#35 How Come You’ve Got A Sword? | CoS 17, The Heir of Slytherin

Potter Revisited Episode #34 How Come You've Got A Sword? AKA Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 17 "The Heir of Slytherin"

• We need a property survey and updated map of Hogwarts that includes all the secret chambers and how far underneath the castle they are
• The way the chamber is described in the book makes it seem a lot bigger than the film shows - even the statue of Salazar is bigger 
• Harry does not seem very shocked or concerned that Tom Riddle is there 
• Tom picks up Harry's wand - which is the brother to his wand. What would of happened if he attempted to use it?
• "We're in the Chamber of Secrets, we can talk later!"
• Interesting to think that Hagrid is only a few years younger than Voldemort and they were peers at school
• Tom Riddle is Voldemort and Voldemort is him - and is very dramatic
• How does Tom Riddle know so much about Harry when it is after his time? Did Ginny tell him, or is it due to him being a Horcrux and connection to the other bit of soul left in Voldemort?
• Shay find it hilarious how Tom had to bond with an 11 year old girl, and wonders what they would have talked about
• Tom Riddle seems a bit more human than Voldemort when discussing his parentage - claiming is changed his name not because he hated Muggles but because his father abandoned him 
• We reflect on Harry seeing the teenage version of the person who later on grew up to murder his parents
• Harry is Dumbledore's Man through and through already
• What kind of magic tethers Fawkes to Dumbledore - how is Fawkes able to know to come to Harry?
• Voldy is UGLY
• The description of Fawkes puncturing the Basilisk's eyes is a bit too much for us reading even as adults
• Dumbledore is very lucky the Sword coming through the sorting hat didn't knock Harry out. Shay loves the silliness of it
• Interesting to think that Basilisk venom is one of the only ways to destroy and Horcrux, and it ends up piercing Harry
• We discuss the compulsion Harry had to stab the diary with the fang - was it the Horcrux in him acting to protect itself?
• We discuss the trauma Ginny has faced this year and how it will impact her going forward
• Did Ginny think that Percy would turn her in? 
• Ron's first reaction after seeing that Harry and Ginny are alright is the fact Harry has a sword. Very 12 year old reaction. 
• Lockhart gets his karma at last
• Shay discusses what items like the Sword of Gryffindor the other houses could have

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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/

 

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