I just finished the Harry Potter series for the third time and I’m wondering what if harry looked like his mom

Hey brother! Absolutely loving the deep dives into every tiny detail found in the books. Super great to listen to while crafting and cleaning! Have you ever considered what would have happened if Cassius Warrington had been chosen instead of Cedric by the Goblet?

Hey guys, love the show just a theory. What if the truth is that no one can see through the cloak but instead Harry’s mind is being read through legilimency. That would explain how Mad Eye (Barty Jr) knows that Harry is there and can read his mind to see don’t giving him the socks. We know that Dumbledore is an expert in legilimency and identified Harry during chamber of secrets in Hagrid’s shack.

Hey Brother! I love this podcast so much, it has totally filled the time for me whenever I’m driving long hours to work or doing household chores. It really made me fall in love with the Harry Potter series all over again. My question comes in Prisoner of Azkaban. Why doesn’t Hermione show up on the Marauders Map twice when she is using her time turner? Wouldn’t Lupin notice them being in two places at once within the same timeline when he’s looking at it before he goes to the Shrieking Shack? This one has stumped me. Thank you!

Heyyyyy brother! I love your podcast so much. It gives me something to look forward to and I listen constantly. I love when you guys go on long tangent. I love how you guys unveiled theories I have never thought of before. My question is since Harry and Hermione time traveled back to save Buckbeak. Would Lupin have seen two Harrys and Hermiones on the Marauders Map when he was examining it before heading to the shrieking shack?

Hey Brothers! Absolutely love the show. I’ve read the HP books about a dozen times (in English and Spanish) but am constantly amazed at the amount of lore and theory-crafting you two still uncover in these books. Love the podcast and everything it does for this fandom! Here is my question/what if: I always found it a bit limiting that there were only 4 houses in Hogwarts (I know it’s due to the 4 founders), but “7” is such a critically important magical number that I wonder what the houses would be like if there were 7 founders? With Bravery, Ambition, Loyalty, and Intelligence being the four main driving characteristics of the existing houses, what would the additional 3 characteristics be if there were a total of 7 founders? Bonus: what would the names of these founders be? Love to hear your thoughts!

“My dear boy, you know I cannot assist you with the tasks. But I will say this, there is more to magic than a wand. Take herbology as for instance. Doesn’t your friend Neville have some expertise in that subject? Good night Harry!”

I love your podcast and I have a question could the room of requirement be where the brain or heart of the dragon/hogwarts so basically it be like when the founders transformed the dragon into Hogwarts they need a room where it can be kept secret access if something really bad happened so they put it in the roof requirement which created the room requirement and if you’re gonna go to the room, which is the purpose of the room of requirement that’s where you head up-Joe cool

Hey brothers! I’ve been listening to your show since you first started this podcast. I so look forward to each weeks new episode My question is not as much a question but a theory I read. We are always complaining about the horrible plot hole of moody being able to see through the cloak. Here’s a theory. The eye was made with dumbledores wand, which as we know is the elder wand. That is what makes the cloak detectable to him with it being another hallow.

Heeey Brotherrrr!!! Loving the podcast! It’s been such a bonding opportunity to listen with my son! We’ve got a question! Do you think the sorting hat would resort someone if they asked? With so many people throughout the books sharing attributes of multiple houses, do you think anyone ever feels like they should be in a different house?

Heyyyyy Brother! My favorite podcast ever. What if Dumbledore uses all of his chocolate frog cards as a network of spies to keep tabs on all things in the wizarding world? It would support the way he is always one step ahead and in the know of everything. There’s a line on OotP where Bill makes a comment about Dumbledore not worried about the Wizengamot doing anything except “removing him from the chocolate frog cards.” Let me know what yall think it could mean for Dumbledore’s Big Plan!

Love the show and I am trying to catch up. I have a theory on how Dumbledore is able to “see” Harry under the invisibility cloak. In Chapter 1 of GOF Voldemort is able to read Frank’s thoughts while not looking in his eyes. This is despite Voldemort being in an incredibly weakened state. I think Dumbledore is likely using legilimency to detect Harry’s presence. A powerful wizard like Dumbledore surely can passively notice when undefended thoughts are present that otherwise shouldn’t be there. This would lead him to more actively detect it to be Harry which we see as him staring straight at him.

This is the best book podcast out there. The way J and Ben connect the dots makes so much sense and they pay attention to every little detail. They way their brains seem to connect and they are passing information between each other make the show so much better. Keep up the amazing work.

HEY BROTHAAA!!! my sister and i have been fans of your youtube channel for years(ever since we were 6 and 9 ) i used to watch y’all’s videos before i read the books and i found out about every single death before hand🤦‍♀️. Anywayyyyyy, what if ron asked hermione before krum to thw yule ball?? would that change their love story?? who would krum go with? would harry still go with parvati?

Hey Brother, Question for you two: where do you think Harry and Ginny settle down at? Do they rebuild the Potter house, take over Grimauld place, by the burrow, or somewhere else entirely? Love the content keep it coming!

Hey brother love the podcast but I have a question what would happen if Ron’s wand didn’t break he would have got Malfoy with the curse and malfoys dad might have come gildaroy Lockhart would succeed in is mind spell again love the podcast.

Hey brother! I love your podcast and main channel! I have been watching for about five years or more, I used to be obsessed with the Pixar theory and Disney videos. I am coming to see you live on the Midwest tour! I was wondering, what would happen if Harry didn’t forget about Lupin, and instead lived with him? Beside the bond of blood, like what if he lived with lupin most of the summer and stayed with him for the breaks?

Hey Brother! Love your podcast, been binging it ever since you started Prisoner. Quick question: what if James didn’t die by Voldemort’s attack? We know that it was Lily‘s sacrificial love that protects Harry, so would James be James relevant to that premise? Would Harry’s Petronas still be a stag? Would Harry still need to go to the Dursley’s? Thoughts? Anyways, love your podcast, keep it up!

Hey Brotherrrrr!!! Love the show every week. I was listening to the latest episode (book 4 chapter 24), and thinking about your comment regarding Rita Skeeter, Hermione and negative viewer comments. Personally I think it would be hilarious if you created a fake user account to leave a negative comment (bad but nothing insensitive), and made a whole video series that only podcast listeners would be in on the joke about. Just a thought! Keep it up!

I have the same philosopher’s stone cover. You two showed me prof. Querrel. The set is pretty cool how it creates this beautiful art piece. Love the cliffhanger on chapter 4

Hey brother, long time listener big time fan of the shows. Just had to write in after hearing about this “one more murder” ordeal at the beginning of GOF again. I’m pretty sure they are talking about Frank Bryce. It’s the only murder voldy does by the end of the book and I’m pretty sure he uses that murder for the nagini horocrux, that’s why he would need “one more murder” before facing Harry Potter. Let me know what you guys think and if we can finally put this to rest. Love the show! Thanks

Hey brother! I love this podcast and it is one of the best parts of my week! I was thinking about your theory on strength of character being the deciding factor in fighting off the imperious curse. But in Order of the Phoenix, during Harry’s occlumency lessons with Snape, Snape tells Harry that it takes similar capabilities to perform occlumency as it does to fight off the imperious curse. But as we know, several characters with low quality of character can perform occlumency such as Voldemort, Bellatrix, Malfoy, and Snape. It seems to me that if the death eaters were unable to defend themselves against the imperious curse, it would be used way more by the order during the war. We know that the order is willing to use unforgivable curses because of the conversation between Lupin, Kingsley, and Harry after the Battle of Seven Potters where Lupin and Kingsley discuss the death eaters they may have killed. You guys mentioned that Barty Crouch Jr. was unable to throw off his father’s imperious curse because of his low strength of character. But I think that it is more due to the fact that he was very sick and possibly unconscious when his father smuggled him from Azkaban and placed the imperious curse on him. I think the imperious curse behaves closer to veritaserum where it is more effective if the person is unaware of it being used on them. Every time the imperious curse is used on Harry he is aware of the person casting it on him (Barty Crouch Jr. and Voldemort). I would love to hear your thoughts!

Hey brother ! Love the YouTube and the podcast I binge watch all the videos and episodes. Second rewatch of the podcast now and I was wondering if you guys believe that the resurrection stone would be able to send ghost to the afterlife? It has the power to summon people who already went so would it be reasonable that it could send them on .

I am a very very big fan of your show and I love Harry Potter. Spot the difference.easy:🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤮🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢.medium:☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️🍀☘️☘️.hard:😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐🫤😐😐. Impossible:🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳.p.s. Voldemort is the worst!love your show ❤️

Hey brother! I love the show. I’ve been re-listen to the show and got to the boggart lesson and was wondering what if Harry’s boggart had been Voldemort. Would boggart Voldemort been able to kill Harry? If it could, would sacrificial protection been able to protect Harry since it wouldn’t be the real Voldemort?

Heyyy brothers! I love the podcast, I watch it every week. I have a question: could Winky have been the “one more murder” that Voldemort and Wormtail were discussing at the beginning of book 4? Maybe her getting fired actually saved her life! I would love to hear your thoughts!

Hey, brother!!!! The podcast is one of the highlights of my week! Can’t believe we are already in the middle of the middle! I wanted to share that “er” is the British equivalent of “uh”! If you say “er” in a British accent it sounds exactly like “uh”… try it! This isn’t just a Harry Potter thing, it’s all throughout British literature. You will also see “erm” written out, in HP and in other British books, which when spoken with a British accent translates to “um.” 🙃 Just thought you may want to know!

Heyyyy Brotherrrrrr Could you guys do a tour in Buffalo sometime? Love your show! ✨✨🩷🩷

It’s so fun to listen to the Carlin Brothers go page by page and talking about these books as if the characters are real friends we are sharing stories about. I enjoy the longer episodes, since the pacing of the books can be so fast, it’s fun to slow down and chat and laugh about small moments the trio and their friends have. I look forward to every Sunday for a new episode!

Hey brother! Longtime listener, first time reviewer. Love the show, I love listening to it while drawing or making jewelry. My question is: what if Dudley had been a wizard? I’d love to see what you come up with for a question like this, especially Petunia & Vernon’s reactions.

Hey Brothers, I first off wanted to tell you how much I have thoroughly enjoyed listening to the show! It gets me through my long shifts at work when I’m driving or just hanging around the station. It makes those 48/96 shifts go quicker! So, a friend of mine recently introduced me to the show and I have been binge watching / listening. I am currently on Chapter 1 - Prisoner of Azkaban. So Hermione states she found some local wizarding stuff in France, how do you suppose she came by this? Her parents are muggles so not like she knows the wizarding spots, I’m just curious what your thoughts on it might be? Is there like a hidden wizard part of town in France like in London? Anyways just curious! Keep up the great work! Nathan

This is by far the best podcast I’ve ever heard I love to listen about Harry Potter and I also love the fun and lighthearted ness

Hey brother, I love the show I listen to it when I go to sleep I have a a question if harry were to see Crookshanks kill worm-tail in rat form would he be able to see thestrals or would he have to know that Wormtail is actually a wizard for it to have counted. Love the show keep making great content!

Love this podcast i binge it all the time! But I always wondered what if the dementors sucked out Harry’s soul but left the piece of Voldemort’s?

Hey brother! I have really loved listening to your theories and your new podcast Through the Griffin Door, and I have a quick question. This has always bothered me about the Harry Potter series, how does Expelliarmus lead to ownership of the wand? wouldn’t the whole DA then be each other’s wand masters? So if Neville used Expelliarmus on Harry, does that make him the master of his Phoenix wand? I never liked this explanation of how Harry became master of the elder wand. I know you guys had had other theories on it but to this day, the theory that Draco using Expelliarmus or Harry stealing a completely different wand by force, made Harry the master of the elder wand. let me know what you think.

Hey Brother! I’ve been listening to your podcast from the moment that you started uploading. I also love especially in Goblet of Fire when you read parts of the story and then somehow relate that to Cedric dying. It’s so funny in fact that I started to do it myself. One point of possible constructive criticism I have for you guys is that you should start uploading the videos of the pod on Spotify. I think that if you have a video version of the pod on more than one platform, you could get a lot more listeners. Thanks for all the hours of laughs and keep doing what you’re doing.

Heyyy Brotherrrr! I LOVE this podcast! It fills me with joy to listen to J and Ben break down each chapter of the book. I look forward to listening to this every Sunday when I get up. The jokes, sidebars, rabbit holes, and all the rest make it a truly delicious podcast. 10/10, would recommend! My question: in book seven, Harry decides to talk to Griphook about getting into Greengotts before he talks to Olivander about the elder wand. What do you think would have happened if he chose to talk to Olivander first? Would they have raced Voldemort to the elder wave? Or would it all play out the same? Can't wait to hear what you think!

Absolutely love listening to the show. It even helps mitigate some of the Sunday Scaries! Helps to pass the time doing chores and also love enjoying this while on a trail. (I probably look slightly bizarre laughing to myself at all of the jokes while out and about) lol. I have a double whammy question! Why didn’t the sacrifice work for the woman and two children that lived in Gregorovitch's home when Voldemort pursued them? What would happen if Voldemort created another Harry situation with those two children in Deathly Hallows? Thanks!

Hey brother! Love the podcast and have really enjoyed binging every episode over the last 6 months. My question is how do you think the imperious curse actually works? It seems to have a wide use case ranging from “jump on the desk” to “run the ministry of magic in a way that aligns with Voldemort”. Do you think all of these things happen from single commands? Or is the spell caster nudging them in a certain direction?

Hey brothers! Love the podcast and the YouTube channel. So the reason they choose to have worm tail as secret keeper. We have to star with the 5th book where moody gives Harry the note to see number 12 grimwald place. So we do know that the secret keeper can look like someone else. So Sirius hands ppl a note and tells them that he is secret keeper. Now we look at the 7th book when Hermione tells harry ‘since Dumbledor past we became secret keeper’. So look at an options moldy could have used, if Sirius was secret keeper but moldy could get Ms. Bagshot. To tell him he just needed to get rid of Sirius then she could tell him. But if everyone knows it’s Sirius then that is a distraction. Why else do you think everyone knows that he was secret keeper. Think about it if Lupin was the secret keeper, it would become book 1 Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets.

Have to say love the podcast I follow along with the books and I listen to the books on audible all the time huge fan of the channel huge fan of the podcast. Keep up the amazing work thank you for the wonderful deep dive into the Harry Potter universe, I was just recently listening to the first book And when Harry goes to Diagnalley with Hagrid, Harry mentioned to Hagrid you mean to tell me Voldemort went to Hogwarts and Hagrid says says yes a long long time ago. What if Hagrid just told him yet it was about 50 years ago and then in chamber of secrets Harry remembers that it says to Hermione Hagrid told me that Voldemort was at Hogwarts about 50 years ago. Do you think Hermione would’ve put together that Voldemort must be the one to open the chamber of secrets and put two or two together and put tom riddle together with Voldemort as the same person.

Hey Scb! As a huge harry potter fan I love the podcast! I was listening to your episode on chapter 8 of GoF (the quidditch world cup) and when you compared the effects of Veela to the Imperious curse, i had an idea. Do you think it’s possible Barty Crouch Jr actually cast the Imperious Curse on harry at the exact moment the Veela came out? We know he stole his wand some time during the match.. Just a thought I had - keep up the great work!

Hey Brother Love the podcast!! Always excited for Sunday. My question for you two is what do you think Hermione’s 7th year at hogwarts was like? We know after the war Ron and harry became auror and hermione went back to hogwarts. Thanks for everything you two do.

A couple years ago, I found your YouTube channel when I was about ten or eleven. I was (and still am) obsessed with everything that had to do with Harry Potter. Now, I’m 13, and rediscovered your channel. Found out about Through The Griffin Door and I was immediately hooked. I tried to read the books in fourth grade but stopped after Goblet of Fire. Thanks to you guys, I picked up the books again and now I’m halfway through Deathly Hallows! Anyways, I’m currently on Episode 10 of the podcast, and I just want to say what a wonderful job you two do. With love from Nebraska -IWantToBeANerd

Greetings and Salutations from a Roanoke VA resident, a long time listener for Super Carlin Brothers and now Through the Griffon Door. It’s always a pleasure to listen and theorize. Two things first, What if James Potter stayed as a Ghost? Reason why is he knows his best friend, one he loves as a brother, would be blamed. He sacrifices his afterlife for his friend and son. And would a ghost past on if they go through the Veil? I’m thinking Barty Crouch Jr. using the eye is seeing something that escapes the cloaks. If the eye does infrared even Harry’s breath or body heat will be visible. So the eye sees the heat of breath and he puts it together. It not that he sees through it, but sees what escapes it.

Hey brother, absolutely love the pod! I just rewatched your ‘What if crookshanks killed Peter’ video and I had a quick question, obviously yall talk about how it would have just been Barty crouch jr if that were to happen but what if Barty Crouch Sr had decided to come clean to Dumbledore/the ministry before he had the chance to escape? Do you think Lucius would’ve stepped up?

Love the chapter-by-chapter read through! I grew up with the series and re-read the series each time a new book came out and it’s always my go-to in between new series. Not so much a question or theory, but I learned something super interesting today I’d love to get your special SCB-flavored take on: I always wondered where JKR got the name “Squibb” for a non-magical person born to magical parents. I learned today that in the motion picture industry, a Squibb is fake blood (I.e.: you put a Squibb/fake blood packet on someone who will get shot or stabbed). I thought this was a fun connection since many wizards seem to be so concerned with blood status… Pure blood, half blood, M*dblood, and now “fake blood”. Doesn’t apply to Filch though, since of course he’s obviously a poltergeist (IYKYK). On that note, “filch” means to pilfer or steal… do you think that could be a hint that he’s stealing the guise of a real person/wizard? Since Filch is the first Squibb we encounter in the series, do you think this was JKR’s not-to-subtle hint that he’s a fake wizard with a stolen identity? Your theory seems more like cannon the more you pull at this thread. Just sayin…

Heeeeeeeeeeeyyyy brother! It has been great to revisit the Wizarding World with this podcast. I really appreciate the friendly, light-hearted discussion and the silliness and fan theories, especially in recent episodes covering The Goblet of Fire. (Spoilers below!) Here’s a question for you: What if Karkaroff was responsible for putting Harry’s name in the Goblet of Fire instead of Barty Crouch Jr.? Would the tournament play out differently? Would Voldemort be willing to forgive Karkaroff? Would Harry get coached by the real Mad-Eye Moody (if Barty simply never leaves Azkaban)? Would love to hear your take on this what-if. Thanks so much!

Love this podcast and the nostalgia trip that I get with every episode! Been a long time viewer of the Super Carlin Brothers and am proud to say that I once came in second in one of your trivia streams. I have a question for you two that has been bugging me for a bit. Could non magic folk (muggles, squibs) potentially brew potions? Assuming that all you need are the correct ingredients and the know how. Either which way, keep up the good work you guys and keep bringing light into this oft time darkened world!

Hey brother Love the show but what if Voldemort had a time terner and moved backwards in time every time he got close to losing.