Chapter 11: The Dueling Club | Chamber of Secrets

[@Zeke_O3773]

My favorite lines of the chapter: “Lockhart cuffed Harry merrily on the shoulder. ‘Just do what I did, Harry!’ ‘What, drop my wand?’” 😂😂😂

[@lucypreece7581]

I always love how sassy book Harry is.

[@Astrohayes]

Love his sass. So unmatched

[@Zeke_O3773]

Maybe the twins could match his sass… maybe. I guess Snape too, but he crosses the line into bullying, imo.

[@EmilyCheetham]

Lol 😆

[@riluna3695]

When you brought up Harry's rictus sempra spell against Draco, a different thought occurred to me. Harry over here literally tickling a dragon, though at least it wasn't sleeping at the time.

[@celinavivian1162]

“Blazing with winter sunlight” makes total sense to me. Where I live we often get really bright days, but with snow. The sun reflects off the snow and creates a really obnoxious bright environment that you don’t get in summer

[@sir9integra9jr]

Obnoxious is a great word to describe that overly bright winter sunlight

[@habiskybombdigy2900]

Snow blind we call it

[@HakDrares]

It’s also bakes you inside your coat when it’s too cold to go without one.

[@jodimasciave772]

I can't imagine Dumbledore outting Harry about being a parselmouth in front of the whole school. Especially since it would cast suspicion on him concerning the Chamber.

[@IdaSantti]

I agree and was thinking the same thing

[@gregorymeyer1798]

Every time Ben says that pipes are only a couple inches wide i wanna tell him "ummm CASTLE..…"

[@brookchristy8311]

Right . Pipes seems like a terrible description for tunnels.

[@donb7519]

I mean even then are we saying pipes would be several feet in diameter

dragon guts

[@gregorymeyer1798]

@ LMAO 🤣

[@bea9571]

38:00 dumbledore knows riddle can speak parseltongue ever since he collected him in the orphanage - riddle says, "I can speaks to snakes, too... they find me; whisper things..." or smth of the sort

[@TolliverHiker]

You were absolutely right I was surprised they didn’t remember that

[@Datenauflauf]

and dumbledore gave harry a piercing look when they met at mrs norris petrification. so maybe that's when he assumed that harry was able to talk to snakes too and wanted to be sure about it. so he arranged the dueling club situation.

[@ricey23]

Ben pinging out Ryan George catchphrases here I'm all for it "wow, wow, wow... wow" and "super easy, barely an inconvenience."

[@Tophadoodledoo]

I caught that too. And appreciated it tremendously.

[@53prime]

HUGE MOMENT FOR THOSE WHO KNOW!

[@bdazzlefromage]

Quoting Ryan George is tight! 😉

[@Colinkrauss1]

I was just wondering if there were subtle references. A couple episodes earlier, he says “That’s the name of the movie!” and points just like Ryan George does all the time.

[@FruitfulMama]

After this book, there needs to be a J vs. Ben all about Lockhart's robes. 😂

[@borjanavarrofernandez9747]

52:20 that's exactly what happens in the movie. Lockhart proposes Harry and Ron for the demonstration and then Snape says the same phrase but referring to Ron

[@JimKim-0]

Who else has been waiting for the legendary Goofball Lockhart vs Snivelus Snape duel???

[@kevinanjos6519]

Meeee

[@dpatel9292]

Meeeeeeeee too

[@Noorutska]

Ginny's boggart taking a form of a diary: "What is that, Ginny? A Death Note?"

[@mrtsunamiii]

Harry Potter theory: Snape got so sick of Lockhart’s incompetence that he set up the Dueling Club to expose him 🤦

[@itsallme1234]

I imagine something like this: Dumbledore: "okay severus i'm gonna make sure there's a dueling club and i need you to be there. Make sure Harry learns expelliarmus and see if you can work a snake in there somehow. Oh Gilderoy, there you are. I was just thinking how exciting and press-worthy a dueling club for the students would be, if only we had a teacher who was smart and brave and handsome enough to lead one." Lockhart: "You know Dumbledore, I just had a wonderful idea! What if i hosted a dueling club for the students?"

[@NotUncleMichael]

Romans had pipes 2000+ years ago. And drainage pipes can be big even 2000 years ago. So the castle could have been built with drainage that basilisk could use to get around. The Romans also had communal toilets with drained into draining channels, which could of been upgraded when more modern toilets were made.

[@brookchristy8311]

Yes , this. Pipes don't have to be pvc 😂

[@brookchristy8311]

It's a castle it doesn't need plastic piping.

[@LangThoughts]

39:03 I believe that Dumbledore in Book 6 implies that he _suspected_ that Voldemort had made Horcruxes, and was leaning to that being the truth, but had no confirmation, but the diary was the confirmation of that suspicion. As Dumbledore says in Kings Cross, "....my guesses have usually been good".....

[@joshuahallett6235]

Two points 1st. Snape acting like an actual teacher could be because the majority of students affected were In Slytherin House and he is always said to have a soft spot for his students. 2. He flat out tells Harry in Goblet that regrettably the use of Veritesierem on students is forbidden.

[@moshegolubtchik]

I love the Ben casually references Pitch Meeting multiple times in this episode

[@DummyForceRed]

I almost thought I had imagined that!

[@DummyForceRed]

Super easy, barely an inconvenience.

[@brookchristy8311]

Hey! He said the name of the thing! ... I've caught J referencing him too lol

[@moshegolubtchik]

@@brookchristy8311 true. J even once opened a video with "wow wow wow. Wow"

[@cat3mojiz211]

THATS WHAT I SAID! I thought I was crazy. Thank you for also noticing

[@tylarjackson7928]

43:13 Ben: "Really, Harry? After all this time?" Harry: "Always"

[@JimKim-0]

Haha love it. Fits the dialog perfectly

[@Jahjaga]

Dying at the idea of Harry’s pet snake just being a chad and solving the plot of Prisoner in a tight 15.

About speaking another language and not knowing that you do it: I was once on a call with a person who only spoke German and standing next to a person who only spoke English and had to constantly switch to the phone and back and translate. At one point, I accidentally switched the languages and only noticed about five sentences later that nobody understood me anymore.

[@emersonpagel2056]

Anyone else notice how often Ben references Screen Rant’s Pitch Meetings?? “Super easy Barely an inconvenience” there were a couple in the last episode too. Love it🤣

[@TolliverHiker]

Yes!! He also said “wow wow wow” 😂

[@williamsrdan]

When cats are startled they jump, maybe Mrs Norris jumped in fright and got tangled in the lamp, or whatever it was...

[@remongeenen]

Sometimes i wonder what the moment is going to be like when Ben and J end the last chapter.. Like. Already it’s such a big part of my sunday. I imagine feeling very lonely and sad when that moment comes. For now, i just want to thank them for this amazing podcast i never knew i needed. The best.

[@The_Early_Gamer]

Winter sunlight is super harsh sometimes, atleast living a up north. Since the sun is constantly not very high over the horizon. So it's in your eyes and face a lot more, and it's multiplied by the snow on the ground.

[@Zeke_O3773]

In my head canon, I assumed each year would have their own dueling class. Otherwise, there would be like 300 kids casting spells at each other at the same time. I don’t think even Dumbledore would be crazy enough to approve that. 😂

[@matteoairaghi790]

The best notification of the week!

[@Orangeninja5000]

Agreed

[@ArthurLagace-wj7em]

You guys talking about hogwart moto reminded me of my own founders theorie: what if the moto was a warning about the chamber of secrets. I think Salazar spoke Greek and always called his basilisk « Draco » or snake in Greek. That would mean the other founders only new the basilisk as Salazar’s draco, so they warned everyone to not tickle serpentar’s sleeping monster.

[@celinavivian1162]

I love this! It doesn’t fit into their theory on “the castle was a dragon” but I think I might like it better

[@simunjiii]

Sure you don’t mean Latin instead of Greek? O.o But great theory!

[@ArthurLagace-wj7em]

Actually, draco is both a Greek and latin word. It means snake in Greek and dragon in latin

[@simunjiii]

@@ArthurLagace-wj7em At least the online dictionaries I've checked say that snake means φίδι (fidi) in Greek and ὄφις (óphis) in Ancient Greek, while in Latin Draco can mean both snake and dragon. 🤷

[@ArthurLagace-wj7em]

Oh. Ok, thanks for the info👍

[@MegaGingerJo]

I've noticed from travelling to other countries in Europe and talking to people from elsewhere that the UK does get some fairly unique light in winter, it's very low, very bright, and especially in the morning sets everything up with a, like, cold gold glow? It's what makes winter at all bearable really 😅

[@lennyaarons-ditson3372]

I have cancer and this is my favourite weekly thing to look forwarrd to! Tea, pain meds and some reladation time. I am hoping to get to NYC for the live show.

[@TrueFootyAFL]

Get well soon

[@kimgrod]

Like, ya know ... like, ya know ... like, ya know ... .

[@lennyaarons-ditson3372]

I'm booking tickets hopefully this week so see you guys in NYC!

[@Виктория-с7ч5ю]

I feel that Dumbledore was like: oh shit, Lockhart had a good idea about dueling club... I need to send competent teacher to supervise it. Snape, you go. And try not to send snake to attack Harry or smth

[@Laura-pk2fd]

In Scotland, we are so far north that the winter sun is VERY low in the sky. On a sunny day, you bet your ass that is going to blind you

[@vivianebittencourtdearaujo7757]

I think the points gained by Harry in Quidditch might be the difference in scoring - Gryffindor won by a 50 points margin, so that’s how many points they get on the House Cup.

[@robertgronewold3326]

As far as the the dates concerning Hogwarts founding not being known, that is extremely common for the medieval era. They had records back in the day, but centuries upon centuries of having those records being attacked by the elements, neglect and rodents a lot of times sponge the precise dates from history. All it takes is a fire in the records room 700 years ago to make it so that you only know that a historical figure was born in the town but not what day the figure was born on other than General decade. That sort of thing is very common in Europe and Asia. They just sort of have to Ballpark a lot of historical dates.

[@hufflepom]

I know I’ve been mentioning this for months, but so much of the important plot points in the books take place in and around bathrooms that I’d love to see a J vs Ben on bathroom trivia. lol.

[@TrueFootyAFL]

I'm an Australian who moved to the UK last year. Blazing winter sun is a real thing in England - you need sunglasses in December in the cold more so than you need them in August! It's shockingly bright

[@charliecopley9337]

The 50 points is deffo the amount gryffindor beat slytherin by, they always talk about winning the quidditch AND house cups is dependant on how much a team wins by, such a sim the final match in year 3

[@xAbbieCx13]

This podcast is definitely the highlight of my week. I also really love that you guys talk about the chapter art because the books I have don't have them so its always a fun little surprise for me when I see the thumbnail for the video. Also just randomly, the beginning of this chapter made me laugh when it says Harry clumsily ate his porridge left-handed because I've just spent 3 days in hospital myself and had that exact issue haha

[@andyhutley2857]

Why doesn't anyone question where Ginny is going alone in her 1st year when a monster is loose in the school? Is Riddle making her invisible, casting obliviate or the imperious on everyone in her vicinity to go unnoticed?

[@joshuahallett6235]

The difference between Snape and Flitwick in my opinion is that Flitwick is Dueling Champion in the Wizarding Sport where there are rules and regulations meanwhile Snape would be battle tested as he fought in the First Wizarding War admittedly most of that time he was in combat on the side of the Death Eaters as a loyal follower of the Dark Lord but still doesn’t take away from the fact his skill comes from live combat. Come to think of it do we know if Flitwick fought in the first Wizarding War?

[@poxidog]

Is he a member of the order? I think he only fights when it is to protect his world. His job, his students, his colleagues. Neutral good. Bites him in the ass given what happens to hogwarts in DH. Goes back to that stand for what's right or let what's wrong happen thing

[@AndrewJGaming]

I think Harry's boggart dementor makes him feel despair and fear like that because Harry is afraid of the FEELING rather than the creatures themselves

[@heylolp9]

The existence of Ghost Swords and Axes calls into question if Nick could "finish the job" he's lamenting so much to not pass on himself I wouldn't be surprised if it's possible but literally *noone ever tried it* because Ghosts aren't really there to FIX the things they are lamenting, just to lament those things

[@DrewWutsit]

I can't believe there are only 28k subs!! Yall deserve so much more!!

[@DeejonLoy]

So castles always had a "privy", a room/area that allowed for human waste to be brought out of the castle and disposed of, usually by gravity, so the basilisk could have always used this drainage system. The invention of Indoor Plumbing wasn't about drainage, but pumping water against gravity into the building, to then be fed into the already established drainage, however, this could be done earlier via an aqueduct system, or a cistern on a roof using rainwater collection. These are of course non-magical methods, but since we know that wizards can manipulate water, it is very possible that they developed "magic indoor plumbing" centuries before Muggles made their invention. Ginny is definitely not going to Percy to tell him she's having nightmares, but he is Prefect and the older Gryffindor girls, who are witnessing Ginny's troubled sleep. would definitely feel compelled to tell the Prefect that his baby sister is having nightmares.

[@chefRyan38]

I really appreciate y'all simultaneously uploading to Spotify

[@keithg460]

I have a love-hate relationship with this chapter. On one hand, it is quite memorable and fun. But on the other hand, it is so close to being That much better. In all of book one, Harry never uses a spell 'onscreen', nor does he in the first half of book two. The first time he uses a spell 'onscreen' is in this chapter, and it is immediately after learning Expelliarmus. He was THIS CLOSE to having his first spell be his signature spell. But instead, it is the tickling curse. *facepalm* Then again, Never tickle a sleeping dragon, but Do tickle a dueling Draco. Kind of fun.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

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[@wonkywaddlingwaterwingedwriter]

42:40 That Pitch Meeting wow. lol. Also heard a super easy, barely an inconvenience as well. Hell yea.

[@vignotum132]

38:00 well Voldemort literally told Dumbledore he could speak to snakes when they first met at the orphanage

[@bjrn-arnepaulsen5024]

As for the discussion of whether or not Dumbledore has any suspicions to Harry being a parselmouth or not, I believe this is what’s happening when he reads Harry’s mind at the end of the death day party, in Lockharts office. To elaborate, I think he can read Harry’s experience of hearing a voice nobody else could hear, and after some consideration and the circumstances being what they are, he wants to test his hypothesis.

[@AustynSN]

Thoughts while listening... To Percy's specific relief of that statement, he's not in _another_ girl's bathroom, he's in the same one as before. I like the idea that the movies got it wrong and the basilisk actually isn't that big. Hence why it fits through the plumbing. As to the concept of wizards just disappearing their feces, I figure they switched to plumbing because all the first and maybe even second years had problems mastering the spell to make it disappear. Given his complete lack of confidence, I can see Neville falling for some pretty scammy stuff. I don't remember if he buys stuff for helping him OWLs in his fifth year, but if it occurs before he joins the DA, it would make a lot of sense. Also And about being almost a squib, there really do seem to be various degrees of magical capability. There are those like Neville who are so low initially that it doesn't even show up until they're 9 or 10, maybe even older. Rowling even stated that some wizards don't show their power until later in life. (Part of the plot to "Hogwarts: Legacy" as I understand.) Additionally, given their ability to see dementors, squibs must have at least a tiny bit of magical ability. Sometimes, the biggest sadness about Snape dying at the end of the series for me is that that there could never be a point where Harry an adult and Snape got to sit down and actually talk about the crap Harry pulled as a student. I'm sure if the two of them mellowed out in their hatred of each other, and Snape could no longer expel Harry, they might have a laugh about it. Well maybe not, but we can imagine. As far as the dueling club being only for second years, perhaps the note was enchanted so that every every year saw the meeting time and place for their group. It would also make sense if they had split it up so that other teachers (perhaps Flitwick being one of them) were holding dueling clubs at other times and/or places. Nothing to suggest this idea in the actual book, just something that occurred to me. I'm now pondering how hilarious it would have been if rictusempra had been Harry's signature spell against Voldemort instead of expelliarmus. The idea that Snape became an animagus out of spite against James is a cool idea, but falls apart on one factor. You know he would have reported James as an unregistered animagus to the ministry of magic, and then all three of them would have been known animagi instead of unregistered. It occurs to me that parcel tongue is similar to Aquaman's power. It not only lets you communicate with the animal, (sea life for Aquaman, snakes for parselmouths), but they have to obey the commands as well. Wonder which power would be stronger with sea serpents. The problem I see with Harry using steaks as spies would be that if any of them are caught and Voldemort is around, then he could easily turn the snakes against Harry. The idea of the basilisk having poor eyesight actually makes sense given that snakes are almost blind and use smell, often supplemented by feeling everything via their tongue as their primary sense. As far as the comments about how dark Voldemort was as a child, just asked Myrtle.

[@KerriGilpin]

57:57 I was thinking- oh, kind of like a Snake Whisperer… and then I laughed so hard at myself 😂

[@SGT_VES]

I used to wait in Barnes & Noble for the new book midnight releases, then fell in love with how you guys thoroughly explore- just every aspect of the books. The family and I have watched J & Ben for years now, marveling at connections and view points I had never considered upon re-reads. I was so excited when you began this channel. Now with Through the Griffin Door I am reading each chapter on the weekends so I can listen to you guys discuss it on my daily drives to work throughout the week. It’s become my new routine. Thank you for helping me further explore the Magical World of Harry Potter in such a unique and interactive way.

[@Silver_Girl178]

If you think about what the Death Eaters did to the muggles at the campground after the World Cup: making them float upside down in the air and torturing them-- causing them physical pain. I think that's pretty much what was done to the two kids from the orphanage in the cave.

[@benjieroberts6732]

I think Snap reacts this way in potions this time because it splashes in the Slytherin area. Can't have his house getting embarrassed.

[@trinkab]

Snape acting like a real teacher... first: he was obviously going to test that swelling potion on the students anyway, so he had the potion ready. Also the students who got splashed were likely mostly Slytherins.as it was coming out of a Slytherin cauldron. Snape is helping the dueling club because Dumbledore wants him to be there to keep the students safe. Lockheart is obviously incompetent when it comes to healing and counter-curses (see the rubber arm incident). And a dueling club is designed to make students to curse/charm each other, a recipe for disaster without a competent wizard around.

[@blaine81]

One reason Dumbledore may suspect Harry has parselmouth was the prophecy: "the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal"

[@justdavelewis]

Pretty Sure Malfoy says Serpentsorcia in the film too. Agree though, its a great scene in the films, thats how you translate a scene from a book to the screen. The music helps a lot too of course.

[@Hello-CE0]

8:34-8:38 I don't know why, but the camera shots make me giggle

[@LangThoughts]

My Head-Canon for Harry being so in tune with snakes is that it's not being a Parselmouth, but is from being a Horcrux, and that gives him a bit of Voldemort's *_Experience_* with being a Parselmouth.

[@MythStarFire]

Oh it would be so great if you did a video with all the Ginny red herring lines at the end of the book. That would be so cool. Are you going to record and upload all of the Through the Griffin Tour? And will each date be on the same chapter or different ones? So love watching on KZbin. First day the Closed Captions are hilarious. I have noticed they go back and change some words. The spells at one point were just random letters.

[@sinejensen4472]

It says in book 6 that "Little Amy Benson and Dennis Bishop were never quite right again" (or something along those lines) though the matron at the orphanage couldn't say what he had done to them. It always seemed to me that he did something to them more than "just" taking them with him. I had never thought of them as adults being some of the infiri, though I like the idea (woah that sounds wrong). Is it a known fact that the infiri is murdered muggles?

[@bea9571]

I always gotta watch the episodes on youtube... seeing you talking and your reactions is inseparable from the actual podcast :)

[@samhollier6929]

Had he not been literally nearly headless, I would never have guessed that was supposed to be Sir Nicholas for the chapter art.

[@Hello-CE0]

That's who it is? Man, I thought it was Justin the whole time 😅

[@parthpatel-vs3iu]

48:43 imagine harry starts dancing and snape summons dj equipment and starts dropping beats

[@fionarodgers4806]

I almost died laughing.

[@Me-wk3ix]

I always thought Tom Riddle was using the torture curse in the cave.

[@kimgrod]

Oh, yes, I presume Hagrid received permission from Dumbleydore, to perform magic as needed. These stories are from Harry's perspective. Doubt they would include any/all of Haggard's requests.

[@Anduril729]

Great chapter, this was one of your best episodes yet! Love the dynamic and format of analysis, jokes & your theories Harry and Malfoy finally getting the chance to go at eachother and it being a tickle fight / dance battle is hilarious, and the idea of Harry using Parseltongue a lot more and to his advantage through the series is never going to leave my head now, some cool potential there

[@Silver_Girl178]

I genuinely believe Dumbledore may be a seer or simply astute in astrology. He may not be able to predict events with certainty, but he can make an informed guess about the most probable outcomes and ensure Snape is positioned accordingly.

[@hollyragsdale5137]

I laughed so much! Loved the Draco/Harry tickle fight dynamics.

[@Molnek]

Dumbledore's office is close to Gryffindor tower. That's how Hermione got the books about how to make a Horcrux, she summoned them to her from her dormitory. So hey! Slytherin put things in a girl's bathroom, Gryffindor's office has a view of the girl's dorm, and everybody has a telescope!

[@chester6514]

I could imagine a few Slytherins with pet snakes. Seems pretty fitting for them to keep snakes and try to learn parseltongue. The slytherins were probably jealous when they heard Harry speaking parseltongue at the dueling club wishing they could do it too. It’s definitely more than just ‘learning the language’, like Ben and J said it’s an innate ability to control and understand snakes.

[@andreykarbinovskiy430]

Tom tells Dumbledore himself that he can speak to snakes.

[@20Korna07]

What if ginny tried to confess to percy but he didn't believe her. One year later when sirius is standing over ron with a knife, percy said to mcgonnagal that ron had a "nightmare". Percy just doesn't believe his younger siblings, when crazy stuff happens

[@GAZILLION4YT]

Hey brothers! I have been watching your series since it first premiered and I love your commentary when you sidetrack. Quick question... Why does Harry not show his memory of his encounter with Voldimort when he encounters him in the graveyard to prove he is telling the truth to fudge.

[@lucypreece7581]

One word my friend TRAUMA!!!!!! He just saw Cedric die right in front of him and confronted the wizard that tried to murder him as a baby and also killed his parents. I think you can be forgiven for not wanting to see that again.

[@MelissaDiemer-q8l]

Also, I'm not sure fudge would still believe it. I mean, after that, the memory gets pulled from Harry and put in the pensive fudge. He would probably say Harry, Dumbledore, or somebody tampered with it.

[@thorthewolf8801]

I would be careful to attribute everything happening because of his "big plan". Snape might as well have just tried to make Harry intimidated in front of a large audience with a dangerous snake.

[@ConnorFromTheFuture]

I wish they would have gotten in to how funny it is when Ernie Macmillan tries to bully Harry and how he appears behind the shelf to scare them

[@Krissynic86]

Oh. My. God. Polyjuice potion is basically sourdough starter.

[@whynot1716]

HEY BROTHERS, very good chapter review, though I'm very curious about Rons wand. It seems weird that Charlie would simple GIVE Ron his wand just cuz it wasnt a dragon core as you theoize. would it not make more sence if the wand was handed down to Charlie as well by Molly? it would be fitting if Rons wand was actually Fabian or Gideon Prewetts wand, that would explain why Ron was hesitant to tell his mom about it.

[@peterpeterpumpkineater9451]

Living in Colorado, it makes a lot of sense. But it’s not a sense of heat, but refers to the intensity, how bright it is. As for Quidditch and House points I always thought the difference of score, in the game, was added to the Cup points. As an example, 180-160, the winning team received 20 points towards the House Cup.

[@SGT_VES]

“Shockingly few one-on-one conversations.” What if Harry trusted Dumbledore, came to speak with him about all concerning investigations?

[@kiminimuchu__]

I don't get Ben's argument with the Quidditch points. It's extremely obvious that sentence means winning the game awarded the house 50 points and that's how the system works. The reason Percy tells Harry he won Gryffindor 50 points is because Harry caught the snitch, they often say that Harry won them the match because he's the seeker and getting them those 150 points.

[@KyoshoLP]

Been a bit since I last read it, but wasn't Justin attacked specifically BECAUSE of what happened at the dueling club? Ginny told Tom, and Tom was like, "Ooh, awesome, okay. I mean, uh, wow, Ginny that's weird." Heck, he might've even intentionally used Nick to make sure Justin wasn't killed, but petrified like the others? All Ginny-mort would've needed to do was ask Nick for a favor, to follow her. Then wait for Justin to come out of the library and call the basilisk.

[@Martyn_Wolf]

I remember reading that JK had originally designed a vampire teacher for the story and then scrapped him. My theory is that JK morphed this vampire teacher into Severus Snape.

[@laser8389]

41:00 It's a difference of 4 years of growing up (I know I as a 12YO vs 16YO would have reacted very differently to a stern look from a teacher) but even more so it's a difference of watching Snape kill Dumbledore. Lockhart is cocky and unaware in CoS, Harry is pissed in HBP.

[@TheRealCardoso]

Malloy did say serpentsortia in the movies 😅

[@davidjuson5608]

Enjoyable, as ever. Think you're overthinking the Dumbledore talking Snape into exposing Harry as a parcelmouth though. Keep up the great work and presentations.

[@thebookbunnypodcast818]

Me: "He looks like a pirate. J: He looks like a pirate. Me: 😮

[@katelynndanchuk5444]

I apparently never noticed or looked at the chapter art too hard. I always just assumed it was Lockhart being thrown back by expelliarmus during the duel. I Never saw that he had a sword or that his head was mostly off. My mind is blown. 😅

[@poxidog]

My interpretation is in this book percys started showing signs of power madness and thinks he can give or take 50 points

[@CarlosAlexDanger]

Ben says "Longbottoms wand causes devastation at the simplest spell" should be applied to Ron's wand instead. That's what happens in the movies 😂

[@kartavianmacrath7219]

Now I got a visual of Malfoy doing the same dance moves as Star Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy during their dance off... I cannot unsee this... great series, guys, cannot wait to see it live!

[@justinbaskin510]

Hey guys love your show I'm listening from south Africa. Have you heard the theory that says that in the cave was all the dead bodies (niferi) and that's what terrified the boys in the orphanage.

[@nathanspencer6140]

Theory: The Three Broomsticks are a play on words for drinks. There are 3 positions in quidditch called chasers. A chaser is a drink of a different kind taken immediately after a stronger or weaker one. So the Three Broomsticks is meant to be the 3 Chasers or 3 drinks.

[@ulrikruby]

49:19 I believe it’s also the spell Ron goes to use in the ministry, to stop the rain in a person’s office.

[@geraldgrenier8132]

You are aware we don't know when the City of London was founded right? When you go to look it up it listed "In time immemorial" which basically means we only know it founded before we have written records of it.

[@elliotclough6702]

I would ask how stupid is Hermione because if she found out it was a basilisk why not find a spell that could summon a rooster

[@tbrennan100]

"Super easy, barely an invonvenience" OH MY GOD HE SAID THE THING

[@donaldhanning1359]

I REALLY want these guys to do a series on their Idea for a Founders series. I understand they PROBABLY don't want too much of their Idea out there so Warner Bros can't gank their plans & make money off it, BUT I'm SO fascinated by their Idea for a Founders series and their excitement makes me excited for it

[@CHAREDot9]

This sort of thing with the lockheart misquote happens so much I can think of Darth Vader - Luke I am your father Gandalf - You Shall Not Pass! (you cannot pass! In the book)

[@HakDrares]

5:49 The winter sun is so oppressive. It makes you sweat in your heavy coat. But you can’t take it off or you’ll freeze. “Blazing winter sun” is very accurate.