Expelliarmus

... of we're gonna punish you for the, for the growth.

I mean, basically if they set up a taboo for Voldemort, and if they set up a taboo for Expelliarmus, they're like absolutely Harry is dead.

Harry's not-

Mm-hmm

Yeah.

And it's, it's just almost too easy that he's taken out in the way that he is.

But it, you know, kudos to Harry for not using Expelliarmus, okay?

At least.

Yeah, they'll say you need a wand.

You need to say a Latin-sounding word like, uh, Lumos or Expelliarmus.

You need to move your wrist in a very specific way.

But the second you actually look under the hood, [scoffs] I mean, the engine makes absolutely no sense.

The rule forces the character's hand.

And we see that exact same rigidity in the rules surrounding spells and potions.

Let's look at Expelliarmus, the disarming charm.

Oh, this is a great one.

After Christmas.

It can't be Expelliarmus, because he does that basically on day

one.

Yeah, I knew that, but I thought about that too, because I think he comes over to Cho and she's like, Expelli-well-yarmus, or something.

I mean, I, I don't know, he's n- like, he, he thinks that the transformation is enough.

He would still, if attacked, use Expelliarmus right away without thinking about it, even after what happened with Hedwig.

Like-

Mm.

My other question for you is you are in Dumbledore's army.

You're in the room for the very first lesson and you are, uh, you're being grouped up to face people in the Expelliarmus challenge, you know, where you're trying to knock each other's wands out of your hands and you are given the option to duel either.

hermione granger or jenny weasley

who you got

She says like Expelliumus, Expelliumpus, and all that.

I forget the two that she says.

But the actual name of the spell is Expelliarmus.

The disarming charm? Yep, that is correct.

Um, well, let's see.

So let's just assume though that, like, okay, they don't have the twin cores so Voldemort's more talented, and Avada Kedavra, Expelliarmus, boom.

Avada Kedavra, unblockable, blasts right through it, hits Harry.

Oh, no, now what?

but then unfortunately Neville didn't know the password in that particular year because they kept changing it so

this is why Harry actually comes back after the forest like Dumbledore's like alright cover my bases cover my bases it was your blood in Voldemort's veins Harry of course that's why you came back I didn't do anything and I'm telling you the truth now the whole truth and nothing but the truth wink Our next theory comes from Jordan, who says, everyone knows Expelliarmus is Harry's signature spell.

Is the reason he uses it so much because Hermione told him being expelled is worse than death and he learned to not question her judgment? Oh my gosh, there's such like a, just like a one-liner real theory in this.

Okay,

are you ready?

Hey, brother! What if the real reason Harry uses Expelliarmus because he thinks it's worse than death?

Okay, so at the, not even at the end, about halfway through Sorcerer's Stone, we have this moment after they've gone and like interacted with Fluffy through the third floor corridor.

And as you get back to the dormitory, Hermione has the line where she's like,

Like, in the movies- The Reductor ...

they make the Reductor Curse her signature spell, like Harry's Expelliarmus.

Yeah.

In the books, she is always using the Bat-Bogey Hex.

is but the next.

Oh, and you know how the, like, real Harry is recognized in the Battle of the Seven Potters because he cast Expelliarmus? Well, I feel like there is one person in the sky that night who knows the plan who may also know that the iconic snowy owl could give Harry away as the real Harry, Snape.

But Snape also happens to be one of Dumbledore's closest allies and may also know that Hedwig's death is nearly as invited as Dumbledore's because Perenelle's mission You guys, I personally love this theory.

One of my favorite things about theories is when it actually has no overall impact on the plot.