Hey brother Ben, I feel like it's been a while since we discussed Patronusus here on this channel, which I guess is okay,
But I do like to remind everyone every couple of months that mine is a ferocious fox terrier
And yours is just like a dumb old Thestral. I mean come on
I think we all know who would win in a fight between a fox terrier and
thestral right? Because have you ever stared down the barrel of a gun that is an angry fox terrier because it's
adorable, dOg WhY cAn YoU bE sO cUtE
Good luck even casting your Patronus if you find yourself in that situation
I DEFY you to summon your courage when faced with this!
And speaking of not being able to cast a Patronus, today, let's see if we can figure out what Hagrid's would be
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Now, it's important to point out right out of the gate that JK Rowling has actually weighed in on this situation, and said that Hagrid
despite his caring nature would not actually be able to perform the Patronus charm due to the
Complexity of the spell and fair enough, I mean he has trouble spelling Voldemort...
Volde- Voldemort? More.
"M" "O" "R" "E" ?  "M" "O" "R" "T" ?
But it is also important to point out that that has never stopped us before, so let's dive right in.
The curious thing about
Hagrid's would be Patronus. Is that he loves like, every animal out there
He's kind of like Newt. It's very difficult to think what would his corporeal Patronus actually be? Also
This is a quick refresher JK
Rowling has said that Newt's Patronus would be a
MASSIVE spoiler for a
Fantastic beasts and where to find them so if you want to see why we think it's a porcupine and click of this video
Right here hashtag porcupine for the win.
But back to Hagrid with his vast love of all massive monstrous creatures. Where do we even begin?
Well Pottermore offers us some
Direction but also says there has never been a definitive way to determine
What someone's Patronus would be.
due to their a long-standing relationship with humans,
Cats, dogs and horses are the most common kind of Patronus, which I figured hmm
That's really a good starting point except it almost doesn't narrow it down at all
Well except actually we probably can just eliminate cats because cats are stupid, UMBRIDGE.
But also I guess they're kind of okay, sorry McGonagall , but really the only cat we ever see Hagrid interact with is
Crookshanks, and only barely, and maybe he handled the Sphinx for the Triwizard Tournament
But I just doesn't seem like a really clever half woman half cat would be representative of Hagrid's
Personality if you ask me so no cat, but what about dogs well
we know Hagrid owns at least two Fang his cowardly boar hound and
fluffy his three-headed underworld monster dog which somehow just goes missing after the sorcerer's stone what happened to fluffy?
That actually sounds like a pretty good video:
What happened to fluffy is he still in the third floor corridor is he in the forest Hagrid?
Were you keeping this thing no actually looks like JK Rowling said Dumbledore
I had him sent back to Greece as he likes to send Hagrid's most foolish
Acquisitions back to where they came from rather than the forest oh sure
But it was fine to keep him literally in your school with students for a year that wasn't foolish at all
He was behind luck really Dumbledore you call that locked
In a school of magic really what was the point of the other obstacles anyway?
I mean you could have put the mirror in the entrance hall who's getting the stone added the mirror
What's its yeah? It doesn't matter backpacker all over the two dogs
I feel like fluffy is the better case for a Patronus as he's a better representation of Hagrid he appears monstrous and dangerous
But can actually be quite gentle
but then there's the horse which does not make things any easier at all as Hagrid is apparently great with horses of any kind I
Mean he's good with the unicorns of the forest he has a herd of such girls a herd of hippogriffs
And he can handle madam Mac seems, Abraxas
Brax a backside, but I mean how hard are they really you just feed him a giant bucket a single malt whiskey and
Now I got a bunch of drunk giant wing-it horses
You know I'm reading about wicked horses in here, and I have to say it doesn't mention whiskey at all
I'm not convinced the bow Bhutan carriage wasn't just a giant flying deathtrap but back to Hagrid
I mean he's even good with the Centaurs
But I don't think those could actually be a Patronus are gonna count them out for now now early on in this research
I thought the Abraxas assists as successors were a good option because patron
Assistances can sometimes represent the person you love Tonks is a wolf for Lupin Snape's is a doe for Lilly
Etc in fact that was even part of the rationale. We had for nukes being a boy and since the
Abraxas belong to madam Maxine. I think they would definitely qualify for Hagrid, but I just don't think his
giant
Crush on her outweighs his love of giant scary monstrous creatures it is truly
What defines him and out of all of his other horse?
Creatures there is no doubt about which one in particular is his favorite
Buckbeak the Hippogriff
Sari with her wings cats like the code name ever, but seriously the amount of time
They spent worrying about just Buckbeak I bet you forgot that Hagrid actually has other
Hippogriffs didn't you mm-hmm be honest
But what happened to the other hippogriffs like why do harry and company insist on using thestrals?
Which they can't see with their literal other wing and horse creatures that they can see and know how to control in the same forest?
Not important $300 Hippogriff these are my two frontrunners for high grist for terminus at the moment
But just because cat dog and horse are the most common options doesn't mean they are the only options
There are other ways you might determine a Patronus according to the great 18th century professor of charms professor calculus
Spangle there are certain principles about patronesses that are widely accepted as true first
Is that the Patronus is they awaken secret self that lies dormant until needed?
But which must now be brought to light
this is kind of like harry and the stag which represents his father very much his awakened secret so but so then what is
Hagrid secret self well the thing he seems to be trying to keep secret the most about himself is that he is half
Giant, which if you ask me isn't much of a secret because he man he's like massive
But he does seem pretty upset when Rita Skeeter reveals him to the world about it
But given his heritage and the fact that he does want to keep that a secret
I wonder if giant itself could be an option for his Patronus
And yet sadly very little is known the only mention of this is on a chocolate frog card
inside this Harry Potter and Sorcerer's Stone
Computer game about Andros be invincible who was known for being able to cast a giant
Patronus, but whether or not it was an actual giant or just a very large creature isn't no either way
I'm ruling out giant as an option because that just doesn't seem like
Canon and because spangles second principle seems like it fits Hagrid way more the second principle describes people whose
favorite animal becomes their petronas on this spangle says it is my firm belief that a Patronus is an indicator of obsession or
Eccentricity here is a wizard who may not be able to hide their essential self in common life who may indeed parade
Tendencies that others might prefer to the classic example here is Dumbledore
Who is a very eccentric and whose favorite animal is a Phoenix? Which is also his petronas personally?
I feel like this one fits Hagrid pretty well
I mean he literally can't hide his essential self because of his actual physical size
And he is quite obsessed when it comes to giant magical creatures
But the question is which one is his favorite. Well to me this eliminates fluffy and Buckbeak as contenders, but
introduces new ones in particular
Dragons we know Hagrid loves dragons. I mean for one
he hacked as a
fire-breathing creature in his wooden house in book 1 and he's the one who shows Harry the Dragons in book 4
But even though he owned a dragon for a little while and even though Buckbeak is definitely his favorite Hippogriff
I think there is one creature above all else that is truly
Hagrid's favorite
Aragog the acromantula
Eragon has a very long history with Hagrid and I don't forget to see the start of that in fantastic beasts
He is the very beast people believed was the monster in the Chamber of Secrets and is the reason
Hagrid was expelled from school, and that is a huge Hagrid sized detail. I mean his whole life his whole
Life is the way it is because of his affection and care for this one
Giant spider not only does he refuse to give him up
But he finds him my home and a wife
the lovely massage who is quite a looker in the world of spider as I understand not to mention he even holds a
funeral for him in the half-blood Prince and asks Harry Ron and Hermione to leave the school at night to come to that's how much
He loved Aragog he wanted his three favorite students to break school rules to come to a spider funeral
He's giant he's hairy
he's Hagrid's oldest friend and
friendly to a point and my vote for the forum of Hagrid's
Patronus if he had the wand or skill to cast one
Which he doesn't yep
We just spent half a day figure out the corporeal form of a fictional spell a fictional character can't even cast so
research time well spent
Question for you, and everyone else's, what do you think would hangers Patronus could he cast one actually be an acromantula?
Or would it be something else let us know your thoughts in the towel section down below these socks are
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