Chapter 16: Through the Trap Door | Philosopher's Stone

[@hufflepom]

The other night when I was up at 4 AM to feed the baby and I had a thought for a video. In Goblet, Sirius hides out in a cave. We know that Dumbledore set Sirius up in the cave. For the video, “What If Dumbledore Kept Sirius In His Office As A Pet Dog.” This way he is still close to Harry, but somewhere that he is safe and can get food. Having a random pet dog just seems like a totally Dumbledore thing. (Based on one of your videos) having a dog that mysteriously hates Snape is super extra Dumbledore. lol.

[@blitzwinger999wright6]

Nothing is more Dumbledore than “a pet who mysteriously despises another staff member” lol. But to your point, it might even make more sense that Hagrid just “adopts a stray dog”. He’s kinda notorious for keeping a boatload of furry little creatures around and I don’t think Sirius would turn any heads when there are things like Blast Ended Skrewts running around.

[@riluna3695]

@@blitzwinger999wright6 Fang and Snuffles become fast friends.

[@juliaandersson0818]

Awesome idea! But wouldn't Snape recognize Sirius as a dog? I'm not sure if I remember correctly but I think Snape found out about the Marauders when they were all in school?

[@hufflepom]

@@juliaandersson0818 just that Lupin was a werewolf. At the end of Goblet, Sirius in dog form is with Harry in the hospital. Snape doesn’t recognize him as Sirius. Then Dumbledore has him transform. Molly freaks out out and Snape has the following reaction: “Him!’ he snarled, staring at Sirius, whose face showed equal dislike. ‘What is he doing here?” To me this means that he doesn’t recognize the dog as Sirius, but I could be misinterpreting the situation.

[@hufflepom]

@@riluna3695 doggo buddies!

[@dragonninja3655]

I think Peeves is scared of the Baron because the students are scared of the Baron and Peeves is a manifestation of the student's mischievousness, making them linked. This is also the reason why Peeves is more respectful of the headmaster. If the students one day decided the Baron wasn't scary, I think Peeves would stop being scared of the Baron.

[@Caffeinated_Firefly]

I like this theory

[@AshleeKnowsNot]

That makes a lot of sense.

[@PhilBagels]

Or maybe Peeves knows full well what's going on and thinks, "If I play along and let myself be intimidated by the Bloody Baron, that let's Harry, Ron, and Hermione get up to some mischief!" Which he's in favor of.

[@tjhall1000]

@@PhilBagels sounds more like you are just a manipulator in real life, and are reflecting. no normal person would assume he is a manipulator. so it says more about you than it does peeves

[@michelveenstra9906]

Makes a lot of sense👍

[@dustinbachstein3729]

About Snape's potion riddle: One of the first things I did after reading the book 20 years ago was to figure out the riddle. In fact, the riddle works perfectly! For everything to work, the smallest bottle has to be either in 3rd or 4th place, while the biggest one must be in 2nd or 6th place. For example, the arrangement can look like this: O O (-) O O (+) O (+) denotes the biggest bottle, (-) the smallest, and O every other one. Here's the riddle (so you don't have to look it up): Danger lies before you, while safety lies behind, Two of us will help you, whichever you would find, One among us seven will let you move ahead, Another will transport the drinker back instead, Two among our number hold only nettle wine, Three of us are killers, waiting hidden in line. Choose, unless you wish to stay here for evermore, To help you in your choice, we give you these clues four: First, however slyly the poison tries to hide You will always find some on nettle wine's left side; Second, different are those who stand at either end, But if you would move onwards neither is your friend; Third, as you see clearly, all are different size, Neither dwarf nor giant holds death in their insides; Fourth, the second left and the second on the right Are twins once you taste them, though different at first sight. For those who want to solve the riddle for themselves, don't read on until you solved it, because now comes the... *SOLUTION OF THE RIDDLE:* So how did Hermione solve the riddle? Step by step: 1. By clue 4, bottles 2 and 6 both contain the same potion. Which one is it? It cannot be the potion to go forward or backward, because there's only one of each. Also, as bottle 6 is the biggest, it also cannot be poison (clue 3). This leaves only nettle wine for both bottles: ? N ? ? ? N ? 2. By clue 1, bottles 1 and 5 contain poison: P N ? ? P N ? 3. Next, Hermione could figure out bottle 7 by elimination: by clue 2, this bottle can neither be poison nor the forward-moving potion, and there's no more nettle wine left either, so it must be the backward-moving potion: P N ? ? P N B 4. Finally, there's one poison and the forward-potion left. But as bottle 3 is the smallest, it's safe from poison by clue 3. So this one contains the forward-potion: P N F P P N B Note that this solutions also matches the information given in the book: Hermione figures out that the smallest bottle brings Harry forward, and that the rightmost bottle contains the backward potion! The biggest bottle must be the 2nd or 6th one because Hermione needed this information for step 1 of the above solution. Otherwise there would be no way to solve the riddle! Happy 2024 and keep going this wonderful podcast! :)

[@fannisantha8539]

Haha. I did it too. Love this so much ❤

[@chefRyan38]

"How did you do on your forgetfulness potion exam sweetie?" " I don't remember!" "that's great! We'll go out for butterbeers to celebrate!"

[@heylolp9]

Rupert Grint, in an interview I believe, told someone that he actually got hit in that scene It is also the reason why there is a perfectly matching scar on his face while meeting Harry after the Hospital wing and during the Great Hall in the end. In the end scene at Hogsmead Station the scar however isn't present, as that scene was filmed as the first overall scene of the movie making process.

[@Boundwithflame23]

Yeah and Daniel was wearing the green contacts in the ending scene too I believe

[@countluke2334]

And Emma was wearing fake teeth in that same shot.

[@KudaKeileon]

FUN FACT! The chapter art shows Fluffy with spots, yeah? Fluffy is based on the Greek Cerberus, though its actual original name is "Kerberos"... which means "spotted". This also means that the Cerberus's actual name is Spot.

[@satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185]

That's great,thank you for this information. My life has vastly improved by knowing this information and I'm so much happier. This is adorable

[@desolateslove6568]

He's just a good boi doing his best

[@tamasolah3877]

Where is the source that Kerberos means spotted? I've tried out a couple of translating sites/apps and no results :/

[@tamasolah3877]

From this page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerberus I've found this: Though probably not Greek, Greek etymologies for Cerberus have been offered. An etymology given by Servius (the late-fourth-century commentator on Virgil)-but rejected by Ogden-derives Cerberus from the Greek word creoboros meaning "flesh-devouring".[9] Another suggested etymology derives Cerberus from "Ker berethrou", meaning "evil of the pit".[10]

[@thirteenthandy]

Sorry, but the ultimate act that marks Hermione as a true Gryffindor to me will always be her decision to light Snape on fire at the Quidditch match. 😂 "Hmm... A teacher is attacking a student. What can I do? Imma light him on fire!"

[@joosthuibregtse8143]

🎶Buuurn Baby Burn🎶

[@finkiusmaximus]

Minerva did have a sweet spot at times. "Have a biscuit." "I always wanted to use that spell."

[@fionarodgers4806]

Pretty sure the "I've always wanted to use that spell." was a movie only quote, but I could be wrong.

[@finkiusmaximus]

@fionarodgers4806 yeah, but it was so cute

[@chefRyan38]

I thought it was well known that Rupert Grints forehead was actually cut by debris in the chess scene and he held character for the shot, it's come up in several interviews

[@ajrestivo]

Fluffy being the hardest obstacle to get through is CLASSIC VLODEMORT, always underestimates people he think pose no threat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PERFECT GO HAGRID, GO FLUFFY

[@overthehillskating6244]

Dumbledore knows what happened to Neville because of the chocolate frog cards. He hears everything in all four house rooms.

[@bookcat123]

Wait… WAIT 🤯

[@richewilson6394]

The Super Carlin Brothers should've some kind of a celebration at the end of each book like eating from a box of Bertie box every flavored beans or drink some butter beer to celebrate.

[@Starrylyra47]

Two things: 1 if you haven’t already I would highly recommend you get the unofficial Harry Potter companions volume 1&2 which are great for theories! 2. I can’t believe you missed the portion where Harry looks up too see an owl with a letter flying over the lake. This is the fake letter used to lure dumbledore away from Hogwarts!

[@AnimationWizardry]

2. OH MY GOD

[@overthehillskating6244]

Maybe the chessmen were the suits of armor that protect the school. Which is why she is so excited when she finally gets to call them out to defend the school. "I always wanted to use that spell." She has used them before but never for their true purpose!

[@m1tthrawnuru0d06]

Just had an idea about Dumbledore's pocket watch. What if it functions similar to Mrs. Weasley's clock? He was checking it to make sure nothing had happened to Hagrid to cause him to be late.

[@lamplighter5545]

The History of Magic is just like history class in the muggle world. It shouldn't be boring, but it usually is. Quick! What year was the Magna Carta signed? When was the Battle of Hastings? What was the Seven Years War called in America? Memorizing dates, places and names was pretty much what history was all about. BTW: 1215, 1066 and The French and Indian War.

[@satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185]

I'm terrible with dates but love history,that's why I took it for my GCSE. So I politely disagree

[@LegioXXI]

@@satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185 imho you dont need to know the exact dates of every major historical event. As long as you can put it in the correct era and chronological order thats enough, because the point of history is not to know when exactly something happened, is to understand *why* things happened.

[@satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185]

@@LegioXXI Yes,I'd agree. The dates are very useful to know for tests but it's definitely more important to know the why,what and impact of the events you're learning about

[@lamplighter5545]

@@satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185 -- I love history, too. But, history in middle school and high school ranged from boring to downright incompetent. I had one teacher tell the class that the reason they used Black people for slaves was because they "stood out." I had another who would give sports trivia questions on exams. ("What was the final score in last Sunday's Giants game.") I had a third that acted like Severus Snape to my Harry Potter. It wasn't until college when I took an elective on the Civil War, that I finally had a professor who knew how to teach the subject, that I got excited about history.

[@satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185]

@@lamplighter5545 Fair enough,bad teachers can ruin a subject. I'm fortunate to have good teachers in pretty much every subject

[@ulrikruby]

1:02:04 I have always felt like Flitwick and McGonagal’s tasks should be swapped. The chess pieces would make more sense to be charmed rather than transfigured, while the keys work perfectly as transfigured birds. I also think this matches well with which houses they come from. A brave Gryffindor would be more likely to have the courage needed to speed around on a broom in an enclosed room, while a clever Ravenclaw would likely be better at the very strategic game of chess. Because Harry, Ron and Hermione tackle these as three people, the house thing works better with the obstacles being the way they are. I say that because, they come up with a clever strategy to catch the key and Ron bravely sacrifices himself on the chessboard. However, if you were to tackle the challenges alone it would work better if Flitwick and McGonagal were switched.

[@Tiki-i8r]

my mum read me the harry potter books and we did one chapter a night. i remember when she got to the end of chapter sixteen and said the last line she looked at the start of the next chapter and i remember her reaction, but she didnt tell me. the next day genuinely felt like forever when i was waiting to find out who it was and i knew that my mum knew

[@Blixthand]

Whether or not the rooms reset are such a big gripe I have with this chapter. Maybe Quirell just got past the devils snare without leaving any clear mark, or they missed it when they were panicking, but the key does have some damage from being caught already, but then the chess room all the pieces are just there. I guess in the book they don’t break like in the movie, so maybe they just get up again, but at least I’m the movie it’s implied that Quirell won a chess match only loosing 2 pieces and taking no pieces at all. Then the troll stays knocked out, but the potions room maybe reset? As a kid I read the reason for there being so little in the bottle is because Quirell has already drunk some, but I guess it’s never actually stated. It would be a giveaway, oh, this opened and half empty bottle, maybe that’s the one. And like you said, why wouldn’t Quirell just mix up the bottles, or even put poison in all of them or at least take the bottle with him to the next room.

[@phtuber5469]

The reason why Quirell doesnt do any of that with the potion is because he doesnt think they will even get that far ,as they are first year students afterall. Also he didnt know about the mirror so he probably thought the stone would just be in a box or something like that, and so he would be able to just take it and leave before anyone even realizes what happened. That would also make sense because as we know Voldemort was very arrogant so he would think that he would be able to obtain the stone with ease, like he broke into Gringotts with ease, and also he would underestimate others abilities compared to his own.

[@Blixthand]

@@phtuber5469 I'm not sure Quirell knows he is being followed by Harry and gang at all. I was thinking more if some other teacher tried to follow him, like he knows Snape is on his tail, or if Dumbledore comes back before he can get to the stone. If Hagrid knows Dumbledore did something to protect the stone, then Quirell probably does as well, I doubt he expected it just lying on the floor for him to pick up, he just though that if he could past everything else, he'd have enough time before anyone both noticed and then caught up with him that he would be able to figure out a way to get past Dumbledores magic.

[@strongbraveloud]

No joke Im the Argentinean that put you @ #1, I listen to these videos all day

[@thestoryfactory8429]

Falling head-canon: The kids are still young enough to use accidental magic. Being terrified of falling in the dark, it's not unreasonable to assume that one - or all - of them cast an accidental cushioning charm because they were terrified of what they might land on / crash into. As for the key, assume all of the teachers were together when they set the traps, so Quirrell would have seen which key opened the door.

[@racheldoescreativity]

your key theory is good, but snape is constantly trying to get quirrel to tell him how to get past his obstacle, and if they were all together, snape would know what quirrel's obstacle was

[@MsCandycorn]

​@@racheldoescreativityyou are mistaken. The book tries to lure you to think that Snape wants to figure out what his task is, but since it's actually Quirrel who is trying to get the stone, we realize that Snape never tried to get this information. He was only questioning Qs loyalty to Dumbledore.

[@racheldoescreativity]

@@MsCandycorn oh i guess that does make sense, thanks!

[@TJForceIX]

⁠@@MsCandycornSure, but that would be a pretty dumb ploy if Quirrel already knew that Snape knew that he put a troll down there. It's possible he got the info from Flitwick the same way he got it from Hagrid, but I feel they pretty well establish they don't know what each other did.

[@khrystynaoselska8390]

OOOOOh, J realizing that piece about Dumbledore finally leaving bc Harry realized what's happening is mind-blowing. Thanks, guys)

[@hollynixon9570]

Hermione confunds Mclaggen and he goes the wrong way. He also walks into a door frame later.

[@billysmith5409]

If this chapter has taught me anything it’s if you have to fall several hundred feet and land on a plant you want it to be Devil’s Snare. It’ll flump ya! It’s the flumpiest!

[@ChimeratAlpha]

19:36 Theory: The Self-Stirring Cauldron was a disaster because how often you stir and in what direction is so important in potion making. Might explain why they learnt about it.

[@satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185]

That would explain why they're not used in potions class.

[@ChimeratAlpha]

@@satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185 One other is the whole "You need to crawl before you can walk, and walk before you can run." policy. The kids need to learn how to mix the potions properly themselves before using the automated version. (I don't think it's ever explained anywhere. Just fund to make theories. XD)

[@satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185]

@@ChimeratAlpha That could definitely be true,you need to know how to direct the stirring

[@sawanna508]

@@ChimeratAlpha That's what I thought thinking back to may year at a special school were you could learn being a ceramist, stovefitter or tiler. In workshop classes for stovefiting we did nothing but removing the surplous material of the tiles per hand for several week . Only on the very last day that year did we actually were allowed to build up a short row with tiles. We did that by hand eventhough there are machines to do the same work.

[@VoidNull9222]

You gotta love the chapter art for Fluffy. He looks less like some fearsome beast and more like a three-headed pug whose owner insists is harmless lol

[@DonDueed]

Dumbledore doesn't deal with day-to-day student discipline. That's what the heads of houses (Snape, McGonagall, et al) do.

[@pyjamacritic1171]

The harp playing itself was a movie only scene, in the book they use the flute but have to be quick to get down the trapdoor before Fluffy stirs when they stop playing.

[@trinkab]

Dudes! The centaurs (or at least Firenze is) are "friendly" (a.k.a. talk) with HAGRID. They don't need to read the stars to know the Philosopher's Stone is hidden in Hogwarts.

[@kortlendmoore7700]

Thank you for another week of The Wizarding World, Carlin Brothers.

[@Jensen-C]

Can’t wait for 4 years to get to the end of the series( assuming you never once take a week off)

[@olandir]

36:21 That spell is "confundous" (might have the spelling wrong), but it's the spell that Hermione uses to make Cormac fly in the wrong direction during quidditch tryouts

[@Boundwithflame23]

I think it also just makes you confused in general though because Snape claims the trio had been confunded by Sirius in book 3 and I think he confunded Mundungus into believing he came up with the 7 potters plan hmm 🤔

[@lucypreece7581]

Happy New Year everyone. may 2024 bring you all wonderful things. Stay safe, look after yourselves and spread kindness xx

[@dominiclusetti546]

the trio reminds me of the greek phalanx where each of their weaknesses are covered by anothers strength

[@KatherineMiller-g2v]

We watched these movies over the summer, but my oldest two (11 & 12), declined and went and played elsewhere. We have a 30 minute drive to their school, so when school started I bought the books on Audible and we listened in the car. When we got to the end of book 1, I didn't realize, but my older boys had no idea that Quirrel was the bad guy! There was actual loud "What!?" and "No way!" from the backseat. It just tickled me to death that somehow they had no idea, somehow the three of us who knew had not unknowingly given it away, and their reaction was at the level of when I first heard the line, "No, Luke, I am your father!". Thanks for this podcast, I listen every Monday morning. I look forward to staying with it through the whole series

[@aliciachechile2071]

As someone who had a fun physics teacher, I can confirm that she drew a diagram of the potions on the board, then divided us into teams and gave us the riddle. As I had read the first book by this point, I figured it out almost as fast as Hermione did.😊

[@delikatessbruhe9843]

I like the way your teacher thinks but I can't really see how the riddle is relevant to physics

[@aliciachechile2071]

@@delikatessbruhe9843 not to physics, but logic. She was using a fun logic puzzle to get us thinking logically which helps in some aspects of physics.

[@fabioasramos]

Yes I remember a BTS video where it was mentioned that Rupert really got hurt filming the chess scene..... also McGonagall dropping books happened several times in the series. I also remembered reading Crabbe and Goyle as girls in Half-Blood Prince dropping books and scales... I don't know if there is a parallel between them, but I noticed it in the books

[@jahitchiv]

Hey Brothers! Honestly Dumbledore being a gifted reader of the stars makes perfect sense to me. Grindelwald was a seer. So to even that playing field I could totally see Dumbledore working to read the stars so he could eventually defeat Grindelwald.

[@timscarrott8919]

I wanted to go a little further on the Math Budget, taking over from 55:40 where you were talking about falling 75-80mph. 80mph is 35meters per second. If the three of them took 1 second to come to a complete stop, that would be a change in velocity of 35m/s /s. This would be a G-force of about 3.5. This would lead to the loss of peripheral vision, and maybe some dazedness, but 3.5 G is entirely survivable.

[@Beny763]

Rupert Grint did get his face cut in the chess scene. I guess someone didn´t really think things through when exploding a bunch of things in close proximity of the actors. That cut was definitely not intentional.

[@occheermommy]

As far as fudge bouncing on his feet, in my head cannon I feel like it is because he is always a little agitated because he knows he is unqualified for his job.

[@jeffgammons431]

Yay!!!! Hope you all at SCB have an amazing 2024!!!!

[@Molnek]

What I enjoy about history of magic mentioning self stirring cauldrons and then the line about all the quills you can't use in exams that we never see them using and in I think PoA with the model of the solar system that would mean Harry never had to take another astronomy lesson again is it just reminds me of trade school. I was taught how to draw and make things as if we didn't even have electricity instead of the real world where I just pick a shape and enter measurements. It a fun opposite where the history class is basically telling the students about inventions that would make their lives easier if any of them could pay attention.

[@madalynnr9940]

a nicer interpretation of the Centaurs is that they know they need to join the battle after Harry dies, so theoretically they want Harry to die in book one so they can join the fight not because they want to stay out of it

[@rebeccashaver8518]

36:25 The spell you are thinking of is the Confundus charm, and the instance you are remembering someone "shooting off in the wrong direction was Book 6 quidditch tryouts when Hermione used it to make Cormack miss a save.

[@kayleighlehrman9566]

Of course we all know the inventor of the cheese grater was Jean Claude Philippe Cheese-Grater, who changed the course of dairy forever.

[@Hamilfan31]

I think the spell that McGonagall used could be Piertotum Locomotor? She said she’s always wanted to use it, but she may have used it before?

[@arieldahl]

McGonagall's chess set reminds me of the "Piertotum Locomotor" spell from book 7...

[@shaun9357]

'Do you know what's hidden in the castle...?' 'Yeah, a Basilisk.'

[@buggman420]

As a person who went to an English boarding school they are absolutely right … the last week of school after exams is always really nice :) just having random classes/activities that lead up to the final dinner/ some type of formal dance, while u get to hang out with ur friends is so much fun( I don’t know if it would’ve been fun if I was younger though but I was there GCSE’s + and it slayed)

[@lewisbeer6156]

Amazing as always, the discussions and little tangents are what make this so fun to watch !!

[@tmwd513]

If you guys remember the first iteration of pottermore, it was like a virtual version of the first book where you made potions during the class scenes and other fun digital enhancements. Anyways, I’m pretty sure I remember in that version they actually had the potion logic puzzle and you had to solve it to advance in the story!

[@aliceanne3952]

Listening to and watching these give me life. Thanks guys. Hope you have a wonderful new years with your families! ❤️

[@ypstiffel]

I'm home sick by myself for new years, this episode really brightened my evening. I've loved following along so far, thanks SuperCarlinBrothers!

[@Blixthand]

It bothers me how there can be a trap door from the third floor corridor. Not only does it make no sense that is where it is, but also everyone who isn’t a first year would know that the suddenly closed corridor is that one corridor with a random trap door in it. And are you trying to tell me no one’s ever been down there? Fred and George has been at school 2 whole years and never went to explore what was under the trap door? Not that the stone or the protection would be there, but all the rooms must be. And it’s also never mentioned again across the rest of all the books. My personal head canon is that it isn’t actually a trap door but rather an enchanted box that is made like Newt’s case to be huge on the inside, that’s the only way I can reason this out, though if it was just a box that they could have placed anywhere, it seems extra cruel to Fluffy to put it there specifically, why not some place more suited to host a giant 3 headed dog?

[@CloudslnMyCoffee]

can I just say, this is the best set you guys have ever had

[@GeroldGarthcia]

I've long speculated that History of Magic is so terrible in the books because Rowling must have really hated the subject or had really bad history teachers during her own education.

[@philw6056]

I assume she hated school altogether. Almost every class is unimaginative: Here is a recipe, you have 2 hours. Let's do the same spell for an hour. Let's write 5 pages about the most boring goblin kerfuffle of the 17th century. Let's read what the tea leaves say about the future.

[@GeroldGarthcia]

@@philw6056 true. Most of the Hogwarts teachers range from pretty bad to downright abusive and unhelpful. Most of the students seems to agree that a disguised Death Eater who uses the Cruciatus curse on his students is the best teacher they've had.

[@rachelpie1621]

My grandmother fell on her face and 100% broke her nose exactly as described! Not even a hand out, straight on her nose. Didn't even break her glasses.

[@Caffeinated_Firefly]

Can confirm, watching from Argentina 😂. I've been watching you guys for years

[@bailatwerski2951]

Can't wait absolutely love this series❤

[@TenThousandDoors]

I've been trying to figure out why I could never find the newest video when I knew there was one and I JUST learned that this is a separate KZbin channel. I feel very, very dumb right now but stoked that I found it so I can subscribe.

[@taylorhagen3916]

This came out right when i needed it about a week after i had a mental breakdown at college and needed to xome home, this helped so much in recovery

[@L337P1R4735]

The forbidden forest is just chock full of Hagrid's former pets, I bet he used to have a pet unicorn.

[@Patrickcide]

Excellent chapter review as always! So I have a head canon theory that the majority of Witches and Wizards are actually kinda bad at magic. We get exposed to a great majority of the extraordinary, however the day to day magical person really doesn't have to know much at all. I believe that the trials for the stone are achievable for the teachers, however take in mind the idea that a single Witch or Wizard would be less than likely to tackle a beast, nature, a feat of agility, a test of tactical prowess, a defensive battle, and a logic puzzle. I believe we think that a fully qualified adult would see this as simple, however I argue it would take an individual of exceptional and broad talents to succeed on their own. We discount how capable the trio really are by virtue of our expectations and reader knowledge.

[@abesauer2189]

Jay and Ben you won’t get approached to do a founders show, but write one, make a script, bring it to people, they could like it and make it that’s where movies come from

[@loregasm665]

This chapter is where Neville and Trevor should have been part of the group! Imagine needing to get past Fluffy and Trevor starts singing and its revealed Neville and Trevor are in the frog Choir!

[@hufflepom]

Thank you for this amazing podcast. I absolutely love it. I listen to it every Sunday when I feed by baby son. Cheers to a happy and healthy 2024.

[@brontesundstrom9288]

I love this podcast so much I had to go back and relisten to all the previous episodes while waiting for this episode to come out! As a musician, I have to say I love the music at the beginning; it feels so magical! Do you think that anything would have significantly changed if Lily and Petunia were on good terms growing up? (Or at least right before the attack). Love what you do! Keep up the fun videos!

[@walterfindlay9982]

What if Forenzi knows that there is a horcrux hidden in the school and that is what he was asking harry about in the forest?? Love your show. Keep it up.

[@davidcoplon3056]

Omg. The what if i have been asking for for almost 2 years is finally an idea for you guys. I pitched it as " what f voldimort truted snape. " and honestly jt could change the entire series

[@lamplighter5545]

Regarding Dumbledore and the Centaurs, it's also Dumbledore that negotiates the release of Umbridge from the Centaurs.

[@demonicbunny3po]

My favorite part of Snape’s exam is that you know he chose that potion just because he knew students would be forgetful. Like, that is a thing the cool teacher would do, but Snape is doing it because he is an arse. Love that little detail.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Wish you guys a happy new year! Love this podcast! 😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Matespyhighlady]

Absolutely love this! These podcasts are the highlight of my week! I've been binge watching all of the Carlin Brothers videos, and boy, I've fallen back in love with reading the Harry Potter books. Thank you for spreading the joy! Also, I'd love to see an episode after thr the last chapter as an overall review / discussion of the entire book as a whole. The plot. The character building. The easter eggs! That would be a nice wrap up. Anyway, love everything that you do. Sending love and blessings ❤

[@MultiDudeman]

Its interesting that alohomora doesn't work on the door in the flying key room but it does work on the door leading to fluffy in the castle, seems like they could have made it safer if it didn't work on that door either.

[@HookVonStun]

What I find interesting is that after Harry dies, the Centaurs fight the Death Eaters. Not before. I think what's written in the stars isn't just Harry's death, but that the Centaurs will fight and help defeat Voldemort after and only after Harry dies.

[@kortlendmoore7700]

I feel the same way J. The Potter books have always been a big part of my life. I have some epiphany's every now and again about just how important they are to me. It was subtle, but I saw you get choked up talking about the most influential book sentence in your life. The Wizarding World is my happy place and it has helped me through life like nothing else has.

[@laxusmaximus573]

Hey, guess what, if you put NOTHING under trapdoor, you'll fall into random concrete hahahah...Laughing my ass off!

[@mlove.1376]

Yesterday I was so disappointed that you recovered the last three chapters. I thought that was it.. and I made my feelings know. I had to come to acceptance that it was the holidays and.. I had the biggest surprise when I was notified that you were covering this chapter today. Happy New Year to you Ben and J. and to your families. I've been loving this series.

[@bellarina187]

When considering why some challenges reset themselves, but others don’t, I think it depends on what they are. Nearly all of them are enchanted to reset themselves incase someone else comes to try and break in (or for the sake of Dumbledores plan, so the trio can follow quirrel down there, and still be tested on their abilities). However the troll can’t be reset because, as stated by Dumbledore later on “no spell can reawaken the dead”, meaning the troll would not have this enchantment, whether it was killed or just stunned.

[@Philmont00]

I’ve been enjoying this and reading each chapter before listening. I have the Enhanced version for Apple Books and it does have an illustration of the potions in Snape’s task.

[@kaiduran528]

The picture of Fluffy is amazing 😂

[@hernamewaslina8602]

No. 5! Happy NYE!! 🎉

[@GipsonWands]

I wish College gave me a week after finals to move out of the dorms because it was a pain to be doing finals all week and have to have my room emptied and inspected. It always felt like everyone was in a rush to get out in the spring but they would let us move in the weekend before classes started in the fall.

[@mjm3091]

57:30 Also from Dumbledore standpoint - it makes you wonder, if this task specifically wasn't prepared for Neville to beat - especially as they have "brought" him before on their adventures.

[@bbro43]

Watch, they actually fell like just 14 feet and the distance and falling sensation is just a charm that Professor Flitwick put in for Dumbledore to make the jump seem more daunting.

[@firestar4430]

I seriously hope the writers for the new TV show listen to this podcast. Y'all have so many interesting insights into the story.

[@davidstorm2224]

This was an absolute genius business idea on you guys parts. This is years of content every week thats relatively easy on you.

[@harrypotteranddisneyfan5800]

This is easily my favorite chapter of book 1. Very exciting and fun as they go through the different obstacles.

[@sawanna508]

I always saw the fact that Peeves can be controlled only by the Bloody Baron as indicator how terrifing that ghost is which also explaines why Sir Nicholas never dared to asked him how he got spattered by all that blood.

[@elizabethhanich2713]

I love these videos! I always listen while I’m doing my chores, and it makes them a lot more enjoyable!!!

[@maxonadam]

Thanks as always! Love you guys! Happy new year!🎉

[@TheRiusaki500]

I always hope to see the muggle logic been a factor in the Voldemort fight. How Harry openess to muggles culture help him in the fight against Voldemort.

[@pickleshots8245]

Hey brothers!! Just wanted to put it out there that the official HP game that came put for the movie has the potion puzzle in it where you have to work it out. It was fun to actually do the puzzle from the book in the game when I was young. If you can tough out the annoying parts it it was actually more accurate to the book than the movie

[@kamthanas6646]

The relationship between Hagrid and Voldemort going even deeper - he’s there in the forest as well, must be so weird for Hagrid specifically to think back to his school years and this guy got him expelled. The rage he must have that’s been festering

[@khaymengraves]

Honestly I doubt that Hagrid knows that Voldemort and Tom Riddle are the same person. Dumbledore says that Voldemort did everything he could to erase his connection to the Riddles and that not many people knew of the connection. As far as I can remember the only two people that knew of the connection without being told was Dumbledore and Slughorn. Sure it's possible that Dumbledore or Harry told Hagrid but I think that's unlikely. It didn't seem like Dumbledore told anyone if it wasn't necessary for them to know and in Harry's case he could have been worried that it would harm Hagrid in some way.

[@gracewiley3975]

32:43 I like to think that dumbledore just went for a quick visit with madame rosmerta at the three broomsticks.

[@hypatiaz]

loved this episode so much, my answer to the question about peeves is that him listening to the bloody baron is an manifestation of the students fear of the bloody baron. anyway please make an episode of what if Voldemort revealed himself to snape in book 1, that sounds so interesting

[@keeferbigmick7943]

You need a diagram to see the potions to solve it. This is where the chapter art has let us down.

[@laurynsmith5533]

“That’s what I did, so now we’re stuck with that forever.” 😂

[@jb888888888]

When I first read it I found this chapter in particular with the tasks to be very reminiscent of some other stories I've read, I can't quite put my finger on which. Maybe some Greek myths, like the labors of Hercules? Or something. And that each task is somehow exactly tailored to one of the traveling party's strengths. This along with boarding school, "Harry's a secret wizard" and the "sorcerer's stone" being a Philosopher's stone* really made the whole book feel rather derivative of other works and made me wonder what adults thought was so great about it. I can see young people not having had the life experience of those other pieces so it feels "brand new" to them. Like that meme a while back where someone complained about 2010's _The Wolfman_ film for not being true to "real" werewolves which were defined as "the things invented by Stephanie Meyer for _Twilight."_ Because nobody ever had made anything about werewolves before _Twilight._ * I read the US version. I didn't know at the time that the original title was _...and the Philosopher's Stone._

[@sawanna508]

I have always had a fascination for fairytales, myths, tales about king Arthur's knights and folklore therefore I like books that are using those old elements and combine them to something new. Also every Harry Potter Book is a actually a mystery novels. I grew up with a lot of british mystery novels and with the Narnia books. Both are elements that can be found in Harry Potter as well. That's the reason why I like those books even as an adult perhaps even more because I am able to recognise the references bettwe then at a longer age. I studies european anthropology for years and learned about a lot of subicouse believes that can be found in Harry Potter like the bezoar for example or the mantragora. -There are actually a punsh of tales were a hero first collects a couple of people with unique abilities and each of them is needed later on to be achieve something turing their advanture. Maybe that's the story Harry Potter reminds you of.