EPISODE · Oct 22, 2018 · 1H 22M
#390: Falling Softly
from MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast · host Harry Potter
Welcome Slug Club member Sam! News: JKR shares why everyone is headed to Paris… Credence! Voicemails cover Book 1 and 7 connections, Hogwarts professors, Leta Lestrange and more Chapter-by-Chapter continues with 'The House of Gaunt' 7 Word Summary: A memory comes before another big reveal Sam shares why this chapter is one of her favorite in the series Why can't Hermione accept following alternate directions? Does Slughorn remember Snape as a student? Do Trelawney's mumblings shed insight on future Pensieve memories? Stepping inside Bob Ogden's memory Pureblood mania is alive and well inside the House of Gaunt Merope is part of a horrible family dynamic with Marvolo and Morfin. Is her family lineage at all to blame for her actions? Do we blame Tom Riddle Sr. for abandoning his son? What if he didn't? Horcrux alert: the ring and the locket As readers, what are we to make of all this guesswork by Dumbledore? Who is the worst character in this chapter? Merope? Marvolo? Morfin? Connecting the Threads: Parseltongue, snakes on doors and Bob Ogden The hosts give their MVPs of the Week and Rename The Chapter Quizzitch: How old is Stan Shunpike? In Bonus MuggleCast, available exclusively on Patreon for Dumbledore's Army members and above, we discuss news on Yusuf Kama, Queenie & Grindelwald, the Chupacabra and the French Ministry escape Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Welcome Slug Club member Sam! News: JKR shares why everyone is headed to Paris… Credence! Voicemails cover Book 1 and 7 connections, Hogwarts professors, Leta Lestrange and more Chapter-by-Chapter continues with 'The House of Gaunt' 7 Word Summary: A memory comes before another big reveal Sam shares why this chapter is one of her favorite in the series Why can't Hermione accept following alternate directions? Does Slughorn remember Snape as a student? Do Trelawney's mumblings shed insight on future Pensieve memories? Stepping inside Bob Ogden's memory Pureblood mania is alive and well inside the House of Gaunt Merope is part of a horrible family dynamic with Marvolo and Morfin. Is her family lineage at all to blame for her actions? Do we blame Tom Riddle Sr. for abandoning his son? What if he didn't? Horcrux alert: the ring and the locket As readers, what are we to make of all this guesswork by Dumbledore? Who is the worst character in this chapter? Merope? Marvolo? Morfin? Connecting the Threads: Parseltongue, snakes on doors and Bob Ogden The hosts give their MVPs of the Week and Rename The Chapter Quizzitch: How old is Stan Shunpike? In Bonus MuggleCast, available exclusively on Patreon for Dumbledore's Army members and above, we discuss news on Yusuf Kama, Queenie & Grindelwald, the Chupacabra and the French Ministry escape Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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