I always thought the reason why Sirius Black laughed at the scene was because he realized that Peter was a true rat. That he ratted out his friends and ran out as a rat. And realized that he made the mistake by trusting a guy that could turn into a rat.
Yeah, I always thought it was hysterical laughter. Like, all his emotions catching up with him at once as his drive for revenge fails and everything hits him: his best friend (and his best friend's wife) is dead, Peter escaped, and he (Sirius) is about to be blamed for it thus leaving their final friend (Lupin) all alone in the world.
I read the books for the first time not so long ago (after being a huge fan of the movies for a long time) and I found that laughing rly wierd and wondered if it will ever get explained. Then in the same book the students learn about the tickling / laughing jinx ‘Rictumsempra’ and I was 100% sure that it will be later revealed that this is what happened to Sirius... and it never did.
I think the reason Stan didn't meet Harry at school is because Stan probably left after his 5th year. Fred and George also never finished the full 7 years. I think once you've got your O.W.L.S. you can bail.
Hannah Abbott, Zacharias Smith and the Patil twins also drop out during Half-Blood Prince, although Hannah left because her mother died and the others left because of Dumbledore's death.
@@coolnerdlll6053 I think that I spend nearly as much time as the Brothers do with these books. I have answers for most things. And if not can give a logical theory.
I was under the impression that Barty Crouch Sr. played up Serious Black as Voldemort's right hand man to give himself more glory for putting Black in Azkiban, in order to bolster his chances at becoming Minister for Magic.
Gud theory but it just seems so out of character for Barty crouch Sr. To bolster and pretend when he ACTUALY put many of voldemorts real closest death eaters in Azkaban. My point is that he doesn't need to pretend anything bec he was already so successful.
In the same book we learn about the tickling / laughing jinx ‘Rictumsempra’ - so I’ve always wondered if Peter cast it pre turning into a rat to make look Sirius look deranged 38:17
Harry staying at the Leaky Cauldron for 3 weeks is one of my favorite “uneventful” section of the whole story. I’d love to spend 3 carefree weeks exploring diagon alley!
What 13-yr-old wouldn't love 3 weeks of mostly independent living without even having to worry about where you'll sleep and get food? As an adult I love that whole chapter because I do think that at that age, I would have been like Harry: I would have avoided doing anything wrong and enjoyed the time of independence. I would feel like I wanted to prove to myself that I could do it. I'd know that I did have adults around if something happened and I did need adult help, but I'd be really wanting to avoid needing their help for anything beyond the room and board that I'm already getting anyways. It would be like a safe test - a step toward full independence. Note, by the way, that Harry doesn't just have fun. He does his homework, gets some money out from Gringot's and gets his school supplies. That might seem trivial to an adult, but to a kid?
Of course it raised alarms. That's why Fudge knew they'd lost track of Harry and was worried about his safety. Harry left basically immediately, before they could mobilize, and then got onto the Knight Bus and was in the wind.
Harry calling the Night Bus is the same way how the bus stops in the UK. In the UK a bus only stops for 2 reasons : 1. Somebody inside press the stop button or 2. Somebody in the bus station holds out their hand for it to stop
It's the opposite in America. I waved to a bus driver once to let them know I wanted on, and they took it to mean I didn't need the bus and didn't stop...
I loved all of the clapping at the end. It says something about your audience that they were perfectly silent, paying attention to your request, until it was time to give you a raucous applause. It’s also just nice to see you both getting love in real time. Cool stuff.
@@sanjidatasnim7249I knew he hadn’t figured out where he recognized him but I thought he says something like that once he finds out black is his godfather
@@sanjidatasnim7249 The point is he thinks he recognizes Sirius from somewhere when he sees im on the newspaper but doesn't know where from. So it's totally possible that he saw him on a photograph. although maybe Hagrid would've cut Sirius out of the pictures
I laughed so hard at the Stan Shunpike bits that I can appreciate Harry standing up for Stan in book six or not wanting to stun him in Deathly Hallows.
34:10 One reason Dumbledore might be against it is that although alerted muggles might report Black and stay clear of him, it will likely lead to muggle law enforcement trying to take him down, which might not end well given he's famous for publicly killing muggles. So Dumbledore's probably thinking that Black is probably more concerned with avoiding the ministry, killing harry, and maybe helping voldy are higher priorities for black than outing himself by attacking muggles, and that extra detection isn't worth putting more muggle lives at risk.
Grinding the platinum out in Resident Evil 7 right now, so I clicked immediately. I need the brothers' positivity this morning. This game really takes it out of you.
damn good luck i know thats a nightmare of a trophy, currently getting the platinum on both lego harry potter games and ripping my hair out in the process
@@edneighbour9120 I hear you, it's so frustrating when a fun, simple LEGO game is giving you grief. I still haven't gotten the _LEGO The Incredibles_ platinum because of one trophy that requires you to perfectly button-mash nine times in a random combination.
@@edneighbour9120 Ooh, I can imagine those platinums are difficult. They're so long too. I've been playing those off and on with my son. This is my 3rd Resident Evil platinum in a row, and it's taking a toll on me mentally. Maybe I should just play a different game lol. Resident Evil scratches that inventory management/survival horror/B movie campiness just perfectly though!
I always read Sirius' laughter as a result of Rictumsempra, the tickling spell. When he tells Harry the story of what really happened at the end of the book, Sirius says that Peter beat him in their duel. Filling the lines, Peter used Rictumsempra, blew up the street, and disappeared as a rat, so Sirius was left there with the dead bodies, laughing uncontrollably, as the spell does
Hearing J say they were doing west-coast tours made me so excited, bcuz I would've loved to meet, and or, just go to one of their shows but the closest one is over 500 miles away😭
I live a couple of miles from the place that built the Knight Bus for Universal - one day I was having lunch at a restaurant and saw the purple bus - in pieces - on a flatbed truck, heading to Orlando for the opening of Diagonal Alley. Still a great memory. 💜
Right? He’s a character actor. That’s the whole idea behind the job. Look at Disneyland/WDW’s character actors. They put in a lot of effort playing their characters. Aladdin tried to steal my autograph book once for example XD
I think the reason that the Marge incident isn’t treated as a big deal , is that he doesn’t know the specific magic to do that. Where he did know both the Levitation Charm (Dobby) and the Patronus (Dementors).
Yeah, a couple of people have said it, but I agree: I'd always assumed the laughter was Sirius realizing that Peter LIED, that he was a rat, and talented, and that he betrayed the Potters, and himself, and now he has no way out of the situation, and he's going to Azkaban for what Peter has done. So, a bit of a break, certainly, but I think it's the realizations.
I understand that the live shows are “a total blast” for everyone present. Unfortunately they feel kind of underwhelming as podcasts episodes. I’m not looking forward to them nearly as much as I do with the regular episodes.
Meh. Not hearing many/anyone at live streams asking Qs like we do otherwise .. disappointing ... makes me ASSume Qs to SCB views aren't permitted during Lives?
is it ever said how Sirius knows where the Dursleys live as he's been in prison the whole time that Harry has lived there and wouldn't know their address. also unlike America UK streets, house numbers are restarted for every new road, for example my road there is only 18 houses ( 9 houses each side) the next road over only has 6 houses 3 either side. So Privet Drive is one road with X amount of houses, then Magnolia road is connected to magnolia crescent (which would be an off shoot road) and on Magnolia Crescent there is an alley that connects to Wisteria Walk. So I hope that helps.
My best thought is that Hagrid told him the address when he took Harry and the bike. I don't know why he would, but we all know how good Hagrid is at keeping secrets. Sirius just got lucky that the Dursleys never moved in those twelve years.
The movie version of this scene gets a lot of hate (which I understand despite being indifferent to it), but it did add one thing that I think is absolutely hilarious: Marge floating over a house in the distance when Harry is first leaving Privet Drive. You can even hear her yelling in the background.
I always figured Harry claiming there was something familiar about Black's eyes was he has seen them before in the photos Hagrid gave him 1st years- also random thought ... Hagrid claimed the photos came from those who knew his parents is it possible Bathilda Bagshot had some of those old things- being they were both from the same village?
Sirius Black's animagus dog breed is never specified but there are various theories among the fans. My personal opinion is that Padfoot is a Newfoundland dog. Irish Wolfhounds may be big but have you ever seen a Newfoundland dog? They are HUGE! And like you've said, "when in doubt, go by the books, not the movies." Remember, Padfoot was strong enough to drag a fourteen-year-old Ron Weasley like a ragdoll and could stand on his hind legs and easily put them on a fifteen-year-old Harry's shoulders. This dog is huge and could considered "bear-like" and they are very good swimmer and let's not forget, a malnourished and skeleton-like Sirius Black who even as Padfoot was so thin that he could slip through the Azkaban bars could swim back to the mainland from Azkaban which is said to be on a remote island in the middle of the North Sea. Also, Sirius's manner as a dog can match up to the temperament of a Newfoundland dog (more so in the Marauders days when he was less broken): sweet-tempered, gentle, and trainable. Newfoundland dogs' personalities are described as docile, watchful, trustworthy, and tolerant of children. They are also very protective and know to put themselves between their family and a stranger; they're more likely to watch and protect than to bark and they're also known to be an intelligent breed and all of this could match up to Sirius' personality.
I'm pretty sure he sees Peter scurry off in rat form. I think his laughter is because he probably had so many different emotions with just losing James and Lily and then realizing Peter did it that he could only laugh at the absurdity of everything and was slightly losing his mind
They don't know the British system counts the houses in each road separately because (I think) the American system counts houses per neighbourhood and the adjacent numbers can be on different roads. They think Harry is walking through roads with barely any houses on them because he only gone from number 4 to 2, without realising he's passed a load of houses and the number has reset each time he turns a corner.
With Hogwarts starting the same day every year (Sept 1) and it is always a Sunday doesn’t work in several continuity ways even in text. If July 31 is a Tuesday in PS (per Dudley’s TV knowledge) then Sept 1 would be a Saturday but classes still start the next day on Monday. The in GoF, the night before they go to the train is called Sunday. Then they go on the train (so in my mind Monday). Then the day after the train is also Monday).
is it posable to get a non live video tho the way it sound is not the same or even close to how you started and i personly find it much harder to lissen to with all the new sound im hearing sorry love the way you read the book and talk about it
Could Fudge have been the one that sent the knight bus to pick up Harry? The moment they had a ping of underage magic (the flashlight) it appears and maybe he told them to wait until they had gotten all of the other passengers off before figuring out where he was going in case someone was on there that couldn’t be trusted and then that’s why fudge knew where to find him?
I think Sirius was laughing at the irony of the situation. Sirius told James he would be safer with Peter as secret keeper and James is dead and Sirius knows he is now going to Azkaban for not only killing James and Lily but also the 12 muggles he just watched him kill. Meanwhile having been one who helped him learn to become an animagus the skill that allowed Peter to make a clean break. Plus the fact that like most groups of popular kid's that allow the mousy shy kid to hang around because he's doing no harm then eventually he became part of them against all the odds. I mean there is a certain irony in it being that kid who caused all the trouble that you are about to pay for.
It maybe a lot of work but couldn't he just look it up in a phone book? We are still in the 90s here when everyone had still landline. Or maybe he ones saw Lily writing a letter to Petunia.
I have a couple of questions for you: how was Sirius Black able to transform into a dog in Azkaban without (presumably) a wand? Where did he get a wand after he fled?
We know there's a laughing spell, Harry hits Ron in a practice and Ron has to be left alone in a room until it passes. Maybe that's why Sirius was laughing, Peter set it all up.
If you just teleport everywhere you aren’t making the extra money on the comfier beds and toothbrushes! When I was a student I had a job on the ferries which run between England and France. They can cross in under an hour, but they draw it out so passengers go shopping and eat onboard.
I definitely remember as a kid thinking to myself who was Sirius dueling when he killed all those people at the start of the book but had completely forgot about that by the end of the book twist reveal lol.
I think the original idea was supposed to be that no one wanted to say the word: dementor, for fear of summoning one that would attach directly to the person who said it. But JKR dropped the idea because she already had the whole "he who must not be named" thing going on with Voldemort.
In Britain house numbers are done by street not by neighbourhood so he’s probably by number 2 magnolia crescent, which is streets away from number 2 (or 4) privet drive
Speaking of the Trace, did Tom Riddle set it off when killing his father & grandparents? If so, did the Aurors not make the connection between Victim Thomas Riddle and Hogwarts student Tom Riddle (for whom the trace would have been active)? Unrelated - if the Knight Bus can transcend space & time - is it possible that Young Minerva McGonagall took it to her job interview at Hogwarts and arrived 20 years too early? That might help to explain her appearance in Fantastic Beasts.
Tom didn't set it of because in this area lived his uncle Morphin who is an adult wizard and he used his wand. He even altered his memory to frame him for the murder. Harry and Dumbledore are talking about that massive loophole because Harry is very angry about it.
Hi son, dad here. I'll totally come back. Store ran out of milk, so I'm trying to find a store that does. Might also go grab a pack of smokes. So it might be a while. Just keep patiently waiting.
Random question- Can a boggart copy a fear the person has never actually experienced? I have a head cannon that albus potter's boggart is (at some point at least) a dementor because he knows his dad is scared of dementors. But if albus has never seen a dementor himself, could a boggart still replicate a dementor?
They become whatever it is you imagine your fear to be, so in your example it would look like what Albus imagines a Dementor to look like. Remember the visual representation is more of a concept of the fear rather than the thing itself.
Yea I wonder how they deal with obscure fears too. Like my biggest fear is falling and not being able to get back up… how would a boggart represent that? Would it look like me?
Harry Potter's biggest fear is not a dementor. Do you not remember? The boggart becoming a dementor signals that what Harry Potter fears most is fear itself. "Very Wise" according to Lupin.
@@josephpayton7522 I mean, that was Lupins interpretation. What Harry said was he did think of Voldemort but then he thought of the dementor and how it made him feel. And Lupin said well… your quote. So Harry had an image ready as a representation of his fear
@forestgrump4723 you are correct, Lupin's dialogue is the expositional tool that Rowling uses to tell us that Harry Potter is wise for fearing fear above all else. That doesn't change anything. It's still a fact in the story.
The shrunken head in the movie was a discordant note, even tho' it was Lenny Henry providing the voice (cf. "Chef!" specifically the speech about salt).
Something I've always wondered about is why Harry running away from Privet Drive here doesn't break the protection he has while living there, because one of the conditions is that it stops working if he stops seeing the Dursleys' house as a home - you could get a full what-if video out of that. (Hint, hint.)
Yesss sameee! In fact, I feel like ever since he started at Hogwarts, he kinda stopped seeing the Dursleys' place as home. That might be an interesting what if haha - more weasley time, and maybe Moody and Hedwig wouldn't have to die because the battle of seven potters won't have to happen
Maybe he has to make the rational decission that the Dursley's's house is ot his home anymore but in this chapter he is more acting in the heat of the moment. Also right running out side there is aready this short moment where he is unsure what to do now and starts worring about consequences. It may also be that the decission needs to come from the Drusleys as well
I believe the wording is “he can call it home” so I think it’s more about if he is welcome to return. And while the dursleys are cruel as all get out they still always allow Harry to return.
My perspective of the toothbrush offering is that the knight bus is for the stranded, so maybe it’s available for those who have nothing with them. Obviously, Harry has his trunk with all personal items, but maybe enough people needing a ride are without the necessities.
Wouldn't it be funny if the Dementors were under some sort of modified Fidelius charm that any time someone said Dementor, everyone else would hear "Azkanban guards" until they actually met them? (After that, they would hear "dementor".)
@@romansilva00one more live show next Sunday then it’ll be back to normal until near the end of this book when they do their second leg of live shows. I get it, the studio recordings are more professional though I also would love to see them live, these podcasts are gonna be going on far a LONG time so makes sense they’re thinking of ways to keep it fresh and exciting for them and us.
Loving this through the Griffin tour (a bit backlogged) One question though, could anyone please explain the 'How I Met Your Mother joke' around 20:25 mark? I have watched, nay, relished the show no less than seven times, but I didn't get the context here. Episode number would be great, but if not, even some general context is cool too.
I figure the "jumping out of the way" is a description of someone who witnessed the travel from inside the bus and doesn't understand what they are witnessing. In the movie you see it stretching from outside (though they do squish inside for comedic effect). Both view points are correct if the bus travels by warping space. In effect it would squish space in front, cross it, then expand to the rear of the bus.
I know I have a long wait ahead of me but I just finished listening to the series again and I can't wait for you guys to get to Deathly Hallows. In DH chapter 23 there's an otherwise throwaway line that kills your teasing about why does Voldemort fly when he can apparate?
By the time the third book came out I feel like Harry Potter fever was really starting to get serious, so there were definitely people out there who reread the first two books before the new one came out to refresh the story in their mind. Those people might be able to remember that Sirius was mentioned in the first chapter of book one Edit: I agree with you guys about why Sirius was laughing at the murder scene. It was partially from the stress of the situation making him insane, but also just a touch of "that's funny old friend. You really pulled a good pranking killing out friends, and blaming me for it. HaHa you son of a b*tch"
Y’all are 100% right about Stan knowing it’s harry. That’s why he makes him go last lol “Alright bruv, you wanna be incognito BET! But you finna finish my shift”
Hey brothers, im loving this series, the live shows are awesome! I do however feel like the live episodes should be 2 chapters back to back, as it just feels a little short doing 1 chapter for a full crowd. I'm definitely not just writing this comment to do anything I can to get more content ;) LOL. Have a good day folks 🤞
1) Stan's years: A few possibilities, first that I think is most likely is that Stan is actually in his early twenties, but actually look younger so Harry has an impression that Stan is just barely older than Harry. Second Stan bailed out to work his dream job at conducting for Knight Bus so he failed to attend school at the same time as Harry. And third one which I think is least likely is that he didn't attend Hogwarts. 2) Sirius laughing: I always thought there are several factors, one, he did lose his mind at the moment, sort of a mental breakdown if you will. Two, he just witnessed Peter preform an explosion that killed 12 muggles and himself, I assumed he laughed at irony of Peter accidentaly killing himself. 3) Sirius being one of the most infamous inmates: Maybe general public didn't know about Sirius being Harry's Godfather, but they probably know he was a 'traitor' and I guess the way he seemingly killed all those muggles factored in. If Peter preformed an exploding curse I would assume there were body parts and inner organs all over the street, so it looked particulary vicious and evil.
You keep bringing up the incident with Dobby levitating the pudding, but I haven’t seen anyone bring up the possibility that Dobby did some elf magic shenanigans to specifically raise red flags on Harry. It’s possible that the tracker for underage magic isn’t as sensitive as we think, it’s just that Dobby deliberately set it off the first time and Fudge was looking for any excuse to expel/discredit Harry when it came to the dementors in book 5.
The Trace, the Trace! The charm that detects magical activity around under-seventeens, the way the Ministry finds out about under-age magic! If you, or anyone around you, casts a spell to get you out of here, Thicknesse is going to know about it, and so will the Death Eaters. Moody
Hey brothers! I'm loving listening to these! I always listen to them at work the day after they drop. I had a random thought to share with you that I couldn't a few days ago and just remembered to now. So... Was Dumbledore BLACKMAILING Petunia into keeping Harry? As in, if she doesn't keep him there perhaps he'll spill the beans on her jealousy, that she herself wrote to him begging for a spot at Hogwarts? Was the howler in Order of the Phoenix a reminder of that? She changed her tune and put her foot down about Harry staying pretty quickly. (And Vernon honored his wife's wishes which, as much of a jerk as he is, at least he loves and respects his wife). I can't see D'dore sinking to blackmail like that, but it was a fun thought to have anyway. What do you guys think? Anyway once again I'm loving these and look forward to them every week.
Interesting... My copy of Prisoner has Harry giving Stan silver but Fudge saying Harry has only two weeks of his holidays left. My copy is a first edition from 1999 by Bloomsbury with the original cover art but it was printed in Canada (where I'm from). It's the same copy my family purchased when I was a kid when it was first released in our area. I alway believed Canada got the same copies as the UK because we always had Philosopher copies unlike the Sorcerer copies in the US. Maybe it's because we're part of the commonwealth. It's interesting that they make these little adjustments with different prints and editions. I wonder why they felt some of those things needed to be different from the original.
I'm curious, when Harry runs away from the Dursleys after blowing up Aunt Marge he believes he won't return and has nowhere to go. What if this broke the Bond of Blood charm? Since he can no longer call Number 4 Privet Drive his home, would he stay with Sirius or the Weasleys? Is Voldemort just able to get him? Idk but what are our thoughts and opinions?
Okay they brought it up in the last video too. Regarding the lack of dementors in places like Diagon Alley and hogsmeade, I've always considered this to be intentional. Hogwarts legacy showcases this pretty well, but irrc many of the long-standing historical sites that are still major wizarding villages have a tentative relationship with the ministry, because many of them were sites of major contentions or resistances in the days when the villages were more influential. Although these villages are part of the greater body of wizarding world, they are still semi-independent as well and simply annexed into the protection of the ministry. Therefore the ministry has multiple reasons for there not to be dementors walking around in broad daylight especially in places like hogsmeade, where public image is a factor. if they overstep themselves too far it can lead to a revolt. Even then, I believe that the dementors did patrol hogsmeade during night time after curfew, as a sort of heightened night watch. It's much easier to plant ministry officials instead, in hopes to flush out any would be assailants. this could in fact be part of the reason the minister himself was in the village at the time.
Fantastic episode! Now, for a what if! What if Sirius went with Hagrid to see Dumbeldore the night they left Harry at Privet Drive? Like, Hagrid refuses to just give Harry to him, but does tell him that he's going to see Dumbledore, what if Sirius decided to go with?
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I always thought the reason why Sirius Black laughed at the scene was because he realized that Peter was a true rat. That he ratted out his friends and ran out as a rat. And realized that he made the mistake by trusting a guy that could turn into a rat.
Also laughing at his own extreme misfortune, he’s kinda a loose wire like that and just seeing the absurd in a bad situation.
yeah it's like, the realization that not even Dumbledore will be able to validate his story bc of his own decision to keep albus out of the loop
I laughed at the thought of being paralyzed while I was still in my wrecked car. Sometimes you are in shock and laughter is your outlet.
Yeah, I always thought it was hysterical laughter. Like, all his emotions catching up with him at once as his drive for revenge fails and everything hits him: his best friend (and his best friend's wife) is dead, Peter escaped, and he (Sirius) is about to be blamed for it thus leaving their final friend (Lupin) all alone in the world.
I read the books for the first time not so long ago (after being a huge fan of the movies for a long time) and I found that laughing rly wierd and wondered if it will ever get explained. Then in the same book the students learn about the tickling / laughing jinx ‘Rictumsempra’ and I was 100% sure that it will be later revealed that this is what happened to Sirius... and it never did.
Pretty sure Harry’s fear of expulsion goes away in goblet of fire when it’s replaced by the far more realistic fear of death 😂
Lockhart forced Harry to act out scenes from his books during class lmao
And they were literally required books for his class. That part bothered me, like of course he read them, he had to.
44:45 "I know three wizards now. Tom, Albus, and Tom!" 😂🤣
Imagine if during the battle of the 7 potters stan Shunpike yells out "There are so many Nevilles!"
I think the reason Stan didn't meet Harry at school is because Stan probably left after his 5th year. Fred and George also never finished the full 7 years. I think once you've got your O.W.L.S. you can bail.
Hannah Abbott, Zacharias Smith and the Patil twins also drop out during Half-Blood Prince, although Hannah left because her mother died and the others left because of Dumbledore's death.
@@coolnerdlll6053Smith is back in Deathly Hallows. I always took that to mean they just don’t go to the funeral.
@@hufflepom Okay, fair.
@@coolnerdlll6053 I think that I spend nearly as much time as the Brothers do with these books. I have answers for most things. And if not can give a logical theory.
Bingo
I was under the impression that Barty Crouch Sr. played up Serious Black as Voldemort's right hand man to give himself more glory for putting Black in Azkiban, in order to bolster his chances at becoming Minister for Magic.
Gud theory but it just seems so out of character for Barty crouch Sr. To bolster and pretend when he ACTUALY put many of voldemorts real closest death eaters in Azkaban. My point is that he doesn't need to pretend anything bec he was already so successful.
@@mrphantom877 He couldn't get credit for putting Voldemort away, so I think he publicly stressed the importance of everyone he did put away.
OOoooOo, nice catch!
That seems more like a Fudge move tbh
I just realized that barty crouches predecessor (or was it successor?) was slarti bartfast
In the same book we learn about the tickling / laughing jinx ‘Rictumsempra’ - so I’ve always wondered if Peter cast it pre turning into a rat to make look Sirius look deranged 38:17
Lol I'd never considered that. It's such a cute thought
Love this
Headcanon accepted.
Harry staying at the Leaky Cauldron for 3 weeks is one of my favorite “uneventful” section of the whole story.
I’d love to spend 3 carefree weeks exploring diagon alley!
Me too, especially when you go to Universal Orlando and see it there. I wish they had the Leaky Cauldron there act as an actual inn you could stay in.
Plus the free ice cream every half hour.....
@@wrdreads4742 Chocolate, with raspberry. Sounds delicious!
(Though I'm partial to vanilla and chocolate tastes weird don't @me)
What 13-yr-old wouldn't love 3 weeks of mostly independent living without even having to worry about where you'll sleep and get food? As an adult I love that whole chapter because I do think that at that age, I would have been like Harry: I would have avoided doing anything wrong and enjoyed the time of independence. I would feel like I wanted to prove to myself that I could do it. I'd know that I did have adults around if something happened and I did need adult help, but I'd be really wanting to avoid needing their help for anything beyond the room and board that I'm already getting anyways. It would be like a safe test - a step toward full independence. Note, by the way, that Harry doesn't just have fun. He does his homework, gets some money out from Gringot's and gets his school supplies. That might seem trivial to an adult, but to a kid?
@@tylarjackson7928 I thought EXACTLY that when I was at Universal.
its crazy how with sirius on the loose, magic happening at the dursley's raised 0 alarms
I think accidental magic is not registered in the same way as intentional spellcasting.
Of course it raised alarms. That's why Fudge knew they'd lost track of Harry and was worried about his safety. Harry left basically immediately, before they could mobilize, and then got onto the Knight Bus and was in the wind.
Things like Harry paying Stan with gold instead of silver are known as “points” in identifying first editions.
People have been seen to laugh out of extreme grief. I believe this is why Sirius was laughing.
Also of desperation.
Laughing is often a coping mechanism
Sometimes called "the gallows laugh".
@@PhilBagels so that's what it's called 😯
AbSoFuckingly!!!!
Happy Fact: this year September 1 is actually a Sunday. That means it makes sense for classes to start on a Monday!
Harry calling the Night Bus is the same way how the bus stops in the UK.
In the UK a bus only stops for 2 reasons : 1. Somebody inside press the stop button or 2. Somebody in the bus station holds out their hand for it to stop
It's the opposite in America. I waved to a bus driver once to let them know I wanted on, and they took it to mean I didn't need the bus and didn't stop...
I loved all of the clapping at the end. It says something about your audience that they were perfectly silent, paying attention to your request, until it was time to give you a raucous applause. It’s also just nice to see you both getting love in real time. Cool stuff.
No one laughed at the sentence " No one took Sirius too Siriusly." Disappointment here...
I thought he recognized Sirius on the newspaper because he has the photo album of his parents and black is in it
Nah he hasn’t figured it out. He realizes after knowing he was their frnd.
@@sanjidatasnim7249I knew he hadn’t figured out where he recognized him but I thought he says something like that once he finds out black is his godfather
yeah, I think he takes out the Album after he learns that and remarks, that the young man in the photo looks so different.
@@sanjidatasnim7249 The point is he thinks he recognizes Sirius from somewhere when he sees im on the newspaper but doesn't know where from. So it's totally possible that he saw him on a photograph. although maybe Hagrid would've cut Sirius out of the pictures
@@lauramarschmallow2922 that’s what I’m remembering! Black looked younger and more “full of life”
I laughed so hard at the Stan Shunpike bits that I can appreciate Harry standing up for Stan in book six or not wanting to stun him in Deathly Hallows.
38:10 Sirius definitely laughing at the absurdity of Peter "Wormtail" Pettigrew pulling that deception.
34:10 One reason Dumbledore might be against it is that although alerted muggles might report Black and stay clear of him, it will likely lead to muggle law enforcement trying to take him down, which might not end well given he's famous for publicly killing muggles. So Dumbledore's probably thinking that Black is probably more concerned with avoiding the ministry, killing harry, and maybe helping voldy are higher priorities for black than outing himself by attacking muggles, and that extra detection isn't worth putting more muggle lives at risk.
Grinding the platinum out in Resident Evil 7 right now, so I clicked immediately. I need the brothers' positivity this morning. This game really takes it out of you.
damn good luck i know thats a nightmare of a trophy, currently getting the platinum on both lego harry potter games and ripping my hair out in the process
@@edneighbour9120 I hear you, it's so frustrating when a fun, simple LEGO game is giving you grief.
I still haven't gotten the _LEGO The Incredibles_ platinum because of one trophy that requires you to perfectly button-mash nine times in a random combination.
@@edneighbour9120 at least its not lego lord of the rings.... now that ones a grind
@@edneighbour9120 Ooh, I can imagine those platinums are difficult. They're so long too. I've been playing those off and on with my son.
This is my 3rd Resident Evil platinum in a row, and it's taking a toll on me mentally. Maybe I should just play a different game lol. Resident Evil scratches that inventory management/survival horror/B movie campiness just perfectly though!
Amazing absolutely amazing. You guys really show the brilliance of Harry Potter and always highlight the best lessons within it.
I always read Sirius' laughter as a result of Rictumsempra, the tickling spell. When he tells Harry the story of what really happened at the end of the book, Sirius says that Peter beat him in their duel. Filling the lines, Peter used Rictumsempra, blew up the street, and disappeared as a rat, so Sirius was left there with the dead bodies, laughing uncontrollably, as the spell does
Hearing J say they were doing west-coast tours made me so excited, bcuz I would've loved to meet, and or, just go to one of their shows but the closest one is over 500 miles away😭
I live a couple of miles from the place that built the Knight Bus for Universal - one day I was having lunch at a restaurant and saw the purple bus - in pieces - on a flatbed truck, heading to Orlando for the opening of Diagonal Alley. Still a great memory.
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"You guys are wizards, but you also have a *large* safety pin" 😆
how is universal stan shunpike not gonna understand the "Cha fell over for?" reference
Right? He’s a character actor. That’s the whole idea behind the job.
Look at Disneyland/WDW’s character actors. They put in a lot of effort playing their characters.
Aladdin tried to steal my autograph book once for example XD
Not every cast member has to be a fan, they’re given details about what they’re expected to do and that’s as far as it goes.
@@Boundwithflame23Did he stay one step ahead of you once he’d got it? Lol
@@forestgrump4723 Nah. Jasmine told him off lmao
@@Boundwithflame23 lol that’s awesome.
I think the reason that the Marge incident isn’t treated as a big deal , is that he doesn’t know the specific magic to do that. Where he did know both the Levitation Charm (Dobby) and the Patronus (Dementors).
Yeah, a couple of people have said it, but I agree: I'd always assumed the laughter was Sirius realizing that Peter LIED, that he was a rat, and talented, and that he betrayed the Potters, and himself, and now he has no way out of the situation, and he's going to Azkaban for what Peter has done. So, a bit of a break, certainly, but I think it's the realizations.
I love the idea of Harry thinking "I need a toothbrush that matches my eyes"
I understand that the live shows are “a total blast” for everyone present. Unfortunately they feel kind of underwhelming as podcasts episodes. I’m not looking forward to them nearly as much as I do with the regular episodes.
Meh. Not hearing many/anyone at live streams asking Qs like we do otherwise
.. disappointing
... makes me ASSume Qs to SCB views aren't permitted during Lives?
is it ever said how Sirius knows where the Dursleys live as he's been in prison the whole time that Harry has lived there and wouldn't know their address.
also unlike America UK streets, house numbers are restarted for every new road, for example my road there is only 18 houses ( 9 houses each side) the next road over only has 6 houses 3 either side. So Privet Drive is one road with X amount of houses, then Magnolia road is connected to magnolia crescent (which would be an off shoot road) and on Magnolia Crescent there is an alley that connects to Wisteria Walk. So I hope that helps.
My best thought is that Hagrid told him the address when he took Harry and the bike. I don't know why he would, but we all know how good Hagrid is at keeping secrets. Sirius just got lucky that the Dursleys never moved in those twelve years.
My latest thought is does the fidelius charm work on Muggles? If not, why didn’t Dumbledore put that on the Dursleys house?
@@hufflepom it works. Grimauld's Place is hidden from muggles.
@@sonjaimmonen6610 that’s because Sirius’s dad put anti-Muggle magic on it beforehand.
The movie version of this scene gets a lot of hate (which I understand despite being indifferent to it), but it did add one thing that I think is absolutely hilarious: Marge floating over a house in the distance when Harry is first leaving Privet Drive. You can even hear her yelling in the background.
I always figured Harry claiming there was something familiar about Black's eyes was he has seen them before in the photos Hagrid gave him 1st years- also random thought ... Hagrid claimed the photos came from those who knew his parents is it possible Bathilda Bagshot had some of those old things- being they were both from the same village?
Sirius Black's animagus dog breed is never specified but there are various theories among the fans. My personal opinion is that Padfoot is a Newfoundland dog. Irish Wolfhounds may be big but have you ever seen a Newfoundland dog? They are HUGE! And like you've said, "when in doubt, go by the books, not the movies." Remember, Padfoot was strong enough to drag a fourteen-year-old Ron Weasley like a ragdoll and could stand on his hind legs and easily put them on a fifteen-year-old Harry's shoulders. This dog is huge and could considered "bear-like" and they are very good swimmer and let's not forget, a malnourished and skeleton-like Sirius Black who even as Padfoot was so thin that he could slip through the Azkaban bars could swim back to the mainland from Azkaban which is said to be on a remote island in the middle of the North Sea. Also, Sirius's manner as a dog can match up to the temperament of a Newfoundland dog (more so in the Marauders days when he was less broken): sweet-tempered, gentle, and trainable. Newfoundland dogs' personalities are described as docile, watchful, trustworthy, and tolerant of children. They are also very protective and know to put themselves between their family and a stranger; they're more likely to watch and protect than to bark and they're also known to be an intelligent breed and all of this could match up to Sirius' personality.
I always thought it was Sirius laughing because he thought Peter had just blown himself up by accident.
I'm pretty sure he sees Peter scurry off in rat form. I think his laughter is because he probably had so many different emotions with just losing James and Lily and then realizing Peter did it that he could only laugh at the absurdity of everything and was slightly losing his mind
@@AshleeSage1998 if he had seen him he'd have used his wand on him, like he does later on.
Well, the Dursleys live in no. 4 Pivot Drive and Harry is probably seeing the no. 2 Magnolia Crescent, so he could easily be several streets away.
They don't know the British system counts the houses in each road separately because (I think) the American system counts houses per neighbourhood and the adjacent numbers can be on different roads. They think Harry is walking through roads with barely any houses on them because he only gone from number 4 to 2, without realising he's passed a load of houses and the number has reset each time he turns a corner.
7:14 just imagining shamus blowing up his house 😂
“ ’Choo fall over for?”
With Hogwarts starting the same day every year (Sept 1) and it is always a Sunday doesn’t work in several continuity ways even in text. If July 31 is a Tuesday in PS (per Dudley’s TV knowledge) then Sept 1 would be a Saturday but classes still start the next day on Monday. The in GoF, the night before they go to the train is called Sunday. Then they go on the train (so in my mind Monday). Then the day after the train is also Monday).
is it posable to get a non live video tho the way it sound is not the same or even close to how you started and i personly find it much harder to lissen to with all the new sound im hearing sorry love the way you read the book and talk about it
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Could Fudge have been the one that sent the knight bus to pick up Harry? The moment they had a ping of underage magic (the flashlight) it appears and maybe he told them to wait until they had gotten all of the other passengers off before figuring out where he was going in case someone was on there that couldn’t be trusted and then that’s why fudge knew where to find him?
The same thought came to me listening too it again. (I haven't reread the book for a long while).
Fudge isn’t that clever.
I think Sirius laughed because HE thought Peter blew himself up along with those muggles. That and the losing it part.
That’s what I thought too
I think Sirius was laughing at the irony of the situation. Sirius told James he would be safer with Peter as secret keeper and James is dead and Sirius knows he is now going to Azkaban for not only killing James and Lily but also the 12 muggles he just watched him kill. Meanwhile having been one who helped him learn to become an animagus the skill that allowed Peter to make a clean break. Plus the fact that like most groups of popular kid's that allow the mousy shy kid to hang around because he's doing no harm then eventually he became part of them against all the odds. I mean there is a certain irony in it being that kid who caused all the trouble that you are about to pay for.
It maybe a lot of work but couldn't he just look it up in a phone book? We are still in the 90s here when everyone had still landline. Or maybe he ones saw Lily writing a letter to Petunia.
I have a couple of questions for you: how was Sirius Black able to transform into a dog in Azkaban without (presumably) a wand? Where did he get a wand after he fled?
We know there's a laughing spell, Harry hits Ron in a practice and Ron has to be left alone in a room until it passes. Maybe that's why Sirius was laughing, Peter set it all up.
SO HAPPY YOU GUYS ARE DOING THIS!!! ❤
If you just teleport everywhere you aren’t making the extra money on the comfier beds and toothbrushes!
When I was a student I had a job on the ferries which run between England and France. They can cross in under an hour, but they draw it out so passengers go shopping and eat onboard.
I definitely remember as a kid thinking to myself who was Sirius dueling when he killed all those people at the start of the book but had completely forgot about that by the end of the book twist reveal lol.
When Harry faced the basilisk, worst case scenario is that he could be killed. Blowing up Aunt Marge could get him expelled!!
We weren't just cheering for chapter 3 we were cheering for book 3 chapter 3.
I think the original idea was supposed to be that no one wanted to say the word: dementor, for fear of summoning one that would attach directly to the person who said it.
But JKR dropped the idea because she already had the whole "he who must not be named" thing going on with Voldemort.
In Britain house numbers are done by street not by neighbourhood so he’s probably by number 2 magnolia crescent, which is streets away from number 2 (or 4) privet drive
29:10 - Starry is not a ship I've heard of before, but makes a lot of sense of why Harry is so obsessed with Stan in later books
You could say Harry....stans...him 😆
Did snape become the master of lockhearts wand when he hit him during the dueling club
I don't think so because it wasn't a real duel but Harry should be the master of his wand because they used expellliarmus on him.
@@sawanna508 I will never understand the rules of wand ownership
Speaking of the Trace, did Tom Riddle set it off when killing his father & grandparents? If so, did the Aurors not make the connection between Victim Thomas Riddle and Hogwarts student Tom Riddle (for
whom the trace would have been active)?
Unrelated - if the Knight Bus can transcend space & time - is it possible that Young Minerva McGonagall took it to her job interview at Hogwarts and arrived 20 years too early? That might help to explain her appearance in Fantastic Beasts.
Tom didn't set it of because in this area lived his uncle Morphin who is an adult wizard and he used his wand. He even altered his memory to frame him for the murder. Harry and Dumbledore are talking about that massive loophole because Harry is very angry about it.
I did remember the name Sirius Black and thought - hey wait - that's whose motorcycle Hagrid borrowed!!
Last time I was this early my dad hadn't left to get milk
Hi son, dad here. I'll totally come back. Store ran out of milk, so I'm trying to find a store that does. Might also go grab a pack of smokes. So it might be a while. Just keep patiently waiting.
U what mate
39:11 if Dumbledore is confident he can break out of Azkaban, I imagine he's concerned about Grindelwald being able to
Random question- Can a boggart copy a fear the person has never actually experienced? I have a head cannon that albus potter's boggart is (at some point at least) a dementor because he knows his dad is scared of dementors. But if albus has never seen a dementor himself, could a boggart still replicate a dementor?
They become whatever it is you imagine your fear to be, so in your example it would look like what Albus imagines a Dementor to look like.
Remember the visual representation is more of a concept of the fear rather than the thing itself.
Yea I wonder how they deal with obscure fears too. Like my biggest fear is falling and not being able to get back up… how would a boggart represent that? Would it look like me?
Harry Potter's biggest fear is not a dementor. Do you not remember? The boggart becoming a dementor signals that what Harry Potter fears most is fear itself. "Very Wise" according to Lupin.
@@josephpayton7522 I mean, that was Lupins interpretation. What Harry said was he did think of Voldemort but then he thought of the dementor and how it made him feel. And Lupin said well… your quote. So Harry had an image ready as a representation of his fear
@forestgrump4723 you are correct, Lupin's dialogue is the expositional tool that Rowling uses to tell us that Harry Potter is wise for fearing fear above all else. That doesn't change anything. It's still a fact in the story.
The shrunken head in the movie was a discordant note, even tho' it was Lenny Henry providing the voice (cf. "Chef!" specifically the speech about salt).
Something I've always wondered about is why Harry running away from Privet Drive here doesn't break the protection he has while living there, because one of the conditions is that it stops working if he stops seeing the Dursleys' house as a home - you could get a full what-if video out of that. (Hint, hint.)
Yesss sameee! In fact, I feel like ever since he started at Hogwarts, he kinda stopped seeing the Dursleys' place as home. That might be an interesting what if haha - more weasley time, and maybe Moody and Hedwig wouldn't have to die because the battle of seven potters won't have to happen
Maybe he has to make the rational decission that the Dursley's's house is ot his home anymore but in this chapter he is more acting in the heat of the moment. Also right running out side there is aready this short moment where he is unsure what to do now and starts worring about consequences. It may also be that the decission needs to come from the Drusleys as well
I believe the wording is “he can call it home” so I think it’s more about if he is welcome to return. And while the dursleys are cruel as all get out they still always allow Harry to return.
My perspective of the toothbrush offering is that the knight bus is for the stranded, so maybe it’s available for those who have nothing with them. Obviously, Harry has his trunk with all personal items, but maybe enough people needing a ride are without the necessities.
Wouldn't it be funny if the Dementors were under some sort of modified Fidelius charm that any time someone said Dementor, everyone else would hear "Azkanban guards" until they actually met them? (After that, they would hear "dementor".)
This is actually a pretty cool idea!
Yea that makes sense. It's similar to the theory about the sorting ceremony being under some sort of Fidelius charm
can't use those live recordings to fall asleep unfortunately😅
The audience genuinely did my head in for this one. Last week's was alright, but the quality on this one is terrible
I love it for the fans out there and for money sake for the brothers, but do we know when does it ends and we continue as normal?
@@romansilva00one more live show next Sunday then it’ll be back to normal until near the end of this book when they do their second leg of live shows.
I get it, the studio recordings are more professional though I also would love to see them live, these podcasts are gonna be going on far a LONG time so makes sense they’re thinking of ways to keep it fresh and exciting for them and us.
@ObsessiveGeek I just hope the rest of the series doesn't become a live tour every week
Come to Florida! I'm driving distance to Orlando/Tampa/Gainesville!!!
San Diego!!!!!! Yes!!! That’s where Iam from!!! And most people only do LA and never come South. Thank you!!!
Loving this through the Griffin tour (a bit backlogged)
One question though, could anyone please explain the 'How I Met Your Mother joke' around 20:25 mark? I have watched, nay, relished the show no less than seven times, but I didn't get the context here. Episode number would be great, but if not, even some general context is cool too.
Slugs are used in potions. Slugs are pickled to preserve them before use so they will last longer in storage, of course.
I figure the "jumping out of the way" is a description of someone who witnessed the travel from inside the bus and doesn't understand what they are witnessing. In the movie you see it stretching from outside (though they do squish inside for comedic effect). Both view points are correct if the bus travels by warping space. In effect it would squish space in front, cross it, then expand to the rear of the bus.
16:50 reminds me of the CatBus from My Neighbor Totoro, I think a theory for something like that existing for the Japanese students makes sense
I know I have a long wait ahead of me but I just finished listening to the series again and I can't wait for you guys to get to Deathly Hallows. In DH chapter 23 there's an otherwise throwaway line that kills your teasing about why does Voldemort fly when he can apparate?
Oh. Cool. Didn't catch that HP tripping & and loosing his wand is disarming HP ... safe n sound..
By the time the third book came out I feel like Harry Potter fever was really starting to get serious, so there were definitely people out there who reread the first two books before the new one came out to refresh the story in their mind.
Those people might be able to remember that Sirius was mentioned in the first chapter of book one
Edit: I agree with you guys about why Sirius was laughing at the murder scene. It was partially from the stress of the situation making him insane, but also just a touch of "that's funny old friend. You really pulled a good pranking killing out friends, and blaming me for it. HaHa you son of a b*tch"
as a big POA movie fan i love the small heads lol
Y’all are 100% right about Stan knowing it’s harry. That’s why he makes him go last lol
“Alright bruv, you wanna be incognito BET! But you finna finish my shift”
I’m curious if anyone has asked you on tour what your favorite flavor of jam is, like that ministry leaflet suggests…it’s raspberry by the way haha
We need a Midwest tour soon!!!!!
Hey brothers, im loving this series, the live shows are awesome!
I do however feel like the live episodes should be 2 chapters back to back, as it just feels a little short doing 1 chapter for a full crowd.
I'm definitely not just writing this comment to do anything I can to get more content ;) LOL.
Have a good day folks 🤞
I actually think Sirius laughing at the scene is an embellishment that has cropped up in the story.
Harry would probably want the toothbrush since he left in such a hurry, I doubt he had time to grab his from the Dursley bathroom
I saw the start and I thought you guys had another audio issue with the live episode, thankfully not 😂
Does that mean December in orlando
1) Stan's years:
A few possibilities, first that I think is most likely is that Stan is actually in his early twenties, but actually look younger so Harry has an impression that Stan is just barely older than Harry. Second Stan bailed out to work his dream job at conducting for Knight Bus so he failed to attend school at the same time as Harry. And third one which I think is least likely is that he didn't attend Hogwarts.
2) Sirius laughing:
I always thought there are several factors, one, he did lose his mind at the moment, sort of a mental breakdown if you will. Two, he just witnessed Peter preform an explosion that killed 12 muggles and himself, I assumed he laughed at irony of Peter accidentaly killing himself.
3) Sirius being one of the most infamous inmates:
Maybe general public didn't know about Sirius being Harry's Godfather, but they probably know he was a 'traitor' and I guess the way he seemingly killed all those muggles factored in. If Peter preformed an exploding curse I would assume there were body parts and inner organs all over the street, so it looked particulary vicious and evil.
Definitely seems lucky HP tripped & his wand hand flung out ... enjoyed your FB connections.
Possible quiz question: Who is on the bus already, and where are they headed?
You keep bringing up the incident with Dobby levitating the pudding, but I haven’t seen anyone bring up the possibility that Dobby did some elf magic shenanigans to specifically raise red flags on Harry. It’s possible that the tracker for underage magic isn’t as sensitive as we think, it’s just that Dobby deliberately set it off the first time and Fudge was looking for any excuse to expel/discredit Harry when it came to the dementors in book 5.
The Trace, the Trace! The charm that detects magical activity around under-seventeens, the way the Ministry finds out about under-age magic! If you, or anyone around you, casts a spell to get you out of here, Thicknesse is going to know about it, and so will the Death Eaters.
Moody
Hey brothers! I'm loving listening to these! I always listen to them at work the day after they drop. I had a random thought to share with you that I couldn't a few days ago and just remembered to now.
So... Was Dumbledore BLACKMAILING Petunia into keeping Harry? As in, if she doesn't keep him there perhaps he'll spill the beans on her jealousy, that she herself wrote to him begging for a spot at Hogwarts? Was the howler in Order of the Phoenix a reminder of that? She changed her tune and put her foot down about Harry staying pretty quickly. (And Vernon honored his wife's wishes which, as much of a jerk as he is, at least he loves and respects his wife).
I can't see D'dore sinking to blackmail like that, but it was a fun thought to have anyway. What do you guys think?
Anyway once again I'm loving these and look forward to them every week.
Will you release the discussions with the public ?
Do you think the hot chocolate was Swiss Miss, Nestle, or Stan's secret recipe? I like to think Stan had a secret recipe for the hot cocoa.
I always just assumed that Harry just paid Stan a full galleon like a "keep the change" kind of thing
Interesting... My copy of Prisoner has Harry giving Stan silver but Fudge saying Harry has only two weeks of his holidays left. My copy is a first edition from 1999 by Bloomsbury with the original cover art but it was printed in Canada (where I'm from). It's the same copy my family purchased when I was a kid when it was first released in our area. I alway believed Canada got the same copies as the UK because we always had Philosopher copies unlike the Sorcerer copies in the US. Maybe it's because we're part of the commonwealth. It's interesting that they make these little adjustments with different prints and editions. I wonder why they felt some of those things needed to be different from the original.
The Knight Bus is a good representation of quantum mechanics and likely governed by the Heisenberg uncertainty principle in my opinion.
I've just realised that chapter 11 - The Firebolt will be posted on my birthday! 🎉
Love the review at the end 😂
I'm curious, when Harry runs away from the Dursleys after blowing up Aunt Marge he believes he won't return and has nowhere to go. What if this broke the Bond of Blood charm? Since he can no longer call Number 4 Privet Drive his home, would he stay with Sirius or the Weasleys? Is Voldemort just able to get him? Idk but what are our thoughts and opinions?
Okay they brought it up in the last video too. Regarding the lack of dementors in places like Diagon Alley and hogsmeade, I've always considered this to be intentional.
Hogwarts legacy showcases this pretty well, but irrc many of the long-standing historical sites that are still major wizarding villages have a tentative relationship with the ministry, because many of them were sites of major contentions or resistances in the days when the villages were more influential.
Although these villages are part of the greater body of wizarding world, they are still semi-independent as well and simply annexed into the protection of the ministry.
Therefore the ministry has multiple reasons for there not to be dementors walking around in broad daylight especially in places like hogsmeade, where public image is a factor. if they overstep themselves too far it can lead to a revolt.
Even then, I believe that the dementors did patrol hogsmeade during night time after curfew, as a sort of heightened night watch.
It's much easier to plant ministry officials instead, in hopes to flush out any would be assailants. this could in fact be part of the reason the minister himself was in the village at the time.
Fantastic episode! Now, for a what if! What if Sirius went with Hagrid to see Dumbeldore the night they left Harry at Privet Drive? Like, Hagrid refuses to just give Harry to him, but does tell him that he's going to see Dumbledore, what if Sirius decided to go with?
How could Fudge NOT know about the Knight Bus????????