#15 The Future Looks Bleak, Harry | PS, Chapter 15 ”The Forbidden Forest”

Potter Revisited Episode #15 | The Future Looks Bleak, Harry Aka Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 15 "The Forbidden Forest" We come up with some excuses Harry and Hermione could have gave for being out at night Is this really the most disappointed McGonagall has ever been or is she trying to "scare them straight" Harry feels awful for losing Gryffindor so much house points - but he slowly gets used to it as the series goes on This is the first time Harry feels isolated in the Wizarding World, but at least he has Ron. Really shows how much Harry values Ron's friendship Have the Weasley Twins not lost 150 points or are they good at not getting caught? Why is their punishment for breaking the rules/being out of bounds being sent to an out of bounds area? #WhyDumbledore Where students punished with corporal punishment during Dumbledore's time as Headmaster? Why were Neville and Draco, then Draco and Harry sent off alone in the Forbidden Forest - when they are looking for an unknown and potentially dangerous teacher? We meet the Centaurs and get a lot of foreshadowing for the next few chapters and potentially for the rest of the series  Harry swears to stop "poking around" in this book - which happens a few times throughout the series  Is Hagrid lax with safety in the forest due to his thoughts on magical creatures, and how he sees dangerous creatures as "misunderstood" and needing a second chance? Did Dumbledore want Harry to be caught to send him into the forest, so he would meet Voldemort?  Does Bane and Ronan's argument with Firenze foreshadowing his exile in OOTP? What does it mean to have a "cursed life"?  Interesting full circle moment that Harry is in the forest in the beginning of the series, and returns at the end to die.  We discuss the centar's "Mars is bright tonight" observation and how it foreshadows the rest of the series What did Firenze see in the stars about Harry?  What is the lifespan of a centar?  We do a mini deep dive on Divination in the series  Are we made to be biased against Divination/Fortune-Telling as Hagrid, Hermione and McGonagall are shown to be skeptical  Shay loves Divination, specifically dream analysis. According to her if you want to lucid dream, eat a pickle, chocolate icing and cheese before bed.  Email any thoughts, questions or theories to discuss on future episodes 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