#115 Lawyer Hat, On | OOTP 17, Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four

Potter Revisited Episode #115 Lawyer Hat, On AKA Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 17 "Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four" Harry is finally feeling happy for once, too bad it doesn't last Shay envies the trio being able to do work out by a lake  Umbridge has disbanded all the Hogwarts spot teams, clubs and societies - what a fun sucker  They way Umbridge goes about this is so wrong, its such a power trip  Whats up with no boys in the Girls Dorm, but Girls can get into the boys?  Tori and Shay bring up different fanfic tropes regarding common rooms Hermione reveals how she cursed the list of names - we love morally grey Hermione but why bring poor Eloise Midgen into this  It's so strange that the sports teams have been disbanded as if one isn't reinstated it messes with the whole house tournament and looks like favouritism for the other teams  Hedwig turns up injured during History of Magic - we know Umbridge is behind this and it is a CRIME Binns is a dedicated prof, literally only there to talk about history who cares about students or their names  Small Theastral foreshadowing from Grubbly-Plank Minnie G really has Harry's back here  Sirius does not care for his safety or the impact him being caught would have on Harry Draco admits to being a Nepo Baby - snuggly saying the Slytherin Team got reinstated due to his father's connections  Neville almost attacks Draco  Umbridge is inspecting Snape's class, and we can't decide who we want to win  Lots of foreshadowing in Umbridge's questioning of Snape regarding his history at Hogwarts and how many times he has applied to teach DADA Fred and George showcasing their Skiving Snack boxes by vomiting in the common room - kind of gross?  Sirius was giving Harry the cold shoulder earlier but now he is super proud of Harry now that he is forming an illegal defence group  Hermione now thinks the group is a bad idea based on how excited Sirius is about it - to be fair he doesn't have the best judgement  Their conversation is cut by a familiar hand appearing in the fire moments after Sirius left  Tori wonders what would of happened if Umbridge had caught Sirius when in the fire - could she have pulled him into her office or would Sirius have pulled her into Grimmauld Place?  Floo as a communication method still doesn't really make sense to us  Shay introduces Legal Corner where the covers the crimes of Umbridge in this chapter and the real life potential consequences of her actions  So many crimes  Harry really needs a lawyer at this point  Umbridge is so terrible and this is only her getting started  Snape Sucks count for Chapter 17: 0 Umbridge Sucks count for Chapter 17: 2 Email any thoughts, questions or feedback to  [email protected] Music: Shelter Song by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Follow Us:  Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/potterrevisited Twitter https://twitter.com/potterevisited Instagram https://www.instagram.com/potterrevisited_/ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4v2Xt0OIQ8_LCVYhKf2S5A TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@potterrevisited