Harry Potter: Can You LOSE the Ability to See Thestrals?

Super Carlin Brothers

J and Ben Carlin

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🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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This episode is sponsored by Better Help – Go to BetterHelp.com/SUPER to get 10% off your first month. Today we’re diving into one of the strangest and most overlooked mysteries in the wizarding world: Thestrals. We all know the rule—only those who have witnessed and comprehended death can see them. But when you start digging into the details… things get weird fast. Why couldn’t Harry see Thestrals at the end of Goblet of Fire? Does “understanding death” matter more than just seeing it? And most importantly… could you actually LOSE the ability to see them? From memory charms to ghosts to the mysterious Veil in the Department of Mysteries, today we’re exploring whether Thestral visibility is physical, mental… or something deeper. 🦆☕ Ducks go in cups. Submit your own duck-in-a-cup video right here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IWgf1dl2EkFnkg9K130FbZ-205Bl38Li?usp=drive_link (Please read the rules first) #SuperCarlinBrothers #HarryPotter Written by: J & Ben Carlin Edited by: Ethan Edghill

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0:00.0	Guys, don't forget that through the Griffin door is going back out on tour to the northeast.
0:04.0	Tickets are available at supercarlin brothers.com slash events.
0:07.2	Hey, brother!
0:08.9	Could you lose the ability to see the Festrilles?
0:12.4	Because Thestrel math has always been a confusing topic.
0:14.9	Like, Harry clearly witnesses death in the graveyard at the end of Goblet of Fire,
0:18.4	and yet doesn't take in the Thestrels until his return to Hogwarts at the start of year five. And there would be an outside chance that they just didn't use the carriages to leave at the end of year four, but it is plainly written in the text. Hermione turned away, smiling at the horseless carriages that were now trundling toward them up the drive, as Crumb, looking surprised but gratified,
0:38.3	signed a fragment of parchment for Ron.
0:40.3	So, so there, there, there, there's that.
0:42.3	Here's the short explanation.
0:44.3	Harry's eyes are actively closed when Cedric dies, but then Harry is having visions over the summer in his dreams.
0:50.3	Who's Cedric's your boyfriend?
0:52.3	No, Big D, he's the spare.
0:57.0	No!
0:58.0	No!
0:59.0	Tedry!
1:00.0	The boyfriend!
1:01.0	Get it right.
1:03.0	But if you want to try and explain this problem away, we could say that the visions, Harry is seeing in his sleep, are Voldemort's vantage point of the evening, and he's also struggling with
1:12.2	the failed events of the evening. Did I just say evening twice? Like I did. Onward.
1:17.3	A gelatinous cube!
1:19.4	And the result, Harry doesn't witness Cedric's death until the summer. Is it a little
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