Belated Binge: Harry Potter

This week on Belated Binge, I covered Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets chapter 13: The Very Secret Diary. In this chapter, someone (*cough Ginny cough*) tried to flush a book DOWN A TOILET! Which is not the disposal method I would have recommended. But as plot would have it, *they* chose a toilet in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom. One she just happen to be hanging out in. All of this lead Harry to obtain Tom Riddle's diary, which was not what a certain red-headed first year was thrilled to see. This was especially true after he received her singing Valentine. Eventually, Harry figures out how to communicate with Diary Tom, who shows him how Hagrid was framed for killing Myrtle 50 years ago! I also shed some light (Lumos) on a theory I have that IF Harry had kept the diary, Diary Tom wouldn't have had a reason to release the Basalisk on muggle borns anymore. I also make my case for what his plan would have been, once he realized Harry Potter had his diary. As usual, I pick my favorite Divination foreshadow moments from the chapter, callout characters by giving & taking House Points, and share the parts of the chapter that I believe are utterly Riddikulus! (all the puns) Please consider supporting the show by taking advantage of the additional benefits for Patrons: https://www.patreon.com/BelatedBinge As always, thank you so much for listening! I'd love to hear your thoughts on my website: https://www.belatedbinge.com/ - leave a voicemail to join the discussion or you can engage on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/belatedbinge Instagram: https://instagram.com/belatedbinge Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/belatedbinge TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@belatedbinge YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCCN_6uoVM6pJQK9c26tx45A

This week on Belated Binge, I was joined by Taylor, one of the cohosts of Let's Talk: Marvel Fan Theories podcast and we covered Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets chapter 12: Polyjuice Potion. In this chapter, the trio completes their "plan" to go under-cover using Polyjuice Potion by transforming into Slytherin students. From there they would have access to the world's biggest , Draco Malfoy. They would interrogate him and learn that he is the Heir of Slytherin and save the day! Of course, this is NOT how it goes down and we broke it ALL down! We also shed some light (Lumos) on Polyjuice Potion in the series. Is it problematic? And chat about the approximately 3,847,926 times it will come back up. We do some Divination foreshadowing, give & take House Points, and callout the parts of the chapter that are utterly Riddikulus! (all the puns) Please consider becoming a Patron to get added benefits like early access, show prep scripts, bonus episodes, personal shoutouts, and more: https://www.patreon.com/BelatedBinge As always, thank you so much for listening and I'd love to hear your thoughts: https://www.belatedbinge.com/ - leave a voicemail to join the discussion or you can engage on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/belatedbinge Instagram: https://instagram.com/belatedbinge Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/belatedbinge TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@belatedbinge  YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCCN_6uoVM6pJQK9c26tx45A

This week on the Binge, I was joined by Ellen & Keighty, the hosts of For Fawkes' Sake podcast and we covered Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets chapter 11: The Dueling Club. In this chapter, among many many other things, we get school sanctioned magic fight club! Lockhart continues to be useless, an appendix according to our guests. I rant about how the sequence of events following Draco whipping out his snake out in front of the class makes no sense for the reaction it gets and the plot. We also shed some light (Lumos) on Ginny and learn something really cool about one of our guest hosts related to her. We do some Divination foreshadowing, give/take House Points, and callout the parts of the chapter that are utterly Riddikulus! (all the puns) Please consider becoming a Patron to get added benefits and support the show: https://www.patreon.com/BelatedBinge As always I welcome your thoughts: https://www.belatedbinge.com/ - leave a voicemail to join the discussion or you can engage on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/belatedbinge Instagram: https://instagram.com/belatedbinge Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/belatedbinge TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@belatedbinge  YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCCN_6uoVM6pJQK9c26tx45A

This week on the Binge, I covered Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets' 10th chapter: The Rogue Bludger. In this chapter Lockhart is max-level incompetent. First in the classroom, but it pays off for the trio to get the potion book they need to launch their Polyjuice Plan into action. And then again following the quidditch match where Harry played dodge the crazy bludger until he broke his arm, but still caught the snitch. Lockhart proceeds to force his magic onto a child who asks him not to and removes all the bones in Harry's arm, landing him in the hospital wing. This is where he reunites with Dobby and witnesses Colin Creevy being brought in petrified. The Chamber of Secrets has indeed been open, again. I also shine a light (Lumos) on the trio's (well Hermione's really) plan. Is it good? Did Dumbledore know? Did they have any better options? As usual I do some Divination foreshadowing, give/take house points, and callout the parts of the chapter that are utterly Riddikulus! (all the puns). If you enjoy this episode and want to support the show, check out all of the new benefits available on https://www.patreon.com/BelatedBinge! As always thanks for your support and I welcome your thoughts: https://www.belatedbinge.com/ - leave a voicemail to join the discussion or you can engage on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/belatedbinge Instagram: https://instagram.com/belatedbinge Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/belatedbinge TikTok: tiktok.com/@belatedbinge YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCCN_6uoVM6pJQK9c26tx45A

This week on the Binge, I covered Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets' 9th chapter: The Writing on the Wall. In this chapter Filtch is beside himself about Mrs. Norris who we find out is petrified and he blames Harry immediately as our trio was found at the scene of the crime by seemingly the entire school taking the wrong route to wherever any of them were supposed to be going. Lockhart is an idiot, Dumbledore shows amazing patience while still crushing Snape's dream of kicking Harry out of Quidditch (because that matters). We learn about the legend of the Chamber of Secrets and people immediately think Harry is an evil dark wizard boy. I also shine a light (Lumos) on Filtch. Is he really a poltergeist??? As usual I do some Divination foreshadowing, give/take house points, and callout the parts of the chapter that are utterly Riddikulus! (all the puns). If you enjoy this episode and want to support the show, check out all of the new benefits available on https://www.patreon.com/BelatedBinge! As always thanks for listening and I welcome your thoughts: https://www.belatedbinge.com/ - leave a voicemail to join the discussion or you can engage on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/belatedbinge Instagram: https://instagram.com/belatedbinge Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/belatedbinge TikTok: tiktok.com/@belatedbinge YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCCN_6uoVM6pJQK9c26tx45A

This week on the Binge, I was joined by Christina, the host of The Restricted Section podcast and we covered Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets chapter 8: The Deathday Party. In this chapter we get to party with ghosts!! She also promises to read and review my awful fan fiction, we talk Snape, Draco, Harry needing to say no to things, checking in on Ginny, why inviting your bully to your party is a bad idea, and floppy wand problems! We also shed some light (Lumos) through ghosts in Harry Potter. We do some Divination foreshadowing, give/take House Points, and callout the parts of the chapter that are utterly Riddikulus! (all the puns) If you enjoy this episode and want to support the show, check out all of the new benefits available on https://www.patreon.com/BelatedBinge! As always thanks for listening and I welcome your thoughts: https://www.belatedbinge.com/ - leave a voicemail to join the discussion or you can engage on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/belatedbinge Instagram: https://instagram.com/belatedbinge Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/belatedbinge TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@belatedbinge  YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCCN_6uoVM6pJQK9c26tx45A

This week on the Binge, we covered Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets' 7th chapter: Mudbloods and Murmurs. In this chapter we get hints of obsession, stalking, some bribery, a heavy dose of blood status racism and perhaps a hint of budding courtship. It's a heavy-themed chapter for a kids book.  We lighten (Lumos) the mood with a quidditch chat. We do some Divination foreshadowing, give/take House Points, and callout the parts of the chapter that are utterly Riddikulus! (all the puns) If you enjoy this episode and want to support the show, check out all of the new benefits available on https://www.patreon.com/BelatedBinge! As always thanks for listening and I welcome your thoughts: https://www.belatedbinge.com/ - leave a voicemail to join the discussion or you can engage on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/belatedbinge Instagram: https://instagram.com/belatedbinge Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/belatedbinge TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@belatedbinge  YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCCN_6uoVM6pJQK9c26tx45A

This week on the Binge, we covered Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets' 6th chapter: Gilderoy Lockhart. In this chapter Ron gets a howler. We learn about mandrakes. We meet a couple new characters that will be important to the plot and we have our first defense against the dark arts lesson with the new professor who proves to be an egotistical douchebag and is clearly incompetent.   We also shine a light (Lumos) on why Dumbledore let Lockhart teach at Hogwarts. We do some Divination foreshadowing, give/take house points, and callout the parts of the chapter that are utterly Riddikulus! (all the puns)  If you enjoy this episode and want to support the show, check out all of the new benefits available on https://www.patreon.com/BelatedBinge!  As always thanks for listening and I welcome your thoughts: https://www.belatedbinge.com/ - leave a voicemail to join the discussion or you can engage on social media:  Twitter: https://twitter.com/belatedbinge  Instagram: https://instagram.com/belatedbinge Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/belatedbinge  TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@belatedbinge   YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCCN_6uoVM6pJQK9c26tx45A

This week on the Binge, we covered Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets' 5th chapter: The Whomping Willow with a special guest: Garrett from the Rank 'Em podcast (https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-rank-em-podcast). In this chapter Harry lets Ron call the shots, which leads to them committing grand theft auto, flying without a pilot's license, are spotted by muggles, are almost murdered by a tree and nearly get expelled. Snape gets to live out his biggest fantasy up until the point Dumbledore crushes his hopes and dreams.  We also shine a light (Lumos) on where we are with Dumbledore at this point in the story. Does he care about Harry? Is Harry just a chess piece? Why is the Whomping Willow STILL at Hogwarts?  Garrett skipped the homework, but we still do some Divination foreshadowing, give/take house points, and callout the parts of the chapter that are utterly Riddikulus! (all the puns) If you enjoy this episode and want to support the show, check out all of the new benefits available on https://www.patreon.com/BelatedBinge! As always thanks for listening and I welcome your thoughts: https://www.belatedbinge.com/ - leave a voicemail to join the discussion or you can engage on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/belatedbinge Instagram: https://instagram.com/belatedbinge Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/belatedbinge TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@belatedbinge  YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCCN_6uoVM6pJQK9c26tx45A

This week on the Binge, we covered Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets' 4th chapter: At Flourish and Blotts.  In this chapter Harry is transported to the wrong side of town - however much it defies logic - witnesses some shady Malfoy behavior, is nearly kidnapped, meets a total tool who he finds out will be teaching him, and has front row seats to a dad fight. I also shine a light (Lumos) on the Graingers (Hermione's parents, remember them?) and soooooo many questions about muggle parents in the wizarding world.  I do some Divination foreshadowing, give/take house points, and callout the parts of the chapter that are utterly Riddikulus! (all the puns) If you enjoy this episode and want to support the show, check out all of the new benefits available on https://www.patreon.com/BelatedBinge!  As always thanks for listening and I welcome your thoughts: https://www.belatedbinge.com/ - leave a voicemail to join the discussion or you can engage on social media:  Twitter: https://twitter.com/belatedbinge  Instagram: https://instagram.com/belatedbinge  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/belatedbinge  TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@belatedbinge  YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCCN_6uoVM6pJQK9c26tx45A