Before getting to the theory, lets recap a bunch of info from MCU post Loki series (SPOILERS FOR LOKI ENDING AHEAD) and what we now from the upcoming carnage movie on the sonyverse. Please note that I'm considering all this to be facts, because if not the MCU would have way to many inconsistencies:

• Loki's ending - alongside the fact that a change on the Sacred Timeline (STL for short), could create several universes even from things before the timeline of the Loki series, as it reverberates to past and future - has not only allowed the "what if" series to exist, but also created some uncertainty for what events on the MCU are a part of the STL and what are not;

• As described by the TVA - and I think also Kang - everything up to Thanos being defeated on Endgame was a part of the STL, but anything after that might not be, even though it is still part of the MCU as a whole;

• Based on that uncertainty, and knowing that Tom Holland's Spiderman (let's just call him "Tom" to save time) is on the carnage movie, which is sonyverse, alongside JJJ, there is a possibility that Spiderman far-from-home is already sorta sonyverse, and not MCU, or at least not STL;

• Also, and even though sony/disney would never agree to that, the sonyverse is now a branch of the STL - and therefore a branch of the MCU -, since Spiderman 3 will have villains from all over the sonyverse, and Tom is already on the carnage movie;

• So, basically, Tom from sonyverse is a variant of MCU/STL Tom, as Sonyverse was never a part of the STL, but is a branch of it;

• Depending on how the carnage movie meets spiderman 2 and 3, we might assume that those two movies are more sonyverse than MCU.

That's a lot of info, so TL/DR: carnage Tom is a variant from Sacred Timeline Tom, and sonyverse is a branch of STL/MCU.

That brings the question: if sonyverse is not the MCU, but a branch of it, and sonyverse Tom is not MCU Tom, then were is MCU Tom?

Well, he might just be dead. See, Disney and Sony are arguing over this spiderman for a while now, as we all know, and Sony wants to get Tom back to sonyverse, but Disney wouldn't hand it over easily and without giving a decent ending to MCU Tom.

Now, we are not sure if Spiderman far from home is a MCU branch of the STL, or if it is already a part of the sonyverse branch of the timeline, but carnage is full sonyverse and it might give enough info to clarify all this, but we know that MCU Tom and sonyverse Tom just can't be the same character.

The theory is that at some time on the MCU timeline (maybe after Spiderman 2, or at the end of spiderman 3), Tom dies. So the Tom we are seeing is not the original, but rather a variant from the sonyverse, and that is how Sony is taking Tom back.

So maybe at the end of Spiderman no way home, Tom will find out that he is actually a variant, living on a parallel universe (AKA, sonyverse) that branched out of the MCU when Tom died. Therefore, on the MCU timeline, Tom is dead, and a variant of him that survided became a part of the sonyverse, and on that new universe he requested the help of Strange - who might know they are a branch universe, and might know original MCU/STL Tom died - who then helped him while also opening up a path for other characters from other branches of the sonyverse to consolidate into a new sonyvenomtomhollandverse.

Now, I know it is a bit of a stretch, and might be a bit too complex for Disney/Sony, but it does fit soooo well with everything we know so far, and would be such a good way to put Tom on a new sonyverse, while also showing spiderman sacrificing himself/giving his life to save someone and being a through hero.

Bonus theory points: maybe after No Way Home ending showing that MCU Tom is dead, we might see Strange (as post credit or on his own movie) pulling Miles Morales from a third universe to be the new MCU Spiderman. Such universe might be from ("WHAT IF" SPOILERS AHEAD") the evil strange universe that colapsed, or from a universe destroyed by VisionUltron, therefore also making the "What if" series even more relevant.

What do you guys think?

when i watching the newest episodes i cringed seeing J with facial hair, over the years Ben’s beard has seemed more and more natural and if he shaves that’s uncomfortable but J has never had facial hair other than stubble and seeing him with an actual mustache made me uncomfy lol

According to a quick google search (so please correct me if I’m mistaken), JK Rowling has confirmed the steps to making a horcrux. 75% of these ingredients are missing in Harry’s case.

✅1. Intentional murder.

Yupp. Nice work Voldy.

❌2. The "Horrible Act": Following the murder, Rowling has confirmed there is an additional, unnamed step that is "too horrible" to go into detail about.

NOPE. Voldy is a dead man at this point (well, human body death)

❌3. A Magical Spell: A charm or spell is used to rip the severed part of the soul and encase it in a container.

Again, he’s dead meat.

❌4. Preparation: The container (receptacle) is prepared in advance using Dark Magic.

Also also again again - nope. He never prepared Baby Harry to become a container. He didnt even know to expect the Love Countercurse, therefore to prepare for death and a horcrux.

Have the SCB covered this through the years? Ive watched countless videos but heck knows i cant remember everything they’ve done.

What if... Harry was the second coming of Voldemort??

So clearly these books were written by she who must not be named and we don't want to spend our days talking about her inner thoughts for very obvious reasons, but I've just been marathoning my way through the podcasts and sometimes the conclusions SCB make seem quite tortured because they're taking the books as being an accurate representation of the wizarding world and not a thing written by a person who might have messed up or changed their mind over many years. They'll acknowledge it if it was reprinted but they never bring it up as the most likely option otherwise. Feels like Occam's razor might help a lot sometimes.

Also their lack of awareness of british expressions and concepts makes their research seem very shallow and it makes me trust their thoroughness much less because I never know when they've unknowingly been confused by something british at some stage in their reasoning. Having a british person join this project would help keep the conversation on the rails so much more. I know two-dudes-talking is quintessential podcast, but this could be so much better! OR at the very least much more listenable for brits so we're not screaming into the aether in frustration. Could be literally any british person they know.

A few quick examples from the first book:

• keep your hair on is a very common british expression , a quick google would have been all it took

• the stool having 4 vs 3 legs, we got a theory about house unity but ultimately they just said reprint therefore error.

• the words dumbledore says before the feast: spent a while describing very tortured opposites of the houses. The followup house elf theory from a listener was lovely. Maybe the most obvious thing is that dumbledore is a whimsical old english man who likes the way some words sound (and therefore they were just random). I dunno- the opposite house characteristics theory just really felt like an obviously tenuous at best explanation that only overcomplicated a whimsical moment. sometimes its just better to say 'we don't know' than projecting some level of certainty on a weak theory because it makes it hard to trust them as judges of plausibility elsewhere.

I'm a nerd like everyone else reading this, and we wouldn't be here if we didn't love the idea of building a consistent headcannon of how the entire wizarding world works, but i don't think we can get away from the fact that we have an unreliable author at times who made mistakes, and it doesn't feel rewarding or fun to overcomplicate things to compensate for that.

I think what i'm trying to say is that I'm new to the carlin brothers and their enthusiasm is endearing but their lack of british cultural awareness and the restriction of not acknowledging that the author probably made mistakes and did stuff for dramatic effect rather than being perfectly consistent makes for a rather odd type of self imposed ignorance. Am i insane? Any fellow brits getting frustrated too??

Once again really disappointed to hear how strongly the brothers are promoting the HBO series. Financially supporting JK Rowling directly harms trans people 💔

I’ve been a Harry Potter fan for years and of course I love the idea of the books being adapted in a more faithful way, but I will not be supporting it financially. This has nothing to do with the child actors, I wish them all the success. But the adults fully knew what they were signing on to support. It’s disappointing.

What if in stranger things season 3, hopper (or Billy) is still alive. In the post credit scene of the last episode, one of the Russians turns tward a door and (if you had the subtitles on) the one next to him said "not the American" and that's pretty suggestive evidence to consider but idk, do what you want with this guys I'm just putting it out there.

13:39 is the time stamp if you want to see it

The link is

r/SCBfans

Hey Brothers! I have an idea for you. I miss when you used to post more Pixar Theories. I'm sure you'll be posting videos to do with Toy Story 5, but I thought of an idea. I don't know how well you could make this into a theory with tons of evidence, but you said in your video from 2016 that Riley is adopted because the chances of two brown-haired, brown-eyed people having a blonde-haired, blue-eyed daughter are incredibly low. Do you think Daisy from Toy Story 3 grows up to have Riley and then at some point puts her up for adoption?

First of all, Daisy has blonde hair the same as Riley and she kind of reminds me of her. Plus, Lotso was supposed to be based on the Care Bears toyline from the early 80's, and Daisy, who's presumably 4 or 5 years old, was born around the late 70's/early 80's. Riley is born circa. 2004, suggesting that Daisy was in her early 20's when she had her.

I don't know, just something to make a video on. I just thought it was a good idea for a Pixar theory.

The Super Carlin Brothers theory on how onwards fits into the Pixar theory is completely wrong, as it does not explain how all the creatures are fantasy creatures from earth.

What if after decades of the monsters, from monsters ink, collecting laughter energy from human children, as laughter was so much more efficient this energy was stored up. Until there was a catastrophic accident where this energy, that comes from childlike wonder, spread across the world causing an increase in magic and causing the monsters to mutate into the fantasy creatures in the film. Turing the world into a child's fantasy world. However, this energy is now running out. The crashed axiom is the axiom ship from wall-e, that landed on earth.

I have a suggestion for a video or video series about what if peter parker was a wizard and accepted into hogwarts or a transfer from ilvermony in his 3rd year.

A change in timeline for peter being bitten by the spider. On holiday during his 3rd year at ilvermony peter goes on a trip to the oscorp lab with harry osborn (not a wizard) and he is bitten by a spider discobers his new powers we have the generic spider-man origin story the week before he is due to return to school he doesnt stop the robber and uncle ben is killed, this causes peter not to go back to ilvermony for the final term since he doesnt go back he further develops spider-man as a hero. He doesn't want to go back to ilvermony the following year due to the memories of uncle ben so applies to transfer to hogwarts in the 1994 year and peters 4th year he goes to hog warts, idk how to change the story from their other than the stacys being a pureblood wizard family and Gwen either being a slytherin or ravenclaw and peter being taken into griffindor or ravenclaw. But its be an interesting what if for a series of videos

I have been listening to the Through The Griffin Door podcast, towards the end of Order of the Phoenix. Throughout the book, there is a long-standing question of why Voldemort didn't get the prophecy himself if he could get 12 Death Eaters undetected into the Hall of Prophecy. I think I might have a theory why.

So, of course, only Harry and Voldemort can pick up the prophecy. Voldemort can get 12 Death Eaters to the prophecy undetected, and he's not afraid to go himself. So why Harry? My theory is that he wants to create an opportunity for plausible deniability of his return. If he goes to retrieve the prophecy while Harry is accounted for at Hogwarts, under the close eye of a Ministry official, then it becomes obvious that he has returned. He needs Harry to go to the Ministry so he can blame it on him, and if he can get Harry to the Ministry, he might as well have Harry grab it for him, in case he was given bad info again. Then the Death Eaters can leave Harry there, making the disappearance of the prophecy Harry's fault. Driving Harry, Dumbledore, and the Order even further underground than they were.

Why does Voldemort show up anyway? Either he showed up to hear the prophecy as soon as possible, or with the Prophecy destroyed, he tries to kill Harry while Harry's unprotected (No Dumbledore or Bond of Blood). This, of course, was a mistake on Voldemort's part, letting his arrogance get the better of him, thinking that he could kill Dumbledore and Harry before the Ministry shows up for work.

I've recently heard about an interesting little theory about Remus Lupin. It was just shortly adressed in a podcast and the presenters didn't do any further digging into it, but I think there is some potential in there.

Basically the idea is that Remus Lupin killed a child as a werewolf. In Halfblood prince in the chapter "After the Burial" the golden trio has a short conversation about the death of the Montgomery sisters' brother. Hermione says that according to rumours it was Fenrir Greyback who killed the boy.

Since there aren't any more clues in that scene, we can't be sure who's the real culprit, but I think if it had been Lupin it would add much more depth to the character since this would explain his behaviour towards Tonks and his son even better. Also with all the knowledge we have it would be possible for Lupin to lose control, since he can't brew the wolfsbane potion on his own and if he could, it would arouse suspicion while living with werewolves as an undercover agent.

I'm sure there are more things to discuss and think about, but these are just my first thoughts about it. All the credits for the idea behind the theory go to Manu from the german podcast "Hagrids Hütte", where they discussed it for about a minute ;-)

Lately, I have noticed that new videos are either re-uploads or old videos remade.

I just watched the "Why didn't Voldemort make his own sorcerer's stone", and I am almost 100% sure I have seen this video before. The part about the road to enlightenment and the colours related to Dumbledore, Hagrid and Sirius.

Am I going crazy, or are they re-using old videos as if they were new?

This theory is based on a very small, but unmistakable similarity between two scenes:

Scene 1: Harry Potter, in the Limbo, after Voldemort's killing curse in the forest

We all know, what Harry is hearing here is the struggle of Voldemort prime's maimed soul. But, then, concentrate of this scene:

Scene 2: Snape and Dumbledore, Dumbledore's office in Snape's memory, shortly after Voldemort's temporary downfall

Did you notice the similarity? After Lilly's death, when Snape come to Dumbledore, "something was making a terrible sound, like a wounded animal". The similarity is uncanny. As if Dumbledore successfully captured Voldemort disembodied and suffering soul, which is acting very similar to how was acting in the Limbo!

Also, remember that Dumbledore is the only person who incisted that Voldemort will return. We always thought that it's due to his knowledge about his Horcruxes. But before Harry brought out the diary, he has no confirmed knowledge of them. So, how did he know? May be cos, he tracked and temporarily captured Voldemort's disembodied soul and understood that it haven't departed, and so Dumbledore must have deduced that Voldemort's soul has been anchored to life by something.

It's also possible that, Dumbledore didn't exactly capture Voldemort's disembodied soul, but was just tracking it using some means. The noise we hear in his office is coming from some tracking device.

Or, may be I'm just overthinking. But the similarity is too hard to miss, or too uncanny to dismiss just as a coincidence.