Chapter 10: The Rogue Bludger | Chamber of Secrets

[@AJratcliffe]

Grapes are a stereotypical/slightly old fashioned gift for someone in hospital here in England. So Colin's grapes are actually very thoughtful!

[@donaldhanning1359]

By the way everyone, IF this is true, we need to make it the top comment so that Ben and J's KZbin manager sees this and tells them

[@maudline]

And Colin was supposed to go to Eton, an old fashioned place, so it tracks for his personality

[@ToastTheThe]

​@@donaldhanning1359lmao why so much emphasis on like "IF" it's true. It's completely true that grapes were a traditional European hospital gift when someone had surgery, and there's countless people online talking about it

[@wrdreads4742]

I was envisioning the old Greek scenes of grape feedings and palm branches... 😂

[@LizLuvsCupcakes]

@@maudlineThat was actually Justin Finch-Fletchey, but it wouldn't surprise me if Colin knew of this particular custom because he is in fact muggle born.

[@ladyesmeralda999]

My personal headcannon is that Dumbledore WAS indeed going to get Hot Chocolate, and he CAN do it in his office himself, but he just likes going down to the kitchens and hanging out with the House Elves 😁

[@Howaminotgone]

Omg I love this he totally does just love hanging out with them

[@maximilianosalvador9559]

Love this. Totally on character for Dumbledore

[@r.m.morison2636]

I like that. It warms my heart, very much.

[@pjcrabtree4456]

I think that when Ron said “He just ate” when talking about the ghoul, he meant that Harry just ate. Suggesting that the Ghoul in Pajamas would be so gross that Harry might lose his lunch.

[@keithg460]

Personally, I love the fact that Lockhart FINALLY managed to disarm someone. 😂

[@mellow3995]

"Dobby never meant to kill, Dobby only meant to maim or seriously injure" is from the Deathly Hallows I believe, when he drops the chandelier on Bellaxtrix, that line always gets a laugh out of us.

[@Nerdnotwashere]

I think it’s a movie quote

[@mellow3995]

@@Nerdnotwashere Yeah its definitely in the Deathly Hallows movie, not sure about the book.

[@MorderElg]

That is the case. Near the end of Deathly Hallows part 1. It really surprised me that Ben quoted this wrong, and J agreeing. Correct character, wrong target and book.

[@keithg460]

A lot of people get this line wrong, including myself. It is so similar to the line from Chamber of Secrets, and it is so out of place in Deathly Hallows that is seems to fit more here. But I would have sworn it was said in this one. It is like the Mandela Effect. Somehow, we remember it wrong.

[@MorderElg]

@@keithg460 But it surprise me that they both agreed on this, as they analyze all the books so much, and probably the movies to a slightly lesser degree. Getting as much of the trivia they do. It would have been interesting to see what they would have answered if asked in which movie this was said in a J vs B video.

[@arieldahl]

in "quidditch though the ages" they definitely explain that the quaffle is bewitched so that it doesn't fall closer than a few feet off the ground

[@laser8389]

Also it falls slowly

[@brodygandy5761]

The “he just ate” remark that Ron says to Hermione is in reference to Harry, not the ghoul. Hermione was asking Ron to tell Harry the details of the ghoul’s transformation to resemble Ron. Ron doesn’t want to tell Harry and gross him out because Harry just ate. That being said, it really wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest if the Weasleys fed the ghoul lol

[@kirenderaj8152]

😂. Yeah. “Naaaahhh. He’s just eaten”

[@bookcat123]

Arthur absolutely would. And Fred and George.

[@cubedmelons876]

Malfoy's performance in this match belongs right in the Quidditch Hall of Shame. He had every advantage like a faster broom and a rogue bludger attacking Harry, yet he still lost due to being distracted making fun of Harry. It's right down there with Ron's 2nd game in OOtP.

[@TiggerTiger21]

30 bones in the arm does count the hand. There are three in the arm itself, 8 in the wrist, and 19 in the hand. If you include the shoulder girdle that attaches the arm to the rest of the body, we are up to 32 bones that Lockhart removed.

[@RilianSharp]

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[@femailler22]

maybe the extras are the sesamoid bones? although "commonly found" doesn't mean everyone has them. If you took out the scapula and clavicle and added three sesamoid bones "commonly found" in the hand, I guess that makes 33....

[@juliajohnson4080]

Glad to see someone else putting that anatomy class to good use

[@pmcswain358]

I'm an xray tech and came here to say just this! Must be counting sesamoid bones- 30 in hand and arm, and there are 2 more in the shoulder girdle but these are not usually counted as part if the arm.so must be sesamoid bones.

[@paulinabartosiewicz417]

I'm not an anatomy expert, but I remember that children have more bones than adults, and some of them are going to be fuse together later. Could it be that a 12-year-old has more bones in an arm than an adult because some bones have not yet fused together?

[@AstroPC96]

45:20 The Quaffle does fall slowly! It is explained in Quidditch through the ages book! I remember reading it a while ago!

[@occheermommy]

I remember reading it but I thought it was on pottermore. It may have been in the book. I read that too.

[@bookcat123]

I thought I remembered that being canon somewhere!

[@raevalentine9002]

From the quaffle wiki: Shortly after, the witch Daisy Pennifold came up with the idea of enchanting the Quaffle so that it dropped to the ground slower than normal. Chasers were complaining of having to dive to the ground to retrieve a dropped ball, and the new enchantment gave the Chasers time to retrieve the ball while still in the air.

[@Other_Jeremy]

If nobody knew the identity of the wagawaga werewolf, a wizard temporary turning them back into a human, even for a few seconds, could potentially lead to their capture after they turn back.

[@ambiverter]

Ya, that's a good catch, and does merit credit to whoever originally did that

[@hufflepom]

I’ve been working on this theory all week but here goes. The reason that no one connects the now attacks with the attacks from 50 years ago is because Myrtle was the only victim. We never explicitly hear that anyone was petrified the first time. We only learn that The Chamber has been open before from Draco. Draco learns this from Lucius. Lucius learns this from Voldy. We also know that Riddle couldn’t take credit for the attacks in 1942, so that could mean it was never referred to as “Slytherin’s Monster” or referred to as “The Chamber of Secrets.” Hence why Binns says that it is legend, no one thinks it’s a basilisk since there is no similarity between the attacks, and they just assume Hagrid because monsters. Thoughts?

[@raevalentine9002]

I think this theory works, because back then, Riddle was doing the attacks In person (via basilisk command)... he wouldn't have wanted to petrify anyone, and leave 'evidence'. The reason students are being petrified now, are because they were forewarned (messages on the wall, Ms. Norris being a cat, Nick being a ghost, also being attacked via proxy (Ginny) So there were more chances for error and Riddle was trying to catch Harry's attention so he was being more flashy and less death-y to start

[@hufflepom]

@@raevalentine9002 thank you! I love your additions/ insight!

[@occheermommy]

I dont feel like it works only because they called them ‘attacks’ in the past too. They didnt use the singular but plural. Sorry

[@FoxbrushDraws]

@@raevalentine9002 The reason students are being petrified now is because no one looked directly into the basilisk's eyes. Mrs. Norris was petrified because she saw the basilisk's reflection in the water that was on the floor, not because she's a cat. The messages on the wall are intended to both spread fear, and to get the muggle-borns to leave the school. It seems like Myrtle was killed essentially because otherwise she would have known where the Chamber of Secrets was.

[@thunderflare59]

Double check other mentions of it to make sure no one says there were other attacks. I know Harry said it once, but he might have just assumed there were other attacks. But what about someone who was there?

[@lisacox4984]

Hermione's got blinders on 'cause she's got a schoolgirl crush on Lockhart.

[@cityman2312]

Yeah, she's only 13. Realistically she should not be super-discerning.

[@drip.dr0p]

i've also heard it mentioned (by the carlin brothers themselves perhaps?) that at this point hermione has such a blind, unquestioning faith in figures of authority, books, teachers/scholars, etc.

[@PcCAvioN]

Lockhart is a joke on the guy every woman falls for but who is just a cool facade. Boy band members who don't play instruments and can't sing. The guys who get you to go home with him from the bar, but when you get to know him he's worthless as a partner and not good in bed. Once you wake up you can't believe you ever fell for it

[@raymondf2213]

1:09:12 I don't know why, but my brain started to imagine the basilisk doing a lazer light show with its Lazer eyes when Jay mentioned the basilisk with Lazer eyes...

[@fabulouslytj1489]

I love the addition of the grapes! Grapes are a super common / classic food to bring someone who’s in hospital / unwell here in the UK! They’re sweet, hydrating, easy to digest and stems from the myth that they have healing properties!!

[@wrdreads4742]

The books in the library are all old and handwritten... Too delicate for (pre)teens to be running around with. Especially to have chocolate around...lol

[@NotAnotherDouc-]

I have a pretty simple theory as to why Dumbledore took the camera melting as evidence of the chamber of Secrets being opened again. As the Carlin bros have pointed out previously, the signs that the monster was a basilisk feel very obvious in hindsight. So my guess is Dumbledore actually suspected all along that Slytherin’s monster was a basilisk, he just never voiced it to or around the golden trio. Knowing what the monster is doesn’t necessarily make it easier to find the chamber though, so that’s why he still couldn’t stop it. So when he saw the camera melted, it confirmed the theory he already had which is that petrification had to do with vision (as opposed to a spell or potion or something). This confirmed it to be a basilisk for Dumbledore, which in turn confirmed that it really is Slytherin’s monster making the attacks, which confirmed that the Chamber of Secrets really is open again.

[@IdaSantti]

I agree, it is too out of character for Dumbledore to have NO IDEA, what the monster is. Not finding the Chamber is okay, but having no idea what is in it, considering everything he knows about everything. No, just no

[@itsallme1234]

Thanks to this episode, I'm now imagining Dumbledore, MgGonagall, and Madame Pomfrey doing Who's On First over Colin's petrified body. So thanks for that one.

[@LizLuvsCupcakes]

"I'm asking YOU who opened the chamber!!"

[@itsallme1234]

@@LizLuvsCupcakes and I’m telling you, How opened the chamber! Who’s on first!

[@Boundwithflame23]

@@itsallme1234I don’t know!

[@daniellelewis8171]

Giving grapes in the uk is a given when someone is in hospital, often along with lucazade 🤣🤣 Grapes used to be a rarity in the uk, so a luxury. It could be a sign of status and concern for the person in hospital. Also, in the 19th century, there was a belief that grapes had the power to cleanse and purify the body, especially the blood. They believed that the natural sugars and vitamins could boost the immune system and help the healing process. In Victorian Britain, it was believed that after a medical issue, people needed a period of “convalescence” in which they ate only light, easily digestable food. Grapes were considered ideal for this, as they were sweet, easy on the stomach, and full of water (thereby aiding in hydration). As the Colin is British and a muggle-born, it totally makes sense to us British muggles that Colin brings Harry some grapes! Loved your story for this though!! ❤️

[@amymelsoner5775]

I thought Sluggys classes were like cooking shows… you have a completed food (potion) and one that you work on. He’s a potion master, so he has them on hand.

[@silent.shaman]

Would love to see a J vs Ben trivia at the end of the year made up of all the trivia they find in this series!

[@demonicbunny3po]

Yes! Everything they’ve highlighted or noted in their books could be on the table for the quiz.

[@parvin_peepohappy3572]

I just looooove the side story of Colin getting grapes from the kitchen for Harry. The way J tells it makes it even funnier.

[@thunderflare59]

I expected them to praise Colin's bravery for going out at night when specifically muggle-born wizards are threatened, but instead it was to ask what the hell Colin was doing with grapes and a camera at midnight.

[@FenDweller13]

Aww Colin, I’d say never change but you’ll never be older than 16 anyways

[@thunderflare59]

@@FenDweller13Ouch

[@coolnerdlll6053]

My name being Colin made that way funnier. When J said "What's the deal with the grapes, Colin?", I immediately yelled at the screen "Why are you asking me? I don't know!"

[@aud2d2]

Jonathan’s character voices have been great this whole podcast! I love that Ben pointed it out today 😂 I LIVE for J’s impression of Trelawney going down to microwave fish in the teacher’s lounge last book 😂😂😂

[@williamsrdan]

I was just about to quote Gamp's Law, in regards to Dumbledore's hot chocolate, but..... you're right, McGonagall's sandwiches..... Unless she summoned them from somewhere else. Which is more likely, and the house elves kept sending more. That way it doesn't violate Gamp's Law.

[@thirteenthandy]

Hahahahaha, funniest episode yet. The idea of Colin delivering midnight grapes and Dumbledore potentially supplementing them with hot chocolate, and your cracking up about it, was the absolute best.

[@VoidNull9222]

Lockhart seems like the type of person who tried out for the Quidditch team, didn’t make it, then fabricated a story in his head about how he was kept off the team because of politics or something rather than admit he wasn’t a good player.

[@gregoryanderson3073]

🎉

[@gregoryanderson3073]

😂😂😂😂😂❤

[@Stephanie23816]

I would love to read Chamber of Secrets from Lockhart's POV.

[@inkaviolet]

I think many people in the audience noticed something's wrong, surely Ron and Hermione did (I believe they've had deja vu from Harry's first match and immediately started to look for the culprit, but never found one). I think there had to be strong rule for teachers to not interfere magically during matches, because it could be seen as helping one of the team to win (and Dumbledore was looking at Snape and McGonagall reminding that rule before every single match 😂). Star is representing Sirius, moon - Remus, and Harry between them looks like James. And the shadow hand is foreshadowing of Peter's future silver arm 😄 It's Marauders' art!

[@kimgrod]

Wow!

[@joshuacarroll6668]

There are 27 bones in the human hand, three in the arm (humerus, radius, ulna), and three in the shoulder girdle (scapula, clavicle, humerus). 27+3+3 = 33. Minus the humerus, because you don't get to count it twice = 32. “This boy needs rest, he's got thirty-three bones to regrow!

[@julialisco8525]

I love how mildly unhinged this episode is - was definitely a laugh I needed today.

[@crazyfrytka]

It's not that wizards have more bones than muggles. It's that children have more bones than adults. ;) Newborns have 270 bones and adults only 206, because during whole childhood some of bones merge together into bigger ones.

[@hildaparedes257]

I was laughing so much by your reactions to the grapes!!! Hilarious!!!

[@omarrobinson604]

My take has always been that Lockhart was in a popularity contest with Harry, which is weird because he’s a fully grown man and Harry is literally a child, but that’s always the way that it appeared to me ever since I first read the book

[@reifuTD]

I all ways like the idea of house elves being a breed of elf in a classical fantasy setting,

[@thegamedevcave]

little addition at the end of listen the credits but as an editor myself, i always appreciate it when people credit their team members. In movie and to a certain extent even TV that is standard practice and expected, but when youtube came around and grew to the size where businesses where being built and team hires, a lot of creators kind of skipped out on that part. So whenever I see creators doing this, i really apricate it!

[@FoxbrushDraws]

What I find most interesting about reenacting Lockhart's books is that these are things that did happen, they just didn't happen to Lockhart. His whole claim to fame is based on stealing these stories from other wizards, getting all the details from them, and then wiping their memories. So the story of how the werewolf was dealt with was true, it was just another wizard that did it.

[@Tylerthephantom]

Brackium Emendo, Lockhart's bone "fixing" spell, seems like it would be a very effective dueling spell. Most Dark Wizards wouldn't be able to fight you if you remove all the bones in their arms.

[@philipmalaby8172]

I love this podcast. The only critique I have is that both guys use ‘like’ SO much.

[@WTMR42]

I have a feeling that the only reason why there is one flying lesson is because Harry is exempt from flying because he makes the quidtich team.

[@thunderflare59]

In Hogwarts Legacy even fifth years need to continue taking the class, so that's probably the case.

[@bookcat123]

So was Ron taking flying lessons the whole time, and neither griping to Harry about how they’re being held to boring things nor talking about the cool trick he learned? Not even a joke in passing about how bad Crabbe or Goyle is on a broom? Was Hermione taking flying the whole time and never asked Harry to give her tips or help her study? Was Neville taking flying the whole time but was never again hurt enough for Harry to notice? 🤔

[@WTMR42]

@@bookcat123 probably who knows

[@kimgrod]

Agreed. Books are from HP's perspective

[@joshuahallett6235]

I love how you guys glossed over the fact that Dobby says “Dobby is used to death threats sir. Dobby gets them five times a day at home!” Like that has to be one of the saddest and darkest lines in the whole series.

[@bookcat123]

I know! I thought that was what they were building up to, but no, it was ironing his hands and beating beaten for burning dinner. Also terrible, but somehow not as striking as calmly responding to Harry’s anger with the comment he finds death threats normal.

[@eweasel1]

This chapter is why I think that the favorite entertainment of the Wizarding community is child endangerment.

[@kevinarnold7923]

I really appreciate this series. I'm reading along with the books in Spanish to learn the language. Reading a chapter then watching you guys break it down is the highlight of my week

[@stuartl7761]

I love thinking about a Harry, Colin, Dumbledore midnight get together. So comfy. I feel like Dumbledore would know when Colin's getting to much for Harry and nudge the conversation elsewhere. But he'd also really enjoy Colin's enthusiasm. I think Dumbledore and Colin would have a strange synergy.

[@FunnyCatVideos2118]

This series has made me laugh so hard!! I love how shamelessly silly y'all get!! Thanks for bringing joy to my day!

[@harrypotteranddisneyfan5800]

Best podcast ever

[@6666Imperator]

The "why not" when Ben talks about the melted camera sounds like utter defeat against the rather unlogical stuff that was thrown at them during the chapter 😂

[@eliealvarez801]

I got my tickets for the DC show. I gotta show support to y'all. I'm being from the northern part of va. We can't wait to see y'all. Y'all know we have to rep 2up2down thanks for making Virginia proud

[@staceymurf]

The grapes is a very common UK & Ireland thing. It’s typically what you bring when you visit someone in hospital. Like, hospitals usually have little shops when you enter, so you can get stuff for whoever you’re visiting and grapes (along with flowers and cards) are what you would gift.

[@bookcat123]

Why grapes? Or is that a question no one ever really asks, it’s just the Thing To Do? I feel like (other than flowers) we just bring books, music, and logic puzzles - ways to pass the time. Maybe a full outside meal if it’s allowed and someone’s in hospital for a while. Or maybe a dessert? Are grapes dessert in the UK? 🤔

[@staceymurf]

@@bookcat123 Some wards don’t allow flowers, so that’s why we mainly give fruit (I’ve seen and received oranges and bananas along with grapes) I think because fruit is healthy, therefore we give you fruit for a healthy recovery. I loved getting fruit when I was inpatient.

[@bookcat123]

@@staceymurf I guess that makes more sense than the American “tradition” of trying to sneak in forbidden unhealthy foods!

[@MythStarFire]

Dumbledore does have a kettle in his office, at least he does in Order of the Phoenix. “He emerged from it (a cupboard) carrying a blackened old kettle, which he placed carefully upon his desk.” And turned into a portkey. Maybe he decided his kettle was getting a bit gross and preferred a walk to the kitchens. I always assumed McGonagall summed a magic plate from the kitchens, which magically refil.

[@imput38]

I love this format that you guys are doing

[@catbaril9072]

Right? I wish more people did such in-depth break-down and conversation around books

[@aud2d2]

It’s also so interesting to watch as someone who hasn’t read the books very much or recently. When you deep dive into it, there are some things that are weird or don’t make sense that are kinda funny 😂

[@kalebzerger301]

Absolutely love this podcast and you guys!! I look forward to it every week and relisten to the old episodes all the time🔥🦻 Especially To go to sleep!!!!!!🤙

[@Boundwithflame23]

According to Quidditch Through the Ages, the quaffle does have a charm on it that makes it fall slowly. Possibly Arresto Momentum.

[@jacquelynchin5513]

I don’t think I’ve laughed/wheezed with a podcast episode more than this, IT’S THE GRAPES !!!

[@esotericexplorersmartinez493]

love this show and this is why i switched back to watching youtube version watching you two crack up made me crack up thank you so much for the grapes :)

[@TyTyTheShyGuy]

So quidditch things: Yes the quaffle falls slowly. It has a magical charm that I can’t remember the name of on it. Just like how the snitch is enchanted to stay within the boundries of the field. If you can, I would suggest playing the quidditch game on the PS2. I don’t remember in actual lore how it goes, but in the game after a score happens, your keeper throws the quaffle to your chasers and you begin to rush the goals on the other side.

[@Zach_of_all_Trades789]

Hello J and Ben. I listen to your podcast ever week after i get home from school and love it. I really like the way that you go into depth about the chapters and how i lean something every ep. It bright joy to me every Monday (I live in New Zealand so that is the day that the podcast comes out). You know how Harry takes the eye from the minister in the Deathly Hallows and you guys have a theory that Moody's eye is the eye of the fates which can see the Hallows. What if Harry kept the eye when taking it from the minister or Dumbledore gave Harry the eye in his will instead of giving it to Moody after taking it from Grindelwald. How would this affect the story given that Harry can see through walls and see the Hallows?

[@TheToneBender]

I'd love a What if video on What if Lockheart was competent. Like, what if he actually did all the things he claims he did. Because of the curse on the job he'd probably die fighting the basilisk. But managed to kill it as well, thereby saving the school. Or he'd kill the basilisk, but then gets avada kedavra'd in the back by Diary Tom.

[@SriNityaAnupindi]

The “He just ate” Ron says in DH is referring to Harry, not the ghoul. Hermione asks Ron to show Harry the ghoul and Ron is reluctant because Harry just ate (and it’s mentioned that their ghoul smells awful when they go see it in the attic). Secondly, in OoTP they encounter a murderous ghoul when cleaning out the Black house.

[@keithg460]

It was my headcanon that Madam Hooch must teach Flying to the first years all year long, but Harry was exempt. And I kind liked the idea that she was a player or even a captain of the Holyhead Harpies or some other team, and that was her full time job. She just helped out at Hogwarts every now and then. Also, as for Quidditch, the quaffle does fall slowly, it has I think a Vertical Slowing Charm or something, and there is only one Chaser allowed in the scoring area at a time specifically to prevent them double-teaming the Keeper.

[@Orion2300]

I have a theory about why the bludger stopped attacking during the timeout but not at the end! If dobby saw them taking a timeout, he may have thought harry was stopping the game to quit/leave school. And gave him a chance to do so. Then the game continues and by the end it becomes clear to dobby that there is no chance harry will quit without injury and so even though the game is over, he doesnt back off this time. Committed, at that point, to getting harry to leave no matter what. Thanks for all the awesome work you do, absolutely love this podcast! Ps. My wife, daughter and i read each chapter together before we listen to the corresponding episode!

[@aliceepalermo5047]

I’m absolutely dying at the grapes thing 😂 ‘come on Harry let’s take a selfie’ 😂

[@heylolp9]

Favorite Book: Goblet of Fire Favorite Movie: Half Blood Prince I think that the Death Day party chapter showed that Harry Potter Chapters are like pizza, even a bad slice of pizza is still pizza and therefore enjoyable

[@kanta4549]

Whooooooaaaa you guys are gonna be in my city the day before my birthday!

[@brendanrodriguez5111]

As also a big fan of marvel and star wars, a castle being a dragon and a magical creature having laser eyes doesn’t sound insaine, well it does, but it sounds fricking awesome!!

[@robertgronewold3326]

When it comes to the professional Quidditch teams, I think the big difference is that quidditch is a lot more like auto racing than something like baseball or soccer, where you're participating in the game is extremely aged dependent. Likely many of these professional quidditch players are much older than your standard muggle athlete because they are mostly just writing on a broom and not exerting themselves quite as proficiently as other sports. So the fact that Oliver wood is only on the reserve team likely means that the keeper of Puddlemere United is much more experience than he is.

[@david197015]

Dumbledore wasn't out for hot Choco, he was looking for the one who attacked Mrs. Norris. When he finds Creevey he uses the Homenum Revelio spell. Since the spell does not detect humans in the vicinity, Dumbledore assumes that the one attacking people is the monster in the Chamber of Secrets and not any human.

[@the1jessebrown]

Id love to see creative quidditch strategy Using your seeker to score the quaffle or like to pulling the your goalie to play seeker for two seamers if you’re up by 150 already

[@ginnyjollykidd]

Lacewings are native to the Pacific Northwest USA, like Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana. That explains why I haven't known about them (in Kentucky). It also explains why they are rare in Britain, thus only in Snape's stores. And boomslangs being in Africa make them rare in Britain.

[@celinavivian1162]

I literally just realized that your Dumbledore’s big plan theory makes sense not necessarily because thats what AD wanted to teach Harry, but because of what JKR wanted to show the reader…

[@kayleighlehrman9566]

A thought that I've just had is that it's possible the British quidditch league, much like many European football leagues, also pull international players for their squads. Lots of players from Latin America and Africa have played in the various European football leagues.

[@morrisonmeister]

Harry is essentially the Dursleys house elf.

[@lucyairapetian407]

Please record Audiobooks of The Name of the Wind so we can go off the beaten path someday.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Wish You guys the best on the tour 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ludairewah5937]

I want a founders series written by you two so badly. Lol

[@donnafjla]

To bad that Harry did not turn into crab would have been a great throwback to that with deadly hallows.

[@kimgrod]

Best wishes with Thru the Griffin Tour. Sounds fun. Won’t make any of those dates.

[@kimgrod]

LOL. “How is he {L) able to find time from looking in the mirror (to watch HP play Quidditch)?”

[@lisacox4984]

Yep, if we could have just seen those reenactments in Lockhart's class in the film, LOL.

[@LenaHillOnTour]

Question: I wonder, if Slytherin thought, his heir would be a girl, and thus put the entrance to the chamber in the girls toilett OR if, back then, only boys were allowed in Hogwards (because education for girls wasn't a thing) and ALL toiletts were boys toiletts. Only when girls started to go to school in Hogwards, they made some of the toiletts for girls and the one with the entry to the Chamber HAPPEND to be one of them, making it even harder for male heirs to find it. OR Slytherin thought, girls would NEVER come looking for the entrance in the boys toiletts, boys on the otherhand would look in the girls toiletts. What do you think?

[@donaldhanning1359]

I like where Your head is at, EXCEPT that Helga & Rowena were a part of the founding. We know from Helena that Rowena was a STRONG independent women & Helga said she'd "reach the rest & treat them all the same" so I DOUBT that either of them were down with excluding girls. I'm more inclined to believe that the bathroom didn't start out a girl's bathroom, just became one over time. It might've even been Slytherin's personal bathroom and after he left it was assigned to the girls

[@LenaHillOnTour]

@@donaldhanning1359 🤔 good idea

[@mangahell8177]

Maybe the slytherin family had more females than males so he assumed there is a higher possiblity he will have a female heir than a male one granted I would question how much did Salazar actuly plan this out becoes this plan gives me a major man in his late 70s suffering from his old age and possible from depression becoes of the lost his family members and betrayel by his closes friends vibes than actual planning

[@benjaminlodge4080]

****HARRY COULD HAVE SUMMONED KREACHER TO THE FOREST****AND CHAPTER 10 PROVES IT!!!**** Would love to know what you guys think! At the end of the Rogue Bludger, Harry grabs on to Dobby’s wrist. Dobby Disapparates and Harry is left clenching thin air..Fast forward to book 7, Chapter 14..Harry and Hermione decide not to summon Kreacher because they didn’t want to risk someone coming with him as he Disapparated. Yaxley was just able to do this by grabbing onto Hermione’s sleeve. Is this another example of wizards overlooking how powerful elfs are? What if Harry summoned Kreacher? I think he could have been helpful.. but also a potential liability. Thank you both for putting the excitement of Harry Potter into everyone’s life. I’ve been watching for years and I feel you two are just as important to Harry Potter as Jim Dale! See you in another life brother!

[@davidjuson5608]

Marvelous. Thanks again chaps.

[@mellow3995]

Great question Luke, my favourite movie is the Order of the Phoenix and my favourite book is the Half Blood Prince.

[@BilliamJoyBoy]

My theory is the reason the staff under dumbledore is so bizarre is he understands how life works, you only have one match to win in a game because in life you only get one chance. Knowledge is valuable and should be hard to obtain.

[@nickymouse1698]

Perhaps Slugghorn has an owl potion business

[@Blixthand]

Once again you talk about Lockharts stuff never happening, but once again the whole point is that it did happen, just not to him. That's why it's still a good idea to read his books for DADA even if he himself is a pretty useless wizard and subsequently teacher. Everything in his books must be so carefully written to be truthful, but with the main character swapped, or it would be easy for someone with any authority on the subject to disprove him and make him loose all his fame and place his books in the fiction section. As for the werewolf curing episode they talk about here, it's most likely just an unfortunate victim of not planning far enough ahead. J.K. had decided how much werewolves would play into the rest of the story or that it would be a plot point that it's incurable. It's even inconsistent in the later books. In book 3 Lupin says that when he was bitten his parents "tried everything, but in those days there was no cure", implying that in modern times there is a cure, or at least something you can do if you get treatment soon enough after being bitten, but in book 5 at St. Mungos Mr. Weasley says there is no cure for the guy in the same ward as him that has been werewolf bitten, and that must have been right after being attacked and at the top wizarding medical institution in Britain.

[@Blixthand]

@@siomhagormley I understand what you mean, and that is probably the intended interpretation, but the way I always read it when I was younger was that there was a real cure discovered, but it was too late for Lupin, but then there is ALSO the potion, that helps those who already have it permanent. Either way I still think Lockharts example just wasn't thought through by the author al the way. She probably intended for it to be a true cure spell before she decided she needed it to be incurable for the marauder story to happen at all.

[@JohnJones-ro3re]

That laser eye theory for the basilisk actually might be true because in the lego Harry Potter games it shoots blue laser beams at you xD

[@morrisonmeister]

would have been hilarious to have read Lockharts next book 'The year I spent mentoring Harry Potter'

[@TheNoteblockLizard]

It took a couple of weeks to catch up, but I've been thoroughly enjoying this deep dive into each chapter. I'm curious to know what you guys think each of the other Defense Against the Dark Arts teachers would see in the Mirror of Erised.

[@lisacox4984]

In Prisoner of Azkaban, Snape is the "the hero who delivered them from the monthly terror of werewolf attacks" except for that one night. Lockhart says he'll copies, plural, of Magical Me to the one person who writes the best poem and so does he expect the winner to keep one copy and give the others to friends? LOL. Lockhart as Seeker--he would choose the most prestigious position on the team. Oliver Wood--"better people on our brooms." Madame Pomfrey doesn't appreciate Lockhart's efforts to deal with Harry's broken arm. Dobby's info about clothes will prove useful. Props to Harry for trying to keep Dobby from punishing himself.

[@JohnHookes-gj7pn]

!!! The day they created the Three Broomsticks is probably the day Rowena lost the Diadem!!! 😂

[@bookcat123]

I’m wondering which was cause and which effect, and finding both possibilities equally funny.

[@carolinpetersen6894]

51:51, I find it hilarious that J is talking about how many bones are in an arm, and the fact that he looked it up but thinks that the hand bones are extra. Like Ben said, good thing they aren't doctors, since J thinks humans have 30 bones just in their shoulder to wrist area (instead of, like, 3)! XD

[@marthacalkins8054]

Merriam-Webster - “Ghoul: a legendary evil being that robs graves and feeds on corpses.” The Weasleys feed it…what, now?

[@johnn2663]

14:58 - but isn't that a duff prize for the best poem because all students have already had to buy Magical Me before term 😂

[@loopylinguist7716]

They didn’t have to buy it, just the rest of his books.

[@ambiverter]

1. Scorch marks 2. Melted plastic in Colin's camera 3. Nearly Headless Nick turning all Black - like Coal? Ya, Basilisk vision must have a heat component to it

[@jordanjacobs9044]

T shirt idea: a picture of dumbledore and just the word “Elvis”

[@jordy9096]

Harry’s polyjuice being gold also foreshadows what happens shortly after in the battle of the seven potters when his wand shoots golden flames at Voldemort.

[@kimgrod]

Interesting

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Your podcast is the best guys😊😊

[@Bitsy_Man]

U 1th

[@skywraith6454]

if i know right, in harry potter chamber of secret games, basilisk indeed has laser eyes, so this is kind of accurate theory

[@stevenrobertson1416]

Madam Pince ... Sounds like a Poltergeist!!

[@christ.6211]

on the lines of "harrys family did what Lockheart dreams/claims he's done" there's a good chance Lockheart has seen James Potter play (maybe played against him)