As a stay at home mom of 2 small kids, Molly CHOSE not to go 😂 7 kids + 2 bonus kids in the house and a husband want to leave for at least a day but could be as long as a week? And I get to be by myself? No responsibility? Bye! Have fun!
I'm a dude lol but I'm one of four brothers and I instinctually knew EXACTLY why Molly didn't go because I knew my mom would have done the same. Also, not for nothing, but it is also very possible that Molly, just like my mom, simply does not enjoy sports and would rather bring a book and read than actually watch the game (something my mom actually did at Yankee Freaking Stadium one time in the 1980s).
I know exactly this, albeit I'm just an experienced uncle rather than a proper parent. I AM the break my siblings need, and my nieces & and nephews LOVE it. I took everyone to a trampoline park last time, and their smiles were worth every cent.
As a mom in the same situation, if she had gone along, she'd just get stuck "mom-ing" elsewhere. You wanna go to the quidditch world cup? Great! Now ypu get to make breakfast after we arrive, lunch later on, dinner before the game, and breakfast before we leave! Thanks mom! Yeah, I'd stay home too.
Hermione was fast enough to run across the Qudditch stands in book 1 because she used to have PE, but after 3 years of not having PE in Hogwarts she is suffering 😂
The British use “miles” as just an expression, a turn of phrase implying a great distance. It doesn’t literally mean a distance of many miles. In Philosophers stone they aren’t literally miles underground, and in this chapter the World Cup isn’t just a few miles away. It’s like the American use of “ton” or “tons” to mean a large amount, but usually not literal tons.
I noticed, about Apparition, that when Arthur is travelling alone, he is apparating, but never, when kids are involved. He is using Floo Network, cars, Portkeys, always making sure nobody is excluded and actually participating in every form of transportation. Talk about good parenting ❤
I always figured the reason Harry had to practice accio so much was because he was summoning the Firebolt from so very far away--my understanding of the spell is that it's usually used for smaller objects that are in your general vicinity, so summoning something as big as a broomstick from so far off takes more concentration/effort.
As an English man it's so funny to me when something that's normal to me like the word manky, is something out of the ordinary to an American reader. When you guys was talking about the dudleys electric fire I was howling
My husband just got admitted to the hospital... My 2 babies at grandma, the baby is with me.Christmas may be ruined, at least postponed. This podcast is the only thing keeping me grounded while driving home for 1 hour and keeping it together. Your work is more important than you could ever imagine. Thank you Guys, Merry(or Happy by Ron) Christmas❤🎄🥹
Thank you very much for your kind words! For now he is home with us! He came home this morning, just in time for Christmas Eve!❤❤❤ It seems like it will heal on its own at home, though it was very very scary at first. Merry Christmas to you @@UnfazedPhoenix! ❤🎄❤️
23:53 Hermione actually knew the spell to set Ron right but she was too scared to try it for the first time. So applying the Dittany was the only thing she felt confident doing.
@@UnfazedPhoenixpretty sure she says something along the lines of “I know the theory, but doing it wrong could make it worse” while applying the dittany or while Harry is fishing for it
I think that since Dumbledore wanted Moody to look out for Harry, he might have simply mentioned that Harry has an invisibility cloak as a heads up. But also, I did like the theory that Dumbledore created the eye for Moody. He had the invisibility cloak for long enough to study it and create something that could see through it.
That makes a lot of sense. Such a powerful magical object, something that can even penetrate the magic of a Hallow, is no minor trinket. Minor, unless you happen to be one of the most brilliant wizards to ever live, using one of the most powerful wands ever crafted.
In the portkey scene in the movie it's Harry that says "Why is everyone standing around that manky old boot?" first. It's one of the twins that says it's not a manky old boot, it's a portkey. Also, your description of willing yourself awake for something you're excited to do/go to is literally every park day of a Disney trip.
I always forget how slow-paced this book is, especially compared to the movies, and yet it doesn't *feel* slow. The Quidditch World Cup isn't until chapter 8, about a quarter of the chapters deep, and then the Champion selection doesn't happen until chapter 17, almost halfway through the book.
Yea it kind of makes me wish the combined a couple of the "filler" chapters into one episode. But just happy to have this podcast at all. So all good ❤
I think the licensing requirement for apparition exists because splinching can be fatal. I always interpreted it that what Ron left behind was left behind at the Ministry or at Grimmauld Place and they couldn't go back, so Hermione had to stop Ron's bleeding.
My translated version also has 5:07, and that makes way more sense. It says that Sun was just rising, so 7:05 would be a bit too late for sunrise in August.
19:00 I don’t think apparate/dissapparate is tracked. Similarly, the Department of motor vehicles does not track if you’re driving with or without a license, but one is required legally to drive vehicles.
Yes I was thinking about that, it seems to me that incident leans heavily into J's theory on being connected through space at either end. The teachers just did a pop and some smoke and she was whole again. But perhaps it's just *that* easy to reattach severed limbs in the Wizarding world
I think its because rons wasn't a splinch from him improperly apperating, but because his sholder flesh got physically pulled back by the death eater while also traveling through flu fire. Like while phasing, you're not fully physically there but you're still kinda, so he accidentally ripped a chunck of flesh off his barely physically present body
In Philosopher's Stone Hermione was quite athletic (think about the incident with Harry's broom being jinxed and Hermione running over to set Snape's cloak on fire). But in Chamber of Secrets, she spends most of the year petrified, not exercising her muscles at all. Which is why she's so incredibly unfit from Prisoner of Azkaban onwards.
But she spent Prisoner of Azkaban running all over the castle to get to classes with the time turner all the while carrying a huge bag of heavy books up and down all those stairs. She’d be the most fit person among them.
That isn't athletic. She didn't "run over" to Snape she snuck over.. also it wasn't very far. Although, I do think there's merit to the idea that the length of time she was petrified did have an impact on her physical fitness/ muscle strength. Nice catch. ❤
I've always read "side-along apparition" as having two different types. The first is taking along a wizard incapable of apparition, whether by under-age or just incompatibility with the spell. This, I suspect, is extremely difficult and is what Dumbledore does with Harry at the beginning of book 6 and, arguably what Harry does with Dumbledore after he had drunk the potion. Dumbledore's ability at this point is somewhat up for debate, he was able to repel inferi after drinking the potion but it's probably true that apparition is harder magic and that Dumbledore's condition is worsening. The second type of side-along apparition is guiding someone capable of apparating to a specific location. This is what Dumbledore does for Harry when they go to the cave and I think what the trio do throughout book 7. One of them, usually Hermione, has a destination in mind and then all of them apparate using that shared set of co-ordinates, essentially like following behind someone else in a second car. This, I would assume, is relatively simple, or at the least not any harder than regular apparition, and serves as a means for a group of apparating witches and/or wizards to all arrive at the same location.
You have to be able to picture the place in your mind yourself in order to apparate there. Harry and Ron can't picture a destination they've never been to. It's more likely that Hermione is doing side along apparition with both. However, I could be wrong. Enjoyed your explanation and theories. ❤
@@UnfazedPhoenix Very near the end of The Seer Overheard in HBP just as they are about to apparate to the cave Dumbledore says to Harry : "... now place your hand upon my arm, Harry. There is no need to grip too hard, I am merely guiding you." This suggests there is at least some difference from the first time at the beginning of the book when they visit Slughorn where Harry is described as "re-doubling" his grip.
@@UnfazedPhoenix We know that you have to picture a place in your mind in order to apparate there independently. However, we also know that Dumbledore is "merely guiding" Harry when they apparate to the cave and we know that if you touch someone as they're about to apparate, you can follow them even to unplottable and otherwise protected places, even if the person apparating doesn't intend to bring you along. The theory that one can apparate somewhere they can't picture in their mind if guided by another apparating with them seems not only possible, but clearly established.
Very surprised that this is well over 1 hour long considering it's a very short chapter with very little that happens, only Cedric's dad being a knob to Harry . Looking forward to giving it a listen to yon the morning.
1:19:40 that is incorrect, there is absolutely indication that Fake Moody saw Harry telling him the map was his and changes what he was telling Snape on the spot. The wrackspurts theory makes no sense. a) The book literally says "For a few seconds, he and Harry stared straight into each other’s eyes". Not just looking in Harry's general direction, looking at his eyes. b) Moody actually told Snape he had dropped something while pointing at the map, thinking it was Snape's, then Harry starts motioning it's his and Moody accios it and says "my mistake, it's mine, must have dropped it". He 100% reacted to Harry's actions, he could see Harry 100%. c) Moody in the beginning of book 5 could also see Harry while taling him to Grimmauld Place.
@@Cydonianightthe same could be said about this person's explanation. It's all interpretation of actions in this specific scenario. Nothing is explicitly confirmed or denied. So for anyone to say they're 100% certain about it is just closed minded. It's incredibly difficult to be 100% certain about ANYTHING. Allowing even 1% of an open mind to other theories allows a person to keep learning.
It's all interpretation of actions in this specific scenario. Nothing is explicitly confirmed or denied. So for anyone to say they're 100% certain about it is just closed minded. It's incredibly difficult to be 100% certain about ANYTHING. Allowing even 1% of an open mind to other theories allows a person to keep learning.
Once again, Percy has just graduated from Hogwarts a couple of weeks ago. Someone's first job out of High School (not even College) is usually not super important or exciting
But raising wards is a grunt work. Quite literally something Percy should be absolutely doing. Sure, he will not be discussing the treaties and invite international guests, but by all means he could be there to improve warding and do the field work. I mean in the muggle world that is what you would get temp workers or hire for summer jobs - valets, sweepers, park spot guards… this is the kind of works they did not allow Percy to come close to
Especially since he’s been at the job for a few weeks. I work in broadcasting and on big productions the last thing you want is some newbie distracting people with questions during crunch time. The cup has probably been planned out for years, no offense to Percy but giving the fresh-our-of-school new guy unrelated grunt work until the big job is done is totally believable
@Alwarin1 Percy has a desk job, however, not a job in security. He's probably not trained in raising and lowering wards and that's probably a task for the Ministry Cursebreakers or whomever works with wards.
After some of the discussions in this series, it occurs to me that an entire video, nay, perhaps even a book could be devoted to real-life figures that inspired or influenced some of the names/characters in the HP series
I don't know. Meeting Luna was such a whacky introduction that it made that chapter a shining beacon in an otherwise gloomy section of a particularly gloomy book. And it made a great juxtaposition that showed her being somewhat insane and made you question Harry's insanity when he encountered the thestral. But introducing her next to her even more whacky father would have overshadowed her. We would have lost all sense of her quirkiness, and since she played no part in book 4, it would have ruined her arc in book 5. I prefer it the way it is. But it sure would have been fun to see it in an alternate version of the series.
@@keithg460Your line of reasoning only makes sense if you think that JK Rowling couldnt have written something else to lighten the mood in the next book.
@@keithg460 You're right of course, Luna is a highlight in the fifth book and if the journey with the portkey was the only interaction between Harry and his friends and Luna that'd be pointless. But I can see her telling Harry publically that she believes him that he didn't put his name in the goblet and that she supports him as well as Cedric. I can even see her trying to help Harry even though he wouldn't ask her for help. So they could become friends earlier than in canon.
My dear, sweet Ben and J... It's a movie vs. book thing about the manky old boot... Harry says, "Why are they standing around that manky old boot?" In the movie, and the twins answer, "... it's a portkey"... in the book, Amos is holding a mouldy-looking old boot...
My take on Hermiones ticket: Molly found out Arthur took a bribe and refused to go. Her ticket was going to Penelope Clearwater, and when Arthur grabbed a second tent, Percy and Penelope broke up. Fred and George stated that Lee Jordan is going with his dad, Ginny learned that Luna was going with her dad, so Ron suggested Hermione...who was a last resort.
This may be overthinking it a bit, but yeah it's weird to me that brothers didn't even for a second consider that Molly simply didn't want to go, for any reason
Because they like sports. I guess they don't really consider that some people really just dont care about sporting events. I certainly wouldn't chose to go to a world cup because I don't care for sports. I'd rather someone who appreciates it go
Question: do you think Myrtle's parents were told their daughter became a ghost? They were both muggles, so they wouldn't have been able to see her even if they had been told. And they would have had to live out their loves knowing they'd never see their daughters again even in the afterlife. That is one of the cruelest fates of anyone in the series. So do you just not tell the parents to spare them the pain or do you tell them?
Moody straight up says he can see through invisibility cloaks. You have to assume he’s straight up lying for the theory to hold. And how would Harry let him know the map was important enough to keep Snape from touching it, when he can’t actually see Harry and doesn’t realize it’s a map until after Snape has left?
It's funny thinking back that Harry telling Moody not to let Snape touch the map was what allowed Voldemort to be revived. If Snape did pick it up, he'd search for people next to him and figure out that Moody is an imposter
In Half-Blood Prince, the ministry safety pamphlets imply that side-along apparition is something that every adult should be able to do with underage members of their family. I'd bet that at this point the author just hadn't thought of that as a concept yet.
I think the brothers always underestimate both the risk of apperation, and the fact Ron did end up messing it up in the Deathly Hallows. Apperating at school is safe enough when you have the medical staff right there to fix you up the second it happens. But if you are alone you can very well end up dead Also If I remember correctly/ in the translation of my book, Ron didn't splinch his arm, but a part of his finger, which Hermione at first was very concerned when she heard about it, but when she realises it's not a death threatening injury she goes back to being upset
In the Prisoner of Azkaban movie (which I just rewatched a night or two ago) CEDRIC FALLS OFF HIS BROOM!! and now I'm trying to remember if movie Amos is all "you didn't fall off your broom, did you Ced?"
It could be that the Diggorys didn't have as good seats as the Weasleys but they are coming on the day because they chose to walk a longer distance to get to the portkey that was set up for the Weasleys instead of getting a closer one which left a few days earlier.
It bugs me slightly that they kept saying 7:05 and then when Ben read the line 5:07 J did not make any further comment on it. Also was not expecting the shrooms reference in a Harry Potter podcast. I laughed so loud I scared my cat lol
I think side-along apparition is restricted due to being incredibly risky. You know how many regulations the Ministry likes to pass. And would be so on brand for them to require a license for something they can't tack.
It's a good point when you guys talked about apparition as being more of a book smart thing. A lot like occlumency and non verbal where it takes a lot of concentration to perform it. I imagine for side along it must require even more concentration hence why it isn't done often, especially when the side along person doesnt know how or isn't good enough to help.
Question for you guys. Do you think Bill would know about Horcruxs? Since the Weasley’s took a trip to see Bill right after Chamber of Secrets, I feel like he would have heard about what happened to Ginny. Maybe not the full details, it even could have been something like “Ginny was possessed by a diary”. But as an older sibling, I feel like I would definitely ask Ginny further questions, especially if my job was to deal with cursed or dark objects. I feel like if he knew about Horcruxs, he would have been able to put two and two together.
Mentioning Luna being into Quidditch and IMO, the BEST commentator, second only to Lee Jordan of course, made me remember that these guys have to attempt to analyse all those absolutely balls-to-the-wall CHAOS that is Luna commentating Quidditch 😂🤣😂🤣 It's going to be SO MUCH FUN!!!! Also is anyone else really looking forward to them getting to Ginny being the only person who gets away with calling Harry out on his BS because Harry knows she can and will shitrock him if she needs to????
1:20:31 wait, that actually has precedence because sometimes people forget their words or their train of thought when they're nervous!! also, there's the whole being confused when someone is interrupted from daydreaming/zoning out.
So idk how it is in American sports, but in England, the cheaper tickets tend to go to the diehard fans. They can’t afford to spend £600 on a ticket if they’re going to as many games as possible. Plus you get discounts for being local and you get better ticket options if you’ve been to a lot of games that season.
23:16 i think what J means is the arm is still "attached" but with a non physical connection, like leaving the arm behind in the spirit world, for all intents and purposes its still attached to you but your arm is in the apparition tube beyond the reach of your brain to give and recieve signals, while you are here on earth. A Metaphysical connection. I dont think i agree though that it wouldnt be bloody. I've always imagined splinching as being a bit gruesome and bloody, and leaving behind an arm or a piece of you behind well your physical blood is syill gonna spill out even if the arm is "technically still attached.
On the mental health impacting magic idea -- this reinforces my assumption that Filch wasn't a true squib. He was a wizard who accidentally turned the love of his life (Mrs Norris) into a cat, but couldn't undo it. He got so depressed he could no longer do magic, but tried to fix himself via the correspondence courses. A true squib would know that wouldn't work, but someone with a traumatic magical block might have a chance of recovery. It would also explain how he could see and interact with the castle without magic.
In NYC, a port key might be a broken-down car ditched along the side of the Bruckner Expressway - no tires left (saw one on Sunday morning and the person I was riding with made jokes about it). That would certainly be big enough to allow LOTS of people to touch it at the same time. Now, of course getting to it would be a problem - but say instead you use one in a junkyard? And how many other large objects might one find in a junkyard? But then, you'd have to allow PLENTY of room at the other end, and Basil has to tell Arthur & Co. to step aside for the next group coming in.
1:39!!! Clarification: Harry refers to it as a manky old boot as they're all about to leave when wonder how it would look to a muggle who saw them. Not when it's first described with Amos holding it. I have a first edition us and it definitely says "manky" 100000% I literally just read it 5 minutes before coming here...
I have another explanation for Dumbledore knowing where Harry and Ron are in the hut scene in Chamber of Secrets where Hagrid is arrested and Dumbledore receives the order of suspension: Dumbledore, noticing that Hagrid was tense, used Legilimency on Hagrid upon entering the hut.
I get it J. Although it is in two separate places they are whole magically. Ron bleeds and feels the pain because it is the physical sensation. Remember wizards don't have the same physiology as muggles. Remember Neville's family didn't believe he was magical until he survived being dropped out the window by his uncle. Normally "magic is just science we don't understand yet " but in this case we are applying muggle science and logic to a magical situation.
I always presumed that the 'ghost' of Harry's father modified or made the cup a port key that would return him to the school and that the original destination was supposed to be the area outside the maze but was modified to be the graveyard by Crouch when he placed the cup in the maze. Now that I think of it, if Dumbledore did the original port key charm and Crouch did an overriding charm and Dumbledore wasn't totally cancelled the return could have been a rare condition which was used by the 'ghost' of James to do the original transport.
5:14 I thought about this as I read the chapter this week. If it weren't for needing to establish portkeys as a critical plot device, this all could've easily been rolled into the next chapter.
Yeah it's (The port key) just one of those things that she has in her books were you have something come back at the end so you just have to pay attention that it'll come back somewhere in the end. As far as the poor key. Like the mandrakes for example.
1:13:41 My head canon is pretty close to what you guys are talking about here. My thoughts were that Grindelwald enchanted his own eye with the elder wand to assist him in locating the other Hallows (possibly among other things). This would mean that Barty (Jr.) didn't see through the Cloak and spot Harry, but noticed the Cloak itself. He simply reasons out through context (Hermione's presence) that its Harry under the Cloak. As for how Dumbledore knows Harry is under the Cloak (or at least seems to) at times, I think that he placed an enchantment on the Cloak; that would let him know if it was nearby, while he was studying it after receiving it from James. That said I do like this Theory, however, if we're maintaining that the Cloak completly hides you from all detection, how do the Rackspurts find Harry (or are the produced by those lost in thought or the like, i.e. Harry)
Great theory, the only problem is he definitely sees Harry under the cloak when he is trapped in the trick stair, because Harry waves and mouths "it's mine" about the marauders map when Snape is reaching for it - that's how 'Moody' knew to get it first
Valid point. The fact that Barty Jr. makes a move to stop Snape from getting the Map before he even knows what it is makes it hard not to say he noticed Harry's plea. I have defaulted to the same way of thinking as Ben & J here. That is to say, it was the recognition of a patern associated with Harry. B&J noted that book never draws attention to Barty (Jr.) recognizing Harry's arm waving or mouthing of words, but he could have noticed the Rackspurts again, and assumed it was Harry once more. Thus the parchment must have belonged to Harry, and he needed Harry to stay out of trouble so he snatched it before Snape. I have it being the distortion or unique pattern of the Cloak that the eye marks the Hallow with.
I hope you guys don't mind talking about chapters for hours on end and maybe release them in staggered days so that the whole chapter is still released in one week. I listen to these videos throughout my driving excursions in the beginning of the week and it would be a major bummer for them to be shortened for reasons related to length. My personal opinion, of course!
The cloak has an allegiance, that allegiance was won by the person who killed the previous master, Voldemort. So Harry was never fully protected by it's magic just like Vildemort couldn't fully control the elder wand. Moody's eye is not as powerful as The Hallows.
as someone who also lives quite close to appalachia even if you don’t believe in it, respect the lore of the natives of the area, follow the rules of the woods. my mom has had so many experiences in the woods in the dark, while alone, hearing people call her name. if you don’t know the lore at least research the rules of appalachia:)
I always love Harry Potter, especially from you guys, but I always enjoy the love shown for pokeman. Fun fact and I think it's in the pokedex or a theory that annihilate is a primeape that got so mad it died and that's why it's a ghost fighting type.
When I read the books I always just assume there’s a bunch of kids that just never get named because why would the author sit down and name hundreds of kids. I always figured we got the important ones and enough to make the school not feel barren but obviously not every single one because why would anyone take the time to do that.
There's either more kids that simply don't get named, or the amount of students is actually very small. 5 boys and girls per grade times 7 grades times 4 houses equals about 360 students. Seems about right for a private school or something similar. Usually it's public schools that get into the 500s to 1000s
@@christianjacinto7042 normal ones yes but for the combined students of presumably all four UK nations seems really low. England, Scotland Wales and North Irelands combined magic student population seems low. Feels more likely it would just be too boring to extend scenes like the sorting ceremonies just to be accurate to the student population. We wouldn’t want to feel like we’re actually sitting through these boring ceremonies as readers we want the story to progress so it gets condensed.
@smwad7103 Keep in mind that the story starts only ten years after a long, deadly war waged by Voldemort. Ben and J bring this up in Philosopher Stone. We also need to consider that the magical community in Britian seems quite small and insular, which means there likely isn't a very large population to draw students from.
@ still it’s barely a kid per country per house per year. I’m not saying it’s impossible but I do prefer to think there’s more than we hear about. Maybe there’s just a bunch of parents choosing to send their kids off to Durmstrang and Beauxbatons for some reason lol.
@smwad7103 LOL maybe. You also have to remember there's only one teacher per subject. Now granted since the students live there, more time can be used to hold classes to squeeze everyone in, you have roughly ten plus hours and 7 days to divide class time. You can even space it out so half the school does say potions one day the other half the next.
11:26 Personally, when my parents have plans for an event/trip, I don't ask for the whole plan until just before we set out. If I asked about the itinerary while they were planning it, I would forget and need to ask again, and I don't want to be annoying. It makes sense to me that the Weasley kids would just let Arthur decide their transportation plan and then wait until the morning of the match to ask "So, how are we getting there?"
I like to believe that since Dumbledore had the Cloak to study he was able to learn how to see it or at least see through it. I like to believe the bright blue eyes are signs of the magic mentioned by Jay from the wand.
14:33 there are some examples of the wizards being exhausted after performing magic in this series. For example, when Harry is trying to learn the Accio & Expecto Patronum (Lupin gives HP chocolate) spells.
The way I see the side along apparation issue is that you take the ability of the other person into you, so the trio are relying on Hermione to take them places but she's using the power of the other 2 as well since they've been trained, this explains why harry can do it with Dumbledore but it would be difficult to do it with an untrained person, hence why Arthur and Amos take the portkey with the kids, but Dumbledore is extremely powerful so can do it with an untrained Harry
It takes me an hour to walk two miles and it is cold here but as long as i wear layers, and keep my fingers and head covered i stay warm. I feel like amos and Cedric would be alright since they have magic to keep warm
A thought just popped into my head. Cerdric would've had his apparition test by the time the final trial happened, right? Why didn't he just aparate out of the cemetery and back to Hogsmead or just outside of Hogwarts to get back to the professors? I know he was caught off guard but I feel like Harry should've just been like, "Get out of here now!" the minute he heard Wormtail and Moldy Voldy's voices coming.
You're missing one thing, Harry was not able to open his eyes that time because his scar was hurting him, so he did know what was happening until Peter killed Cedric
As a stay at home mom of 2 small kids, Molly CHOSE not to go 😂 7 kids + 2 bonus kids in the house and a husband want to leave for at least a day but could be as long as a week? And I get to be by myself? No responsibility? Bye! Have fun!
I'm a dude lol but I'm one of four brothers and I instinctually knew EXACTLY why Molly didn't go because I knew my mom would have done the same. Also, not for nothing, but it is also very possible that Molly, just like my mom, simply does not enjoy sports and would rather bring a book and read than actually watch the game (something my mom actually did at Yankee Freaking Stadium one time in the 1980s).
Love it!!!!
@@thareelhelloagain Oh absolutely! I enjoy sports but I also enjoy quiet and nothingness just a little bit more than that 😂
I know exactly this, albeit I'm just an experienced uncle rather than a proper parent. I AM the break my siblings need, and my nieces & and nephews LOVE it. I took everyone to a trampoline park last time, and their smiles were worth every cent.
As a mom in the same situation, if she had gone along, she'd just get stuck "mom-ing" elsewhere. You wanna go to the quidditch world cup? Great! Now ypu get to make breakfast after we arrive, lunch later on, dinner before the game, and breakfast before we leave! Thanks mom!
Yeah, I'd stay home too.
Molly spent the day in a perfumed bath with cucumbers on her eyes, a cocktail in hand and Celestina Warbeck on the radio. 😌
Like every day for 10 months of the year?
Hermione was fast enough to run across the Qudditch stands in book 1 because she used to have PE, but after 3 years of not having PE in Hogwarts she is suffering 😂
It's possible.. but Ron doesn't have the same problem and he never had PE...
But he's been playing on brooms and catching gnomes all his life @@UnfazedPhoenix
The British use “miles” as just an expression, a turn of phrase implying a great distance. It doesn’t literally mean a distance of many miles. In Philosophers stone they aren’t literally miles underground, and in this chapter the World Cup isn’t just a few miles away. It’s like the American use of “ton” or “tons” to mean a large amount, but usually not literal tons.
Yeah that’s how I’ve always understood it I’ve never taken “miles” literally it’s like how we say something wil take “forever” to get there
Ahhh I see. It's a figure of speech, not literal. Thank you! Didn't know that. ❤
Good to know, hopefully this comes and is brought up in a future review or episode of anything.
I live in southeastern America and know at least a few people who use miles that way down here. I guess it’s not popular everywhere in America
I noticed, about Apparition, that when Arthur is travelling alone, he is apparating, but never, when kids are involved. He is using Floo Network, cars, Portkeys, always making sure nobody is excluded and actually participating in every form of transportation. Talk about good parenting ❤
I always figured the reason Harry had to practice accio so much was because he was summoning the Firebolt from so very far away--my understanding of the spell is that it's usually used for smaller objects that are in your general vicinity, so summoning something as big as a broomstick from so far off takes more concentration/effort.
As an English man it's so funny to me when something that's normal to me like the word manky, is something out of the ordinary to an American reader. When you guys was talking about the dudleys electric fire I was howling
I'm so curious as to more examples of this. Would you mind telling me any?
This one of my favourite things of the show too 😂
My husband just got admitted to the hospital... My 2 babies at grandma, the baby is with me.Christmas may be ruined, at least postponed. This podcast is the only thing keeping me grounded while driving home for 1 hour and keeping it together. Your work is more important than you could ever imagine. Thank you Guys, Merry(or Happy by Ron) Christmas❤🎄🥹
I hope he will be okay! Praying for your family.
Stay strong friend. Christmas may be postponed but when everyone comes home healthy and safe it will be even more joyous for you. ❤ wish you the best.
Thank you very much for your kind words! For now he is home with us! He came home this morning, just in time for Christmas Eve!❤❤❤ It seems like it will heal on its own at home, though it was very very scary at first. Merry Christmas to you @@UnfazedPhoenix! ❤🎄❤️
It's kind of ironic that's what Harry imagines getting left behind, only later to meet Mad Eye and what's he missing that's right a eye and a leg
23:53 Hermione actually knew the spell to set Ron right but she was too scared to try it for the first time. So applying the Dittany was the only thing she felt confident doing.
Really? Does it say that in the book or in pottermore/Wizarding world or something?
@@UnfazedPhoenixpretty sure she says something along the lines of “I know the theory, but doing it wrong could make it worse” while applying the dittany or while Harry is fishing for it
I think that since Dumbledore wanted Moody to look out for Harry, he might have simply mentioned that Harry has an invisibility cloak as a heads up.
But also, I did like the theory that Dumbledore created the eye for Moody. He had the invisibility cloak for long enough to study it and create something that could see through it.
That makes a lot of sense. Such a powerful magical object, something that can even penetrate the magic of a Hallow, is no minor trinket. Minor, unless you happen to be one of the most brilliant wizards to ever live, using one of the most powerful wands ever crafted.
In the portkey scene in the movie it's Harry that says "Why is everyone standing around that manky old boot?" first. It's one of the twins that says it's not a manky old boot, it's a portkey.
Also, your description of willing yourself awake for something you're excited to do/go to is literally every park day of a Disney trip.
I always forget how slow-paced this book is, especially compared to the movies, and yet it doesn't *feel* slow. The Quidditch World Cup isn't until chapter 8, about a quarter of the chapters deep, and then the Champion selection doesn't happen until chapter 17, almost halfway through the book.
Yea it kind of makes me wish the combined a couple of the "filler" chapters into one episode. But just happy to have this podcast at all. So all good ❤
I think the licensing requirement for apparition exists because splinching can be fatal. I always interpreted it that what Ron left behind was left behind at the Ministry or at Grimmauld Place and they couldn't go back, so Hermione had to stop Ron's bleeding.
Its the actual Portkey episode!
Haha!
Ha! True
Manky is a way of saying gross, disgusting or dirty (it’s a regional thing in the UK)
Isn’t it “seven past five from Stoatshead Hill”? Which would make it 5:07?
Yes
My translated version also has 5:07, and that makes way more sense. It says that Sun was just rising, so 7:05 would be a bit too late for sunrise in August.
Yeah Ben even said 7 past 5 and didn’t realize their mistake
Also they got up at 2 but that doesn’t mean they left the house at 2
@@CJDM310yeah and then 2h hike isn't weird in Europe.
1:20:06 "We'll bleep it out." Ron Howard's AD Voiceover: "They didn't bleep it out."
19:00 I don’t think apparate/dissapparate is tracked. Similarly, the Department of motor vehicles does not track if you’re driving with or without a license, but one is required legally to drive vehicles.
wait, could amos diggory have gotten his (seemingly extremely good) world cup tickets as a bribe from lucius to get buckbeak executed?
i thought he may have been blackmailed, but that could work i guess.
But what happened at the rest of the committee
I guess you all forget the scene where Hannah Abbot’s leg gets left behind in her hoop
Yes I was thinking about that, it seems to me that incident leans heavily into J's theory on being connected through space at either end. The teachers just did a pop and some smoke and she was whole again. But perhaps it's just *that* easy to reattach severed limbs in the Wizarding world
Isn't it Amelia Bones?
@@rhyllwalker8052It was Susan Bones. Amelia Bones is her aunt, who was at Harry’s trial.
I think its because rons wasn't a splinch from him improperly apperating, but because his sholder flesh got physically pulled back by the death eater while also traveling through flu fire. Like while phasing, you're not fully physically there but you're still kinda, so he accidentally ripped a chunck of flesh off his barely physically present body
What if the eye can see heat signatures. Being invisible wouldn't stop that, would it?
In Philosopher's Stone Hermione was quite athletic (think about the incident with Harry's broom being jinxed and Hermione running over to set Snape's cloak on fire). But in Chamber of Secrets, she spends most of the year petrified, not exercising her muscles at all. Which is why she's so incredibly unfit from Prisoner of Azkaban onwards.
But she spent Prisoner of Azkaban running all over the castle to get to classes with the time turner all the while carrying a huge bag of heavy books up and down all those stairs. She’d be the most fit person among them.
Also, she no longer has PE lessons now she's at Hogwarts.
That isn't athletic. She didn't "run over" to Snape she snuck over.. also it wasn't very far. Although, I do think there's merit to the idea that the length of time she was petrified did have an impact on her physical fitness/ muscle strength. Nice catch. ❤
@UnfazedPhoenix The TtGD podcast for that episode made note of her having to had run very fast to get over to the teacher's stadium.
Foreshadowing: The Chapter! We've got Accio, Portkeys, Cedric's grandchildren 😢, and even the Lovegoods living nearby! Now that's WAY into the future!
I've always read "side-along apparition" as having two different types.
The first is taking along a wizard incapable of apparition, whether by under-age or just incompatibility with the spell. This, I suspect, is extremely difficult and is what Dumbledore does with Harry at the beginning of book 6 and, arguably what Harry does with Dumbledore after he had drunk the potion. Dumbledore's ability at this point is somewhat up for debate, he was able to repel inferi after drinking the potion but it's probably true that apparition is harder magic and that Dumbledore's condition is worsening.
The second type of side-along apparition is guiding someone capable of apparating to a specific location. This is what Dumbledore does for Harry when they go to the cave and I think what the trio do throughout book 7. One of them, usually Hermione, has a destination in mind and then all of them apparate using that shared set of co-ordinates, essentially like following behind someone else in a second car. This, I would assume, is relatively simple, or at the least not any harder than regular apparition, and serves as a means for a group of apparating witches and/or wizards to all arrive at the same location.
This is how I've always read it as well.
You have to be able to picture the place in your mind yourself in order to apparate there. Harry and Ron can't picture a destination they've never been to. It's more likely that Hermione is doing side along apparition with both. However, I could be wrong. Enjoyed your explanation and theories. ❤
@@UnfazedPhoenix Very near the end of The Seer Overheard in HBP just as they are about to apparate to the cave Dumbledore says to Harry : "... now place your hand upon my arm, Harry. There is no need to grip too hard, I am merely guiding you." This suggests there is at least some difference from the first time at the beginning of the book when they visit Slughorn where Harry is described as "re-doubling" his grip.
@@UnfazedPhoenix We know that you have to picture a place in your mind in order to apparate there independently. However, we also know that Dumbledore is "merely guiding" Harry when they apparate to the cave and we know that if you touch someone as they're about to apparate, you can follow them even to unplottable and otherwise protected places, even if the person apparating doesn't intend to bring you along. The theory that one can apparate somewhere they can't picture in their mind if guided by another apparating with them seems not only possible, but clearly established.
Ben: "Sheaf. ... there's a good woody sort of word. Splinch. ... dreadful tinny sort of word."
Very surprised that this is well over 1 hour long considering it's a very short chapter with very little that happens, only Cedric's dad being a knob to Harry . Looking forward to giving it a listen to yon the morning.
I think a video on theories the brother disagree on would be cool
1:19:40 that is incorrect, there is absolutely indication that Fake Moody saw Harry telling him the map was his and changes what he was telling Snape on the spot. The wrackspurts theory makes no sense.
a) The book literally says "For a few seconds, he and Harry stared straight into each other’s eyes". Not just looking in Harry's general direction, looking at his eyes.
b) Moody actually told Snape he had dropped something while pointing at the map, thinking it was Snape's, then Harry starts motioning it's his and Moody accios it and says "my mistake, it's mine, must have dropped it". He 100% reacted to Harry's actions, he could see Harry 100%.
c) Moody in the beginning of book 5 could also see Harry while taling him to Grimmauld Place.
Yeah this is def a case where they are trying toooo hard to explain inconsistencies in the writing
@@Cydonianightthe same could be said about this person's explanation. It's all interpretation of actions in this specific scenario. Nothing is explicitly confirmed or denied. So for anyone to say they're 100% certain about it is just closed minded. It's incredibly difficult to be 100% certain about ANYTHING. Allowing even 1% of an open mind to other theories allows a person to keep learning.
It's all interpretation of actions in this specific scenario. Nothing is explicitly confirmed or denied. So for anyone to say they're 100% certain about it is just closed minded. It's incredibly difficult to be 100% certain about ANYTHING. Allowing even 1% of an open mind to other theories allows a person to keep learning.
Once again, Percy has just graduated from Hogwarts a couple of weeks ago. Someone's first job out of High School (not even College) is usually not super important or exciting
But raising wards is a grunt work. Quite literally something Percy should be absolutely doing. Sure, he will not be discussing the treaties and invite international guests, but by all means he could be there to improve warding and do the field work.
I mean in the muggle world that is what you would get temp workers or hire for summer jobs - valets, sweepers, park spot guards… this is the kind of works they did not allow Percy to come close to
If the whole ministry is working on the quidditch world cup, you'd think they'd have him doing something uninteresting for that
Especially since he’s been at the job for a few weeks. I work in broadcasting and on big productions the last thing you want is some newbie distracting people with questions during crunch time.
The cup has probably been planned out for years, no offense to Percy but giving the fresh-our-of-school new guy unrelated grunt work until the big job is done is totally believable
@Alwarin1 Percy has a desk job, however, not a job in security. He's probably not trained in raising and lowering wards and that's probably a task for the Ministry Cursebreakers or whomever works with wards.
Also Arthur himself is not working on the word cup , so not EVERYONE is working on it
After some of the discussions in this series, it occurs to me that an entire video, nay, perhaps even a book could be devoted to real-life figures that inspired or influenced some of the names/characters in the HP series
Ooooh, I'd buy that!
Such a shame that the Lovegoods arrived a week early at the camp. It would've been fantastic to have Luna and her father with them!
I don't know.
Meeting Luna was such a whacky introduction that it made that chapter a shining beacon in an otherwise gloomy section of a particularly gloomy book. And it made a great juxtaposition that showed her being somewhat insane and made you question Harry's insanity when he encountered the thestral.
But introducing her next to her even more whacky father would have overshadowed her. We would have lost all sense of her quirkiness, and since she played no part in book 4, it would have ruined her arc in book 5.
I prefer it the way it is. But it sure would have been fun to see it in an alternate version of the series.
@@keithg460Your line of reasoning only makes sense if you think that JK Rowling couldnt have written something else to lighten the mood in the next book.
This would be great, what if situation. I love how luna is introduced into the series but I would be interested in seeing that version of events
@@keithg460 You're right of course, Luna is a highlight in the fifth book and if the journey with the portkey was the only interaction between Harry and his friends and Luna that'd be pointless.
But I can see her telling Harry publically that she believes him that he didn't put his name in the goblet and that she supports him as well as Cedric. I can even see her trying to help Harry even though he wouldn't ask her for help. So they could become friends earlier than in canon.
Apparition Reversal Magic Squad. A.R.M.S.
It's 7 past 5 am when they arrived. That would be 5:07 am.
In the height of summer the night ranges from around 8-12 in real degrees so let's call it 10 but for the benefit of my yank brethren that is 50
THE THROUGH THE GRIFFIN DOOR CANDLE has been out of stock for SOOO long. I need it brother! Please tell me it's coming back??? ❤
My dear, sweet Ben and J... It's a movie vs. book thing about the manky old boot... Harry says, "Why are they standing around that manky old boot?" In the movie, and the twins answer, "... it's a portkey"... in the book, Amos is holding a mouldy-looking old boot...
My take on Hermiones ticket: Molly found out Arthur took a bribe and refused to go. Her ticket was going to Penelope Clearwater, and when Arthur grabbed a second tent, Percy and Penelope broke up. Fred and George stated that Lee Jordan is going with his dad, Ginny learned that Luna was going with her dad, so Ron suggested Hermione...who was a last resort.
This may be overthinking it a bit, but yeah it's weird to me that brothers didn't even for a second consider that Molly simply didn't want to go, for any reason
Because they like sports. I guess they don't really consider that some people really just dont care about sporting events. I certainly wouldn't chose to go to a world cup because I don't care for sports. I'd rather someone who appreciates it go
Question: do you think Myrtle's parents were told their daughter became a ghost? They were both muggles, so they wouldn't have been able to see her even if they had been told. And they would have had to live out their loves knowing they'd never see their daughters again even in the afterlife. That is one of the cruelest fates of anyone in the series. So do you just not tell the parents to spare them the pain or do you tell them?
Do muggles even show up in the afterlife?
Harry has to initiate the side-along apparition after Dumbledore has drunk the potion in the cave in Half-Blood Prince.
Moody straight up says he can see through invisibility cloaks. You have to assume he’s straight up lying for the theory to hold. And how would Harry let him know the map was important enough to keep Snape from touching it, when he can’t actually see Harry and doesn’t realize it’s a map until after Snape has left?
It's funny thinking back that Harry telling Moody not to let Snape touch the map was what allowed Voldemort to be revived. If Snape did pick it up, he'd search for people next to him and figure out that Moody is an imposter
In Half-Blood Prince, the ministry safety pamphlets imply that side-along apparition is something that every adult should be able to do with underage members of their family. I'd bet that at this point the author just hadn't thought of that as a concept yet.
I think the brothers always underestimate both the risk of apperation, and the fact Ron did end up messing it up in the Deathly Hallows.
Apperating at school is safe enough when you have the medical staff right there to fix you up the second it happens. But if you are alone you can very well end up dead
Also If I remember correctly/ in the translation of my book, Ron didn't splinch his arm, but a part of his finger, which Hermione at first was very concerned when she heard about it, but when she realises it's not a death threatening injury she goes back to being upset
In the Prisoner of Azkaban movie (which I just rewatched a night or two ago) CEDRIC FALLS OFF HIS BROOM!! and now I'm trying to remember if movie Amos is all "you didn't fall off your broom, did you Ced?"
I don’t think that is Cedric. Or if it is, someone other than Robert Pattinson is playing him. But Amos in the movie never even mentions that game
Love these guys! Thanks For this ❤❤❤
When ron was taking his test to apperate when it's says he left behind a piece of eye lashes.
Here we go ! Thanks guys as always ❤
It could be that the Diggorys didn't have as good seats as the Weasleys but they are coming on the day because they chose to walk a longer distance to get to the portkey that was set up for the Weasleys instead of getting a closer one which left a few days earlier.
I mean, the Diggorys had to leave early enough for Ced to climb some trees. Avid climber that Ced.
It bugs me slightly that they kept saying 7:05 and then when Ben read the line 5:07 J did not make any further comment on it. Also was not expecting the shrooms reference in a Harry Potter podcast. I laughed so loud I scared my cat lol
I think side-along apparition is restricted due to being incredibly risky. You know how many regulations the Ministry likes to pass. And would be so on brand for them to require a license for something they can't tack.
It's a good point when you guys talked about apparition as being more of a book smart thing. A lot like occlumency and non verbal where it takes a lot of concentration to perform it. I imagine for side along it must require even more concentration hence why it isn't done often, especially when the side along person doesnt know how or isn't good enough to help.
Question for you guys. Do you think Bill would know about Horcruxs? Since the Weasley’s took a trip to see Bill right after Chamber of Secrets, I feel like he would have heard about what happened to Ginny. Maybe not the full details, it even could have been something like “Ginny was possessed by a diary”. But as an older sibling, I feel like I would definitely ask Ginny further questions, especially if my job was to deal with cursed or dark objects. I feel like if he knew about Horcruxs, he would have been able to put two and two together.
I think with Ron it was that he got spilinched in between 3 places...
First, they were at ministry then grimold place and then the forest of dean.
In my head cannon once the portkey arrives at the world cup site the Ministy employee there asks "What you fell over for?"
If only there was an actual portkey to the US, I might have made it to a live show...
Mentioning Luna being into Quidditch and IMO, the BEST commentator, second only to Lee Jordan of course, made me remember that these guys have to attempt to analyse all those absolutely balls-to-the-wall CHAOS that is Luna commentating Quidditch 😂🤣😂🤣
It's going to be SO MUCH FUN!!!!
Also is anyone else really looking forward to them getting to Ginny being the only person who gets away with calling Harry out on his BS because Harry knows she can and will shitrock him if she needs to????
Ben impressed by J's 6 year old jeans when I'm sitting here in my jeans from when I was in high school in 2008
nd they been washed maybe 20 times
39:04 LSU’s Tiger Stadium seats over 100,000. (Not even the biggest) that’s what I imagine when they mention crowd at the quidditch World Cup.
I imagine the volunteers stadium in Knoxville
1:20:31 wait, that actually has precedence because sometimes people forget their words or their train of thought when they're nervous!! also, there's the whole being confused when someone is interrupted from daydreaming/zoning out.
Yep I'm pulling myself out of bed right now that's the same way right now I got a lot of work to do before Christmas here.
So idk how it is in American sports, but in England, the cheaper tickets tend to go to the diehard fans. They can’t afford to spend £600 on a ticket if they’re going to as many games as possible. Plus you get discounts for being local and you get better ticket options if you’ve been to a lot of games that season.
I have to same confusion about splinching as Ben 😂 also the way J said “destroy that” was slightly terrifying
23:16 i think what J means is the arm is still "attached" but with a non physical connection, like leaving the arm behind in the spirit world, for all intents and purposes its still attached to you but your arm is in the apparition tube beyond the reach of your brain to give and recieve signals, while you are here on earth. A Metaphysical connection.
I dont think i agree though that it wouldnt be bloody. I've always imagined splinching as being a bit gruesome and bloody, and leaving behind an arm or a piece of you behind well your physical blood is syill gonna spill out even if the arm is "technically still attached.
On the mental health impacting magic idea -- this reinforces my assumption that Filch wasn't a true squib. He was a wizard who accidentally turned the love of his life (Mrs Norris) into a cat, but couldn't undo it. He got so depressed he could no longer do magic, but tried to fix himself via the correspondence courses. A true squib would know that wouldn't work, but someone with a traumatic magical block might have a chance of recovery. It would also explain how he could see and interact with the castle without magic.
In NYC, a port key might be a broken-down car ditched along the side of the Bruckner Expressway - no tires left (saw one on Sunday morning and the person I was riding with made jokes about it). That would certainly be big enough to allow LOTS of people to touch it at the same time. Now, of course getting to it would be a problem - but say instead you use one in a junkyard? And how many other large objects might one find in a junkyard? But then, you'd have to allow PLENTY of room at the other end, and Basil has to tell Arthur & Co. to step aside for the next group coming in.
1:39!!!
Clarification: Harry refers to it as a manky old boot as they're all about to leave when wonder how it would look to a muggle who saw them. Not when it's first described with Amos holding it.
I have a first edition us and it definitely says "manky" 100000% I literally just read it 5 minutes before coming here...
In the apparition class, when someone splinches isn't the body part (a small one) on the ground?
2:05 this is "very obvious" all over again. Breaking my heart mates.😂❤
imagine how cool Percy would've became if he had worked under Arthur at the ministry
I have another explanation for Dumbledore knowing where Harry and Ron are in the hut scene in Chamber of Secrets where Hagrid is arrested and Dumbledore receives the order of suspension: Dumbledore, noticing that Hagrid was tense, used Legilimency on Hagrid upon entering the hut.
Remember how Luna can recognize Harry when under the influence of pollijuice potion.
What would happen if a muggle did pick up a portkey.
I get it J. Although it is in two separate places they are whole magically. Ron bleeds and feels the pain because it is the physical sensation. Remember wizards don't have the same physiology as muggles. Remember Neville's family didn't believe he was magical until he survived being dropped out the window by his uncle. Normally "magic is just science we don't understand yet " but in this case we are applying muggle science and logic to a magical situation.
lol that Percy definitely got his job because he’s Arthur’s son and everyone loves him but then Percy shows up and he’s not like Arthur at all
I always presumed that the 'ghost' of Harry's father modified or made the cup a port key that would return him to the school and that the original destination was supposed to be the area outside the maze but was modified to be the graveyard by Crouch when he placed the cup in the maze. Now that I think of it, if Dumbledore did the original port key charm and Crouch did an overriding charm and Dumbledore wasn't totally cancelled the return could have been a rare condition which was used by the 'ghost' of James to do the original transport.
5:14 I thought about this as I read the chapter this week. If it weren't for needing to establish portkeys as a critical plot device, this all could've easily been rolled into the next chapter.
"If it was going to be a mean prank that they played on somebody..." - What, like mugglebaiting Dudley, for example?... 😂
Yeah it's (The port key) just one of those things that she has in her books were you have something come back at the end so you just have to pay attention that it'll come back somewhere in the end. As far as the poor key. Like the mandrakes for example.
I’ve read this 5 times now and still have no idea what you meant.
I’m glad that you’re referring to something from this hour and a half podcast as “it” as if we know automatically what you’re talking about😂🤦♂️
24:14 The description makes me think of when Crouch takes out Moody's eye in the film, and it whizzes around on the floor.
1:13:41 My head canon is pretty close to what you guys are talking about here. My thoughts were that Grindelwald enchanted his own eye with the elder wand to assist him in locating the other Hallows (possibly among other things). This would mean that Barty (Jr.) didn't see through the Cloak and spot Harry, but noticed the Cloak itself. He simply reasons out through context (Hermione's presence) that its Harry under the Cloak.
As for how Dumbledore knows Harry is under the Cloak (or at least seems to) at times, I think that he placed an enchantment on the Cloak; that would let him know if it was nearby, while he was studying it after receiving it from James.
That said I do like this Theory, however, if we're maintaining that the Cloak completly hides you from all detection, how do the Rackspurts find Harry (or are the produced by those lost in thought or the like, i.e. Harry)
Great theory, the only problem is he definitely sees Harry under the cloak when he is trapped in the trick stair, because Harry waves and mouths "it's mine" about the marauders map when Snape is reaching for it - that's how 'Moody' knew to get it first
Valid point. The fact that Barty Jr. makes a move to stop Snape from getting the Map before he even knows what it is makes it hard not to say he noticed Harry's plea.
I have defaulted to the same way of thinking as Ben & J here. That is to say, it was the recognition of a patern associated with Harry. B&J noted that book never draws attention to Barty (Jr.) recognizing Harry's arm waving or mouthing of words, but he could have noticed the Rackspurts again, and assumed it was Harry once more. Thus the parchment must have belonged to Harry, and he needed Harry to stay out of trouble so he snatched it before Snape. I have it being the distortion or unique pattern of the Cloak that the eye marks the Hallow with.
I hope you guys don't mind talking about chapters for hours on end and maybe release them in staggered days so that the whole chapter is still released in one week. I listen to these videos throughout my driving excursions in the beginning of the week and it would be a major bummer for them to be shortened for reasons related to length. My personal opinion, of course!
Harry imagines apparition going wrong leaves an eye behind? BAAAM! Mad Eye!
The cloak has an allegiance, that allegiance was won by the person who killed the previous master, Voldemort. So Harry was never fully protected by it's magic just like Vildemort couldn't fully control the elder wand.
Moody's eye is not as powerful as The Hallows.
The missing eyeball harry imagines is foreshadowing for him grabbing the Eye from Umbridges office in Deathly Hallows.
as someone who also lives quite close to appalachia even if you don’t believe in it, respect the lore of the natives of the area, follow the rules of the woods. my mom has had so many experiences in the woods in the dark, while alone, hearing people call her name. if you don’t know the lore at least research the rules of appalachia:)
I always love Harry Potter, especially from you guys, but I always enjoy the love shown for pokeman. Fun fact and I think it's in the pokedex or a theory that annihilate is a primeape that got so mad it died and that's why it's a ghost fighting type.
Honestly, I kinda dig Amos. He just a very proud (to an insane degree) dad. Kinda reminds me of Gomez Adams.
you can know where ppl teleport unless you grap them and go with them i pretty sure the say in the last book
Love the annihilape reference 😂❤
When I read the books I always just assume there’s a bunch of kids that just never get named because why would the author sit down and name hundreds of kids. I always figured we got the important ones and enough to make the school not feel barren but obviously not every single one because why would anyone take the time to do that.
There's either more kids that simply don't get named, or the amount of students is actually very small. 5 boys and girls per grade times 7 grades times 4 houses equals about 360 students. Seems about right for a private school or something similar. Usually it's public schools that get into the 500s to 1000s
@@christianjacinto7042 normal ones yes but for the combined students of presumably all four UK nations seems really low. England, Scotland Wales and North Irelands combined magic student population seems low. Feels more likely it would just be too boring to extend scenes like the sorting ceremonies just to be accurate to the student population. We wouldn’t want to feel like we’re actually sitting through these boring ceremonies as readers we want the story to progress so it gets condensed.
@smwad7103 Keep in mind that the story starts only ten years after a long, deadly war waged by Voldemort. Ben and J bring this up in Philosopher Stone. We also need to consider that the magical community in Britian seems quite small and insular, which means there likely isn't a very large population to draw students from.
@ still it’s barely a kid per country per house per year. I’m not saying it’s impossible but I do prefer to think there’s more than we hear about. Maybe there’s just a bunch of parents choosing to send their kids off to Durmstrang and Beauxbatons for some reason lol.
@smwad7103 LOL maybe. You also have to remember there's only one teacher per subject. Now granted since the students live there, more time can be used to hold classes to squeeze everyone in, you have roughly ten plus hours and 7 days to divide class time. You can even space it out so half the school does say potions one day the other half the next.
11:26 Personally, when my parents have plans for an event/trip, I don't ask for the whole plan until just before we set out. If I asked about the itinerary while they were planning it, I would forget and need to ask again, and I don't want to be annoying.
It makes sense to me that the Weasley kids would just let Arthur decide their transportation plan and then wait until the morning of the match to ask "So, how are we getting there?"
The boys talking about walking up super early for a ski/snowboarding trip.
Me: Laughs in Northern Utahan.
A nonverbal acio is exactly like using the force lol
I like to believe that since Dumbledore had the Cloak to study he was able to learn how to see it or at least see through it. I like to believe the bright blue eyes are signs of the magic mentioned by Jay from the wand.
14:33 there are some examples of the wizards being exhausted after performing magic in this series. For example, when Harry is trying to learn the Accio & Expecto Patronum (Lupin gives HP chocolate) spells.
The way I see the side along apparation issue is that you take the ability of the other person into you, so the trio are relying on Hermione to take them places but she's using the power of the other 2 as well since they've been trained, this explains why harry can do it with Dumbledore but it would be difficult to do it with an untrained person, hence why Arthur and Amos take the portkey with the kids, but Dumbledore is extremely powerful so can do it with an untrained Harry
It takes me an hour to walk two miles and it is cold here but as long as i wear layers, and keep my fingers and head covered i stay warm. I feel like amos and Cedric would be alright since they have magic to keep warm
A thought just popped into my head. Cerdric would've had his apparition test by the time the final trial happened, right? Why didn't he just aparate out of the cemetery and back to Hogsmead or just outside of Hogwarts to get back to the professors? I know he was caught off guard but I feel like Harry should've just been like, "Get out of here now!" the minute he heard Wormtail and Moldy Voldy's voices coming.
1 it happens so fast there is no thought, 2 he is no coward, he wouldn’t have left Harry alone..
You're missing one thing, Harry was not able to open his eyes that time because his scar was hurting him, so he did know what was happening until Peter killed Cedric
Maybe Cedric hadn't passed his Apparition test yet.