#26 How To Become A Ghost | CoS 8, The Deathday Party

Potter Revisited Episode #26 How To Be A Ghost AKA Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 8 "The Deathday Party" We enter into Fall in CoS and it's Shay's favourite time of year We discuss the Pepperup potion and if we would take it  We love the idea of Fred & George spying on Slytherin Shay wonders why no rich Gryffindors bought their team new brooms Oliver's training its getting progressively more intense  We discuss Nick and the Headless Hunt Filch and Mrs Norris have a very strong connection - could it be magical? Filch is working while having the flu - does Dumbledore not give him sick days? Why did Dumbledore hire Filch? He always has some motive for his hires Tori wonders how Squibs work - do they have no magic, or some magic? Kwikspell sounds like a huge scam Interesting foreshadowing when Peeves knocks over the vanishing cabinet - which comes back to play in OOTP and HBP Nick basically manipulates Harry into agreeing to attend his Deathday Party Shay agrees the Deathday party is interesting but she would make sure to eat dinner before Interesting that Nick knows inviting Harry means also inviting Hermione and Ron We love this random passage of Fred and George feeding a firework to a Salamander  We discuss the Deathday party - and Shay isn't a fan of the music choice We discuss Ghosts and the rules surrounding them and how they are governed We meet Moaning Myrtle and why no one seems to have done anything to help her Harry hears the voice after leaving the Deathday party - interesting that he is both scared but excited It really shows the faith and friendship Ron and Hermione have in Harry as they follow him despite not being able to hear the voice The trio stumble upton petrified Mrs Norris and the writing on the wall  Shay discusses how scary this could be for children reading  We begin a deep discussion on Ghosts in the Wizarding World and how they work How does one become a Ghost? Nick says it's a choice - is it forever? What about children that die?  Shay wonders why Fred and others from the Battle of Hogwarts  Why would once choice to become a ghost? Shay wonders why Voldemort never considered becoming a ghost  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