#5 Wizard Currency Drives Me Knuts | PS 5, Diagon Alley

Potter Revisited Episode #6 | Platform 9 and 6 Weasley's

Aka Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 5 “Diagon Alley”

•  Poor Harry thinks it's all a dream
• Can Hagrid do non-verbal spells? 
• What is Cissy up to? "Looking at wands" 
• Celtic Birth Trees
• Harry and Voldemort have brother wands - sharing the core from the same Phoenix - is this rare?
• Harry and Hagrid's relationship discussion 
• Why is Hagrid going off drinking when Harry is an 11 year old child in an unfamiliar environment!
• Is it Quirrell's first year teaching DADA?
• Hagrid has a lot of Slytherin (and other house) biases! Was this intentional? 
• Interesting foreshadowing in Gringotts - "You'd be mad to try and rob it!"
• Does Hagrid know that Tom Riddle aka Voldemort is the reason he got expelled?
• How did the Dursley's not discover Harry's wealth? 
• Conspiracy Theory: Did Dumbledore hide or manipulate any will James and Lily had? 
• Species Debate: Why do Owls deliver mail? Is it animal cruelty? 
• We unknowingly meet Draco Malfoy - Malfoy & Family deep dive
• Hagrid and his relationship with Dumbledore - was this part of the reason he was sent?
• Wizard Currency Breakdown - does it make sense? 
• How is the Wizarding World Taxed? Hogwarts,etc. 
• Goblin / Magical Species Discussion 

Links:

Wizard Currency

https://www.hp-lexicon.org/currency/exchange/

Birth Trees

https://www.thegiftedtree.com/your-birth-tree/

 

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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