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- #49 Wizard Lobotomy | PoA 12, The Patronus
Potter Revisited Episode #49 Wizard Lobotomy AKA Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 12 "The Patronus"
- We discuss the fallout Hermione has with Harry and Ron over the Firebolt
- Wood was fully ready to kick Harry off the Quidditch team if he didn't have his Dementor stuff figured out
- Oliver barely reacts to Harry telling him Sirius Black is after him, but does react to knowing Harry got a Firebolt
- With Hermione not having Harry and Ron to talk to, she is really retreating into herself and doesn't seem to be doing well
- Lupin describes Patronus' to Harry as guardians, and Harry thinks of Hagrid
- The struggle Harry has of wanting to overcome the dementors but also wanting to hear his parents voices is heartbreaking
- These Patronus lessons must also be tough for Lupin has Harry is confiding in him on hearing his parents voices
- Harry has a very emotional reaction to hearing his dad's voice for the first time
- Lupin reveals that he knew James and they were friends, but Harry chooses to ask him about Sirius Black instead
- Hermione is looking tired and worn out, always in the back of the common room studying and despite being angry with her, Ron is concerned
- Harry is too petty to get the same broom as Malfoy
- Is it weird for Lupin to have a Butterbeer with Harry?
- Lupin explains what the Dementor's Kiss is, and we discuss out reactions from reading as children compared to now
- Shay compares the Dementor's Kiss to a Lobotomy
- Harry thinks Sirius Black deserves this punishment, but Lupin has more empathy for human life
- Neville wrote down all the portrait passwords and lost the list - Shay is astounded
- Should they have had better security after the almost break-in?
- Harry gets his broom back from McGonagall and decides to make up with Hermione
- How many hours a day is Hermione dedicating to school vs sleep?
- Ron discovers blood on his sheets, no Scabbers and cat hair in his room and accuses Crookshanks of killing Scabbers leading into the next falling out with Hermione
- Snape Sucks total for Chapter 11: 0
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https://www.tiktok.com/@potterrevisited33 min - #48 The Right Thing The Wrong Way | PoA 11, The Firebolt
Potter Revisited Episode #48 The Right Thing The Wrong Way AKA Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 11 "The Firebolt"
- Harry is dealing with the revelation from last chapter, learning that Sirius Black was friends with his parents, is his godfather, and betrayed his parents to Voldemort
- Harry is having strong feelings of anger and vengeance - the first time we really see him like this
- Harry imagines Peter Pettigrew to be like Neville - interesting comparison since many see Neville as what Peter could have been
- Shay compared the rest of the trio to the Marauders
- Ron and Hermione are doing their best to help Harry but they are just kids - Harry should really have a trusted adult to confide in
- Ron vocalizing Harry's thoughts of killing Sirius Black is poignant
- Ron shares all that was found of Pettigrew was a finger - foreshadowing for later
- Ron and Hermione are working together to distract Harry and suggest visiting Hagrid - who Harry wants to confront for not telling him the truth about Sirius Black
- Buckbeak is going to be brought up to the Dept of Dangerous Creatures and may be executed - despite Hagrid being the adult, the trio are the ones taking care of him
- Hagrid opening up about his time in Azkaban makes it feel more real - and awful
- Is it just for criminals to be imprisoned and also made depressed?
- The Trio spend the Christmas break researching stuff to help Hagrid's case which is so great of them, and also keeps Harry distracted
- Christmas morning, Harry gets another surprise gift - the Firebolt
- Ron theorizes first that Dumbledore could have sent it to him, then Lupin - foreshadowing there is more to the Lupin/Harry relationship
- Hermione enters the Dorm with Crookshanks - why did she do that when she had ensured Ron that Crookshanks would be kept in her dorm?
- Crookshanks chases Scabbers and Harry's Sneak-o-Scope goes off - further foreshadowing?
- Scabbers is not looking well according to Harry - Peter definitly knows that Sirius is close on his tail
- We discuss what living in a animagas form for years would do to you as a person
- Hermione is the only one questioning why Harry was sent this expensive brookstick, where Ron and Harry don't seem too concerned
- Snape gets a Vulture topped hat in his cracker - did Dumbledore do that on purpose?
- Trelawney refuses to join the table originally since she would make 13, and the first to rise would be the first to die
- Tori points out that Harry and Ron stand up first, and both had near death or actual death experiences
- Shay points out Scabbers was in Ron's pocket the whole time, to technically Dumbledore stands up first, and does die in HBP
- We discuss the falling out with Hermione after she tells Professor McGonagall about the mystery broomstick and confiscates it
- Shay believes it was a bad move and Hermione should have discussed it with Harry and Ron, while Tori believes Hermione is taking the Sirius Black stuff more seriously than Harry and Ron and acted in their best interests
- Did Ron side with Harry because of the broomstick issue or because of his ongoing pet issue with Hermione?
- Was Harry more angry with Hermione because he lost the broomstick, or because he saw it as a betrayal - the thoughts of Sirius Black and his day still weighing on him?
- We discuss the friendship issues that happen in this book, and how it shows the trio growing up
- We also discuss Harry's friendship with Hermione and how it differs between the one he has with Ron
- Snape Sucks total for Chapter 11: 0
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https://www.tiktok.com/@potterrevisited38 min - #47 Let The Mischief Begin | PoA 10, The Marauder’s Map
Potter Revisited Episode #47 Let The Mischief Begin AKA Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 10 "The Marauder's Map"
- Harry is struggling with the loss of his broom
- Ginny keeps up the musical theme and gives Harry a singing get well card
- Did the team force Wood to talk to Harry?
- The realization Harry has about knowing he is hearing his parents last words when the Dementors are near him is chilling
- Ron refuses to go to DADA is Snape is still the sub
- How long is 2 rolls of parchment compared to a typed essay?
- Lots of Lupin foreshadowing this chapter
- Lupin gives more details on Dementors and Azkaban
- Lupin has two very physical reactions when Harry brings up his parents and Sirius Black
- Why didn't Lupin tell Harry then that he knew his parents and they were friends at school?
- Harry only wants to fight the Dementors so he won't lose another Quidditch game... this school
- Ron and Hermione both stay at Hogwarts with Harry - is this the beginning of Hermione pulling away from her Parents and the Muggle world?
- The Twins give Harry the Marauders Map - how did Filch get it in the first place?
- The Map is a very cool piece of magic
- How did the Twins learn to work the Map? Did the Marauder's help him?
- Did Fred and George ever find out that Lupin and Sirius helped create the Map?
- We get a small introduction to hogsmede when Harry sneaks in
- Is Butterbeer alcoholic?
- The one time Harry sneaks out, the professors with the Minister of Magic walk in and sit near him
- We love the Professor's cocktail choices - what would you order?
- Why do they start telling Rosmerta the Sirius Black backstory in the middle of the pub?
- Based on the alleged backstory, Peter was very underestimated by everyone
- Harry has just overheard this huge bomb about Sirius Black and his parents - how is he able to process this huge betrayal? Why did no one tell this to him before?
- Snape Sucks total for Chapter 10: 0
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https://www.tiktok.com/@potterrevisited39 min - #46 Safety Second, Quidditch First | PoA 9, Grim Defeat
Potter Revisited Episode #46 Safety Second, Quidditch First AKA Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 9 "Grim Defeat"
- This chapter really shows how much Hogwarts values students safety
- The students are having a slumber party in the Great Hall which Shay loves
- Percy gets a little bit of authority and ruins everyones fun
- Ron and Hermione mention what a coincidence it is that Sirius broke in on Halloween when they weren't in the common room - potential foreshadowing?
- The beginning of Hermione being the only one to read Hogwarts: A History
- Apparently Flitch can restore paintings and portraits
- Harry eavesdrops on Dumbledore and Snape - Snape is trying to bring up his theory that Lupin is helping Sirius
- Is Dumbledore too trusting? Tori and Shay discuss
- Sir Cadogan is the new portrait for Gryffindor Tower which is chaotic
- Lots of students have different theories on how Sirius broke in - Hannah's about the shrub is probably the closest
- Harry notices teachers are paying more attention to him after the break in - even Percy is checking in
- Did Percy know why he was checking in on Harry?
- McGonagall is the only true adult in this series, checking in on Harry and letting him know what is actually happening
- Is so fun seeing McGonagall throw common sense away for a Quidditch win
- We get our first reference to Cedric Diggory - Fred and George seem jealous of the attention he gets
- Even if real Quidditch games play during all types of weather and events, shouldn't a school inter-house league be treated differently? Where are the safety precautions for students?
- Is magic able to control the weather at all?
- Snape is covering Lupin for DADA - let the games begin
- Is Snape trying to imply that Lupin isn't really ill? Did he only cover Lupin's class to insult Lupin to the students?
- Supply Teachers going against the current curriculum set by the teacher is so stressful
- Shay loves how snarky Snape is, and brings up the point it is probably good to have students learning about Werewolves if one is going to be at the school
- +1 Snape Sucks for insulting Hermione in front of the entire class
- We discuss Ron defending Hermione VS how it is changed in the film
- Snape sets an essay on how to recognize Werewolves and Kill them - is he wanting to kill Lupin? Do wizards actually kill Werewolves?
- Lots of foreshadowing to Lupin and Snape's past
- Crookshanks tries to sneak into the Boys' dorm when Harry is leaving for Quidditch - why isn't Hermione keeping a better eye on him?
- It is storming so bad during the Quidditch game Harry can't see through his glasses - Hermione comes eventually with a charm to repel the rain - why didn't Oliver or any of the older students know to do this?
- When the dementors storm the field, Harry hears his mother begging for his life which is so heartbreaking
- This whole episode with Harry is crazy as all his friend and team thought he had died - yet all he asks when he wakes up is who won the match
- We get a little bit of Cedric's character as he was trying to call for a rematch when he saw Harry had fallen off his broom due to the Dementors
- Harry gets double bad news when finding out his broom had been destroyed by the Whomping Willow - RIP Nimbus 2000
- The broom was obviously sentimental to Harry but why does he wait so long to order a new broom?
- How much do brooms actually cost in Muggle currency?
- Snape Sucks total for Chapter 9: 1
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https://www.tiktok.com/@potterrevisited37 min - #45 Teatime With Lupin | PoA 8, The Flight of the Fat Lady
Potter Revisited Episode #45 Teatime With Lupin AKA Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 8 "The Flight of the Fat Lady"
- Everyone loves Lupin and DADA and we do too! Lupin seems like a great teacher
- Of Course the only ones that don't like Lupin are Malfoy & Co - is it only because he is obviously poor?
- Snape, meanwhile is still taking out his feelings about Lupin on the students, especially Neville - +1 Snape Sucks
- Shay thinks she would be like Parvarti and Lavender and visiting Trelawney at Lunch
- Harry really doesn't like Divination this early on - why doesn't he drop it and take something else?
- Oliver gives a Rudy-style pep talk to the team - it's his last chance to win the Quidditch cup before he graduates
- Ron mentions Scabbers is in his bag, and then Crookshanks attacks - the whole chance scene is very amusing to picture
- Is Ron more mad at Hermione because of Crookshanks or that she won't take him seriously?
- Is Hermione a good pet owner? Why isn't she controlling Crookshanks more?
- The Trio see Lavender crying before class - she just got news her bunny died. She believes the prediction Trelawney made is real since it's the 16th of October
- Hermione tries to disprove the prediction could be real with logic, ignoring the fact that Lavender's pet is dead - why does Hermione always do this?
- Shay points out this could be the beginning of Lavender's crush on Ron, as he tells off Hermione in front of her. Tori, a Ron/Hermione shipper, isn't sure
- Ron convinces Harry to ask McGonagall for permission to go to Hogsmede - and she obviously says no since it's against the rules
- Dean had offered to forge Vernon's signature - why didn't Harry do this before going to McGonagall?
- Tori tells a story about the time she forged her Mom's signature in Grade 4 to avoid missing recess
- Shay wonders if they keep the parents signature on file and would be able to detect a forgery by magic
- Harry is missing out on Hogsmede and we feel bad - Percy does a terrible job at trying to cheer him up
- Lupin sees Harry walking around alone & invites him in for tea - we would love to have tea with Lupin!
- Harry figures out why Lupin stopped him from confronting the Dementor - he thought it would be Voldemort
- Snape comes to bring Lupin a potion - we discuss him seeing Lupin and Harry together in the office and imagining Lupin and James
- Shay discusses the way Lupin speaks about Snape to Harry, which is very complimentary.
- Harry trying to convince Lupin that Snape is bad and likely poisoned the potion is funny, considering Lupin and Snape grew up together at school
- How Ron and Hermione describe Hogsmede to Harry very much shows their interest - The first thing Hermione brings up is the post office and how it is organized by a colour coded system, and Ron brings up Honeydukes and all the sweets
- This is our first time fully seeing a Hogwarts Halloween feast as events have always prevented it - The Ghosts provide entertainment with Synchronized gliding and Nick reenacts his death - were Ghosts always the entertainment or is this new?
- We discuss the twist ending - The Fat Lady has fled her frame, which has been slashed up. Sirius Black tried to break into Gryffindor tower
- How did Dumbledore appear on the scene so fast?
- Shay wonders why Lupin didn't do anything - didn't say anything to Dumbledore regarding Sirius
- It's interesting how Peeves speaks to Dumbledore compared to other professors
- Snape Sucks total for Chapter 8: 1
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https://www.tiktok.com/@potterrevisited34 min - #44 Feelings Matter | PoA 7, The Boggart In The Wardrobe
Potter Revisited Episode #44 Feelings Matter AKA Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 7 "The Boggart in the Wardrobe"
- Even Shay, a Snape fan, can admit he is a dick in this chapter. Lots of Snape Sucks points coming!
- Malfoy is obviously faking being injured - would this concern Madame Pomfrey?
- Does Snape let Malfoy get away with more than any other student because of Lucius being a Death Eater and wanting to keep and eye on the inner circle for Dumbledore, or does he see parts of himself in Malfoy, and looking to give him the chances he didn't have
- Tori feels like Snape really starts acting out - specifically in this chapter- because Lupin is now at Hogwarts and it has thrown him off
- Draco sits with Harry & Ron in Potions just to bother them about Hagrid - Ron threatens to give him a real injury
- + Snape Sucks for mistreating Harry and Ron despite Draco egging them on
- We both feel so bad for Neville, everyone can probably relate to having a class you dread because of the teacher
- +1 Snape Sucks for Snape bullying Neville to the point of tears
- + Snape Sucks for Snape wanting to poison Trevor in front of the whole class
- Draco finds out Harry don't know how he is connected to Sirius black and lords it over him - Is Malfoy trying to get Harry to go after Black and get killed?
- Shay finds Malfoy to be almost a caricature of a classic bully - at least in the early series
- +1 Snape Sucks for punishing Hermione for helping Neville save Trevor
- Some foreshadowing to Hermione's time travel as she was with Harry and Ron up the staircase and then suddenly was at the bottom
- Do Harry and Ron not really focus on Hermione obviously having a secret because they don't think she would be doing anything cool or breaking the rules?
- The students get their first practical lesson for DADA with Lupin - shouldn't they have had one before?
- Lupin and the students run into Peeves - who treats Lupin a lot different from the other Professors - could this be because he was a Marauder?
- +1 Snape Sucks for Snape insulting Neville in front of Lupin and the entire class
- Is Snape projecting his feelings about Lupin being at Hogwarts and targeting Neville instead?
- Lupin handles Snape very well by not engaging, and instead lifting Neville up
- Lupin is such a Troll, he comes off very professional speaking to Snape but then encourages Neville to make Boggart Snape wear his Gran's clothes
- Harry comes off quite mature when thinking of his greatest fear - he has two mass murderers after him but rather goes for what most recently has scared him
- Shay wonders why most of the students boggarts were generic Halloween type monsters, and not something like disappointed parents, failure, etc
- Is Neville's Boggart being Snape more showing is fear of incompetence rather than actual fear of Snape?
- Did Lupin make any preparations for students having some deeper trauma (like he sort of did for Harry?)
- Lupin stops Harry from battling the Boggart - we see his Boggart takes the shape of an "orb" or something similar **foreshadowing**
- Harry is very upset that Lupin didn't let him fight the Boggart despite it being pretty obvious why - why is Harry so concerned about how Lupin views him?
- Why would Hermione's Boggart taken the shape of? We discuss Hermione's fears being failure and not belonging
- Do Boggarts have any kind of attack or cause any injury? Or is it only psychological damage?
- Snape Sucks total for Chapter 7: 5
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https://www.tiktok.com/@potterrevisited42 min - #43 Doom and Gloo | PoA 6, Talons and Tea Leaves
Potter Revisited Episode #43 Doom and Gloom AKA Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 6 "Talons and Tea Leaves"
- We are starting off the school term in this chapter and it is an eventful first day back
- We love the idea of Malfoy running into Fred and George's compartment on the train, scared of the Dementor
- Ron notices Hermione has 3 classes all at the same time, but she is able to brush him off in her Hermione way
- We theorize how Hermione uses the timeturner to get to classes - she seems to have 3 classes at the same time in the morning
- Would using the Timeturner so much age Hermione? Would it shorten her lifespan?
- Sir Cadogan is a delight
- Harry hates Divination but Tori and Shay disagree
- We are introduced to Trelawney and she is a very dramatic character - she is only "predicting" bad news
- Shay breaks down the predictions Trelawney makes in this first class and if they could be real
- Ron's teacup predicts suffering but also happiness - we discuss Ron's future throughout the series
- Hermione talks down to a professor and is very dismissive and openly disdainful for the first time - Is this her disbelief in Divination as a subject or because she's on her 3rd time going back in time for class and is tired and hungry?
- Why is Harry so worried about his cup having a death omen? He has had Voldemort trying to kill him every year and now Sirius Black
- McGonagall is the MVP and defuses the tension like the pro she is
- McGonagall says Trelawney "predicts" a student will die every year - we discuss who we think could have been the student before Harry
- Hermione obviously isn't happy with Divination after the first lesson - why didn't she drop it then?
- Hagrid is teaching his first ever class and although Hagrid is very knowledgeable and excited by the subject... he isn't that great at supervising students or teaching
- Allowing Harry to fly Buckbeak was probably a bit much for a lesson...
- Hagrid is supposed to be a teacher in charge but is relying a lot on Harry, Ron and Hermione throughout the lesson and making sure everyone is enjoying themselves rather than providing any real lesson
- It's interesting that Hermione is able to separate her feelings for her friend, Hagrid, and know he isn't a great teacher where as Harry and Ron see Hagrid as all or nothing and it's a betrayal to his character to think otherwise
- Again, as the trio visit Hagrid later on he is a bit drunk and confiding in them as a friend rather than any kind of adult or authority figure (until he is able to sober up at Hermione's interference)
- Looking forward to some great Lupin and Snape content next chapter!
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Potter Revisited Episode #42 Harry's First Kiss... Almost AKA Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 5 "The Dementor"
- Tori is back from her Taylor Swift concert in Tampa and Shay is (a) mad (woman)
- Mrs Weasley is telling Ginny and Hermione about the time she made a love potion as a young girl... we discuss our distaste for love potions and how they are so casually described in this series
- Mr Weasley is obviously acting as Harry's guard but it doesn't seem to be as annoying to Harry since Mr Weasley treats Harry like one of his own
- It's nice seeing Harry and Ginny having a normal moment together - laughing over how Percy is acting with his girlfriend- without Ginny being super embarrassed or shy
- Harry's casual reaction to Mr Weasley telling him that Sirius Black has escaped to kill him is fun but also sad seeing as it's Harry's normal at this point
- Why did no one think to tell Harry about his parents relationship with Sirius Black? Obviously it would of come out or he would of been able to find out on his own at some point - wouldn't of it have been better to here the truth (or what was thought the truth) from someone rather than gossip or rumours?
- Tori feels bad for Ginny being told to leave by Ron - How must Ginny be feeling coming back to school after her first year?
- The Trios train compartment has an extra guest - Remus Lupin. Why did he decide to ride the train? Was it for nostalgia or something else?
- Is Lupin really sleeping the whole time? Shay confirms the full moon was one day away when they were on the train
- The Sneakoscope Ron got Harry starts going off when in the train - is this foreshadowing to Scabbers being Peter Pettigrew or something else?
- You can't help feel bad for Harry when Ron and Hermione are talking about Hogsmede - why did they assume he'd be able to go?
- Tori fully understands Hermione's love for Crookshanks being a cat mom herself but Hermione isn't really being a responsibly pet owner by not taking Ron's concerns seriously
- Shay brings up the point that maybe 13 is too young to be a solo pet owner
- Why does Malfoy start every year antagonizing Harry on the train? What kind of validation does he get from it?
- Ron is very enraged by Malfoy - more so than previous books. Is this just due to his age, or could it be from what the Malfoy's put Ginny through last year?
- It seems very negligent of the Ministry to allow the Dementors to do whatever they want - they boarded the train full of young students and few staff who had no idea what was going on
- Shay agrees the train probably should have been search before they boarded or left the station but not by dementors
- When the Dementor comes into Harry's compartment he has a very bad reaction and ends up passing out - what would of happened if Lupin was not with him? From what Ron and Hermione tell him afterwords, Lupin had to force the Dementor to leave
- It is pretty sweet that Ginny comes looking for Ron when she's scared by what is going on - we discuss her relationship with the Twins and Percy and why Ron is the best choice
- Ginny also had a bad reaction to the Dementor - we discuss what reliving that trauma must of been like
- What must it been like for Lupin to see Harry after so long, especially as he looks so much like James?
- Harry seems surprised that Lupin knew who he was - is this foreshadowing that Lupin is going to be more than a DADA teacher?
- Some foreshadowing to the Thestrals as Harry describes the school carriages being pulled by "invisible horses"
- We both empathize with Harry being embarrassed about fainting - both of us have fainted in public situations including the same building we used to work
- Harry's reaction to McGonagall and Madam Pomfrey showing concern over him is very relatable - he is more worried by what others will think than his health
- Lupin has Pomfrey's seal of approval - we wonder if they have a close bond due to how much time Lupin would have spent in the hospital wing while at school
- We know that this meeting with McGonagall is where Hermione receives her timeturner and it just feels so negligent that this would need to be approved by so many people and no one seemed to be looking out for Hermione and her mental wellbeing
- It would have been more beneficial to Hermione to learn how to prioritize and pick the classes she really wanted to take
- Tori wonders if Hermione is the first one to use a Time Turner for classes, and Shay theorizes that Bill and Percy must have had to as well to get the number of OWLs they did
- Lupin is announced as DADA teacher and Snape is not happy
- Shay feels for Snape has it has to suck having your childhood bully get the job you have always wanted and also moving into your home
- Dumbledore really caused all this trouble with Snape and Lupin - Snape was just holding in all this resentment it's no wonder it bursts at the end of the book
- Why does it seem like Dumbledore is putting Snape through all these weird tests, just seeing how far he can push him?
- Hagrid is made CoMC Teacher - is he actually qualified? What makes a teacher qualified to teach?
- Dumbledore only really has staff that have a purpose for him (or Harry) so was Hagrid promoted because of how loyal he is?
- We discuss Dementors and the concept of having them at a school full of vulnerable children
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https://www.tiktok.com/@potterrevisited54 min - #41 Prioritize Not Dying | PoA 4, The Leaky Cauldron
Potter Revisited Episode #41 Prioritize Not Dying AKA Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 4 "The Leaky Cauldron"
- For the first time Harry is on his own, and able to do whatever he wants, when he wants - is this wise for a 13 year old?
- Shay wonders what a Hag is - is it rude word or something else?
- Shay loves that Florean Fortescue is helping Harry with his Homework
- Tori dives into the backstory and lost plot arch of Florean in the HP Series
- Florean was abducted in HBP and was supposed to be rescued by the trio in DH, and he was supposed to provide clues for Harry on the Deathly Hallows - particularly the Elder Wand and also on Ravenclaw's Diadem
- It was cut from DH as it didn't work for the story
- Is a sundae every half hour too much?
- It is so fortunate that Harry is financially responsible at 13 - why didn't he have any kind of trust or advisor set up?
- Lots of foreshadowing with the Firebolt
- We love everyone being scared of Neville's Gran
- A book on Death Omens also catching Harry's eye - foreshadowing of his "death"?
- We are reunited with the Weasley's and Hermione
- Hermione opts to stay at the Leaky Cauldron with everyone rather than spend her last day with her parents - we discuss Hermione pulling away from her family as the books progress
- Should the Witch at the Magical Menagerie been able to tell that Scabbers was actually an Animagus?
- How did Crookshanks know that Scabbers was bad?
- Did Hermione subconsciously adopt Crookshanks due to her feelings for Ron?
- Ron wants to catch Sirius Black to earn reward money - is how the Weasley Children view money healthy?
- Is Percy's relationship with The Twins starting to fracture?
- Everyone laughing at Percy at the dinner table except him and Mrs Weasley hits different
- Harry doesn't really care that supposed murderer Sirius Black is after him - he just wants to go to Hogsmede
- Shay discusses how the books very much coincide with the age Harry is
- We discuss the news of WB working to option an HP TV Show and our thoughts at this potential new HP content
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Florean Fortescue
https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Florean_Fortescue
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https://deadline.com/2023/04/harry-potter-tv-series-hbo-max-jk-rowling-produce-1235317141/
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https://www.tiktok.com/@potterrevisited48 min - #40 Public Transit Woes | PoA 3, The Knight Bus
Potter Revisited Episode #40 Public Transit Woes AKA Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 3 "The Knight Bus"
- This entire chapter can be summarized as Harry thinking he has been expelled from school and is on a run from the government ... as a 13 year old
- Harry's plan actually isn't that bad for him being a Gryffindor and a minor
- Great foreshadowing and information about Sirius this chapter
- We love how the Knight Bus is very chaotic and so different from everything else we've seen in the Wizarding World so far
- Shay is not a fan of beds being on the Knight Bus
- We are introduced to Stan Shunpike - the first young adult we've met in the series so far
- How did Stan get the conductor job? Is it something he is passionate about? Or just a job since he is done school?
- Why are Ern and Stan not concerned that Harry is obviously a minor and is on his own in the middle of the night?
- Both of thought the Knight Bus sounded so cool and fun as kids (who didn't grow up with public transit) but now both as adults who primarily use public transit to get around - you could not pay us to use the Knight Bus
- How does the magic of the Knight Bus work? How can the Muggles not see or hear it?
- Harry giving the name Neville Longbottom to Stan and Ern is very funny - especially since this is the first book that introduces us to prophecies
- Why didn't Harry come up with a fake name or alias?
- Stan says the Knight Bus can go anywhere on land... does that mean Harry could have gone anywhere in central europe if he didn't need to go to Gringotts?
- Do Wizards really not know what guns are? If most Wizards live in the Muggle World, wouldn't they see it in media at the very least?
- Stan explains the Sirius Black backstory on how he got arrested - Shay wonders why everyone seemed to think Sirius was Voldemorts #2 in Command
- Why was Peter Pettigrew made a Death Eater? He obviously didn't have a very clear alliance to either side, just self preservation
- Why was Sirius laughing when he was caught? We talk a bit about the events that lead to Sirius' arrest and the headspace he could have been in
- Lots of foreshadowing to the "Azkaban Guards" - which give Ern the "Collywobbles"
- Harry is really thinking he may be sent to Azkaban if caught
- Harry runs right into Cornelius Fudge - the way he is treated by Cornelius in this book compared to OOTP is night and day
- If Sirius hadn't escaped and Fudge wasn't being criticized would Harry has received some kind of punishment for Aunt Marge? What if he wasn't Harry?
- Why does no one care about Harry's relationship (or lack there of) with the Dursley's? Such a red flag
- Again, this is all Dumbledore's fault
- Shay explains the meaning of Number 11 - the room number Harry is staying in at The Leaky Cauldron
- Harry is being allowed to stay at The Leaky Cauldron - by himself- for the last 3 weeks of summer holidays. This would be any young teens dream, but is it actually a good solution?
- Harry asking the literal Minster of Magic to sign his Hogsmede permission form gives Tori so much second hand embarrassment. Just forge the signature!
- Shay compares in to asking Canadian Prime Minister for a sick day
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Join Tori and Shay as they dive back into the Harry Potter series one chapter at a time. Includes in-depth chapter analysis, theory discussions and more.