Hidden Meaning in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them — Harry Potter Series

I'm actually SUPER glad someone finally caught this in an essay video, and I'm double glad it was you guys! ^^

One of my favorite things about Rowling's Universe, which I find so numbing when critical friends of mine miss it completely, is that the Harry Potter universe – no matter the time and place – is rife with an imaginative and unexpected look at the wonder and mysteries of the improbable given form, shape, and -as you pointed out – juxtaposed with what we've come to completely accept as an immutable reality.
Whether it's Jacob's no-maj, side-character perspective on a secret world of fantastic wonder that he can experience just the tiniest taste of but never fully own, or Harry's own inheritence sneaking up on him from the droning, oppressive mundaneity he'd grown so accustomed to. It was the main, primary thing that I empathized with them as characters when first experiencing the fiction. Every time Harry or Jacob smiled, laughed, and stared in awe at the entrancing things happening around them, I did the same.

It was after that initial hook, that sating of the deep, personal hunger for something more, that I began to see every other metaphor and allegory she'd woven into the nuances of her world and rules. And that's the thing it needed most. That's the thing that resonated with so many kids today. And the morals and lessons, and /allegories/ that she taught throughout the text are so much more easily digestable when you want to revisit /how/ she did it after already experiencing /why/.

I think the reason that she's even comparable to Tolkein is because while he revolutionized the genre, bringing elements that people would be inspired by, copy, morph, and evolve over time as staples, tropes, and cliches as Fantasy went on, delivering a fundamental rhetorical world that's a pleasure to watch, read, or experience in that same space forevermore…

Rowling created a world that we yearn, so desperately, to /live in./

Fantastic Beasts was no different. And it delivered on such a completely different kind of note than Harry did. Whereas Harry allowed us to imprint and see the world through his eyes, Newt allowed us to empathize with his likeable ideals and eventually grow to overcome prejudices, identifying with him. Prejudice is a longform staple of the series as a whole. It's great how she can tackle so many different mirrors of the same issue.

And we still kept that same sense of wanting to be there, this time in a completely different environment, with an oft-overlooked kind of magic as the central lesson that touched the hearts of animal lovers everywhere.

Whimsy is such a wonderful thing…

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I definitely want to participate in the allegory thing. That's a strong trait in my own writing that I greatly enjoy, and I want to stretch those muscles in prose again.

Love is a magic that heals all

Yup the hidden meaning is do not watch this film

The problem with allegory is that, by relating fantasy to "reality", it destroys the story by reminding you that it is, after all, only a story. It is an adult concept, the product of rational thought, and therefore destructive of the childlike mind, which is the garden of fantasy. Tolkien despised allegory … rightly, in my view.

3:09 It doesn't feel odd to me, she deserved it. Tolkien deserves recognition for the influence his work has had on the genre, but I don't like his books at all. The story is beautiful, but I don't find him a great writer. In many ways I find Harry Potter outstrips LotR. People also often conveniently forget that LotR was not the first of it's kind and took inspiration from other stories just like other fantasy stories.

That was kind of misleading, since I thought you guys would actually go into more.

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Amazing f*cking job!!!

HP is a terrible example of fantasy. Unexplained magic as a plot tool is just lazy writing. Mistborn, Name of the Wind, and The Blade Itself are much better.

A very well made video. Subbed

8:04 most prevalent aspect of the WHAT?!

8:04 – It sounds like, "… aspect of the penis." I know it isn't what is said and I've listened several times but it's still there. I can't un-hear it.

Johnny Gringledepp :'D

Thank goodness. Someone feels the same way as I do about the series.

You need to publish the maze story as a children's book. I'd love to read that to my grand-kids, with the pictures just as they are.

Why didn't Tina do anything to help Credince

You just made my mind explode. Great job!

while i have never read tolkiens works he will still be the greatest author in my mind for the rest of my life.

and while i did read the first four books of Harry potter i grew board with them noticing how magic could be a scape goat or screwy plot device at any moment. Tolkien uses magic as an "Authors Hand".

Meaning she never truly defines its nature or how it works. We are told wizards need wands only to find that some of them dont, or only for most spells. This litterally happens in the first book and then throughout the series.

Magic is thus whatever it needs to be in the story and can be changed to do as the author pleases at any moment. This is fine in a childrens story but for a more logical and/or philisaphical audience (in other words myself and those like me) it becomes tiresome and boring.

It also becomes riddled with flaws.

Although i suppose credit where its do is in order. Rowling did make a great instanc of time travel.

Now for me time travel is a very touchy subject. Ive always hated it ever since i saw "Back to the Future".

I hated it because it always causes a paradox. And the end answer to anything you dont like is go back and change something to change it.

Now one cannot go back to a time they did not exist (such as marty going back and meeting his parents before he was born). This is because they do not exist in that time. And therefor cannot effect that time.

As far as going to the future goes, i can except that. However it would only be a future without you. Since the moment you leave the present and move to the future the only possible future is one where you dissapeared, since you went to the future you immediately cease to exist in the time you were in before hand. So the only future you can travel to is one without yourself.
it be similar to freezing yourself in time and then just waiting there until later.

As far as getting back goes. Well rewinding time proposes no contradictions of any kind. it takes time like a rope and the initiator is like a bead on that rope. the bead goes back to a certain point then the res of the rope is cut. In other words the time that was erased becomes a vision that only the instigator can remember.

Now how does this work for time travel in Harry Potter.

Well as much as i tried to argue against it my brother made a good point. But its been so long i think i ought to reopen the argument cuz i just realized i dont remember exactly how he got around my arguments against it.

If i remember too i will come back and post his point later but for now ive forgotten it.

It had something to do with the time traveled ones being clones or something along those lines. So yeah ill have to get back to you on that.

Durp XP

Even in reality anything is possible so don't be skeptical.

Waaiit.. Isn't Tolkien's work pretty much a genre now? I mean, when I say 'fantasy' what will most imagine? That's right: Elves, dwarves and orks. Sorry it's not what the video was about, it was just bugging me _;;

2 words; Cthulhu

Just when I thought I didn't have room for another subscription, you guys just had to come along. This was a great watch. Stylish in its presentation, dripping with character and very well edited throughout, I found myself entranced all the way through, especially with that little story of yours at the beginning. I'm glad I found this channel today, and I'm very excited to see what else you have to offer.

I'm stealing that maze story for a dnd game.

Of all the books to bring up to the screen why Chamber of Secrets?

The pacing of FBAWTFT along with Newt's character kept feeling like just another Doctor Who episode. Everything from his mannerisms, the set up for the plot, the way he picked up companions for the adventure, etc. Idk if Rowling is wanting to set up Eddie for an as yet unannounced role with BBC but I'd be curious if someone who read the book could confirm whether the style of the movie was consistent from book to screenplay?

you sir have found a new fan. nice video

Honestly this video spent 8 minutes saying nothing, nor do I think that there's anything genius or inspired about how J.K. Rowling presents these allegories. It's the same tortured special minority allegory as shown in the X-men and it's been propagated throughout a massive amount of popular culture. There's nothing wrong with borrowing themes, but J.K. Rowling hasn't contributed anything new to it. I agree that her Harry Potter works have become massively influential in popular fantasy culture but this video just goes to reiterate how Fantastic Beasts has done absolutely nothing to shake up the formula.

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I found this video very slow paced. started adressing the main topic after past half of it. nice job tho.

WHAT IS THAT DANK BEAT!?!?!?!?!

There are more minutes of discussion about allegory from other media than the hidden meanings in the Fantastic beasts and where to find them

Just found this channel. But honestly has the HP books really been that influential? I love fantasy but this franchise felt just meh. Even the antagonists were boring.No plans for a lovecraft month?

Anyone find it ironic that Tolkien actually had a disdain for allegory?

I always though that Umbridge has something to do with the gun laws. Seriously. The second amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms, as being necessary to secure freedom. In the wizarding world everyone has a weapon. And the first thing government does to take away freedom is preventing students from learning defensive spells, arguing that "they don't need to defend themselves".

I see your story and Fantastic Beasts' message as this: kindness is rewarded. The plant rewards the wizard in your story because the wizard was kind to it; Tina's kindness to Credence nearly allowed everyone to live if it wasn't for the wizards at the end (classic American – shoot first, aka the wands, ask questions later). The allegory is a good thing yes, but what I find very satisfying in books/films is when such a complex and imagination theme, like magic, unveils a simple yet important message relatable to anyone or anything.

His fingers kinda look like elderwands

i don't get it.. i guess i'll have to just watch the vid again 🙂

hai i subbed great vid dude

I really enjoy your videos. They are well thought-out and presented. A new subscription has been earned. Good job. Keep it up!

How is five years "almost a decade"?

The social commentary was so obvious it felt a lot more real and a lot less magical than HP, love or hate it. I prefer more of a fantastical feeling

Wat 0_0

A wizard cannot be a girl. That would be a witch

Witty and Brilliant!I really enjoyed this.
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Ummm so this was a good and interesting video but It really doesn't have much to do with the title..

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inhales Aaaaaactually. Harry Potter would never have been the same without Tolkien. The similarities are striking and numerous – Kankra vs. Aragog and the Light of Earendil vs. the Deluminator are some of them. I don't want to belittle Rowling's work in any way, she's done a great job on her world building, but actually, behind the scenes, all the fame and attention the Harry Potter books have gained honour The Lord of the Rings as well. :>

I love harry potter
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