight on the outside.....CHILD'S PLAY, in comparison!
You know what bothers me the most about The Half Blood Prince? Everyone who is using the official text book basically fails, except for Harry who is using Snape's book, from when Snape was a teenager. This means that a Teenage Snape was better at potions than the writer of the text book. Isn't that a bit odd? Like, why on earth would they keep using the same book after Snape becomes a potion teacher? Why wouldn't he be like." Oh no these instructions are rubbish. Do exactly as I say." or write his own version? Boggles the mind.
Perhaps Snape would have selected a more modern textbook if he had still been in charge of potions. Reminds me of high school chemistry a bit: The instructions said to slowly add a small amount of each reagent to the test tube, then tap it to mix them. For me, quickly squirting the second reagent into the test tube caused them to mix much more thoroughly.
Its been awhile since I read the books, but I felt that this was the book Slughorn specifically choose for the class, the one he knows and used to teach from. Snape probably used different ones, but he also seems to be a much more 'hands on' teacher in the he explains and shows the potions rather then just relying on a book; probably because he knew the book his Potions master used (Slughorn) was practically useless. Slughorn seemed to just be content to let the students brew from the book and let that be that, Snape always seemed like he was moving around the class watching what they were doing and commenting on it. Again, I could be miss remembering things, but this is how I remember it.
I remember that he *always* wrote the instructions on the board, that taking out the textbooks was rarely necessary. Presumably, he was writing the better versions, but he never wrote his own textbook.
Voldy's Book Shop: Author of The Week: SEVERUS SNAPE, FOR HIS POTIONS TIPS FROM WHEN HE WAS A TEEN, THAT SMART MAN. Snape: Sorry Voldy, I'm still in love with a member of the Order of the Phoenix, you still wanna hire me now? Bellatrix: So much for my novel: HOW TO KILL YOUR SISTER'S FAMILY.
I always assumed that Slughorn hadn't actually just finished brewing the Felix Felicis when the kids walked in. I figured he just took some he already had in stock, threw it in a caldron and heated it up. While I do think the placebo effect could have something to do with it, there's also the fact that wizards can do unintentional magic that comes at opportune times. Neville bounced when he was dropped out a window. Harry ended up jumping on the roof when Dudley was after him. Maybe Felix Felicis doesn't affect probability (grant luck) so much as allow the wizard's own innate unconscious magic to work more powerfully and more frequently.
Slughorn is a potions master that has stocks of everything he needs. He probably started brewing the potion when the death eaters started looking for him. He probably thought he would need it soon. Also, Slughorn was a potions master who took pride in how good he was. I do not believe that he would waste his time making a potion that doesn't actually do anything. We need to remember that magic isn't an item; it is more of like a "Being" who is all knowing, but doesn't, or can't, control how things should go. Liquid Luck is almost like a potion that lets magic control the situation. It takes what the drinker wants most and makes it happen. Harry needed the memory, but had no idea how to make it happen. Magic knew and when Harry drank the potion, Magic took control of the situation. Harry mentioned many times that "felix" was urging him to do things and even made it so he could perform spells that he couldn't do before. Also, when magic took control after Harry's friends took the rest of the potion, it made it so the death eaters spells could not hit them. Because that it was they wanted most. And that was their "Luck."
Expect that Harry could do the magic, he was just confident from the Felix that he could do it then and there, even when he didn’t practice the spell. If the potion was a placebo, then it makes sense that the “Felix” telling him what to do was just Harry’s mind. It’s just like with Ron where he just needed to believe he could be a good Keeper and his actual ability carried him the rest of the way. If Felix actually worked, it still wouldn’t change the magical capabilities of Harry. The other two points are solid though, especially the fact that the DA wasn’t hit by any of the Death Eaters curse, even though one of the Death Eaters died from one.
I think this is mostly true but the magic in this situation is simply guiding very slightly, like getting a tiny hint in a puzzle that allowed you to completely solve it
@@10503. wasn’t it in the book that Felix felicies essentially guides you to the circumstances that could already happen? It’s why Hermione told Harry it was pointless to try to use it to get into the room of requirement because Harry even with extreme luck would never figure it out normally.
I think we underestimate how difficult most of the advanced magic that we see performed in the books is to most of the magical population. That could account for why people don't often make this potion, if ever. I think slughorn probably had liquid luck on hand in the event he needed to escape from the death eaters who were looking for him. But then he came to Hogwarts and realized he no longer needed it and so he gives it as a prize. As far as why Snape never used this potion, it's very possible that he did. The fact that he was able to surrender himself to Dumbledore and not get ANY punishment from the ministry of magic is astounding, particularly when we see that the ministry is quick to turn on people to gain positive press and appear like they're "doing something." Also, this is a world where children possess the power to perform magical spells, so I don't think a potion that gives you good luck is far fetched at all.
Yes, you're right, he simply ignored the most important point in the video, that luck isn't really having everything perfect, the potion makes you know stuff and predict what will happen, nothing that something non-magical could do. That "it really does nothing" twist is just a stupid overused plot device that I really don't believe JK would use
i caught that too. they're turning animals into dishes and producing snakes from the ends of their wands.... but liquid luck is a placebo? lol okay sure..... I'll bite. IF it's a placebo then all it does is force you to use deductive reasoning and cause and effect. Most average people can't really do this anyway but in those moments when they do they call it luck... And if it isn't a placebo and actually works then MAYBE that horse radish and thyme just cleared their senses and allowed them to think clearly (there are real medicinal qualities in herbs after all...)
Here is one possible case, as far as a true "luck" potion it could very well be a placebo with what people normally consider to be luck in how it affects their lives, but it very well could be a psychic stimulant(mental not physical) the brings out the needed mental qualities for "good luck" when made right but if made wrong at the same potency could do the same for "bad luck" while making it wrong by not getting the potency right could have diminished effects that may make it seem like it doesn't do anything.
I have two problems with this theory: On the one hand when Harry takes Felix most things can be explained with regular luck and confidence but not the fact that Filch forgot to close the main gate. Filch is the one character who would never forget something that important. On the other hand you said that Snape would not be a believer in the effects of the potion. The problem is that they read his textbook about this specific potion and there is no mention of him writing something about it being useless. When it comes to antivenoms for example he straight up crosses things out and says to just use a bezoar. I would imagine him to cross out the whole recipe for Felix and write 'does not work, don't bother. Made me said when I tried to ask Lily out while using it.'
That actually makes sense. It's not as obvious in the book but in the movie it looks like Harry is slightly tipsy or high. Just enough to lower his inhibitions and help him take risks.
I think this theory is very good, but it is just partially right, the placebo effect is part of it but not everything, the long time to prepare and the rare ingredients must not be just to make the person beleive it is important, besides also doing that. I beleive that it might actually mix hormones or chemicals in the body to make the person actually more confident and energetic, like taking cocaine, and as I would guess magic has biological parts to it so it would boost that, for exemple you get to talk to snakes if you got the right genes, so something like adrenaline rush could happen just magic wise. So a "Magical Adrenaline" that makes all your spells more potent and your magic senses more acurate would make sense, wich could be explained as intuition or just normal senses like smell or hearing, wich made Harry feel Hagrid needed him for Aragog's death. So why would Snape not use it? With his deep understanding and pride he would realise that all that you get from the potion can be achieved without it, and fear of addiction, same as people in the real world choose not to use drugs.
No as we all know shape want to die because of Lily death but didn't because he have Dumbledore and his bride But if ur loved one died then u feel ur luck died with him
You could also argue that it's a literally magical version of the placebo effect. The drinker may be preforming accidental magic to alter their situation without even realizing it, that could be what the potion does.
@SuperCarlinBrothers I think the explanation for the luck that Ron, Hermione, and Ginny have in their battle against the death eaters under the tower can be found by looking at the seemingly ineffective ingredients of the potion. The 'burlap tentacles' in particular are said to improve one's difference against spells. To me, this is exactly the effect of the potion seen in that battle.
mmh well i remember they all took the potion, at least ginny, hermione and ron did, but bill almost got killed by the werewolf soo yeah they didn't all got lucky, mabe it's like the guy said and they 3 got a magical protection. in fact they were the objective of the deatheaters because they are close to harry, so the got focused more than the others, and thanks to that ingredient the didn't got hurt, maybe the other members of the order had just luck to avoid the spells the deatheaters casted against them, it could be it. sry for my english btw :P
Like he said, try the Placebo Effect. Give them a glass of allergy medication or something an say that it's some kind of miracle drug that brings out your genius side.
Or, try giving them a glass of water, add a mix of sugar and lemon juice (mixed beforehand) and rescue them that the powder is some recently-discovered herb that increases memory. Then, make them study. They will think it's real and their studying will be twice as effective.
"How is he doing this if he's constantly moving around and on the run?" You think the former potions master for the most prestigious school of witchcraft and wizardry in the world doesn't have a portable potions laboratory? Newt's trunk has shown us that something of the like would easily be within possibility. Not sure why he didn't just use it as his hideout, but as he himself says often, he does love his comforts.
Shape was brewing it. The other 2 potions take all long time also. It was for a demonstration for class. Slughorn just finished it when he took over the position. Snape most likely started it before summer vacation
i think that the reason snape doesn's use it is because he is constantly blocking out voldemorts mind invading/reading magic. perhaps felix felicis lets that guard down and then voldemort would know of snape's double agent thingy.
My thoughts exactly! I bet as a young student with a horrible home life he heard about this potion and tried to make it failing miserably (like Hermione with her first dose of polyjuice potion.) So from then on he studies every aspect, every ingredient in potions to make them better and more effective and less likely to get messed up (hence the textbook notes.) However he's never able to reverse the effects of the poorly made Felix Felices. My new headcanon right here.
We can easly explain WHY Snape didn't use Felix Felicis. Just think about Tom Riddle Jr. and his mother - the witch who used Love Potion to make Tom Riddle Sr. love her. What did that do? Gave born to the greatest dark wizard in those times. If Snape used Felix Felicis to make Lilly love him, it could have really bad concequences - maybe even the death of James? This is bad, not like Ginny breaking up with her ex-boyfriend to make it with Harry. There were many times said that if you use magic to only get good stuff from that, while you are harming people, it's gonna bounce back on you - mostly works with overusing black magic, but still...
Yeah, like the first person to brew it KNEW what it was going to be: a luck potion. Because they used "felixempra" in the process. How do you know which ingredients to choose and all?
According to the Wiki, it was created by Zygmunt Budge, a crazy, eccentric and hermit master of potions of the XVI Century who isolated himself his whole life on a remote Island in the Northern Sea to master the art of potions and developed some of the most powerful and demanding potions ever made. So, I guess, he had plenty of time to create something like that.
Hey brother! I think you missed a trick by not talking about how Snape clearly made this potion. His textbook shows that he must have attempted it many times in order to allow him to refine the method. This would have fitted well into how a young Snape would have desired liquid luck so much that he would try and make it, and then re-try with his potions expertise helping it work better! Also if there was one time in Snapes life when he would ever have wanted luck it would have been when he was so desperate that he went to ask Dumbledore for help. If he had any way of using liquid luck he most definitely would have the night Lilly Potter died. This could be why he no longer believes in Felix, because it failed him when he needed luck the most.
Thats a genuinely sweet and heartbreaking theory but sorry when do we find out about him trying to make Felix. As far as I remember we never learn anything about the page about Felix Felicis in the textbook of the Halfbloodprince. Where was it?
You spotted my deliberate mistake . . . . I got carried away and did think in my head that it was felix that he had refined in the book. But even without this crucial piece of evidence I still believe my theory has some merit.
Toby lerone He refined almost every potion in the book remember? That's how Harry did so well in potions unless it wasn't actually in that particular year's curriculum and wasn't in the book at all
This theory really reminds me of the Fountain of Fair Fortune, In which there are three misfortuned witch sisters and a very unlucky knight who venture to bathe in the fountain. One sister is poor, one is weak and sick, and the other is heartbroken. After passing through trials, they make it. The sick sister collapses and the poor sister gathers herbs to make an antidote and cures her sister. She realized she can get rich off of this miricle cure and decides not to bathe in the fountain. The heartbroken sister decides not to bathe in the fountain because she realizes that she is in love with the knight. The knight bathes in the fountain and gains newfound bravery. They all live long and happy lives, the end. And at the end of the story, it is revealed to us by the narrator that the fountain's waters do nothing, and were incredibly ordinary. The original creator of the potion was probably inspired to replicate the fountain's water, but they alone knew it was a placebo and told no one else the secret.
Slughorn is a collector of rare ingredients, that may also include potions of a rare variety. And the potion’s effect on Harry debunks the Placebo theory.
I don't think it's a simple placebo, but rather it lowers your inhibitions. There's a TV show called Legacies that's focuses on a school of supernatural children and their various adventures. In one episode they had to deal with mind controlling parasites that lowered the inhibitions of the victims, making them bold, really happy risk takers. The victims did things that they usually wouldn't do. A shy girl showed up her more popular sister at their talent show and surprisingly hit on her ex, explaining that she was tired of taking care of others and wanted to do something for herself for once. Lowered inhibitions lead to people acting out and doing risky things without caring at the moment which is precisely what Ron and later on Harry did.
Actually, the way it affects Harry is very solid evidence _for_ this theory because when Ron was placeboed into thinking he'd taken it, the effects were _exactly_ the same to the point that Ron could perfectly describe what it felt like to be under its influence.
@@SeraphimCramer That's a very far stretch. Ron gives a very basic overview of his perceived effect, the same as you or I would haven never taken it but believing we know what it does. The effect it has on Harry is described very thoroughly and specifically.
@@SeraphimCramer that's because Ron had the talent he was just lacking self confidence where as Harry headed to hagrids instead of where slughorn was supposed to be therefore finding slughorn where he never would have and got the memory from him
Nils Manuel Gut so what? He just got rid of the bottle? NO! He probably packed it with his stuff when he went to Hogwarts. I definitely agree with the idea
I was watching this video and suddenly realized that Felix Felicis is called liqiud luck, not liquid good luck so it could actually be a 50/50 chance on being good or bad luck so that might be why Snape seemed to have bad luck
Felix Felicis "makes you feel positive, lowers your inhibitions, and just gives you more confidence. But most importantly, it lets you believe that you are lucky. And then you just act accordingly." Soooo.... he's right, they're just brewing alcohol of some sort (he suggested tequila I think).
11:08 But harry does take a detour while going to Hagrid's where he finds slughorn.....he was getting some leaves(can't remember which) for his potion classes and harry had no idea he would be there. Sooo Felix did do something Also harry bumbs into Ginny at the potriate hole...which causes her to break up with Dean... Which he did not do intentionally and wanted for a long time Coincidence??I think not
He also makes Ron and whatsherface break up (also not planned). The front door left open by Filch...with tightened security...after 2 students already almost died... It's an interesting theory and all, but doesn't really hold.
I thought slughorn was in the herbology greenhouses stealing pods or seeds from Sprouts venomous tentaculas, which are highly regulated by the ministry. Then he realizes Harry is going to see hagrid for aragogs funeral and seized the chance to milk the giant dead spider for some extra cash.
Hogwarts might have a stock of Felix Felicis, so Slughorn might have gotten it from there. Also, Harry can refill the drink Hagrid and Slughorn are having non verbally, and the book says he couldn't have done so otherwise.
Or, it's conceivable that Slughorn just kept a small supply of the potion on hand anyway. Seems like it's something you might want if you were on the run from Death Eaters.
Felix Felicis is like a “phantom curse”. The thought of a curse or ghost makes everything you see or hear prof of the curse or ghost. It’s also like when you learn a new word and you start to hear it everywhere. It’s because you notice certain things more.
So... What would happen if somebody drank Felix Filicius (or however you spell it) out of a cup, and you thought it was pumpkin juice? What would happen??
daggern15 according to this theory the murlap and the egg used in love potions would still effect the drinker. And the giddy feeling of infatuation and protection against jinxes may still cause the placebo effect. You just wouldnt understand why you felt like things were going your way.
You debunked your own reasoning. Slughorn is exactly the kind of person who would always have some ready in case of emergency. Also Harrys confidence tends to be what makes him bad at diplomacy cool theory though.
Well, that thing where Ginny, Luna, Neville, Hermione, and Ron Ginny explains that "everything just seemed to miss us." but maybe the Death Eaters are just really bad at aiming, I dunno.
Human perception is very easily influenced. If they believed that they were shielded by luck then their brains would register every bolt that misses them even if they themselves miss just as many.
What paradoxes? Even when using a Time Turner, it's a stable time loop, meaning that if you go back in time and do something, you had already done it before you went back in time to do it... The best example is when Harry saves himself from the dementors and then went back in time to save himself from the dementors... Also, there's the fact that when Hermione was told that she didn't show up for one of her classes, instead of just going back to take that class she started freaking out over the fact that she missed the class... This is why they couldn't just go back far enough and kill Tom Riddle as a kid and prevent the whole thing from happening, because they hadn't done so...
BaronSengir1008 There is a plot hole to this, though. Hermione has said that people who used the Time Turner accidentally killed their past or future selves by mistake. You couldn't kill your past self and have that be a stable time loop. That would cause a paradox. That opens up another plot hole, though. How does Hermione know that they killed their past self? It doesn't seem that time would allow that to happen. Long story short, huge paradox.
What if Slughorn is just constantly brewing the potion to use in order to stay lucky enough to stay away from the Death Eaters. Yes he said he's only taken it twice, but that wouldn't be the only time he's lied in the book. Unless those two days were days where the Death Eaters missed catching him. That would be pretty perfect for me. As for Snape, I agree that he just doesn't keep any simply bc he wants to be where he is based on his own abilities regardless of where it puts him in life.
Rebar07 in the book slughorn says that he took it once when he was young and... o right he could have just been lying so that the people in his class with death eater connections (draco) wouldn’t tell them that he wouldn’t have been stong enough to hold them off without ‘luck’
no, this is a potion with an easy scientific test and explanation. Felix would have the ability to manipulate probabilities to make the user's desired outcome certain. you test this by conducting a simple probability experiment.
Just a question, did you ever take into consideration that Slughorn just had a bottle at the ready because he was on the run from Death Eaters, and would need it in an emergency, just like you said Snape should've done?
I like to think that Felix Felicis is two-fold, first there is the confidence booster part where it let's your subconscious fill you with "I can do anything!" which in part could explain why Harry went to Hagrid's. He knew he had to get the memory from Slughorn BUT he also needed to help out his oldest friend in his time of need. The second part of Felix is where it subtly affects things around the user, for instance making it where every curse or hex aimed at you misses, I think that part is intentional to move things around the user to best benefit them under the circumstances BUT the user then has to act upon those opportunities for it to work.
Well, that's not the case for the time turners in the wizarding world, right... you can't actually change anything unless it already is gonna end that way so...
@@acommunistcrab3366 yea but it's not exactly changing anything. It's just...helping things to happen the same way it did. You couldn't have went back and saved james & lily from dying even if it was yesterday cuz, that's exactly what was supposed to happen.....
The issue here is that a pardox is formed. If, it is the first time these events take place. Then how did he survive to same himself later? For example, when the dementors were about to eat Harry's soul, the *first* time it happens, it would have never happened before. And such he would have died there, unable to save himself because be would not have been able to get out of the situation without help. As such, we have to make the assumption that time is preordained. That it *always* happens the same way. Because if it is not then the movie as depicted never would have happened.
Acording to J.K about time travel, when some wizards discovered time travel, they sent a witch a few centuries to the past and they didn't know how to get her back. She spent like a week or so in the past and when she returned, she aged rapidly and died, at least 25 wizards, all decendants of people she met in the past, vanished, the next thursday was two and a half day long and the next tuesday only lasted four hours. That's when they discovered the dangers about playing with the fabric of time. Since then, time-turners can only be handeled by Unspeakables and you can only go back in time 24 hours top or something like that, I don't remember all the exact details but it's something like that, so you can change things, and you can also break time. That's why they have so many laws about it and that's why it's so strange that they give one to a third year student
This makes sense, Harry's reaction from taking the felix felicis or "liquid luck" is very simular to when he was confident in the prisoner of azkaban when he is flying bukbeek with Hermione after he realised it was him who made the pertronus! (Sorry for the bad spelling)
I do have one thing to point out. In the video, you stated that it was odd for Slughorn to have a bottle of Felix Felicis at Hogwarts because of the 6 month brewing period and the fact that he was on the run from the death eaters. What if the fact that he was running from the death eaters is why he had the Felix Felicis in the first place? Surely, if you are running from Voldemort's forces you'd want to have some extraordinary luck on hand in case you're caught. Other than that, I thought the video was really good, thumbs up from me!
According to Slughorn, he had been on the run for a year now, right from when the Death Eaters found out about Voldemort's return. Before that time, Slughorn wouldn't have needed the potion, so he wouldn't have made it. So, when the Death Eaters came after him, he would already be on the run, and therefore not capable of making the potion. Besides, with a man like Slughorn, he would have already used the potion, not saved it.
Actually, I think it would be very in character for Slughorn, or any Slytherin actually, to always have a bit of the potion on hand. Any ambitious person having a particularly bad day would want a bit of liquid luck on hand, just in case.
But you just said it yourself, Elizabeth W. They would always want some potion on hand if they were having a bad day. Since Slughorn would want to keep the potion to himself, the fact that he was willing to give it away to his class shows that he does not find it valuable, therefore it is not real. Additionally, if they were having a bad day, acting as they do, the Slytherin would take the potion to make the day better, not save it for later use.
And don't forget, Harry only won ne bottle. Slughorn has actually a simmering small kettle full of it on his desk, not just that one bottle! You think he'd run around with a simmering kettle?
Interesting idea, however in fiction "Probability Manipulation" is considered a superpower, or a property that an object can have. Maybe the effect of Felix Felicis is just that, manipulation of probabilities in favor of the user.
Slughorn tells why dont they take it all the time "Why don't people drink it all the time, sir?" said Terry Boot eagerly. "Because if taken in excess, it causes giddiness, recklessness, and dangerous overconfidence," said Slughorn. "Too much of a good thing, you know. . . highly toxic in large quantities. But taken sparingly, and very occasionally . . ."
This is clearly wrong. In the books and in the movie, the Felix Felicis potion has two clear effects on the imbiber. The first effect is to enhance their sensitivity to Intuition. You know, the small quite voice in your head that tells you what you should be doing, which you promptly ignore. We see this in Harry’s sudden desire (intuition) to go to Hagrid’s. The other effect is to lower the imbiber’s inhibitions. The books and movie clearly reveal this in Harry’s near drunken behavior. By lowering a person’s inhibitions, the potion makes it more likely that the imbiber will follow their newly enhanced intuition without question. Remember the warnings always come after the spells. Here’s why people don’t use this potion all the time. The potion doesn’t actually have to do with luck, but it allows the drinker to use their intuition more fully. The intuition doesn’t lead one to what they want, but rather it leads to what one actually needs. A rich man who takes this potion to gain more riches may find in the end that his money has evaporated, because what he really needed was to experience poverty so he would learn to enjoy what he had. You can find a good example of this principle in action in Larry Niven’s novel Ring World. Additionally, if someone has no clear goal in mind when imbibing the potion, then they will accomplish no clear goal.
Kim Welch Then how do we explain all the right circumstances coming about that are completely out of Harry’s control? For example, the front door is open for him when it should be closed, Filch is no where to be seen, Harry’s desire to go to Hagrid’s conveniently allows him to run into Slughorn, and right after taking the potion Ginny and Dean are suddenly fighting. Is it that far of a stretch in a world of magic to assume that this potion truly does grant the drinker good luck?
Filch is a clutz. Slughorn always trying to take something for his studies, remember when harry left the common room in the book, he knocked ginny or dean into each other, ginny was thinking dean was trying to help her in. Btw, Ginny claimed to harry that she never stopped loving him despite their never taken relationship until after they won the quidditch cup. So Ginny was probably thinking along the lines at the time that she hopes to get to Harry before its too late, so sadly for Dean, gets the heat of the argument for whatever the argument was about. But of course everything happening like that could very well prove the potion is indeed lucky. But then again who knows.
To be fair, if you give freshman one beer, and then give them non-alcoholic beer for the rest of the night, they'll stumble around like they're drunk. A lot of our contexts depend, not on what is happening to us, but how we believe we should be behaving in a given situation.
Sarah Grace Hellman psychological illnesses aren't just in the head, there are many actual things happening in the brain that causes a mental illness...
personally i think it magically enhances a persons natural intuition. if you look at the times that the potion is used in the books its like the people who are under its influence are just more aware of their surroundings and able to react a little better without really being consciously aware why. And when it came to Ron's placebo potion, he was clearly always capable of performing at that level as Harry had seen, but lacked the self confidence.
If you think about it, you make a potion in a cauldron like they do in Potions class, but that doesn't mean it only makes one small glass bottle? I'm sure you could fill up 10, 20, maybe even more so Slughorn having the potion on the first day of class, doesn't mean it's fake. It just means that he probably had an abundance of small glass bottles filled with the potion which would last you awhile. I swear it's not magic, it's just common sense lol
Storri Gadau I was thinking the same thing. It would also make o lot of sense to have some licuid luck stored away for an emergency. Since Slughorn was on the run from Deatheaters, he would probably have a whole bunch of the potion close at hand. In Hogwarts he probably felt safe enough to give some of it away. And this has no effect on the theory, as he might not have figured out the fact that Felix Felicis is fake.
I think of Felix Felicis as a brain stimulant. When Ron thought he had it, there were a lot of lucky things for the Gryffindors, and unlucky for the Slytherins, but no where does it say that Felix causes bad luck for someone else, and anyway, Ron hadn’t taken it. When Harry took it, the only really “lucky” thing that happened to him was that Filch left the door unlocked, but we know that Filch is a pretty forgetful guy. Slughorn was picking those leaves for third years, and if Felix was a brain stimulant, Harry would have known about those leaves from his third year potions and herbology, so would have known that Slughorn probably needed them within a day or two, and would pick them at twilight. The rest of the scene falls into place after that.
i think felix felicis may be a metaphor for alcohol, a little bit gives you confidence, too much makes you reckless, also in the movie harry was acting drunk, what do you guys think?
Futurama did this in "40% Iron Chef", with Bender getting the essence of pure flavor only to find out it was just water... Well, laced with very small amounts of LSD, but then again Felix Felicis is basically just tequila.
Ron thought he was on it for one quidditch try out, Harry was under the influence for the whole day. The potion doesn’t give you a anti depressant feeling, it takes you to ‘ the right place at the right time’ situations in order to bring you a ‘perfect’ day. If anything it derives off inner instinct and possibly a little bit of clairvoyance/future sight type magic
I don't think Felix Felicis can do anything that could never conceivably happen in your reality, it can only give you the best reality. Let's say there is a school race you're not the fastest but after taking the potion the fastest one at school twists their ankle in the race allowing you to win. It was never a possible reality for you to be able actually beat the fastest person. If snape took the potion the best outcome for him would have been to have grazed his love interests boob without being caught. It was never in his future to win the girl.
It's also worth mentioning that Felix felicis actually creates a voice in Harry's head in the book, which can't really be explained by the placebo effect since Harry doesn't know about the voice aspect of the potion before he takes it. Joe probably overlooks that point since it isn't really conveyed in the movie version
Not necessarily. Those thoughts could easily be kicking around in his head anyway and he simply believed that they were Felix. For me, the biggest failing of this theory is to account for a) the front door being unlocked and b) Slughorn happening to be where Harry was going
Liquid Luck aka Felix Felicis honestly sounds like an Amber Lager. The fermentation time is usually around 6 months for full fermentation. Also they have similar side effects as both cause reckless choices and over confidence with over usage(similar to a drunk state) similarly the placebo effect also works as many people who drank carbonated water with slight food coloring that was put into a wine bottle thought they were drinking wine and would say they felt the "effects" We might also see snape not drink this because he knows it's alcohol. This also fits the snape not using it because we don't see Snape drink any form of alcohol for pleasure or willingly with joy. The ingredients also match up with horse radish being used in many ales and lagers. Many Amber Lagers also look like some of the liquid luck we see in the movies. So there you have it, my theory is that liquid luck is actually an Amber Lager. I hope you guys take time to think if this is a good theory and if you guys liked it please let me know!
So would the occamy shells be coloured silver or actual silver. If it is actual silver I think we'd be able to tell if someone is drinking it because here is the funny thing about silver; drink enough of the stuff and it will turn you blue. I'm not kidding you can look it up.
They are actually silver. In the first Fantastic Beasts movie [spoiler if you haven't seen it] at the end Newt leaves Jacob some shells to give to the bank as collateral for a loan for his bakery.
At the very beginning when you mentioned it might not do anything at all I knew you would bring up the placebo effect. Though it can't be that due to how it works. Harry had no idea what was going on and little "felix" was telling him where to go. Even with overconfidence he had no reason to go to Hagrid's
Ah but his theory has an interesting side note that can be applied. In the 'muggle' world placebo effect is scientifically measurable and well documented... but, what if you take the positive effect of belief and put it within a person with actual magic i.e. a power directly responsive to positive emotions (patronus or even accidental magic in children). Do this and bam! Suddenly, the theory liquid luck is a semi-bogus potion is incredibly sound. Or, you could have the best of both worlds... felix felicis is a legitimately difficult complicated potion that grants you incredible luck... by combining your natural positivity with your full magically capacity to affect the world around you as you desire it... wish magic.
wolfco47 That actually makes sense. I'm gonna go with this line of reasoning for how it works... unless I find a better one further down the comments lol.
Ok, that's it. I've had it. This is the camel-back-breaking straw. Even if the original creators (like Rowling in this case) flat out deny your theories, you guys constantly make fascinating connections in these stories and explanations that are much more interesting than even the creator's sometimes. Seriously, writers everywhere need to hire you guys to theory-check their works before release, so that they can just blow everyone's minds with genius plot-hole-filled stories.
Snape likes being miserable, makes him feel justified in his resentment. After all, he could have written his own potions book which would have made him a lot of galleons and improved the general knowledge of the magical world, but he keeps his secrets to himself.
Snape would be constantly revising his book. He seems like the type of person who would be constantly experimenting with potions, trying to always find better ways. This is why he would only take students who got an O on their potions OWL exams. He wanted students who could experiment instead of simply following flawed instructions. Never once do we see Snape tell the students to use the textbooks during class. Instead, he always writes the instructions on a board.
even if it is somewhat a placibo effect Felix Felicis does something. I mean, what are the odds that you run into exactly the person your looking for and said person is in a good enough mood and drunk enough to give you something that they had closely guarded for years and made decoys so it would never be found and that someone who attempted to murder you and your best friend 4 years ago just happens to have died. you have to admit, that if you consider all that I have said, this video may need to be revised.
But see I dont think Harry drinking a potion can effect the rest of the world around him, its not like him drinking the potion caused Slughorn to be at the Greenhouses, everything that happened always COULD have happened and Dumbledore already knew Harry COULD get the memory on his own
Harry became the owner of the elder wand because he randomly stole dracos wand or got spared from the dememtors because Lupin was randomly in the same part of the train.. the events shortly after him drinking the potion were almost his least lucky ones in the whole books tbh, he would have to be fallen into a kettle of the potion shortly after his birth for the potion to be the reason of his luck..
still all that stuff is pretty convinient. also hi! I finally got a youtuber to pay attention to me! I love your videos please make one on the basalisk. namely HOW DOES IT FIT IN THE PIPES!!!!! that always confused me
But Snape's actions were the cause of most of the bad things in his life, he lost Lily to James because he got involved in dark arts and lost her trust. He then choose to join Dumbledore's side which lead him having to look over Harry and kill Dumbledore. Every one of the things you mentioned had to do with his actions and choices and nothing to do with luck.
Yeah, I agree with you about that, I just meant that the examples used in the video didn't explain how he had bad luck. He should've mentioned things that Snape had no control over like his bad childhood rather things that were directly linked to Snape's choices.
Hanco and Kayla Shitty and terrible. Look up the audiobook for the deathly hallows and listen to the chapter towards the end where Harry gets a collection of Snapes memories.
In the books, when Harry takes the potion, it seems less like luck or the placebo effect, and more like time and space is whispering in your ear, giving you hints on what to do
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After the battle under the astronomy tower, someone tells Harry (I feel like it was Ginny, but I'm not sure) "Every spell seemed to just miss us," which leads me to another theory....... The Death Eaters are actually Stormtroopers.
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My favorite theory so far!
Of Romans and Greeks
Except before that someone said we would have gotten hit without the luck potion
Lol
Wait, so if the death eaters are stormtroopers, then is Voldemort Darth Sidious? Then which death eater is Vader?
I’m probably overthinking this
Dangerous recklessness and extreme overconfidence? Sounds like Gilderoy Lockhart was taking too much his whole life.
I'm reading The Chamber of Secrets right now. Lockhart is an idiot.
True dat
Eliza Bell Ravenclaw forever.
kristopher barker YEAH RAVENCLAW I'M ONE
Eliza Bell Lockhart is an idiot. don't ask me why he was a ravenclaw.
I thought luck was literally an ingredient. Like how the laughing potion needs you to laugh at it during brewing. This explains why the brewing process takes so long and is so precise, you genuinely have to get lucky to make it. Snape is notoriously unlucky so would never be lucky enough to make it. This also fits with Snape's monologue from the Philosopher's Stone: 'I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even stopper death'. It's possible that this isn't just flowery language but literally a description of high end potions using concepts as ingredients.
hey, that's pretty good!
That makes so much sense!
Fits perfectly.
And Slughorn is a pretty lucky guy. That fits.
Both yours and the SCBs theories are plausible, but yours makes more sense and is even MORE plausible given the universe it's set in. So well done! You've put a lot of thought into it. :D
When your teacher promises to give you alcohol but just gives you water instead but you never had alcohol before and you think you're drunk.
And what/how differently would you feel, that would let you think you were drunk?
Whait, this actually kind of happened to me.
I had an ice cream and I liked it, I thought it was delicious. But then my mother said that there was a little bit of alcohol in it so... I felt sick because I knew there was alcohol in it. Before I knew there was alcohol in it I thought it was just an normal ice cream. (sorry for my bad English)
@Mohamed SHIRE placebo effect
You mean a placebo?
Lol
Fun fact: harry was dropped in this stuff when he was a baby
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So basically Achilles but way way better
So basically obelisk?
Achilles but you can’t actually hit him ever
@@sophiehanna2069 eyyy Obelix from Asterix & Obelix, Nice!
waizarding world: Felix Felicis
Muggle world: Vodka
Hello Hello 2 shots of it
😂😂😂😂 Felix Felicis is effectively an alcohol potion 😂😂😂😂
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Yep
This deserves so many more likes 🤣🤣
Felix Felicis makes the students in your potions class work harder.
Lolol😂
I actually laughed when I read this
Froggy yup.
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Snape does says this in the first book:
“I can teach you how to bewitch the mind and ensnare the senses. I can tell you how to bottle fame, brew glory, and even put a stopper in death.”
-J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
It makes me think it is actually liquid luck...
I really like this view on the theory, but I find it strange that Snape would admit to being able to teach them all that stuff, it's not like he actually seems to love teaching anyways...
@@bobthepickle3232 he didn't teach them thosepotions because they were probably OWL classes and snape never taught Owls too the group.
@@yiocho220 you mean NEWTs, OWLs were taken in the 5th year whilst Snape still taught potions. He taught Defence Against the Dark Arts during the Halfblood Prince.
You do realise that if there was a potion that could prevent death, Voldemort would have a backpack full of it wherever he goes.
@@daphnejyothi4795 It could be possible that this potion Snape mentions is specific to a certain situation or environment, such as a potion to cure even the worst burns from a fire. This would mean that the potions power has the potential still to be dwarfed by Volemort's own.
I really think Snape doesn't get enough credit for how great of a wizard he is. Imagine how skilled of a Occlumens one must be to deceive Voldemort on every occassion they meet. When Lucius Malfoy lies to him about how glad the family is to have Voldi as a guest in their house, he immediately recognizes the lie (which could also be because he just knows but I'm sure Voldemort is just as skilled an Legilimens to perform the technique at any given time because in his situation he just needs to know whether or not his followers are honest about their loyalty).
Furthermore, Snape recognizes when Draco uses Occlumency against him but it seems Snape can do it without the Dark Lord recognising. Because when Voldemort recognizes Snape to use Occlumency against him, wouldn't he find a way around it to find the truth, like Imperius, Truth potion or sth else?
@@ДмитрийМордовин-ъ3ю Yes, but if Voldemort would have ever been in doubt about Snapes loyalty, he would just have killed him, so my point still is, he just deceived the Dark Lord successfully on any given occasion they met. Especially when Voldemort tried to get the truth out of Snape with force and Snape resisted, he would immediately be dead. Snapes says himself once "The Dark Lord, for instance, almost always knows when somebody is lying to him." He says almost, because he knows perfectly well that he himself is able to lie to Voldemort without him recognising. Thats simply something no other wizard can do, as far as our knowledge goes.
@@ДмитрийМордовин-ъ3ю As I said, Snape can use Occlumency against Voldemort without him noticing that he does, which is proven by the fact that Voldemort never killed him out of doubt in his faith. Snape is particularly skilled in this specific part of magic (and many others, I'm sure), which is why Voldemort did never lose faith in him and which led to the events happening as they happened. That was the point I was making that led me to say Snape doesn't get the reputation he deserves when it comes to magic skill.
I think the reason wy Snape see Draco uses occlumency is because he was able to get in his mind before, but not anymore.
I'd say Snape always was an occlumens, already before he was a Death Eater, maybe at first Voldemort was suspicious, but after Snape showed him to be a faithful servant times and times again, the doubt was slowly dissipated.
Remember how Bellatrix keeps doubting him.
Remember how important it was for Dumbledore that Snape gives at least partially correct information to the dark lord so he trusts him.
Remember how he said after Snape kills him he will be sure of his allegiance.
I believe that Voldemort had doubts regarding Snape, often, they just were less with time, because he could base himself only on Snape's actions to judge him and he was good to give the change.
That would have been way more suspicious if voldi could enter Snape's mind at first, but not later on.
@@cecile436 really good point, he was probably using occlumency from the first day voldi met snape.
I think if Voldi could read Snapes mind at any point he would doubt Snapes ability to deceive Dumbledore, in a weird way the fact that Snape was so good at blocking Voldi out probably made him more trustworthy.
Here's a theory for you: a young and still-learning Snape once tried to brew Felix Felicis. It proved to be beyond the abilities of the talented but still learning 3rd or 4th year Hogwarts student. I say 3rd or 4th year because at that point he would have had time to realize his talent and get confident in his abilities but would not yet have learned enough to brew the most difficult potions or understand his limitations. And he got it horribly wrong, leading to a life filled with horrible luck.
that's so sad. no wonder he is so bitter.
I had the same thought. Not sure if it holds water, but it's a good idea.
plausible theory, make a video on that!
Now that’s a good one
My thoughts exactly! I figured that maybe his misfortunes could be a result of a felix felicis brew gone wrong before he eventually became the potions master he was known for
Snape probably did use it though, on the day he died. Voldemort still thought of him as a good servant, so why would he subject Snape to a painful snake bite death instead of killing him instantly? Why didn't he have the snake then eat him? Why would Harry remove the cloak? Snape got very lucky that he was able to give Harry his memories. And at that point he had nothing to live for, and probably wanted death so that's why the potion didn't save him.
this is actually a nice theory
If you think about it, that makes a lot of sense and explains a couple of plotholes
I love this
Reminds me of the Seamus theory that Aberforth slipped the trio some Felix
Well nice
But why it did not save him
Because he did want it
So that he can get the forgiveness from Harry and feel peace while having the chance to see Lily and offer her what he did for Harry to forgive him
I still think Harry just deciding to go to Hagrid's and happening to run into Slughorn as he was stealing leaves, rather than where he was supposed to be, was a stretch to just be a placebo. That part was definitely some luck.
well slughorn did brew the potion and wanted to gain harry as a friend. So maybe he was there because he knew Harry would believe it to be luck, but rather slughorn just went there knowing he would give away his memories
@@HyperLexus That makes sense. I bet he wanted to get it off his chest for a long time, but couldn't just do it without forming a bond first. I think this is partly why he agreed to treach at Hogwards. He only agreed because deep down he was tired of running from it too. He was propably subtlety reaching out to Harry he whole time as well and knew about his mission too.
@@HyperLexus slughorn wouldnt have known when harry took the potion. even slughorn knew what day harry took the potion then slughorn still would not know where harry would be
HyperLexus That’s cool and all, but slughorn wouldn’t have known when he took it. He just happened to be in the right place at the right time, which seems too coincidental
I suspect that the potion probably boosts intuition a bit in order to help the drinker to have convenient encounters and dodge spells more easily ect but that it is mostly mystery & placebo with a bit of a happiness and intuition boost thrown in to help the drinker experience "Good luck"
In response to Snape's bad luck, we are told that if brewed improperly, the effects can prove disastrous. So what if a potions student who is constantly improving recipes decides to mess around with the luck potion, confident he knows better than the one who made the original recipe,and it goes horribly wrong? So wrong in fact that his luck was changed forever for the worst?
Ohhh i really like this. Whether the theory that Felix is simply enhancing the drinkers intuition and decreasing inhibition is true or if the potion truly alters things to the drinkers needs (which seems more complex - like what if 2 people with conflicting interests take it at the same time???), Snape's misfortune could definitely be influenced by a bad attempt at it. As a teenager we know from HBP he's extremely gifted to the point of correcting the textbooks. What if, in an attempt to finally defeat James Potter and his gang and win back Lily Evans and overturn what he saw as a life of misfortune, he brewed the potion wrong and his luck went from bad to worse when he let Lily slip away and turned over half heard information that lead to her death until finally he then misjudged Voldemort's next move to get the elder wand and ended up dead because of it. Either the bad potion or bad attempt made his intuition even worse and made him even more inhibited (meaning he is rarely happy and is always self conscious, which I think is in keeping with his characterizations), or it really just made the situations touching snape go badly for him through some kind of negative magical aura he had bc of the bad Felix.
Olivia Raney that's exactly the wave length I had in mind. I personally have no sympathy for Snape. I understand why he does what he does, but we are all accountable for the choices we make, and in regards to Lily Evans, he doesn't love her, he obsesses. But I digress. Anyhow yes the idea that his bad luck is worsened by the fudged luck potion makes a lot of sense.
This is the most plausible explanation . That Snape would have wanted to charm Lilly and he would have brewed it only to show off his skills and test his ability to make the portions the way he wants it . And it turned out to be very bad and that is when Snape realized that his overconfidence in his ability is stupid and dangerous this may be the reason why he works harder.
That is a very convincing argument
@@mischievousone9999 Snape saves the story couldnt u have at least A LITTLE sypathy for him?
Just use Felix Felicis to brew Felix Felicis.
For everyday during the six months?
Dwij Vasisth bollocks, go and ruin it
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Jan Janssen LOL! I really love channels like this because they read my name!
Felix feliception
"I'm addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn't matter." --Steven Wright
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My reasoning as to how Slughorn had some on him:
He was trying to avoid Death Eaters before Dumbledore stepped in.
The Liquid Luck was in case he was found and needed something to escape and evade the Death Eaters.
After Dumbledore reinstated him as Potions Master, he had no further use (since he was in the safest place in Britain) for it and figured he'd offer it as a reward.
This is assuming, of course, that Felix Felicis is an actual potion and not a placebo.
can we just put supposedly next to safest place
because all the books/movies point to the opposite being fact
But why would he have some on stock. He wouldn’t have known Voldemort would come back. He had some in his youth and that was it. He would be brewing some for no reason
Matthew Wu he was already aware of it and has been paranoid about Voldemort for years already
Safest place in Scotland.
Matthew Wu I think dumbledore anticipated Voldemort returning and warned slughorn
Overconfidence and dangerous recklessness? Basically gryffindor in a bottle.
haha
I bet you're a slytherin."slytherins may be sleek and sly but Gryffindors are brave at heart!"
@@emilyclendenin3483 Yo I agree with @Lorinda Brooks . And I'm a Ravenclaw
That’s why being huddlepuff or ravenclaw (I’m literally in the middle) is best
I am offended being a gryffindor
I'm not convinced, because in the books it's stated that while under the effect of Felix Felicis, Harry seemed to just KNOW small things to do that would lead to the ideal outcome. I'm betting less on a Placebo effect (which was what happened to Ron) and more of an artificial boost to a wizard or witch's Divination ability. We know it's a really inexact magical discipline, and it seems to just work for magic folk who have a natural affinity for it, and even then it doesn't work exactly when they want it to. Hence Prof. Trelawney.
What I think Felix Felicis does is amplifying a wizard's sensitivity to possibilities of the future. You know what small actions will have what changes in the future, even if you can't fully process or see it all clearly. In addition to that, maybe the potion gives you an autonomous mental guide, which sifts through this myriad of future possibilities and finds the shortest path to your goal, giving you "hunches" of what to do to make sure that future comes to pass. How else would Harry know that somehow visiting Hagrid would lead him to getting the info he wanted out of Slughorn?
Of course, this doesn't mean it's an all-powerful potion, because for one, you can't see all these future possibilities clearly, you're just told in your subconscious that doing this seemingly unrelated thing will help. Secondly, the potion would never be able to let you do something objectively impossible. It might end up either not working for you at all if your goal is completely out of your reach, or just veer you into a route that leads you to realize the futility of your endeavor in a less painful manner.
And then comes the fact that if you ingest it too much, you'll have some wonky and permanent side-effects, which one would expect from having their "future sensitivity" fully open so often. It would mess up with your mind horribly, so definitely choose the times to use it carefully.
Just my theory, though. Whatcha think?
WarmageRagnar Nice theory. I agree
I think this is a very interesting and insightful take and definitely a plausible theory.
my thoughts exactly, well said
WarmageRagnar hmm I really like this theory! my theory was either it is just nothing or its alcohol. BUT this is a ton better!!!
That's along the lines of my thoughts
You cant ignore how the book explains it though
Harry was hearing and following a voice different from his own that guided him in the absolute right directions that night
So on top of giving you a mood boost it tells you the most logical and correct actions to take
It really... Well. Guess comments would be boring if he split into an insanely sceptical and not so much view. Maybe harpies are so rare and dangerous and breed so slow, there can't be much of the stuff. Like killing 30pandas for one Portion of everything cure. +maybe because nobody took it all that much or regularly, theres worse side effects or it wears off or you deal with a stream of less severe but constant bad luck for a while . Could be alot.
Perhaps it was actually just his own, or a different voice, but he was just imagining it to be real.
That's not to say it inherently is true or not, just to posit a possible counter
What if the actual effects of the potion were just that, making people to do and try stuff they'd never do under normal circumstances. Assuming anyone with the potion would be saving it to use in the most difficult day of their life, and by drinking it they just throw all the stress off of themselves and come up with many creative ideas. In other words, bolsters one's mental abilities (concentration and focus) and also their belief in themselves (as mentioned earlier).
Ever heard about the voice of intuition? - which is clearest when you don't doubt yourself constantly (which you don't when you assume that you're the luckiest for now)
*“Makes you feel positive, lowers your inhibitions and just gives you more confidence”*
So it’s alcohol, Felix Felicis is just alcohol. It just gives you liquid courage.
Slughorn might have kept some liquid luck with him. Being chased by death eaters and constantly escaping is no easy task.
SketchNI He may just haul it around. Hermione has a huge ass place inside her purse. At the big quidditch games, the tents were entire houses.
There's also the inside of Newt Scamander's briefcase to be taken into account....Multiple spacious areas and enclosures for the various creatures contained inside, all magically created to suit the needs of the creatures in them while retaining the look and weight of just your average briefcase.....Hauling around a cauldron full of potion in a flask magically enchanted to be the size/dimension of a cauldron on the inside while magically retaining its normal size and weight on the outside.....CHILD'S PLAY, in comparison!
ER Bram what I said yass
But slughorn also brewed all of those other potions as well. Polyjuice potion, and the love potion. Why would he need a love potion
You know what bothers me the most about The Half Blood Prince? Everyone who is using the official text book basically fails, except for Harry who is using Snape's book, from when Snape was a teenager. This means that a Teenage Snape was better at potions than the writer of the text book. Isn't that a bit odd? Like, why on earth would they keep using the same book after Snape becomes a potion teacher? Why wouldn't he be like." Oh no these instructions are rubbish. Do exactly as I say." or write his own version? Boggles the mind.
Perhaps Snape would have selected a more modern textbook if he had still been in charge of potions. Reminds me of high school chemistry a bit: The instructions said to slowly add a small amount of each reagent to the test tube, then tap it to mix them. For me, quickly squirting the second reagent into the test tube caused them to mix much more thoroughly.
The fact that they had the extra copies on hand made me think that maybe those were the traditional textbooks for that class.
Its been awhile since I read the books, but I felt that this was the book Slughorn specifically choose for the class, the one he knows and used to teach from. Snape probably used different ones, but he also seems to be a much more 'hands on' teacher in the he explains and shows the potions rather then just relying on a book; probably because he knew the book his Potions master used (Slughorn) was practically useless. Slughorn seemed to just be content to let the students brew from the book and let that be that, Snape always seemed like he was moving around the class watching what they were doing and commenting on it. Again, I could be miss remembering things, but this is how I remember it.
I remember that he *always* wrote the instructions on the board, that taking out the textbooks was rarely necessary. Presumably, he was writing the better versions, but he never wrote his own textbook.
Voldy's Book Shop: Author of The Week:
SEVERUS SNAPE, FOR HIS POTIONS TIPS FROM WHEN HE WAS A TEEN, THAT SMART MAN.
Snape: Sorry Voldy, I'm still in love with a member of the Order of the Phoenix, you still wanna hire me now?
Bellatrix: So much for my novel: HOW TO KILL YOUR SISTER'S FAMILY.
I always assumed that Slughorn hadn't actually just finished brewing the Felix Felicis when the kids walked in. I figured he just took some he already had in stock, threw it in a caldron and heated it up.
While I do think the placebo effect could have something to do with it, there's also the fact that wizards can do unintentional magic that comes at opportune times. Neville bounced when he was dropped out a window. Harry ended up jumping on the roof when Dudley was after him. Maybe Felix Felicis doesn't affect probability (grant luck) so much as allow the wizard's own innate unconscious magic to work more powerfully and more frequently.
I like this Theory :)
That us a super cool idea
That makes so much more sense than affecting the probability of the ENTIRE WORLD around you.
I agrea
I agree
Slughorn is a potions master that has stocks of everything he needs. He probably started brewing the potion when the death eaters started looking for him. He probably thought he would need it soon. Also, Slughorn was a potions master who took pride in how good he was. I do not believe that he would waste his time making a potion that doesn't actually do anything. We need to remember that magic isn't an item; it is more of like a "Being" who is all knowing, but doesn't, or can't, control how things should go. Liquid Luck is almost like a potion that lets magic control the situation. It takes what the drinker wants most and makes it happen. Harry needed the memory, but had no idea how to make it happen. Magic knew and when Harry drank the potion, Magic took control of the situation. Harry mentioned many times that "felix" was urging him to do things and even made it so he could perform spells that he couldn't do before. Also, when magic took control after Harry's friends took the rest of the potion, it made it so the death eaters spells could not hit them. Because that it was they wanted most. And that was their "Luck."
So a magical maual override of the situation?
@@beathewanderer7418 More like a magical autopilot.
Expect that Harry could do the magic, he was just confident from the Felix that he could do it then and there, even when he didn’t practice the spell. If the potion was a placebo, then it makes sense that the “Felix” telling him what to do was just Harry’s mind. It’s just like with Ron where he just needed to believe he could be a good Keeper and his actual ability carried him the rest of the way. If Felix actually worked, it still wouldn’t change the magical capabilities of Harry.
The other two points are solid though, especially the fact that the DA wasn’t hit by any of the Death Eaters curse, even though one of the Death Eaters died from one.
I think this is mostly true but the magic in this situation is simply guiding very slightly, like getting a tiny hint in a puzzle that allowed you to completely solve it
@@10503. wasn’t it in the book that Felix felicies essentially guides you to the circumstances that could already happen? It’s why Hermione told Harry it was pointless to try to use it to get into the room of requirement because Harry even with extreme luck would never figure it out normally.
I think we underestimate how difficult most of the advanced magic that we see performed in the books is to most of the magical population. That could account for why people don't often make this potion, if ever. I think slughorn probably had liquid luck on hand in the event he needed to escape from the death eaters who were looking for him. But then he came to Hogwarts and realized he no longer needed it and so he gives it as a prize. As far as why Snape never used this potion, it's very possible that he did. The fact that he was able to surrender himself to Dumbledore and not get ANY punishment from the ministry of magic is astounding, particularly when we see that the ministry is quick to turn on people to gain positive press and appear like they're "doing something."
Also, this is a world where children possess the power to perform magical spells, so I don't think a potion that gives you good luck is far fetched at all.
Ashley Boban i'm not sure what to believe, but both of you make compelling arguments...
Yes, you're right, he simply ignored the most important point in the video, that luck isn't really having everything perfect, the potion makes you know stuff and predict what will happen, nothing that something non-magical could do. That "it really does nothing" twist is just a stupid overused plot device that I really don't believe JK would use
Yeah, especially with magic world being in a nasty mystery-decay.
i caught that too. they're turning animals into dishes and producing snakes from the ends of their wands.... but liquid luck is a placebo? lol
okay sure..... I'll bite.
IF it's a placebo then all it does is force you to use deductive reasoning and cause and effect. Most average people can't really do this anyway but in those moments when they do they call it luck...
And if it isn't a placebo and actually works then MAYBE that horse radish and thyme just cleared their senses and allowed them to think clearly (there are real medicinal qualities in herbs after all...)
Here is one possible case, as far as a true "luck" potion it could very well be a placebo with what people normally consider to be luck in how it affects their lives, but it very well could be a psychic stimulant(mental not physical) the brings out the needed mental qualities for "good luck" when made right but if made wrong at the same potency could do the same for "bad luck" while making it wrong by not getting the potency right could have diminished effects that may make it seem like it doesn't do anything.
"It makes you feel more positive, lowers your inhibitions and just gives you more confidence."
- Felix Felicis is alcohol.
yeah exactly, and considering alcohol is sometimes referred to as liquid luck, its pretty obvious
Ya, alcohol must be "liquid luck" says all the drunk drivers
Grant Hazen Too much and you may act recklessly and dangerously. Felix felicis = alcohol.
Felix Felicis I didn't think was supposed to lower inhibitions, it's supposed to heighten them to do what is best...?
alcohol also need more time brewing it
Conclusion: Felix Felicis is just straight up alcohol
You mean cocaine
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Would explain the time it takes. Fermentation process.
it has tincture of thyme thats just booze that had thyme sitting in it
I have two problems with this theory: On the one hand when Harry takes Felix most things can be explained with regular luck and confidence but not the fact that Filch forgot to close the main gate. Filch is the one character who would never forget something that important. On the other hand you said that Snape would not be a believer in the effects of the potion. The problem is that they read his textbook about this specific potion and there is no mention of him writing something about it being useless. When it comes to antivenoms for example he straight up crosses things out and says to just use a bezoar. I would imagine him to cross out the whole recipe for Felix and write 'does not work, don't bother. Made me said when I tried to ask Lily out while using it.'
So, it's not so much liquid luck as it is liquid confidence. So it's alcohol.
That actually makes sense. It's not as obvious in the book but in the movie it looks like Harry is slightly tipsy or high. Just enough to lower his inhibitions and help him take risks.
Mi S Ever since I saw that liquid luck scene in The Half-Blood Prince, I've been saying "that's vodka. Harry just took a shot of vodka".
That also explains the dangers of overuse: alcohol addiction / getting drunk.
so wizard whiskey or something?
Curiously enough, Daniel Radcliffe was little bit tipsy while filming that. He confessed to his problem with alcohol during that time.
It's vodka mate
Vodka is more like veritaserum
Blackheart 7654 ha ha facts
No, I think the English prefer gin.
+Seany B CHB Liquid Courage?
Liquid weed
I think this theory is very good, but it is just partially right, the placebo effect is part of it but not everything, the long time to prepare and the rare ingredients must not be just to make the person beleive it is important, besides also doing that.
I beleive that it might actually mix hormones or chemicals in the body to make the person actually more confident and energetic, like taking cocaine, and as I would guess magic has biological parts to it so it would boost that, for exemple you get to talk to snakes if you got the right genes, so something like adrenaline rush could happen just magic wise.
So a "Magical Adrenaline" that makes all your spells more potent and your magic senses more acurate would make sense, wich could be explained as intuition or just normal senses like smell or hearing, wich made Harry feel Hagrid needed him for Aragog's death.
So why would Snape not use it? With his deep understanding and pride he would realise that all that you get from the potion can be achieved without it, and fear of addiction, same as people in the real world choose not to use drugs.
And he might have still used it in truly crucial moments, perhaps the night Voldemort returned...
No as we all know shape want to die because of Lily death but didn't because he have Dumbledore and his bride
But if ur loved one died then u feel ur luck died with him
this is a great theory
Yes! Magic science! I love it when they can work together!
You could also argue that it's a literally magical version of the placebo effect. The drinker may be preforming accidental magic to alter their situation without even realizing it, that could be what the potion does.
Or magical coke
Imperfect Is Perfect that is genius
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I think the explanation for the luck that Ron, Hermione, and Ginny have in their battle against the death eaters under the tower can be found by looking at the seemingly ineffective ingredients of the potion. The 'burlap tentacles' in particular are said to improve one's difference against spells. To me, this is exactly the effect of the potion seen in that battle.
Jean Muco they didn't all take a sip of the potion. One of them took the potion, and they got lucky when no one got hurt.
mmh well i remember they all took the potion, at least ginny, hermione and ron did, but bill almost got killed by the werewolf soo yeah they didn't all got lucky, mabe it's like the guy said and they 3 got a magical protection. in fact they were the objective of the deatheaters because they are close to harry, so the got focused more than the others, and thanks to that ingredient the didn't got hurt, maybe the other members of the order had just luck to avoid the spells the deatheaters casted against them, it could be it. sry for my english btw :P
it's murtlap
Except that they're not protected against spells, it's just that the spells missed them ^^'
lol Seamus Gormans theory was about this
If only I had liquid luck to help with finals and AP tests!!
AP exams in 2 weeks!
The SATS too!
Chris Tadros and if you live in New Jersey and I think Massachusetts(?) PARCC tests.
Like he said, try the Placebo Effect. Give them a glass of allergy medication or something an say that it's some kind of miracle drug that brings out your genius side.
Or, try giving them a glass of water, add a mix of sugar and lemon juice (mixed beforehand) and rescue them that the powder is some recently-discovered herb that increases memory. Then, make them study. They will think it's real and their studying will be twice as effective.
"How is he doing this if he's constantly moving around and on the run?" You think the former potions master for the most prestigious school of witchcraft and wizardry in the world doesn't have a portable potions laboratory? Newt's trunk has shown us that something of the like would easily be within possibility. Not sure why he didn't just use it as his hideout, but as he himself says often, he does love his comforts.
you still need a safe place to store that piece of luggage, otherwise it might end up in the landfill :O
Shape was brewing it. The other 2 potions take all long time also. It was for a demonstration for class. Slughorn just finished it when he took over the position. Snape most likely started it before summer vacation
i think that the reason snape doesn's use it is because he is constantly blocking out voldemorts mind invading/reading magic. perhaps felix felicis lets that guard down and then voldemort would know of snape's double agent thingy.
That's a big stretch but Maybe??🤔
i bet snape tried to make liquid luck, but failed and cursed his whole life
Austin Brancheau that's good. Really good
Austin Brancheau
YES YES YESN
great Idea but I think Liquid Luck is fake and is just water with rare stuff for taste and has a spell under it
My thoughts exactly! I bet as a young student with a horrible home life he heard about this potion and tried to make it failing miserably (like Hermione with her first dose of polyjuice potion.) So from then on he studies every aspect, every ingredient in potions to make them better and more effective and less likely to get messed up (hence the textbook notes.) However he's never able to reverse the effects of the poorly made Felix Felices. My new headcanon right here.
or maybe he did make it and over used it causing something really bad to happen so he vowed to never use it again
We can easly explain WHY Snape didn't use Felix Felicis. Just think about Tom Riddle Jr. and his mother - the witch who used Love Potion to make Tom Riddle Sr. love her. What did that do? Gave born to the greatest dark wizard in those times. If Snape used Felix Felicis to make Lilly love him, it could have really bad concequences - maybe even the death of James? This is bad, not like Ginny breaking up with her ex-boyfriend to make it with Harry. There were many times said that if you use magic to only get good stuff from that, while you are harming people, it's gonna bounce back on you - mostly works with overusing black magic, but still...
mrokpolnocy mabye snape tryed to brew felix felicis once and messed up and that's why alot of things seem to go wrong for him?
That's may be an option as well.
I believe instead of liquid luck I think it should be called liquid CONFIDENCE
I guess Jkr likes alliteration and was like nah nvm confidence it's just freaking luck....
@@shruthilakshmi7090 call it confidence cream, then
@@joaofarias9986 uhhhhhh nO bud.
@@joaofarias9986 oh yes
More like liquid really is just a massive placebo effect luck
Makes u wonder who discovers these potions and the science behind discovering them., especially if it takes 6.months
crackheads looking for selfmade drugs to give it a shot
Damon Richter 8 months
Well look at muggle drugs. Like LSD is also increadibly hard to make, but Hoffman still manifactured it
Yeah, like the first person to brew it KNEW what it was going to be: a luck potion. Because they used "felixempra" in the process. How do you know which ingredients to choose and all?
According to the Wiki, it was created by Zygmunt Budge, a crazy, eccentric and hermit master of potions of the XVI Century who isolated himself his whole life on a remote Island in the Northern Sea to master the art of potions and developed some of the most powerful and demanding potions ever made. So, I guess, he had plenty of time to create something like that.
"Are you sure they're not drinking tequila?" Lmao 😂😂
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Do it right w/ Twisha Great comment, really intuitive.
Hey brother!
I think you missed a trick by not talking about how Snape clearly made this potion. His textbook shows that he must have attempted it many times in order to allow him to refine the method. This would have fitted well into how a young Snape would have desired liquid luck so much that he would try and make it, and then re-try with his potions expertise helping it work better! Also if there was one time in Snapes life when he would ever have wanted luck it would have been when he was so desperate that he went to ask Dumbledore for help. If he had any way of using liquid luck he most definitely would have the night Lilly Potter died. This could be why he no longer believes in Felix, because it failed him when he needed luck the most.
Thats a genuinely sweet and heartbreaking theory but sorry when do we find out about him trying to make Felix. As far as I remember we never learn anything about the page about Felix Felicis in the textbook of the Halfbloodprince. Where was it?
Toby lerone actually he refines the draft of living death not Felix felices
Aditi Devnath He does it for almost every potion in the book
You spotted my deliberate mistake . . . . I got carried away and did think in my head that it was felix that he had refined in the book.
But even without this crucial piece of evidence I still believe my theory has some merit.
Toby lerone He refined almost every potion in the book remember? That's how Harry did so well in potions unless it wasn't actually in that particular year's curriculum and wasn't in the book at all
This theory really reminds me of the Fountain of Fair Fortune, In which there are three misfortuned witch sisters and a very unlucky knight who venture to bathe in the fountain. One sister is poor, one is weak and sick, and the other is heartbroken. After passing through trials, they make it. The sick sister collapses and the poor sister gathers herbs to make an antidote and cures her sister. She realized she can get rich off of this miricle cure and decides not to bathe in the fountain. The heartbroken sister decides not to bathe in the fountain because she realizes that she is in love with the knight. The knight bathes in the fountain and gains newfound bravery. They all live long and happy lives, the end. And at the end of the story, it is revealed to us by the narrator that the fountain's waters do nothing, and were incredibly ordinary. The original creator of the potion was probably inspired to replicate the fountain's water, but they alone knew it was a placebo and told no one else the secret.
The three aren't sisters. They just decided to band together, and the knight got stuck.
omg i've heard of that story! They performed it in Universal studios is orlando in harry potter world for a performance
Nice story, but... you spelled "miracle" wrong
Sadly, there has been a push to ban the story from school libraries, due to its depiction of Muggle-witch marriage.
OptimusPhillip 😂
Slughorn is a collector of rare ingredients, that may also include potions of a rare variety.
And the potion’s effect on Harry debunks the Placebo theory.
I don't think it's a simple placebo, but rather it lowers your inhibitions. There's a TV show called Legacies that's focuses on a school of supernatural children and their various adventures. In one episode they had to deal with mind controlling parasites that lowered the inhibitions of the victims, making them bold, really happy risk takers. The victims did things that they usually wouldn't do. A shy girl showed up her more popular sister at their talent show and surprisingly hit on her ex, explaining that she was tired of taking care of others and wanted to do something for herself for once. Lowered inhibitions lead to people acting out and doing risky things without caring at the moment which is precisely what Ron and later on Harry did.
Actually, the way it affects Harry is very solid evidence _for_ this theory because when Ron was placeboed into thinking he'd taken it, the effects were _exactly_ the same to the point that Ron could perfectly describe what it felt like to be under its influence.
@@SeraphimCramer That's a very far stretch. Ron gives a very basic overview of his perceived effect, the same as you or I would haven never taken it but believing we know what it does. The effect it has on Harry is described very thoroughly and specifically.
Liquid courage. Aka liquor...
@@SeraphimCramer that's because Ron had the talent he was just lacking self confidence where as Harry headed to hagrids instead of where slughorn was supposed to be therefore finding slughorn where he never would have and got the memory from him
Slughorn could have had the liquid luck previously brewed for an emergency
And as he felt safe being close to Dumbledore he didn't need to keep it any longer because he didn't expect an emergency
Nils Manuel Gut so what? He just got rid of the bottle? NO! He probably packed it with his stuff when he went to Hogwarts. I definitely agree with the idea
I was watching this video and suddenly realized that Felix Felicis is called liqiud luck, not liquid good luck so it could actually be a 50/50 chance on being good or bad luck so that might be why Snape seemed to have bad luck
Flamenado ozjack Gooooood point....
Flamenado ozjack maybe he unknowingly messed up making felix felicis and it gave him permanent bad luck
Um did u guys even watch the video? it dose nothing.
Maybe genetic?!
Erik S DO YOU KNOW SNAPE?!??!
Felix Felicis "makes you feel positive, lowers your inhibitions, and just gives you more confidence. But most importantly, it lets you believe that you are lucky. And then you just act accordingly." Soooo.... he's right, they're just brewing alcohol of some sort (he suggested tequila I think).
lol i read this while Jon was saying that part.
I saw this comment just as he said it
Sounds like cocaine to me. And we all know how that typically works out...
Also, according to the book, to much of it can "make you reckless and overconfident, and can be toxic". Sound familiar?
Definetly liquid cocaine or MDMA
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But harry does take a detour while going to Hagrid's where he finds slughorn.....he was getting some leaves(can't remember which) for his potion classes and harry had no idea he would be there.
Sooo Felix did do something
Also harry bumbs into Ginny at the potriate hole...which causes her to break up with Dean... Which he did not do intentionally and wanted for a long time
Coincidence??I think not
I'm happy you mentioned the Ginny thing. Definitely not placebo
He also makes Ron and whatsherface break up (also not planned). The front door left open by Filch...with tightened security...after 2 students already almost died...
It's an interesting theory and all, but doesn't really hold.
@@TheDanCh exactly
I thought slughorn was in the herbology greenhouses stealing pods or seeds from Sprouts venomous tentaculas, which are highly regulated by the ministry. Then he realizes Harry is going to see hagrid for aragogs funeral and seized the chance to milk the giant dead spider for some extra cash.
@@najminajay in the movies he was stealing but in the books he was with professor sprout getting the leaves for his third year potion students.
So what do you think.. does Felix Felicis do anything?
SuperCarlinBrothers Seeing the evidence, nope.
SuperCarlinBrothers I wish it did, but nope :/
SuperCarlinBrothers no idea cuz when Harry does it it seems to work buuut it does also werks for Ron but he doesn't have any! Sooooo I don't know
SuperCarlinBrothers No I don't think so.
SuperCarlinBrothers after that I don't think so
It’s just magic people drugs
Hogwarts might have a stock of Felix Felicis, so Slughorn might have gotten it from there. Also, Harry can refill the drink Hagrid and Slughorn are having non verbally, and the book says he couldn't have done so otherwise.
Bellatrix Lestrange ??
It might still be because of the placebo effect. He could do it because he had faith in himself when usually he is full of doubt.
The same way he was able to produce a patronous in prisoner of askaban. He believed his dad did it but then realized it was him.
Bellatrix Lestrange YOU KILLED SIRIUS
Or, it's conceivable that Slughorn just kept a small supply of the potion on hand anyway. Seems like it's something you might want if you were on the run from Death Eaters.
Felix Felicis is like a “phantom curse”. The thought of a curse or ghost makes everything you see or hear prof of the curse or ghost. It’s also like when you learn a new word and you start to hear it everywhere. It’s because you notice certain things more.
So... What would happen if somebody drank Felix Filicius (or however you spell it) out of a cup, and you thought it was pumpkin juice? What would happen??
Aaron Schlossberg same thing that happened to Ron
If you mean the person drinking it thought it was pumpkin juice then according to this theory it wouldn't do anything
wonder why their drink tasted odd.
lol ;P I was thinking that too.
daggern15 according to this theory the murlap and the egg used in love potions would still effect the drinker. And the giddy feeling of infatuation and protection against jinxes may still cause the placebo effect. You just wouldnt understand why you felt like things were going your way.
7:21 he-he *thyme* consuming
Can Snape please just teach my science class
Lena Moon haha same I wish!!
Aurelia Myers Professor Snape has passed.
May he rest in peace.
i died.. RIP
Snape nobody can understood you ... Thats why i love you...
RIP
That sounds crazy but fun
You debunked your own reasoning. Slughorn is exactly the kind of person who would always have some ready in case of emergency. Also Harrys confidence tends to be what makes him bad at diplomacy cool theory though.
Well, that thing where Ginny, Luna, Neville, Hermione, and Ron Ginny explains that "everything just seemed to miss us." but maybe the Death Eaters are just really bad at aiming, I dunno.
Ann Marie del Rosario or they are wearing masks, and wearing masks made stormtroopers miss.
Deatheater=Stormtrooper
They went to the storm trooper academy
See Seamus Gorman's theory on liquid luck
Human perception is very easily influenced. If they believed that they were shielded by luck then their brains would register every bolt that misses them even if they themselves miss just as many.
A magical object in HP that could literally fix all of the conflicts in the series. Why does that sound familiar? *cough* Time Turner *cough*
But paaaradoxes...
What paradoxes? Even when using a Time Turner, it's a stable time loop, meaning that if you go back in time and do something, you had already done it before you went back in time to do it... The best example is when Harry saves himself from the dementors and then went back in time to save himself from the dementors... Also, there's the fact that when Hermione was told that she didn't show up for one of her classes, instead of just going back to take that class she started freaking out over the fact that she missed the class... This is why they couldn't just go back far enough and kill Tom Riddle as a kid and prevent the whole thing from happening, because they hadn't done so...
+BaronSengir1008 this is what I'm stuck explaining to people when they say that time Turners were too OP; but no one seems to get it
BaronSengir1008 There is a plot hole to this, though. Hermione has said that people who used the Time Turner accidentally killed their past or future selves by mistake. You couldn't kill your past self and have that be a stable time loop. That would cause a paradox. That opens up another plot hole, though. How does Hermione know that they killed their past self? It doesn't seem that time would allow that to happen. Long story short, huge paradox.
+Zachary Gilmore JK Rowling inadvertently wrote contradictory rules for Time Turners but managed to create a stable time loop in Prisoner of Azkaban
What if Slughorn is just constantly brewing the potion to use in order to stay lucky enough to stay away from the Death Eaters. Yes he said he's only taken it twice, but that wouldn't be the only time he's lied in the book. Unless those two days were days where the Death Eaters missed catching him. That would be pretty perfect for me. As for Snape, I agree that he just doesn't keep any simply bc he wants to be where he is based on his own abilities regardless of where it puts him in life.
Rebar07 in the book slughorn says that he took it once when he was young and... o right he could have just been lying so that the people in his class with death eater connections (draco) wouldn’t tell them that he wouldn’t have been stong enough to hold them off without ‘luck’
9:30 Well he could've made it many years ago and just kept a bottle of it (or even more) just for special events!
Just what I was thinking!!!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe it was still brewing when Harry sees it for the first time.
The answer to every Harry Potter theory question:
Because magic.
no, this is a potion with an easy scientific test and explanation. Felix would have the ability to manipulate probabilities to make the user's desired outcome certain. you test this by conducting a simple probability experiment.
.. because magic.
Teighlour Swyftte yes!
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Just a question, did you ever take into consideration that Slughorn just had a bottle at the ready because he was on the run from Death Eaters, and would need it in an emergency, just like you said Snape should've done?
I like to think that Felix Felicis is two-fold, first there is the confidence booster part where it let's your subconscious fill you with "I can do anything!" which in part could explain why Harry went to Hagrid's. He knew he had to get the memory from Slughorn BUT he also needed to help out his oldest friend in his time of need. The second part of Felix is where it subtly affects things around the user, for instance making it where every curse or hex aimed at you misses, I think that part is intentional to move things around the user to best benefit them under the circumstances BUT the user then has to act upon those opportunities for it to work.
I’ve always had the same issue with Time Turners. Would come in handy for basically everyone wouldn’t it.
Well, that's not the case for the time turners in the wizarding world, right... you can't actually change anything unless it already is gonna end that way so...
@@acommunistcrab3366 yea but it's not exactly changing anything. It's just...helping things to happen the same way it did. You couldn't have went back and saved james & lily from dying even if it was yesterday cuz, that's exactly what was supposed to happen.....
The issue here is that a pardox is formed. If, it is the first time these events take place. Then how did he survive to same himself later? For example, when the dementors were about to eat Harry's soul, the *first* time it happens, it would have never happened before. And such he would have died there, unable to save himself because be would not have been able to get out of the situation without help. As such, we have to make the assumption that time is preordained. That it *always* happens the same way. Because if it is not then the movie as depicted never would have happened.
@@shruthilakshmi7090 but u can. Hermione says to make sure they aren't seen because that could change everything
Acording to J.K about time travel, when some wizards discovered time travel, they sent a witch a few centuries to the past and they didn't know how to get her back. She spent like a week or so in the past and when she returned, she aged rapidly and died, at least 25 wizards, all decendants of people she met in the past, vanished, the next thursday was two and a half day long and the next tuesday only lasted four hours. That's when they discovered the dangers about playing with the fabric of time. Since then, time-turners can only be handeled by Unspeakables and you can only go back in time 24 hours top or something like that, I don't remember all the exact details but it's something like that, so you can change things, and you can also break time. That's why they have so many laws about it and that's why it's so strange that they give one to a third year student
This makes sense, Harry's reaction from taking the felix felicis or "liquid luck" is very simular to when he was confident in the prisoner of azkaban when he is flying bukbeek with Hermione after he realised it was him who made the pertronus! (Sorry for the bad spelling)
I do have one thing to point out. In the video, you stated that it was odd for Slughorn to have a bottle of Felix Felicis at Hogwarts because of the 6 month brewing period and the fact that he was on the run from the death eaters. What if the fact that he was running from the death eaters is why he had the Felix Felicis in the first place? Surely, if you are running from Voldemort's forces you'd want to have some extraordinary luck on hand in case you're caught. Other than that, I thought the video was really good, thumbs up from me!
According to Slughorn, he had been on the run for a year now, right from when the Death Eaters found out about Voldemort's return. Before that time, Slughorn wouldn't have needed the potion, so he wouldn't have made it. So, when the Death Eaters came after him, he would already be on the run, and therefore not capable of making the potion. Besides, with a man like Slughorn, he would have already used the potion, not saved it.
Good point, I stand corrected.
Actually, I think it would be very in character for Slughorn, or any Slytherin actually, to always have a bit of the potion on hand. Any ambitious person having a particularly bad day would want a bit of liquid luck on hand, just in case.
But you just said it yourself, Elizabeth W. They would always want some potion on hand if they were having a bad day. Since Slughorn would want to keep the potion to himself, the fact that he was willing to give it away to his class shows that he does not find it valuable, therefore it is not real. Additionally, if they were having a bad day, acting as they do, the Slytherin would take the potion to make the day better, not save it for later use.
And don't forget, Harry only won ne bottle. Slughorn has actually a simmering small kettle full of it on his desk, not just that one bottle! You think he'd run around with a simmering kettle?
Interesting idea, however in fiction "Probability Manipulation" is considered a superpower, or a property that an object can have. Maybe the effect of Felix Felicis is just that, manipulation of probabilities in favor of the user.
Slughorn tells why dont they take it all the time
"Why don't people drink it all the time, sir?" said Terry Boot eagerly.
"Because if taken in excess, it causes giddiness, recklessness, and
dangerous overconfidence," said Slughorn. "Too much of a good thing, you
know. . . highly toxic in large quantities. But taken sparingly, and very
occasionally . . ."
This is clearly wrong. In the books and in the movie, the Felix Felicis potion has two clear effects on the imbiber. The first effect is to enhance their sensitivity to Intuition. You know, the small quite voice in your head that tells you what you should be doing, which you promptly ignore. We see this in Harry’s sudden desire (intuition) to go to Hagrid’s. The other effect is to lower the imbiber’s inhibitions. The books and movie clearly reveal this in Harry’s near drunken behavior. By lowering a person’s inhibitions, the potion makes it more likely that the imbiber will follow their newly enhanced intuition without question.
Remember the warnings always come after the spells. Here’s why people don’t use this potion all the time. The potion doesn’t actually have to do with luck, but it allows the drinker to use their intuition more fully. The intuition doesn’t lead one to what they want, but rather it leads to what one actually needs. A rich man who takes this potion to gain more riches may find in the end that his money has evaporated, because what he really needed was to experience poverty so he would learn to enjoy what he had. You can find a good example of this principle in action in Larry Niven’s novel Ring World. Additionally, if someone has no clear goal in mind when imbibing the potion, then they will accomplish no clear goal.
A voice of reason, you are a rarity in these parts. :)
Kim Welch Then how do we explain all the right circumstances coming about that are completely out of Harry’s control? For example, the front door is open for him when it should be closed, Filch is no where to be seen, Harry’s desire to go to Hagrid’s conveniently allows him to run into Slughorn, and right after taking the potion Ginny and Dean are suddenly fighting. Is it that far of a stretch in a world of magic to assume that this potion truly does grant the drinker good luck?
Filch is a clutz. Slughorn always trying to take something for his studies, remember when harry left the common room in the book, he knocked ginny or dean into each other, ginny was thinking dean was trying to help her in. Btw, Ginny claimed to harry that she never stopped loving him despite their never taken relationship until after they won the quidditch cup. So Ginny was probably thinking along the lines at the time that she hopes to get to Harry before its too late, so sadly for Dean, gets the heat of the argument for whatever the argument was about. But of course everything happening like that could very well prove the potion is indeed lucky. But then again who knows.
Timing
To be fair, if you give freshman one beer, and then give them non-alcoholic beer for the rest of the night, they'll stumble around like they're drunk. A lot of our contexts depend, not on what is happening to us, but how we believe we should be behaving in a given situation.
Harry explained in the book that he had a voice in his head like an omniscient being
It is just like when Harry "gives it" to Ron, It may just be all in his head, kinda like psychological sickness or belief in things that aren't true.
Sarah Grace Hellman yeah, they brought that up.
Sarah Grace Hellman That's the main proof to this theory.
and that, my friend, is called the "Placebo effect"
Sarah Grace Hellman psychological illnesses aren't just in the head, there are many actual things happening in the brain that causes a mental illness...
NoBoy Lunatic He went over that too....
personally i think it magically enhances a persons natural intuition. if you look at the times that the potion is used in the books its like the people who are under its influence are just more aware of their surroundings and able to react a little better without really being consciously aware why. And when it came to Ron's placebo potion, he was clearly always capable of performing at that level as Harry had seen, but lacked the self confidence.
If you think about it, you make a potion in a cauldron like they do in Potions class, but that doesn't mean it only makes one small glass bottle? I'm sure you could fill up 10, 20, maybe even more so Slughorn having the potion on the first day of class, doesn't mean it's fake. It just means that he probably had an abundance of small glass bottles filled with the potion which would last you awhile. I swear it's not magic, it's just common sense lol
Storri Gadau exactly what I said he just always has it on him
Also J completely forgot the possibility that _he bought some_ and brought it to class.
Storri Gadau I always wonder what the expiration date of potions were Lol
Storri Gadau I was thinking the same thing. It would also make o lot of sense to have some licuid luck stored away for an emergency. Since Slughorn was on the run from Deatheaters, he would probably have a whole bunch of the potion close at hand. In Hogwarts he probably felt safe enough to give some of it away. And this has no effect on the theory, as he might not have figured out the fact that Felix Felicis is fake.
Storri Gadau good point
Snape is an insanely hardworker but he also is very talented as well.
So when Harry faked giving the luck potion to Ron, he is actually uh...fake giving the fake potion to the..uh....I am confused.
Isagail Carshuen 😂😂😂
Jessica Chernov kind of like the placebo effect.
I'm glad its not just me :D
He does to Ron what the teacher did to him...
You sir, are thinking like a muggle.
I agree with him, but this comment is super funny
No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But remember, "IT'S JUST A THEORY"- MAT PAT (sorry if I spelled it wrong)
Good One (it's is Mat Pat but usally spelled like MatPat)
Was it a coincidence that the slitherin kid got sick that very day of that quittich match?
Ron didn’t even take the potion that time,he was just under the placebo effect
Stephen Christensen Fix your spelling
Ron was tricked into thinking he was given liquid luck.
Harry acts hilarious 😂 on Felix felicis
I think of Felix Felicis as a brain stimulant. When Ron thought he had it, there were a lot of lucky things for the Gryffindors, and unlucky for the Slytherins, but no where does it say that Felix causes bad luck for someone else, and anyway, Ron hadn’t taken it. When Harry took it, the only really “lucky” thing that happened to him was that Filch left the door unlocked, but we know that Filch is a pretty forgetful guy. Slughorn was picking those leaves for third years, and if Felix was a brain stimulant, Harry would have known about those leaves from his third year potions and herbology, so would have known that Slughorn probably needed them within a day or two, and would pick them at twilight. The rest of the scene falls into place after that.
it's just a shot of super strong moonshine.
liquid courage ;)
i think felix felicis may be a metaphor for alcohol, a little bit gives you confidence, too much makes you reckless, also in the movie harry was acting drunk, what do you guys think?
Bashir Muttawa I just commented the same thing! :D
Bashir Muttawa Him actually drinking on set was just method acting too Lol
I agree completely
great minds think alike ;)
was he actually drunk during during those scenes? wow lol
Futurama did this in "40% Iron Chef", with Bender getting the essence of pure flavor only to find out it was just water...
Well, laced with very small amounts of LSD, but then again Felix Felicis is basically just tequila.
Ron thought he was on it for one quidditch try out, Harry was under the influence for the whole day. The potion doesn’t give you a anti depressant feeling, it takes you to ‘ the right place at the right time’ situations in order to bring you a ‘perfect’ day. If anything it derives off inner instinct and possibly a little bit of clairvoyance/future sight type magic
I don't think Felix Felicis can do anything that could never conceivably happen in your reality, it can only give you the best reality. Let's say there is a school race you're not the fastest but after taking the potion the fastest one at school twists their ankle in the race allowing you to win. It was never a possible reality for you to be able actually beat the fastest person. If snape took the potion the best outcome for him would have been to have grazed his love interests boob without being caught. It was never in his future to win the girl.
It's also worth mentioning that Felix felicis actually creates a voice in Harry's head in the book, which can't really be explained by the placebo effect since Harry doesn't know about the voice aspect of the potion before he takes it. Joe probably overlooks that point since it isn't really conveyed in the movie version
Someone Mystery That makes his theory useless mostly.
Not necessarily. Those thoughts could easily be kicking around in his head anyway and he simply believed that they were Felix. For me, the biggest failing of this theory is to account for a) the front door being unlocked and b) Slughorn happening to be where Harry was going
his name isn't Joe
Liquid Luck aka Felix Felicis honestly sounds like an Amber Lager. The fermentation time is usually around 6 months for full fermentation. Also they have similar side effects as both cause reckless choices and over confidence with over usage(similar to a drunk state) similarly the placebo effect also works as many people who drank carbonated water with slight food coloring that was put into a wine bottle thought they were drinking wine and would say they felt the "effects"
We might also see snape not drink this because he knows it's alcohol. This also fits the snape not using it because we don't see Snape drink any form of alcohol for pleasure or willingly with joy.
The ingredients also match up with horse radish being used in many ales and lagers.
Many Amber Lagers also look like some of the liquid luck we see in the movies.
So there you have it, my theory is that liquid luck is actually an Amber Lager.
I hope you guys take time to think if this is a good theory and if you guys liked it please let me know!
Good
KoukiBlaze that comment startled me cause my name's Amber and I thought for a second you were addressing me
KoukiBlaze So Slughorn was just drunk out of his mind all the time. Nice :D
So would the occamy shells be coloured silver or actual silver.
If it is actual silver I think we'd be able to tell if someone is drinking it because here is the funny thing about silver; drink enough of the stuff and it will turn you blue.
I'm not kidding you can look it up.
They are actually silver. In the first Fantastic Beasts movie [spoiler if you haven't seen it] at the end Newt leaves Jacob some shells to give to the bank as collateral for a loan for his bakery.
5:50 "Are we sure they're not just making Tequila?" ahaahahaha, love it. XD.
Thank you for the recipe I have all that in my pantry
you have murtlap tentacles really
I only need the murtlap tentacles
Gamerdept I have spare if you need them
I was just about to throw those occamy eggshells away, good thing i stumbled across this recipe xD
"More confident and lowers your inhibitions..."
Sooo, it's alcohol?
Didn't Slughorn also use it in the final battle? Maybe just to give himself more confidence but that guy seemed to always have some on him.
Yeah he did you can see him drinking it in the film as well in the background of one of the scenes (deathly hallows part 2)
At the very beginning when you mentioned it might not do anything at all I knew you would bring up the placebo effect. Though it can't be that due to how it works. Harry had no idea what was going on and little "felix" was telling him where to go. Even with overconfidence he had no reason to go to Hagrid's
Ah but his theory has an interesting side note that can be applied. In the 'muggle' world placebo effect is scientifically measurable and well documented... but, what if you take the positive effect of belief and put it within a person with actual magic i.e. a power directly responsive to positive emotions (patronus or even accidental magic in children). Do this and bam! Suddenly, the theory liquid luck is a semi-bogus potion is incredibly sound. Or, you could have the best of both worlds... felix felicis is a legitimately difficult complicated potion that grants you incredible luck... by combining your natural positivity with your full magically capacity to affect the world around you as you desire it... wish magic.
wolfco47 That actually makes sense. I'm gonna go with this line of reasoning for how it works... unless I find a better one further down the comments lol.
Ok, that's it. I've had it. This is the camel-back-breaking straw. Even if the original creators (like Rowling in this case) flat out deny your theories, you guys constantly make fascinating connections in these stories and explanations that are much more interesting than even the creator's sometimes.
Seriously, writers everywhere need to hire you guys to theory-check their works before release, so that they can just blow everyone's minds with genius plot-hole-filled stories.
Chris Schrijvers I thought it was a hate comment too😂
James Vargo
Tell me off all the theories Rowelling denied.
Snape likes being miserable, makes him feel justified in his resentment. After all, he could have written his own potions book which would have made him a lot of galleons and improved the general knowledge of the magical world, but he keeps his secrets to himself.
Snape would be constantly revising his book. He seems like the type of person who would be constantly experimenting with potions, trying to always find better ways. This is why he would only take students who got an O on their potions OWL exams. He wanted students who could experiment instead of simply following flawed instructions. Never once do we see Snape tell the students to use the textbooks during class. Instead, he always writes the instructions on a board.
Wait, how do you know Snape doesn't have Felix Felices?
Good theory tho
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even if it is somewhat a placibo effect Felix Felicis does something. I mean, what are the odds that you run into exactly the person your looking for and said person is in a good enough mood and drunk enough to give you something that they had closely guarded for years and made decoys so it would never be found and that someone who attempted to murder you and your best friend 4 years ago just happens to have died. you have to admit, that if you consider all that I have said, this video may need to be revised.
But see I dont think Harry drinking a potion can effect the rest of the world around him, its not like him drinking the potion caused Slughorn to be at the Greenhouses, everything that happened always COULD have happened and Dumbledore already knew Harry COULD get the memory on his own
+SuperCarlinBrothers yeah but harry could go a billion directions but he chose that path to meet the person he needs
Harry became the owner of the elder wand because he randomly stole dracos wand or got spared from the dememtors because Lupin was randomly in the same part of the train.. the events shortly after him drinking the potion were almost his least lucky ones in the whole books tbh, he would have to be fallen into a kettle of the potion shortly after his birth for the potion to be the reason of his luck..
still all that stuff is pretty convinient. also hi! I finally got a youtuber to pay attention to me! I love your videos please make one on the basalisk. namely HOW DOES IT FIT IN THE PIPES!!!!! that always confused me
maybe it can change it's size?
But Snape's actions were the cause of most of the bad things in his life, he lost Lily to James because he got involved in dark arts and lost her trust. He then choose to join Dumbledore's side which lead him having to look over Harry and kill Dumbledore. Every one of the things you mentioned had to do with his actions and choices and nothing to do with luck.
Georgia Alcock What about his shitty home life and upbringing? Bad luck if I ever saw it.
Yeah, I agree with you about that, I just meant that the examples used in the video didn't explain how he had bad luck. He should've mentioned things that Snape had no control over like his bad childhood rather things that were directly linked to Snape's choices.
Georgia what was Snape's upbringing? How was it?
Hanco and Kayla Shitty and terrible. Look up the audiobook for the deathly hallows and listen to the chapter towards the end where Harry gets a collection of Snapes memories.
Sarahbellum 1245 you missed her point babe
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In the books, when Harry takes the potion, it seems less like luck or the placebo effect, and more like time and space is whispering in your ear, giving you hints on what to do