Chapter 7: Mudbloods and Murmurs | Chamber of Secrets

Join J and Ben as they dive into Chapter 7 of the Chamber of Secrets and discuss the copious amount of slugs, Wood’s Quidditch mania, photo agency, the strength of the slug belching curse, the trio going to Hagrid’s hut, good misdirects, detentions, and the voice in the walls.
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00:00 - Intro and Chapter Art
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59:51 - Closing Thoughts and Review
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[@meliskoolies]

Wood: trying so hard to keep practice a secret Flint: reads the field booking schedule

[@robertgronewold3326]

In Harry Potter, Kelpies are shapeshifters, so The Kelpies might be taking a form in the well so that they fit in it easier. The Loch Ness Monster is a kelpie, and it will turn into a sea serpent to show off in front of tourists, and then turn into an otter to hide from researchers. 😂

[@amanekabbaj]

That’s so true!

[@user-qz9cy9tg7b]

And then Oliver goes “Any questions?” And one of the twins is like “why couldn’t you tell us this yesterday when we were awake?”. I also want the series to give RON his monologue where a 12 year old is able to break down the social prejudices of the time and then express his (correct) opinion in debunking it. It is a point that shows what Ron contributes to the group as well as his own “moral fiber”.

[@conormurphy4328]

Movie Ron: *vomits slugs*

[@DavioRuns]

​@@conormurphy4328'it's disgusting'

[@jeremytung1632]

This chapter has my favorite line in all the books ever, “The minutes snailed by” gets me every time.

[@eweasel1]

When the guys where talking about how Wood woke the girls up, a scene popped into my head. Angelina sleeping peacefully when an owl flies in a drops a letter on her. Turns out Wood has sent her a special delivery, self opening , howler.

[@aliceepalermo5047]

Oh this is perfect!

[@LizLuvsCupcakes]

"UP AND AT 'EM, LADIES!!! THERE'S QUIDDITCH TO BE PLAYED!!!"

[@Mary-zj9jz]

or maybe perfects can walk up the girls stairs

[@rittersportfan]

@@Mary-zj9jz Ron is a prefect in the fifth year and he clearly can't get up there.

[@Mary-zj9jz]

@@rittersportfan but Harry was with him at the time.

[@c0urtn3y526]

Can you imagine being a fan of Lockhart, getting a response from him in the mail, and then finding out it was addressed to you BY THE CHOSEN ONE!?!

[@ailynrenee1796]

Guys, don't forget that in Deathly Hallows a snatcher attempts Accio on the Cloak, but it just stays put, effectively hiding it's true master. In this case, it resists or repels a magical attempt to reveal it's wearer.

[@rittersportfan]

The explanation about quidditch that Harry gives to Colin in this chapter is - alongside with the first chapter and the recap on the events of the first year - another example of how Rowling keeps repeating certain things in case someone reads the second book without knowing the first. She also does this at the beginning of the third and fourth book in the first or second chapter with a short summary of the previous events, from the fifth book onwards she no longer does this. At that point Harry Potter was so well known that there was no one left who would read the fifth book without knowing all the previous books that had been published.

[@williamsrdan]

I imagine Oliver sending his owl to tap the window and peck and flap at the girls until they get up for practice, like Harry had Hedwig peck at Ron and Hermione in Book 5 when he's been in the dark.

[@raz9305]

The real question is "does Ron wince when Slughorn's name is said?"

[@MsCandycorn]

Lol

[@kimberlyrose1812]

Harry made his aunt's glass explode and blew her up without words. Maybe thats Ron's thing. Makeing someone eat slugs when getting very very angry 😂

[@thirteenthandy]

I don't imagine Dumbledore would need to have any additional agency over his Chocolate Frog card photos. It's the photos themselves that have agency. Dumbledore can simply request to a different photo or painting of himself that they visit a specific Chocolate Frog card, or possibly request to his own portrait that a specific card visit him to give a report.

[@hufflepom]

Neville may play for England before Hagrid betrays Dumbledore but never for Gryffindor on Wood’s watch. lol

[@bowbow8197]

My theory with the quidditch cup being in a specific professor’s office is that they keep it in their office for the entire next year that their house won it but once the next cup is awarded the next year the previous years cup goes into the trophy room.

[@obiwanpez]

My thought: There might be smaller ones for each year, but they don’t get to keep them. There is a single trophy for The Cup that has been given passed from winner to winner for generations.

[@Luzanneloves]

I LOVE this podcast! I love how you guys sort of fill in the blanks and give the story even more dimension than it already has. I have read the books I think minimum 10x in my lifetime, not including the audiobooks Ive listened to and I STILL learn new stuff from you guys. I know some people think we(?) are going far too deep into the details that the author most probably didnt even think about but thats the fun of it!!!?? I also feel like you guys are spot on with most things- and your theories are amazing- thestral essence for the invisibility cloak? Just woah 🤯 I really hope Warner Bros reach out to you guys for the upcoming series- nobody can do it better than fans!

[@MacAoidh4]

Agreed 1000% 👏🏼👏🏼

[@matt-thorn]

I feel like the moving pictures behave fairly consistently. They seem to have a will of their own, and nothing suggests that Dumbledore or anyone else for that matter can influence them in any way. The paintings do seem a little bit more sentient, as they can talk and have a greater range of mobility, but even then they distinctly act on their own volition.

[@aliceepalermo5047]

Yes I feel that the paintings and photographs do have different properties and abilities. Maybe paintings have more personality/sentience as seen by the Headmasters Portraits and the paintings in the hallways like the Fat Lady. As far as I know, photographs can’t speak, they just capture a small moment in time, similar to a ‘Live Photo’ that we have now on our phones :)

[@samkrerowicz4269]

I seem to remember reading a Pottermore article that Hogwarts headmasters would train their portraits before they died to act more like them. So I would guess that how much sentience an image has depends on how much interaction the image has with real people.

[@malcolm32]

I'm so glad Ben made a comparison between Percy and Oliver, because it sort of validates my mental image of them being so similar. Like basically in my head Wood is a buffer version of Percy, glasses and all, which I'm pretty sure canonically Harry's the only one on the team who wears glasses, but in my head, Oliver wears them too.

[@GhostNappa28]

My theory for how Flint knew about Gyffindor practice - He saw/ spoke to Colin while Wood was discussing strategy with the team. It would have been enough time to get a note and gather all players.

[@keeferbigmick7943]

After 1990 everything was 2000. Vacuum 2000 disc drive 2000 random object 2000. Labeling everything 2000 was to say it was hi tech.

[@Boundwithflame23]

7:36 - 7:57 I feel like this qualifies as malicious compliance and it’s absolutely brilliant.

[@TheRacingJoker]

33:00 a reminder. Honda had a car called the Honda S2000 and Mitsubishi had a car called the 3000GT.

[@GuidedPilates]

Yay! So excited I love listening along each week. I grew up going past Kings Cross Station every day for school and college and so Harry Potter has always felt very close to home. As my eyesight deteriorated, I was no longer able to read the books that I grew up With and so turned to audiobooks. Europe. Podcast has been amazing, and I now listen to it every day on my way to work as I travel through Kings Cross Station.. Emma and Guide dog Archie XX

[@cubedmelons876]

You live near King's Cross? Have you tried running at the wall between platforms 9 and 10? You never know. :3

[@GuidedPilates]

@@cubedmelons876 are used to live down the road from Kings Cross but now I get the train to King’s Cross most days. I’ve tried the barrier but Dobby must keep sealing it off!

[@MsCandycorn]

​@cubedmelons876 I've been to Kings cross on vacation, and to my sadness, there isn't a wall between platforms 9 and 10. So the wall from the movies was fake I believe, because that's not what it looks like... (I mean I know magic is fake, but the area and platforms is different in real life too).

[@GuidedPilates]

@@MsCandycorn they have changed the station and updated it a lot since the films. The actual part that they filmed going through the barrier was done on platform four and five.

[@MsCandycorn]

Thanks. I was so disappointed when I went there in 2013. It looked nothing like the movie... I kept looking for the correct place, but the "picture taken through the wall" trolley is nowhere near the right place on the station... I bought the Elder Wand from the shop next to it, though!

[@Tincan611]

Heyyyy Brother! My question for you guys is if HARRY was presented with a qilin, would it bow to him if he had Voldemorts soul in him? Or is Harry too pure? ❤

[@sigexp]

16:00 Those "ways of communicating" are Patronuses. We see it used like half a dozen times by members of the Order. It's canon that this method was invented by Dumbledore. I don't think the Order needs anything else.

[@keithg460]

Just curious. Where does it say that it was invented by Dumbledore? I find it hard to believe no one thought of that before him, not unless patronuses are a fairly recent discovery.

[@sigexp]

The original source is the old, pre-Pottermore website (now defunct). Comments with links don't go through, so here's a quote: Members of the Order use their Patronuses to communicate with each other. They are the only wizards who know how to use their spirit guardians in this way and they have been taught to do so by Dumbledore (he invented this method of communication). The Patronus is an immensely efficient messenger for several reasons: it is an anti-Dark Arts device, which makes it highly resilient to interference from Dark wizards; it is not hindered by physical barriers; each Patronus is unique and distinctive, so that there is never any doubt which Order member has sent it; nobody else can conjure another person's Patronus, so there is no danger of false messages being passed between Order members; nothing conspicuous needs to be carried by the Order member to create a Patronus.

[@IllustriousEmu9195]

59:02 snape definitely put the quidditch cup in the trophy room just because he knew Ron would be doing detention polishing trophies

[@CactusPuppies]

on Wizarding World there’s an article titled “Your guide to all the best spells in Harry Potter”. Number 13 on the list of spells is Slugulus Erecto, and says that this is the spell Ron tried to use on Draco

[@raevalentine9002]

My guess about the basilisk and everyone not hearing It, even though It Is 'speaking' out loud .... It's kind of like, quiet enough to not notice It to the naked ear, unless you were drawn to the noise, which Harry Is because he can decipher spoken words from It. The basilisk Is In the pipes, so It's kind of like a cat hearing mice In the attic. We wouldn't notice the scritch scratching of mice feet on the roof, because we dont hunt mice lol. If I can understand Japanese language, and I hear a couple next to me whispering In Japanese, I might strain extra to eavesdrop on them 😅 But someone who doesn't understand Japanese Isn't going to try and hear It. So It just goes unnoticed. Harry kind of has a case of misaphonia with the basilisk In my opinion

[@loremistressanna]

Snape must have pulled it over on not just McGonagall, but also (supposedly) Hooch. Also, Mr. Weasley had a fight with Mr. Malfoy in the shop. And one of the twins yelled "get 'em Dad". And and Draco was (probably) there! So they totally know he's a Malfoy 😅

[@DuonDRaven]

Remember in Team America World Police when he's throwing up in the alley? That but Ron and Slugs lol.

[@williamsrdan]

Or Family Guy's vomiting scene.... Or the theater Chunk mentions he made puke in Goonies.... 😂

[@fulcrum2867]

I think its pretty obvious that we need merch thats a color gradient of all of Lockhart's robes throughout the book

[@LeaF-vo2mx]

Yes! And if Ben and J have such a hard time remembering the colors mentioned and it matters so much to them, why don't they just write it down on a list whenever a robe color is mentioned??

[@JahanMisra]

5:24 Lockhart intends to cast a very powerful obliviate to the point where Harry and Ron can’t remember anything at all. Lockhart talks about how he’d tell people they’d “lost their minds at the sight of Ginny’s mangled body” and then says “say goodbye to your memories”

[@mellow3995]

I'm not gonna lie, I always thought the "murmurs" were students people whispering about Harry being the Heir of Slytherin, but that doesn't happen for another 2 chapters I think, so I have no idea why I thought that.

[@whatever3259]

I always thought that too!

[@yasi5670]

Remember Oliver and Percy are in the same year and they would be in the same dormitories. I think they were frinds and rubbed on each other in more ways than one 😂😂😂

[@Acromion11]

Hell no

[@kimgrod]

Ron had to use 'elbow grease' to polish trophies. Maybe HP is instructed to non-magically address envelopes as part of his punishmen.

[@kozuet9537]

Don’t forget how important chocolate is to Lupin! A known order of the phoenix member!!

[@lucyairapetian407]

It’s not important to him, it’s just a remedy against dementors

[@BEHEADED_1]

Can't believe people actually still shoot this head canon 😢

[@kozuet9537]

@@BEHEADED_1 yeah I know, but it would be funny

[@robdogg4130]

In Harry's first year, he was in the hospital wing for the final match, and Gryffindor suffered their worst defeat in 300 years. The Quidditch Cup thus went to Slytherin

[@Leenapanther]

The german translation of this chapter is called "The creepy/scary voice".

[@williamsrdan]

Wood, this year or last, has the team practicing three nights a week...(Maybe it was four?) ... That doesn't leave enough time for the other teams to practice. Unless they are doubling up, but this makes it sound like only one at a time. Wood rigs the matches by preventing the other teams from practicing.

[@Tophadoodledoo]

I'd love to see a Quidditch scene similar to in the third Mighty Ducks movie where two teams have an unofficial, unofficiated grudge match because they double booked the pitch.

[@williamsrdan]

@@Tophadoodledoo I love it! And totally believe it has happened more than one in the history of Hogwarts....

[@meldiyer3904]

My Harry Potter journey started with my older sister reading the first book to me (over and over haha) yall dissecting the chapters reminds me of our conversations back then... 9&3/4 out of 9&3/4 would recommend! I tell everyone I meet about this podcast and the SCB!!

[@cmknoll3]

Hey Ben and Jay. Got a mini-theory for you. I think that the Peverell brothers all had the same source for the magic and materials of their Hallows. Thestrals. The nature of Thestrals and of the Hallows just lines up way too well for them not to be directly related. I'll elaborate... sorry in advanced about the length... The cloak of invisibility: Thestrals are permanently and completely invisible to all those who haven't seen death. They are known to be fiercely loyal to and protective of their owners. Their coats are described as "translucent and glossy", and "so thin" that their bones are clearly defined along their whole bodies. I think the cloak is made of Thestral skin, and the aspect of becoming visible to those who have seen death was either intentionally or serendipitously removed (Perhaps in separating it from their eyes? See below). The resurrection stone: Thestrals are clearly in someway closely related with death, or the veil that separates life from death, given their invisibility is depended upon whether their viewer has seen someone cross that veil. Drawing back on the loyalty and friendship with humans and their relation to the witnessing of someone crossing over into death, the idea that they could have an affinity to connecting with those on either side of the veil is not that far-fetched. Moreover, their eyes are described as "white, glittering eyes that lacked both expression and pupils". These otherwordly eyes make me wonder if they might literally be otherworldly, i.e. able to pierce the veil and see on both sides of it. I think the stone may have been carved from the petrified eye of a Thestral, and its ability to see the dead, those with whom you witnessed die in particular, was enhanced and drawn upon. The elder wand: This one is the easiest. We already know it has Thestral hair at its core. But I think that the apparent "flaws" in its performance may be explained as well by a misunderstanding of the nature of Thestrals. Thestrals are considered extremely dangerous by the wizarding world, bad omens, harbingers of death, etc. They are, again, also known by those familiar with them to be extremely loyal to and protective of their owners. So, it would make sense that one might want to make the most powerful wand in the world from its hair. A wand that would be expected to be endlessly loyal to you and bring death to your enemies. However, as has been repeatedly shown, Thestrals are not ill-omens, not dangerous to humans or wizards, and are not loyal to power in itself. They are peaceful creatures that straddle between the worlds of life and death, and only revealed to those acquainted with death. The wandlore for a thestral hair wand says "It was potent, but a tricky core to master; only a witch or wizard who was capable of accepting death could do so." The problem is that all of those who seek the elder wand as a means of personal power will necessarily be people that fear death to a high degree. And they are incredibly intelligent and social, and able to discern friends from foes (perhaps to a magical degree). The apparently disloyalty of the Elder Wand, then, may have less to do with a flaw in the wand itself or even wandlore in general, but in the understanding of these incredibly misunderstood creatures. I think the Peverells studied, or even raised, Thestrals which is something that is incredibly taboo and even illegal without Ministry consent. I think they were inspired by their nature to create the Hallows. And I think the reason that nothing like the Hallows has been seen since, is simply because of the continued fear around the creatures, and the disinterest in magical creatures in general. It does seem that, until Newt Scamander's advocacy, the study of magical creatures wasn't even an official field of magic. Or at least not a well-respected or well-funded one. And interest in them seems to go little further than poaching them for magical materials in much of the wizarding world. I don't think the Peverell's were far more clever than anyone else, nor that they were given gifts from Death himself. I think they just put in the effort to learn more about these feared creatures than nearly anyone else and used that knowledge to create some artifacts with their desired aspects. And I don't think that they even did that great a job of it. The downfall of the wand was that Antioch fundamentally misunderstood the nature of Thestrals. And the downfall of the stone was that Cadmus hoped the connection the Thestral had across the veil was more than it was. Antioch's artifact, the cloak of invisibility, worked flawlessly. But it was also the least ambitious of the Hallows.

[@LizLuvsCupcakes]

I would LOVE a Flint vs Wood subplot, mainly because I'd love yet another Gryffindor and Slytherin rivalry to ship.

[@kimgrod]

Ginny wandering around Hagrids' ... Voldy had her doing things she wasn't aware.

[@jaydensmith150]

Love this podcast so much CANT WAIT for book 3 cause its my favorite book of all time!!

[@karolinawww6834]

Yes! I remember being so scared of the dementors as a kid

[@jaydensmith150]

@@karolinawww6834 and I swear I didnt breathe once during the shrieking shack scene I was just reading with baited breath

[@Stepi01]

Speaking of photos in Wizarding world, it might be related to the old superstition that photographs could steal your soul or lifeforce.

[@brendanrodriguez5111]

To you guys’d point, Oliver wood’s approach to quidditch kind of reminds me of benny rodriguez from the sandlot, where it’s not a game for him it’s life or however the saying goes.

[@amanekabbaj]

You keep mentioning The name of the wind and I’ve read it only last year and loved it! Hopefully after you finish or as a break in Harry Potter you can talk about it. The level of magic and the story telling is just beautiful. Every time they switch to the pub I forget that it’s actually an older version telling the story rather than happening in real time.

[@majinvegeta8813]

My personal theory with the resurrection stone is that it's a chip of stone from the archway in the Department of Mysteries, taken by the second brother, who found the archway prior to it being secured by the Ministry of Magic (which hadn't been formed yet). The archway is described as "crack and crumbling", so it is safe to assume pieces of it may be chipped off.

[@hufflepom]

Also, as we learn in Goblet, you don’t need to catch the snitch to win…

[@taylorhagen3916]

I love the idea that one reason Percy is also so stressed and Cranky, is hes being awoken at 6am, because hes shares a dorm with Wiod, who i do not picutre being a quiet waker

[@johnn2663]

27:10 So has Wood never heard of substitute players? I mean, surely Harry isn't the only person who is practicing as Seeker in any given year? Surely there must be subs for all the positions in case Wood needs to swap someone during a timeout? Or if they get bludgered and cannot carry on? Or their broomstick gets blown into the whomping willow?

[@Boundwithflame23]

Harry tells Ron and Hermione that there’s no reserve Seeker, in Book 1 after it’s revealed that Snape is going to referee the match with Hufflepuff. In the case of Harry’s broom being blown into the willow, the game had ended with Cedric catching the snitch right after Harry fell off his broom. Fortunately Harry got the Firebolt back in time for the match with Ravenclaw because up until that point he’d been using a school broom. But if I’m not mistaken, up until Harry is made captain there aren’t really any substitutes. In book 5 when Angelina is captain Ginny replaces Harry on the team after he gets banned and then tries out for chaser the next year. In HBP Dean subs in while Katie is out, and Cormac subs in when Ron gets poisoned. Harry getting knocked out by Cormac in that match complicates things because he can’t exactly call a timeout for substitutions while he’s unconscious. When Harry gets detention and misses the final match of the year, he has Ginny play Seeker and brings back Dean to fill her spot as Chaser (Katie having come back from St Mungo’s by that point)

[@deb4762]

With regards to someone attempting to walk out of a picture that they're in. In OoTP when Harry has to go to the Ministry of Magic for his disciplinary hearing he see's a picture of the Weasley family on Arthur's desk and notices that Percy has walked out of the picture after his falling out with his family

[@Cailus3542]

Regarding Parseltongue: I think that at least on some level, it's telepathic. Remember, the very first snake that Harry chatted to was behind a plane of glass. Presumably Parselmouths are descended from witches and wizards with an intrinsic connection to snakes, perhaps snake animagi. That kinship is how they communicate.

[@williamsrdan]

You'd think a magical language would be impossible to mimic, but apparently Ron manages it.... 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Cailus3542]

​@@williamsrdanTo be fair, he was talking to a door at the time, not an actual snake. I rather like the idea that Ron Weasley outwitted Salazar Slytherin in that moment through his creativity and loving concern for his friend. How many times must Ron have laid awake, listening to Harry hiss in his sleep, to actually memorise it?

[@danielkopcha2011]

Thank you J and Ben for doing this podcast. Love listening to this as a fellow potter head.

[@kimgrod]

I also caught that Ron made a nonverbal spell. Hopefully, it was a different shade of green😮

[@frojames]

In Prisoner of Azkaban Ron and Harry search the wrapping of the Firebolt for a return address to figure out who sent it.

[@jameskirk4692]

Thank you both for another great episode!

[@hnnh621]

Mania is a very accurate description of Oliver Wood's attitude to Quidditch

[@Harry-Hartmann]

A Very Good Podcast 👌🏻👍🏻

[@almudd]

There's is one instance where is it Snape who tries to accio the cloak and it doesn't move, it's impervious to other magic to remove it that's a great skill, if you don't want to be found people can't force you to

[@kingdaymon6433]

The pronouncation of Sauron was wonderful at the end 😂😂

[@Beeba10]

Maybe the "worst loss in 300 years" was Wood being dramatic. Maybe Gryffindor, even in their losses, still manage to do pretty well and have never really lost by a ton of points lol

[@robertbalsamo5469]

could perhaps Moody's eye have been made by Dumbledor using the elder wand, and that is why it can see through the cloak?

[@GregoryHalicki]

So odin doesnt have an all seeing eye heimdall is the one with the all seeing eyes odin plucks out his eye for a drink at mimirs well which grants limitless wisdom.

[@limabean407]

This podcast is my favorite part of the week! Keep it up!

[@sanatprasad1594]

49:30 Another bit of subtle foreshadowing about Ginny being around Hagrid's hut being fishy - the way he phrases is 'she said she was just looking around, but...' suggests that he didn't believe her and felt something was up, but incorrectly assumed it was to do with Harry

[@plotholedetective4166]

A show about wood and flints rivalry and antics should be called "sticks and stones, a quditich story"

[@captianblitz]

“You would know 70 people by name in 2 weeks” I don’t know 6 people by name after nearly a year

[@nathanguillaume1247]

Another great episode!!!

[@TheManitobaTV]

Sunday morning podcast 😊

[@leslieball533]

Tonks finds Harry under the Cloak. Malfoy sees his ankle, and that’s how he finds him, but Tonks has to find him in the train car, not having seen him before. She even pulls the Cloak off of him. Perhaps the Cloak makes its master unfindable to an enemy? Man I love y’all’s theories!

[@marcinz.3570]

Im currently on chapter 10 of the first book (Wish I found you sooner!) and I CANT WAIT to catch up cause I have so many thoughts of my own and would love to share with y’all. Thank you for your hard work!

[@reeveo1]

Hey guys, brilliant episode, I'm absolutely loving the pod cast. Keep up the great work. I totally missed the fact that Harry fulfilled Lockhart's secret ambition, but I'm surprised you never mentioned the foreshadowing of his comeuppance at the end of the book by the colour of his first robe; Forget-me-not Blue his biggest fear is being completely unknown, and manages to Obliviate himself. Pure poetic justice 🤌🏻 Equally, if you look at the colours of his robes so far in colour psychology, he dresses himself to all of the traits he isn't but wants people to believe he is: intelligent, honourable, respectful, and competent!

[@FairytalePrince]

About the last bit with the invisibility cloak - there is one other account where it was finable: In the prisoner of Azkaban, Lupin saw them on the Marauders Map while they were under the cloak. Although there is an angle that while the map was created, James owned the cloak, so that may play into it.

[@kendallnielsen1696]

I’d only heard “murmur” in the biblical sense - meaning complaint or rumor. I always thought the “murmurs” from the chapter title were all the rumors that Harry was the heir of Slytherin.

[@lonelyprince0]

I do think the quidditch cup works as follows: there's 6 matches throughout the year in a round-robin fashion, and tie breaker would be calculated base on score difference. So if a team is 3-0 against the other houses, they are for sure the winner of the house quidditch cup regardless of how much they win by. However if 2-1 is the highest record, then they are just using tiebreaker to figure out who gets the quidditch cup which is why in third year when they lost the first game, and they found out Slytherin got wrecked by Ravenclaw?, Wood got his life back and started rambling to try to figure out the scenarios that the rest of the year has to go for them to have a shot at the cup. On the matter of DADA position being cursed. Voldemort graduated in 1944~ since he was a 5th year in 1942. He tried to have Dippet give him a job, which didn't work, and he learned of the location of the diadem, so he went traveling and see the world and didn't return till about 1950 or so He was then offered a bunch of jobs at the Ministry, but went to work for Borgin and Burkes instead. Hepzibah Smith didn't die till 1961. After which Voldemort disappeared for 10 years and showed up at Hogwarts looking for a job again. So by the time he came back to hide the diadem and had the conversation with Dumbledore, it was early 1970s already presumably he then placed a curse on the position, so at this point there would have been 20 some odd folks that had been the professor on this position

[@mmmadiamond]

I love the Cross Country reference! My coach was similar, but just kind of on a daily basis! We could be 5-10 min early and a still be late! Haha and then when one or more of us (but definitely not all of us) made it to state championship, we’d all (anyone who wanted to go) get to go anyway because we raised the money and also there weren’t very many people on our team in general (it was a small Hawaii school), he’d still try to get us up early, but we did the same kind of thing and always beat him. Except that one time our assistant coach (much younger, so much fun, completely colorblind) kept a few of us up VERY late, “we” (me) had to hop a fence, covered in tar? Sap? Something extremely sticky and staining, to let the boys in (I was the only girl out past 10 on this particular trip) so we could cross the street instead of walking 4 blocks and get ice cream from a 7-11 haha my shorts were ruined, but it was super fun! I will never forget it! My hotel room was locked (I didn’t have a key and everyone inside was apparently deaf to my knocking and pleas to get in, even with open windows right by their faces) so I had to sleep on the floor (I picked the floor instead of one of the beds) in the boys room, wearing the boxers for the next day (because my shorts were ruined and sticky) of our top runner. It was SO MUCH fun. I was able to shower and get dressed in my own room the next morning when my friends eventually let me in haha the good news is our top runner took like 4th in the state finals, even wearing underwear I wore as shorts (over my own underwear, just so there’s no confusion) the night before. And that was a big win, even though he didn’t win. Not only because it was a great, funny memory, but because it was in Lahaina, Maui and the hotel, the fence I climbed, the 7-11 where we got ice cream… all of it is gone. Burned to ash. None of it exists anymore. In just a few hours, everything was burned to the ground. Sorry for the long and ultimately sad cross country story! I loved cross country!

[@felicityanne979]

One of the ways in which the cloak provided extra protection is when harry and hermione set off the catterwalling charm in death hallows... the death eaters try to summon the cloak but it won't budge. So presumably it can't be magically removed from its owner.

[@alaskaroller2192]

I always sort of assumed Lockhart was chatting with all the teachers about THEIR subjects and claiming wrong things in front of them was to see if they would reveal good information for his next book. Clearly the teachers are all experts in their subjects, so if he can “play dumb” (not hard for him lol), they’ll be so annoyed that they would correct him and easily give him the information he needs. Then he can wipe their minds so they can’t tell anyone he doesn’t know anything.

[@loremistressanna]

Also also, to speak to the cloak making the true master unfindable. To stay consistent with the Fairy Tale, it would be specifically unfindable from death. So, the couple times Harry is "found" under the cloak, he is not in mortal danger. Where as when he is up in the tower when Snape attacks Dumbledore, Harry effectively hidden.

[@alvint2eight]

I have to say Quidditch practice seems similar to football practice especially hell week. 7 a.m meeting/film break down then 8 a.m stretching and running then practice at 9ish. But we still loved it.

[@markpattillo2466]

In the book, Moody says he fought the Death Eater Evan Rosier, who took off a part of his nose. In the movie, Mad-Eye says Rosier took his eye. I feel both are true given how close the nose is to the eyes. The spell or curse that Rosie had cast took part of Moody's nose and also hit his eye and damaged it.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Ron vomiting slugs will never not be funny😂😂😂😂😂

[@raz9305]

For the rest of his life he definitely would reference it. "Remember the slugs, Harry?"

[@pixywings]

Oh the creepy disembodied voice in Lockheart's office terrified me as a kid too.

[@SarifaXionic]

I waited up for this to release

[@alisakomaritsyna8620]

I'm pretty sure that Snape had wanted the position of DADA teacher, and that was just the myth created for Voldemort supporters to show that Dumbledore didn't trust Snape enough When Snape replaced Lupin in the third part It was obvious that he didn't feel any passion for the subject at all. Just compare it with his Potion lesson and everything will be clear))

[@AustynSN]

As far as the "Nimbus 2000" being released in the early 90s, I remember a lot of things using that naming convention. They just wanted everybody to think their stuff was "futuristic". I'm sure that the publication dates being a few years closer than the setting of the stories might have influenced it a bit, but it was still being done before that on some stuff. (Don't remember anything specific, other than a DC Comics story in 1991 called "Armageddon 2001", but it was all set 10 years in the future.)

[@davidgreathouse3861]

Really enjoying the podcast. Are you going to address why Malfoy and presumably the rest of Slythrrin are in the second floor corridor after leaving the Halloween feast? Does book one say the Slytherin's common room is in the dungeons?

[@ryanlewis7761]

What if: Ron’s wand never broke? He’d successfully hit Malfoy with eat slugs, lucius WOULD hear about it, and being a school governor, I imagine attempt to get Ron expelled

[@donb7519]

I wonder if he would tbh. He may view it as a "punishment" for draco not being skilled enough to defend himself. Plus i think dumbledore would just tell him to get bent

[@mitchellspreadborough156]

I kind of just imagined the slugs were apparating in Ron’s throat and he just throws them up. Never thought he had to actually produce them himself.

[@ulrikruby]

1:05:51 I would say argue that the resurrection stone does exactly what it’s said to do, it brings people back from death. It doesn’t make them alive again which is what you really want, but people who are dead do come back when Harry uses it.

[@feliciastaldotter5168]

mt theory of the wand that I feel is the easiest tbh is that it is simply just a powerful wand that also is very fickle in alligence

[@biancziqqa8782]

Wow, you made me realize that the interpreter to my language’s version of the book have made a mistake and instead of „kelpie” wrote „kelp”. Lil difference 😂

[@lauramiller4939]

Tom had to be 11 years old before Sep 1st, so his first year was 1938, ending 1939 (so 11 1/2, then 12 on Dec 31st). Add 6 years to that and his graduation year ended 1945 (so Dumbledore defeated Grindelwald the following summer). There's someone out there quoting that Tom worked for Borgin & Burke's for 10 years, then the HBP says he went into hiding for 10 years after he killed Hepzibah Smith. That puts the year he asked Dumbledore for the DADA position, around summer 1965. Since that was probably the year the curse on the position began, it's been cursed 27 years when Harry started year 2 (Sep 1st, 1992). The only part I can't confirm is how long he worked for B&B.

[@richardprice2398]

I like to think that Ravenclaw had to run up the score 1200 points to win the quidich cup after having a 1-1 record coming into the game knowing that Slitheran were going up against Huffelpuff and that they would run up the score as well knowing Harry was in the hospital.

[@thegamedevcave]

The quick name of the wind reference at the end... i know the videos on the main channel didn't do that well so there's probably not a lot of chance but I would 100% tune in to this format podcast for those books too!

[@deeannfleet2723]

57:05 Lol, the basilisk singing his own theme music 🤣🤣

[@xxtinkerbell91xx]

I'm with Ben, that first "let me rip you" in lockharts office absolutely petrified (pun intended) me as a kid the first time I read it. I think I was 8 or 9

[@AliAngelpie]

‘You can’t cancel Quidditch’ 😂

[@GandolfKlown]

I constantly remember that Dumbledore could have easily, and quickly, repaired Ron's wand and just chose not to. It haunts my golden memory of him.😅

[@MrShadowTheDark]

I love the little joke Ben played on yalls coach. Always something i wanted to do. Too bad im old now lmao.