We Solemnly Swear

After watching Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, we learned so much more about the wizarding world but also were left with questions about character timelines and history. In this Crimes of Grindelwald episode, Nadine and Tori theorize about Credence Barebone's role in the movie, including the giant plot twist revealing him as Aurelius Dumbledore!

WHO RUN THE WORLD? GIRLS. JK Rowling said - “What’s interesting about the wizarding world, when you take physical strength out of the equation.. A woman can fight just the same as a man can fight. A woman can do magic just as powerfully as a man can do magic.”

In this episode, we discuss 13 women from the Harry Potter series and talk in-depth about their contributions to the series, questions about their past, and personality traits exhibited. Women discussed include Petunia Dursley, Minerva McGonagall, Molly Weasley, Ginny Weasley, Hermione Granger, Cho Chang, Sybill Trelawney, Fleur Delacour, Luna Lovegood, Nymphadora Tonks, Bellatrix Lestrange, Narcissa Malfoy, and Lily Potter.

After watching Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, we learned so much more about the wizarding world but also were left with questions about character timelines and history. In this Crimes of Grindelwald episode, Nadine and Tori theorize about Percival Graves actually being escaped-from-Azkaban Percival Dumbledore!

Christmas time is here! We outline the events that happen each Christmas in the books, including Hogwarts decorations, the Christmas feast, and presents given/received.

Remus Lupin's life is full of tragedy and hope. We discuss his life in it's entirety, including his childhood, relationship with Harry, and his fear of starting a family. Questions we cover include:

▫️ What does the name 'remus lupin' mean?

▫️ Who were Lupin's parents?

▫️ How did Remus Lupin turn into a werewolf?

▫️ Why did Fenrir Greyback attack Remus Lupin?

▫️ How does the werewolf bite work?

▫️ What do werewolves look like?

▫️ What is Remus Lupin's patronus?

▫️ Why was the Shrieking Shack called the Shrieking Shack?

▫️ What did Remus do after leaving Hogwarts?

▫️ Is lycanthropy a metaphor for chronic illnesses?

▫️ How is Lupin affected by his relationship with Harry Potter?

▫️ Why does Lupin leave Tonks?

▫️ How does Remus Lupin die?

▫️ Who is Remus's son?

Ollivander is arguably the COOLEST character in the HP universe. His work in wandlore is legendary and is literally the source of magic we've all fallen in love with. In this episode, we discuss things like:

▫️ Ollivander's history with Wandlore

▫️ The wandmaker Dragomir Gregorovitch

▫️ Wand cores: Unicorn Hair, Phoenix Feather, Dragon Heartstring (and the other cores Ollivander didn't consider 'pure' enough)

▫️ Wand woods (and the characters who yield each wood)

▫️ Dissection of specific character's wands (Remus Lupin, Albus Dumbledore, Draco Malfoy, Ron Weasley, Madeye Moody)

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is FINALLY out and we have so much to say about it! Listen along to hear if our theories were confirmed from the trailer, new information we received (AURELIUS DUMBLEDORE!!!), and what we hope to see in future movies!

Join the MickOlsen's plus our Ravenclaw's new baby in discussing this epic movie!

The Hufflepuffs unite and discuss (in happy detail) the Triwizard Tournament, providing further insight into the tasks, characters, and magic we see in the book.

All the members of We Solemnly Swear share their favorite spells, charms, hexes and potions from the books -- plus make up a few of their own! We also discuss J.K. Rowling's latin creativity in creating the spells we all know.

Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore - was he an old man with regrets trying his best to save wizarding kind? Or was he a master chess player with his eye single to gaining ultimate power? Our MickOlsen tribe is pretty divided between these sides of Dumbledore, so we held a moderated debate about it!