Horace Slughorn's DARK Secret - Harry Potter Theory

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🗓️ 9 January 2024

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Summary

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we're discussing Horace Slughorn. The....LIAR?

For the most part, Slughorn is regarded as charming, jovial and well-liked among students and staff alike. He had a talent for creating positive and welcoming environments. He was also known for his love of the finer things in life, such as good food and luxurious tastes.

What's more, Slughorn was an excellent professor- showing plenty of enthusiasm and providing practical examples to help students understand complex potion-making techniques.

We later find out that Slughorn had some skeletons in his closet, like giving Tom Riddle information on Horcruxes, but after those memories are extracted he's still not exactly painted as a guilty party. He comes across as a sort of unwilling participant, divulging information on a topic that he couldn't have possibly considered the ramifications of.

But here's my hot take...Slughorn's nature was a lot darker than people realize.

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains audio extracted from videos on the Harry Potter Theory YouTube channel.
0:10.0	Hey everyone, welcome to another instalment of Harry Potter Theory.
0:19.0	We're first introduced to Professor Horace Slughorn in the Half Blood
0:22.7	Prince, just moments prior to Harry beginning his sixth year at Hogwarts. The introduction occurs
0:28.5	when Dumbledore and Harry visit the home of Horace Slughorn and Dumbledore persuades him to
0:33.2	return to Hogwarts. Eventually Dumbledore is able to successfully convince Slughorn to come out of retirement and teach potions. Eventually, Dumbledore is able to successfully convince Slyghorn to come
0:38.3	out of retirement and teach potions. However, had it not been for the presence of Harry,
0:43.8	Dumbledore may well have been unsuccessful. You see, Horace Slughorn, talented wizard and
0:49.1	respected professor, was a bit of a social climber, and it was the opportunity to associate
0:53.9	himself with Harry
0:55.3	that lured him back to Hogwarts.
0:58.1	Horace, said Dumbledore, relieving Harry of the responsibility to say any of this, likes
1:02.9	his comfort.
1:04.0	He also likes the company of the famous, the successful, and the powerful.
1:07.8	He enjoys the feeling that he influences these people. He has never
1:11.2	wanted to occupy the throne himself. He prefers the back seat. More room to spread out,
1:16.1	you see. He used to handpick favorites at Hogwarts, sometimes for their ambition or their brains,
1:21.9	sometimes for their charm or their talent, and he had an uncanny knack for choosing those who
1:26.1	would go on to become outstanding in
1:28.1	their various fields.
1:29.9	Horace formed a kind of club of his favorites with himself at the center, making introductions,
1:35.3	forging useful contacts between members, and always reaping some kind of benefit in return,
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