The only thing we ever learn about Binns is that he didn’t let a minor detail as his death change him in any way.

Voldemort's like, "Barty my boy! You must go see Snape. He's got just the tool to scoop out Moody's fucked up eyeball."

I too was always on Petunia's side in this chapter.

These songs are influenced by images from the poem Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold. I’m not sure how this poem came to me, I’m not a big reader of poetry, but there is is. I used several images from the poem to name the songs, as well.

I got the idea for this song from ñaupa here on Soundcloud to juxtapose the an all black key scale with an all white keys scale, and this is the result

The Tide is Full

Winter Descends

Written and Produced by Tottery in Ableton Live.
Track art by MagicHappens.

So from the Strange Whisperings of the Villagers,
The Elders chose a Man-Servant to send into the Wilderness.
They stood by the Stable Gates and gazed upon a Faded Moon.
When Morning alighted a Figure Arose from the Mists.
The Man-Servant had Returned, and Fell Before their Feet,
Raggedly muttering . . .

There is a Circle of Magic in the Southern Glade

Jamnuary 2024 (Day 4) - Ouija

Keep It to Yourself

Deeper

Deathly Hallows chapter 9. We sort through this week's massive pile of news--J.K's garbage tweets, the Harper's letter, the Harry Potter at Home program, and more--before discussing a chapter so bad it threatens to rattle the entire book apart not even a quarter of the way in. Why is there a grenade spell now? Why is Hermione's character now "mom"? Why does Moody think a tongue twister curse would deter Snape, a guy who is canonically one of the best non-verbal spellcasters in the series? How will we, your loyal hosts, recover from having our guts spooked off by Dust Dumbledore? Why isn't Dust Dumbledore the only thing anyone talks about?

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Episode 121: Snape Ain't Afraid of No Ghost

Deathly Hallows chapter 13. We're back from our week off, which was in no way timed to coincide with a certain author's superyacht cruise! We discuss Jo's pilgrimage to the infinite money trousers (maskless, natch) and a few bits and pieces we missed last week before completing the Ministry Heist we left off in the middle of last episode. Hermione performs the Oblivion item duping glitch, Harry smokes A Long, and Ron manages to get through half of Who's On First with his fake wife in the middle of a daring action movie escape. Finally, we continue Jack Sloper's reddit adventures, and earn some nice karma to boot.

Episode 125: Popping Smoke

Deathly Hallows chapter 18. We discuss *inhales* the Vancouver billboard funded by hateful people riding a hateful billionaire's coattails, the initial  Troubled Blood review that got things kicking off this week, the continued Troubled Blood reviews from The Guardian that revealed how it's actually WORSE than the initial review made it sound, the pile of pre-existing Known Stuff about the Strike series, the misogyny and transmisogyny common in crime fiction  generally, the Fantastic Beasts filming news, and... the announcement of Harry Potter Skyrim. On top of all that, we have a completely out of pocket chapter that pushes the already-strained boundaries of our previously well-defined cast of characters to ludicrous levels in an attempt to tell a very (even for this book) ham-handed story about Harry's crisis of faith. Crisis of 'Braith, get it? Never mind.

It goes without saying but just in case:  content warning for All Of JK Rowling's Business, as well as the related  shit of classic fiction like Psycho and Silence of the Lambs and so on. If you want to skip the news segment, the chapter stuff starts at 1:14:15!

Episode 130: Crisis of 'Braith

Deathly Hallows chapter 21. After checking in with Buzzfeed to see how they're handling Harry Potter clickbait these days, we finally learn all about the Tale of the Three Brothers: a wizarding world story so common, why, everyone knows of it! We also learn about a bunch of aphorisms and other cultural artifacts that surely anyone would recognize, because they've been part of the wizarding world this whole time and definitely not pulled entirely out of the author's ass just now.  Finally, we head over to reddit and quora for a grab bag of third segment goodies.

Episode 133: My Brother, My Brother, and Me

Deathly Hallows chapter 22. We investigate the Wizarding World brand's Halloween plans for this year and end up stumbling into some incredible Christmas lore instead before discussing a chapter that finally honors the REAL heroes: podcasters. We also chat about the ever-unraveling state of the story's theology, worldbuilding and politics before taking an accidental deep dive into the world of official Harry Potter pin collecting... in 3D!

Episode 134: Ding Dong

Deathly Hallows chapter 33. It's here: the prophesied episode has finally arrived. And since we also have some big news to discuss (as well as some personal conspiracy theories about the TV rumors) this episode is another blockbuster length banger! So, how do we actually feel about Snape's big chapter, after all this time? The answer might surprise you--the chapter certainly surprised us. Does that mean it's good? Oh, no. God no. It's very very bad. But it's not what we were prepared for. Plus: a Snape-related Screenrant victory lap, and an exciting surprise that close the book on one of the podcast's longest-running subplots!

Episode 146: The Prince's Fail

Note: this was recorded before the WHOM COULD HAVE FORESEEN news about the game--tune in next week for that one

Deathly Hallows chapter 35. We had an extra week to let this chapter sink in, but did it help? We try to parse the Matrix Revolutions chapter where Harry talks to a Dumbledore ghost inside his head who claims that this is all happening in Harry's imagination yet offers him and the audience a bunch of extremely literal answers with new information, and that's not even the weirdest part of this whole thing! We theorize what this could possibly be trying to say, what actually matters in the New Lore, what answers are missing, and whether or not we'd help a flayed monster creature lying on the ground. Finally, we return to the world of Imagines, and compete in an impromptu guessing game.

Episode 148: Orb Lore

Two lapsed Harry Potter fans on a journey back through the books they (used to) love so much. Updates every Friday!

Episode 146: The Prince's Fail

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