When you mentioned making notes on every page, I immediately thought of Madam Pince. "What have you done to that book? Decimated, defiled, besmirched with scribblings."
I like to think Mrs. Fig intentionally didn’t call Dumbledore to fix her broken leg because she realized that Harry might get to go to the zoo, and possibly do something fun for once. Then she had to let it heal naturally because she had already told the Dursley’s about breaking her leg. I just want to imagine that she wanted Harry to have a fun day.
Well she is a squib so she probably doesn't have access to St. Mungos, she might not even know where it is or how to get in, and unless she's really good friends with a wizard that can effectively mend broken bones because alot of wizards can't and she probably wouldn't want to inconvenience Dumbledore, and she probably isn't like really good friends with Dumbledore to where she's comfortable to send a letter to him asking him to come fix her broken leg, plus with how long it takes for owls to fly and deliver the letter, plus I don't think she even has an owl, it seems like it would be more convenient to go to a muggle hospital
@lukeroberson2115 well we don't know if Filch is a special circumstance where Dumbledore let him in or if he was always able to come and go, and let's be honest here Mrs. Figg definitely wasn't able to actually see the dementors but yes she was able to feel them
@johnhostetler2167 1. It doesn't matter if Dumbledore allowed it, unless Filch was immune, the Muggle enchantments would've kept him away. 2. Mrs. Fig DID see the dementors.
Voldemort turning the sorting hat into a horcrux is actually an interesting “what if”. Voldemort would certainly have appreciated the hat’s mind reading ability, and he could have chosen to leave the horcrux hat hiding in plain sight where it could continue its primary purpose while also creating mischief by sorting first-years to fit Voldemort’s purposes and informing him of the students’ character and secrets.
What a clever and cozy looking studio. It captures the beautifully warm vibes of the gryffindor common room that were very present in the first few films and all the references are great. The commentary was fun and this was overall, a very enjoyable video to listen to. I’m certain many will be looking forward to more of these.
Hello! Londoner here to answer random questions 😂 Summer holidays are generally mid-late July to 1/2/3rd September, our summer holidays are 6 weeks Mallorca - (Ben pronounces it correctly). Everyone seemed to have or want to have a holiday home in Mallorca in the late 90s early 2000s. It’s only a 2 hour flight so a good cheap and easy summer holiday destination Welks- they’re traditional seafood that you’d get in a little paper cup at the beach. Generally they’re kind of cold and slimy and you’d get them from the same stall you’d get jellied eels and cockles from. You don’t really see them anymore (because they’re utterly disgusting) but it wouldn’t be uncommon for old fashioned Marge to get them at the beach No, you can’t bring an air rifle to school 😂 Also! Quick edit- if you want the most British audiobook experience, listen to the Stephen Fry version on audible 😊
Thanks for your service! FYI, the Stephen Fry version is not available in the US - on Audible or anywhere else. I thoroughly enjoy the Jim Dale version, but I would love to listen to the Stephen Fry version too!
As a fun exercise if you’ve never heard “tiptoe through the tulips” I would absolutely recommend listening to the song and imagining Mr Dursley singing it.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS! I can’t wait to go through the whole series like this with you guys! It’s crazy to me that this is probably a 6 year journey we are embarking on together. I’m so excited that i have years and years of this to look forward to. I can’t wait!
maybe the reason the wizarding world knows about the potters so soon after it happened is that Hagrid went to the leaking cauldron for a drink on the way to pick up harry and we know Hagrid talks to much while drinking "I SHOULD NOT HAVE TOLD YOU THAT"
Yea I always imagined that Hagrid took him to hogwarts right after getting him. That madam pomfrey looked him over an thats how the teaching staff heard. While that was happening Hagrid went to hogsmead an had himself a "pick me up" an thats part of how word also got out. Would also explain where Hagrid was since it wouldn't take almost 24 hours to get to the dursleys. It's a lot of fan theory thou
@@dartanyonfisette2253 I mean that makes a lot of sense. This kid just got attacked and his parents were murdered it would make a lot of sense to go get him a medical check up before taking hi to his relatives.
The fact that as much as we all are familiar with this story and that we can be excited to both create and listen to this podcast is just a testament to how great the story is.
I’m only at the very beginning of this video but when talking about Vernon, I feel like he is the type of person who always wants a way to feel superior to others and one of his tools is yelling. Perhaps it’s his favorite tool. I think she captures it so well when she describes him. He looks down on anyone that looks “different”. Later he looks at the types of cars people drive.
I read the philosophers stone for the first time exactly 9 3/4 years ago. And now, my younger sister is finally reading the series. I was so happy since the wizarding world was such an important part of my life (i was a miserable bullied kid that escaped into these books to read about the adventures and friendships i never had). I baught my sister the first book minutes before leaving for our first trip alone together and when we entered the luckily almost empty bus she did something amazing. She started reading out loud for me. For us to experience it together. Her sharing her first experience with these books with me and making me expirience it once again now a happy successful adult. This podcast reminds me of us now, two siblings reading and commenting the series chapter by chapter together. Its so sweet
I have such fun whenever she's reading these books with me (we just finished COS tonight, stayed up until early hours of the morning enjoying the book). It's amazing getting to share this experience with someone, especially a sibling. Since she was a small child she watched me light up whenever I would pick up the HP books. I was always telling her about the amazing characters I got to meet trough the pages. We made our own extensions of the universe while playing as kids even though she never read it herself being so young, she trusted everything I told her about HP and enjoyed it a lot. She now tells me how lucky she feels having a sister like me who filled her childhood with imagination and I'm tearing up now thinking about her words. My fiance never read the books either but he sometimes sits with us when she's reading to me. He told me he will read the books himself altogether for the first time to our future children, wanting to experience it with them which is beautiful (I got emotional when I heard the Carlin brothers saying their dad read them the books, I can just imagine him in the future with our kids like that). I love how much this series means to so much of us, this much, to each in our own way
Fun fact: A Knickerbocker Glory is actually not a British originated food, but rather American. They were really big at the turn of the 20th century in New England, and were highly associated with places like Coney Island and the Atlantic City boardwalk. Ironically they caught on big in the British Isles and then died out almost completely in the US.
Calling new Jersey "American" just tells me your not very bright. May as well have said sussux is britian. Or that the Welsh are the only real Europeans.
It was always my impression while reading/ listening to the books that Hagrid told Mcgonagall where he was going before he left to go get Harry, not after he got him.
It's possible I guess but this just makes me wonder, if she knew before he left... why didn't she go with him? I mean she was planning on leaving anyway and she wanted to go to the same place as him. Plus McGonagall is obviously worried about Hagrid transporting a baby so why didn't she just apparate them their for safety (and time) reasons?
@@lydias376 I'm four months late, but it probably would be because it was a special mission from Dumbledore, and since McGonagall trusts Dumbledore she'd trust his decision, therefore she wouldn't interfere.
Still does not really make sense to me. Why doesn't she just go to Dumbledore's office and talks to him there??? Where is Dumbledore the whole time (oct.31/nov 01.), if he is not at Hogwarts? And why does Dumbledore send Hagrid - who isn't allowed to do magic - instead of McGonagall - who could apparate...
Maybe not because Vernon was so staunchly anti-Wizard that he might have wanted to deal with the magical currency. He might not have thought it worth anything in muggle currency
@@TophadoodledooIf anything, the only reason Vernon would want to “deal with” wizard money is if it was pure gold/silver/bronze… so then he could sell them to a jeweler for a big paycheck 😭
This is so fun! I hope that just like little kids at bed time, we get the occasional extra chapter. Also, I did some math, and this journey will take us 3.77 years 😂.
is that without breaks? I kinda hope they do summer breaks so we can almost read along with the seasons (i.e. halloween & Xmas chapters should be quite close to the real seasons this year if weekly!)
I assume Hagrid was in charge of getting Harry the letter from the very beginning. I think when Vernon got rid of the first letter, Hagrid looked at the calendar and was like "I'm just gonna mess with this guy until Harry's birthday", and that's why there was never a letter teleported directly to Harry's room. So it wasn't the owls doing all those crazy things, it was Hagrid.
@Starwarsdude8221991 that doesn't strike me as something that McGonagall would do. Plus, between her duties as Deputy Headmistress, Head of Griffindoor House, and Professor of Transfiguration, I find it hard to believe she would take that much time for something that petty, nevermind doing all that and then leaving the pleasure of the finale to Hagrid.
I think the vase from petunia may have been a wedding present. She seems the sort that even if she's not on good terms with a family member she would still send a gift because that's what you're supposed to do and obviously she would have wanted to keep up appearances
In the movies the snake in the zoo is actually a Burmese Python, though in the books it's a large boa from Brazil (most likely a red tailed boa, or an anaconda). Nagini on the other hand is a Reticulated Python in the movies. Also, fun fact; snakes can't blink 🤫
I’ve started thinking that the Dursleys not telling Harry his parents’ true cause of death is somewhat kind. Imagine telling a little kid that his parents were killed by a serial killer who was also going after the kid. Like they should have told him about the magic, but the Voldemort thing would be terrifying for a little kid.
@@psatchell9479 new thought. Was it Dumbledore’s doing? He wanted Harry to grow up as a normal kid who didn’t know that he was famous. Maybe he told Petunia to not tell Harry about all of the Voldemort stuff.
😂😂😂 "your parents were violently murdered by a magical psychopath that no prison can hold... Not that that matters anyway. He got away... And he said he's coming to getcha!!!"
Omg! I can't wait for you guys to do more of these! I know there are soooo many Harry Potter things like this but like... I have watched you guys since I was in high school. I am so exited for you to do this podcast!❤ Edit: The set is also a MASTERPEICE i love it!
OOOOH. Definitely more muggle horns would die. Unless Lilly was just the most stealthy British ninja, Harry probably never would have been born so Neville would probably be the chosen one. Voldemort would have had better access to the sorting hat without it going missing for too long and would be near it so the hat could have been a horcrux which is GENIUS because who’s going to destroy the sorting hat or really even question it at all. It makes the struggle finding a Hufflepuff relic unless my timeline is backwards. Hagrid’s position at the school may or may not be a thing for him. From a storytelling standpoint, the triwizard tournament was just to revive Voldemort so would it have been written at all? Ooh so many things are different. Does the prophecy change or would it be between Neville and Ron. Maybe the wording changes? “The one whose blood thrice defied the dark lord”. SUCH a good what if idea.
Okay I was scrolling past this but I misread it as “what if Dumbledore hired Uncle Vernon to teach DADA” and I was very confused until I looked at it again
I LOVE this. Just knowledgeable brother men talking deeply, page by page about the book I love. I love how cohesive & articulate the whole thing is as your navigating all these differen't thoughts with each other, thank you for the content!
Yeah I wish they did, that’s what I was hoping for, definitely hope they do in the future, they should read the chapter and then discuss it, just makes sense to me
Came to the comment to say this. Expected them to actually read the book, even if it was quite few paragraphs or questions page, then discuss what they just read. Enjoyed it but wasn't at all what I expected.
Huh. I just noticed something. Chapter 1 - Harry is delivered to the Dursley's on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. That means Hagrid removed him from the Wizarding World on a Tuesday. Chapter 3 - Harry's birthday is on a Tuesday, the day Hagrid re-introduces Harry to the Wizarding World.
A point on school uniforms in the UK. The clothes usually have to be bought by the parents. Some schools (not all) allow students to buy generic shirts/trousers/tops in the colours that the school says they should be. This is more likely to be the case in the 90s and in the sort of school Stonewall is implied to be. Petunia dying some of Dudley's old clothes to save money and/or humiliate Harry, whilst unusual, would have been an acceptable uniform for Harry. Dudley's school is a private school where uniforms like his are pretty much the norm. Things like beating sticks are also common in schools like that and usually stem from activities that students are encouraged to engage in to turn them into men.
This is very cool. If you know Corey Olsen(The Tolkien Professor), he is doing the same thing but for the Lord Of The Rings books. One thing i should mention, is that he started his exploaration very fast in the beginning, and as time went by he slowed down and for example did 1 page every episode because he found out that he can only do this 1 time. In the beginning he thought that he can finish all of the lord of the rings in maybe 2 years, but right now we havent even finish fellowship of the ring after 5 years, and it may take decades to finish it. One thing to have in mind for yout podcasts. But maybe you can go faster because Harry Potter is more simple. Also another thing, you are doing a good job to read the chapters as its the first time you are reading them. Anyway Good Luck!
I checked online and apparently Smeltings academy was based on a couple of real schools: Eton = Tailcoats Harrow = Boater hats Hill House = Awful colour-scheme & knickerbocker trousers Kings School, Canterbury = Swagger Sticks These last ones are used by monitors.
Every time I read the books I can't help but wonder if the Dursleys are under a spell. They never want Harry to leave even though thay clearly hate his presence.
I read something the other day and it made sense, Harry is a Horcrux so they lived with one full time for 10 years and then during the school holidays (mostly summer) for the next 6/7! So in away the were. We know that living in close proximity with a Horcrux is hard. (See book 7 with the locket!)
Harry doesn’t have the horcrux effect on other people outside of the Dursleys though. I don’t think it works that way, the Dursleys are just genuinely awful people and they don’t ditch Harry because Dumbledore won’t let them (evidenced by his howler).
@@alicehutchings1755 there is a supercarlin video relating to that topic. but i highly doubt harry is affecting dursely. the problem is prior to harry's arrival. McGonagall was watching them before that and she said they were horrible muggles.
@@alicehutchings1755 No, the Dursley's are just awful people. They are technically under a spell as well. They were instructed to keep Harry by Dumbledore and told he must live there for their safety and his. They are basically forced to keep him and they can't kick him out. When they almost did, Dumbledore sent a howler to Petunia to remind her he must stay.
Not sure if anybody has done already, but a whelk is a very typical snack on the seaside along with jellied eels and the very famous fish and chips. Also about the card where the information came, it's not so unusual, as Marge was on holiday at the Isle of Wight and it's quite usual (or it usuwdto be pre-mobile phones) to send postcards from holidays with little snippets
Please do a what if video on this: what is Sirius never told Kretcher to ”get out” so Kretcher never told Voldemort how much Harry loved Sirius? Thank you so much, I absolutely love your videos and the podcast is shaping up to be amazing xx
I've been listening to this podcast an episode a day - currently, a fair few of them have already been released - and they're the highlight of my every day. I have laughed so much - and undoubtly will a lot more - and always manage to feel a little better and a little lighter after every chapter. Thank you SCB for making my days better :)
Same xD. I was listening to their commentary and waiting for them to start reading until they moved on to chapter two lol. I’m still enjoying the podcast very much but it was not what I was expecting!
There are so many comments I want to add here - so many of the things you're talking about are clear to a Brit that I hadn't thought would be confusing to the rest of the world. Love these podcasts, please keep them coming, they're great!
38:00 another possible additional explanation is the sudden disappearance of dark marks in the forearms of Death Eaters, cause we know that in book 4 that as Voldy got stronger and stronger some death eaters are starting to panic that the dark lord's return was imminent, all from the fact that the mark was becoming clearer. So that night, we can assume that when voldy got blasted off was the same time the dark mark faded out of nowhere. Add that fact with others, then there's suddenly lot of smoke.
UK School uniforms (for state-funded schools) are often something like "Black or dark grey trousers, white shirt, grey jumper", you are generally not allowed to force parents to buy the clothes from a specific place. In fact many supermarkets sell "school uniform" items in their clothing sections. Sometimes there is an item like a special tie, or even a blazer with a logo that you can buy, but in those cases the schools generally sell second-hand items cheaply
This was definitely the way things were done in the 90's when the book was set. I think things might be different now and schools are more specific about uniforms.
When you guys are talking about Harry repairing the alarm clock, it gave me a great idea for a 'What if' video. What if Harry was never invited to Hogwarts? What would his ordinary muggle life have been like, and what happens to the Wizarding World without him?
I'm so looking forward to this! I practically grew up with your theories, and now I'm a little older and looking for writing practice I always find myself coming back to Harry Potter, as much as I do have issues with it. Every time I try and find a solution to some plothole or botched theme, I end up turning back to your theories because I just love the way you can make this series feel. And then, two books into a massive rewrite, you come along with a podcast breaking down the entire series? I couldn't feel luckier.
To people saying they should be reading the chapters out loud each time: that's not only a copyright issue, but also it wouldn't even be realistic in terms of time if they could. They still have Supercarlinbrothers channel, Popcorn culture, the gaming channel... so I think it would be unrealistic to expect that even if they could. People can read or listen to it on their own before listening to the podcast.
I started watching 7 or 8 years ago when you guys started doing a lot of Harry Potter content. Im so excited to watch all of these! Thank you guys so much
I think Hagrid did the same thing he did for Dumbledore as he did for McGonagall. She was taking curses with unfair odds, and he stepped in to help her. Only he stepped in the middle of him and Grindelwald
I would absolutely love to sit down with a fellow Harry Potter obsessive nerd and have a conversation like this. That'd be an awesome day! Great job Carlin bros, can't wait for the next one
Just say the word. We can fix that, or how about, a whole bunch of us Potterheads or Harry Potter nurds organise some hook-ups via Zoom or something. We wouldn't be the first ones.
Anyone else think they were going to ACTUALLY READ the chapters out loud? I think it would make sense to do so. Because it will be as fresh for the viewers/listeners. I believe the vase from Petunia was a wedding gift, before they go into hiding. I will have to look that up... Owls were going all day, I presume Hagrid sent one to McGonagall about where heis taking Harry. It was dark out and McGonagall was just sitting there. She may have thought Dumbledore may not have seen ger markings.
You know them talking about the scene were Vernon has to row the boat out to the hut has just led me to imagining a number of hilarious headcannons. Like first Vernon probably gets swindled out of an insane amount of money just to get this tiny little boat to go to this rubbish house in the middle of a storm. Then they all have to cram themselves in it then Vernon tries to start rowing and he is just absolutely horrorible at it. (I also want to imagine Hagrid just hiding in the corner watching this whole thing go down greatly enjoying Vernon failing to row the boat and just waiting for them to get to the hut, go through all this effort just for the letter to get to Harry anyway.) Like they are just barely moving for hours as Vernon fails around either these oars trying to yell them into submission. Then when they finally start moving I imagine the boat just lopsided due to Dudely and them all getting splashed with water and Dudely falling in at multiple points. While Harry is just squished into the back corner miserable. And Petunia (who is probably horribly regretting this whole thing) just is probably like trying to pull some sort of bonnet or like a plastic bag she's using to keep her hair dry to cover her head. And she is just miserably trying to hide as all this goes down a she's terrified of anyone recognizing her even here.
@@qiyo2812interestingly there is a theory that he may have aquired the sword after he killed Fabian and Gideon Prewett (Molly Weasley's brothers and notice she named Fred and George with her brothers initial letters) and when his killing curse rebounded off of Harry the sword teleported itself away
UGH. I am SO EXCITED FOR THIS JOUNREY! I literally teared up at the beginning. HP means so much to me and it's such an escape, in both good times and bad. I cannot explain to you what I already know this series is going to mean to me!
I have always assumed it as Harry was only allowed to leave the cupboard for school and to go to the toiler/bath room. The rest of the time he was shut in the cupboard under the stairs.
I've read these books so so many times, it's really fun to do this, it's like taking to friends about it, great ideia. I'm looking forward to every single chapter, for real.
I’m really loving these deep dives! Concerning Harry’s horrendous childhood, I’ve always felt it was very unrealistic that a child raised from the time he was a baby in such neglect, abuse and loathing from his caregivers wouldn’t be much more psychologically and emotionally damaged. It’s always pained my heart to think about his childhood. It occurred to me as you talked about how he never experienced love from his caregivers that it had to be Lilly’s sacrifice that allowed him to come thru such abuse unscathed. It didn’t just protect him from the damage of Voldy’s killing curse, it protected him from the damage of the Dursley’s abuse. Despite the lack of love in his environment Lilly’s sacrifice lived in him and allowed him subconsciously to FEEL loved. That’s huge! They say trauma is less about the negative events that happen to us but more about how we experience and process them. So even before he knew anything about his parents or their death, Lilly’s love was why he was able to be so well adjusted and why he was able to love others. As they say “hurt people hurt people” so in contrast ”loved people love people” and that’s why love was his greatest strength. I feel much better now that I can look at it from this perspective haha
Many of the characters are named after mythology that is relevant, for instance Merope is the only sister of the Pleiades that marries a human and comes to regret it. Sirius the dog star is attributed to people who are remembered after life often because they died fighting for something. etc, etc.
Please read the chapter and then discuss it, would be perfect and would love to hear you two take turns in reading each chapter, gives some good context to the discussion too. Other than that great job and glad you guys have started this.
@@nichola10901have you never heard of a read along? as long as it’s you, your own voice and video, reading the book: it can’t be copyright struck. If you used AI to narrate the story, by copy/pasting the text, yes, you’d get copyright struck.
@@Girly_Plop well considering they discussed this in their podcast and said they couldn’t because of copyright I’ll trust what they say considering they’re the content creators
Thank you a lot for these talks/podcast! I enjoy it a lot, it's very interesting to hear such detailed perspective of yours and how you experienced reading the books the first time and all the repeated times over and over again. You both make this podcast very entertaining with all the various chatter around the main topics as well. I hope you do keep continuing it indefinitely(until the very end) a d keep it regular. Keep up the great work.👍
16:33 I went to a Catholic school for middle and high school, and we always had November 1st off since it’s a feast day. So, could 1980s Hogwarts have given them a holy day off? I think it’s possible
In chapter 3 you called for London listeners and yes he was locked in there for a month, the summer holidays start around July 24. Really sad for Harry.
Absolutely, or in our world in 1981, it was a Thursday, because two years later, I was born on November 4th 1983, which was a Friday. I couldn't have come on a better day, because Friday's child is loving and giving.
About Vernon’s sleeping bag ❗️ I’m sure the family had gone on a fancy caravanning trip (without Harry of course) because that is very popular for families in the UK. And sleeping bags would be brought in most cases. 🙌
Watched/Listend to it all during my weekly house cleaning, laundary, food prep for the week and dishes. When I was all done and in the sofa it ended. Will be nice to fallow this!
I was really hoping that the guys were going to actually read the chapter to us and then give their commentary on the chapter after. This would make the episodes much more inclusive for newer people to the HP books. I was looking forward to watching the pod with my wife who has only seen the movies and never read the books. She had no idea what the brothers were talking about and we ended up having to turn it off because she was so confused. Looks like I’ll have to listen by myself /:
@@wendyrock4260 wouldn’t it fall under “fair use” if they are reading it themselves and using it for their own commentary? As another comment on this video stated, there are many other fandoms that have podcasts that do exactly that
When you mentioned making notes on every page, I immediately thought of Madam Pince. "What have you done to that book? Decimated, defiled, besmirched with scribblings."
I like to think Mrs. Fig intentionally didn’t call Dumbledore to fix her broken leg because she realized that Harry might get to go to the zoo, and possibly do something fun for once. Then she had to let it heal naturally because she had already told the Dursley’s about breaking her leg. I just want to imagine that she wanted Harry to have a fun day.
She could have just been lying.
Well she is a squib so she probably doesn't have access to St. Mungos, she might not even know where it is or how to get in, and unless she's really good friends with a wizard that can effectively mend broken bones because alot of wizards can't and she probably wouldn't want to inconvenience Dumbledore, and she probably isn't like really good friends with Dumbledore to where she's comfortable to send a letter to him asking him to come fix her broken leg, plus with how long it takes for owls to fly and deliver the letter, plus I don't think she even has an owl, it seems like it would be more convenient to go to a muggle hospital
@@johnhostetler2167 Squibs are able to go to wizard places. Filch is able to reach Hogwarts, and Mrs. Fig was able to see and feel the dementors.
@lukeroberson2115 well we don't know if Filch is a special circumstance where Dumbledore let him in or if he was always able to come and go, and let's be honest here Mrs. Figg definitely wasn't able to actually see the dementors but yes she was able to feel them
@johnhostetler2167 1. It doesn't matter if Dumbledore allowed it, unless Filch was immune, the Muggle enchantments would've kept him away.
2. Mrs. Fig DID see the dementors.
I really hope they bring their dad on this podcast to read a chapter some day 💕 that would be so sweet and pure and lovely
YES!!!
I really hope they credit the author of the story.
Nah, better not. I don’t think they could legally „redistribute“ the Harry Potter in form of an audiobook. They might get copyright strike.
@@english3082I mean at this point, who doesn’t know that JK Rowlings is the author of HP?
@@english3082LMAO NAH
41:00 - “Excuse me, errrm… ‘Lord’ Voldemort… You seem to have an exceptionally large gap in your CV.”
*Glares in Slytherin*
McGonagall's reaction towards muggles is kinda funny when you realize McGonagall was in love with a muggle.
SO TRUE
Yeah she was a half blood
Was this something from the new movies? I've never heard about that before, or at the very least never picked up on ot
@@dreadzilla_9548it was info released to pottermore or wizarding world after the films and books were finished
@@dreadzilla_9548 I think that’s background knowledge. I haven’t seen the new movies but I’m fairly certain she never appears.
Voldemort turning the sorting hat into a horcrux is actually an interesting “what if”. Voldemort would certainly have appreciated the hat’s mind reading ability, and he could have chosen to leave the horcrux hat hiding in plain sight where it could continue its primary purpose while also creating mischief by sorting first-years to fit Voldemort’s purposes and informing him of the students’ character and secrets.
What a clever and cozy looking studio. It captures the beautifully warm vibes of the gryffindor common room that were very present in the first few films and all the references are great. The commentary was fun and this was overall, a very enjoyable video to listen to. I’m certain many will be looking forward to more of these.
Hello! Londoner here to answer random questions 😂
Summer holidays are generally mid-late July to 1/2/3rd September, our summer holidays are 6 weeks
Mallorca - (Ben pronounces it correctly). Everyone seemed to have or want to have a holiday home in Mallorca in the late 90s early 2000s. It’s only a 2 hour flight so a good cheap and easy summer holiday destination
Welks- they’re traditional seafood that you’d get in a little paper cup at the beach. Generally they’re kind of cold and slimy and you’d get them from the same stall you’d get jellied eels and cockles from. You don’t really see them anymore (because they’re utterly disgusting) but it wouldn’t be uncommon for old fashioned Marge to get them at the beach
No, you can’t bring an air rifle to school 😂
Also! Quick edit- if you want the most British audiobook experience, listen to the Stephen Fry version on audible 😊
Thanks for your service!
FYI, the Stephen Fry version is not available in the US - on Audible or anywhere else. I thoroughly enjoy the Jim Dale version, but I would love to listen to the Stephen Fry version too!
You’re a real one for this info 🤙🏻 and Stephen Fry was the perfect choice!
Stephen Fry reading is really incredible....his accents for each person is spot on to visualise the film version characters
As a fun exercise if you’ve never heard “tiptoe through the tulips” I would absolutely recommend listening to the song and imagining Mr Dursley singing it.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS! I can’t wait to go through the whole series like this with you guys! It’s crazy to me that this is probably a 6 year journey we are embarking on together. I’m so excited that i have years and years of this to look forward to. I can’t wait!
I wish I could time travel 4yrs just to listen to all of these audiobooks in a row
4yrs seems adges!!
Ages*
maybe the reason the wizarding world knows about the potters so soon after it happened is that Hagrid went to the leaking cauldron for a drink on the way to pick up harry and we know Hagrid talks to much while drinking "I SHOULD NOT HAVE TOLD YOU THAT"
Yea I always imagined that Hagrid took him to hogwarts right after getting him. That madam pomfrey looked him over an thats how the teaching staff heard. While that was happening Hagrid went to hogsmead an had himself a "pick me up" an thats part of how word also got out. Would also explain where Hagrid was since it wouldn't take almost 24 hours to get to the dursleys. It's a lot of fan theory thou
@@dartanyonfisette2253 I mean that makes a lot of sense. This kid just got attacked and his parents were murdered it would make a lot of sense to go get him a medical check up before taking hi to his relatives.
@@dartanyonfisette2253that's my favourite head-canon yet. Thanks!
The fact that as much as we all are familiar with this story and that we can be excited to both create and listen to this podcast is just a testament to how great the story is.
I’m only at the very beginning of this video but when talking about Vernon, I feel like he is the type of person who always wants a way to feel superior to others and one of his tools is yelling. Perhaps it’s his favorite tool. I think she captures it so well when she describes him. He looks down on anyone that looks “different”. Later he looks at the types of cars people drive.
Thanks for being part of the past 5 or 6 years of my life! You guys really helped simplify the theories and I appreciate every video!
:)
I read the philosophers stone for the first time exactly 9 3/4 years ago. And now, my younger sister is finally reading the series. I was so happy since the wizarding world was such an important part of my life (i was a miserable bullied kid that escaped into these books to read about the adventures and friendships i never had). I baught my sister the first book minutes before leaving for our first trip alone together and when we entered the luckily almost empty bus she did something amazing. She started reading out loud for me. For us to experience it together. Her sharing her first experience with these books with me and making me expirience it once again now a happy successful adult. This podcast reminds me of us now, two siblings reading and commenting the series chapter by chapter together. Its so sweet
I have such fun whenever she's reading these books with me (we just finished COS tonight, stayed up until early hours of the morning enjoying the book). It's amazing getting to share this experience with someone, especially a sibling. Since she was a small child she watched me light up whenever I would pick up the HP books. I was always telling her about the amazing characters I got to meet trough the pages. We made our own extensions of the universe while playing as kids even though she never read it herself being so young, she trusted everything I told her about HP and enjoyed it a lot. She now tells me how lucky she feels having a sister like me who filled her childhood with imagination and I'm tearing up now thinking about her words. My fiance never read the books either but he sometimes sits with us when she's reading to me. He told me he will read the books himself altogether for the first time to our future children, wanting to experience it with them which is beautiful (I got emotional when I heard the Carlin brothers saying their dad read them the books, I can just imagine him in the future with our kids like that). I love how much this series means to so much of us, this much, to each in our own way
Fun fact: A Knickerbocker Glory is actually not a British originated food, but rather American. They were really big at the turn of the 20th century in New England, and were highly associated with places like Coney Island and the Atlantic City boardwalk. Ironically they caught on big in the British Isles and then died out almost completely in the US.
That is awesome knowledge!!! What ice cream was it made of???
@@AndrewSmith-ly8rw I suppose whatever they wanted.
Never would’ve guessed that
I really enjoyed this and i already cant wait for the rest.
Calling new Jersey "American" just tells me your not very bright. May as well have said sussux is britian. Or that the Welsh are the only real Europeans.
It was always my impression while reading/ listening to the books that Hagrid told Mcgonagall where he was going before he left to go get Harry, not after he got him.
It's possible I guess but this just makes me wonder, if she knew before he left... why didn't she go with him? I mean she was planning on leaving anyway and she wanted to go to the same place as him. Plus McGonagall is obviously worried about Hagrid transporting a baby so why didn't she just apparate them their for safety (and time) reasons?
@@lydias376 I'm four months late, but it probably would be because it was a special mission from Dumbledore, and since McGonagall trusts Dumbledore she'd trust his decision, therefore she wouldn't interfere.
Still does not really make sense to me. Why doesn't she just go to Dumbledore's office and talks to him there??? Where is Dumbledore the whole time (oct.31/nov 01.), if he is not at Hogwarts?
And why does Dumbledore send Hagrid - who isn't allowed to do magic - instead of McGonagall - who could apparate...
I'm 21 minutes in and this is already everything I never knew I needed.
Read comment at 21:34, and can confirm
Wonder if Vernen had known how rich Harry was he would have treated him better in hopes to acquire it
You make a very good point there, my friend 😊
He probably would have guilted harry into paying for a lot of stuff.
Harry certainly thought they want to get their hands on it -- "The Dursleys couldn't have known about this or they'd have it faster than blinking."
Maybe not because Vernon was so staunchly anti-Wizard that he might have wanted to deal with the magical currency. He might not have thought it worth anything in muggle currency
@@TophadoodledooIf anything, the only reason Vernon would want to “deal with” wizard money is if it was pure gold/silver/bronze… so then he could sell them to a jeweler for a big paycheck 😭
This is so fun! I hope that just like little kids at bed time, we get the occasional extra chapter. Also, I did some math, and this journey will take us 3.77 years 😂.
I will listen to this completely
noooo this is going to take too long I'm going to lose interest soon. dang.
@@takumi2023no you will remember and click on each one of them like the rest of us. This is gonna be amazing
I will listen every time. New routine.
is that without breaks? I kinda hope they do summer breaks so we can almost read along with the seasons (i.e. halloween & Xmas chapters should be quite close to the real seasons this year if weekly!)
I assume Hagrid was in charge of getting Harry the letter from the very beginning. I think when Vernon got rid of the first letter, Hagrid looked at the calendar and was like "I'm just gonna mess with this guy until Harry's birthday", and that's why there was never a letter teleported directly to Harry's room. So it wasn't the owls doing all those crazy things, it was Hagrid.
I always thought Mgonagal was doing and was being intentionally mean
@Starwarsdude8221991 that doesn't strike me as something that McGonagall would do. Plus, between her duties as Deputy Headmistress, Head of Griffindoor House, and Professor of Transfiguration, I find it hard to believe she would take that much time for something that petty, nevermind doing all that and then leaving the pleasure of the finale to Hagrid.
I think the vase from petunia may have been a wedding present. She seems the sort that even if she's not on good terms with a family member she would still send a gift because that's what you're supposed to do and obviously she would have wanted to keep up appearances
im pretty sure its said in the books it was a christmas present
It’s weird to imagine that first chapter taking place in 1981. I guess I always imagined it taking place vaguely before the present.
In the movies the snake in the zoo is actually a Burmese Python, though in the books it's a large boa from Brazil (most likely a red tailed boa, or an anaconda).
Nagini on the other hand is a Reticulated Python in the movies.
Also, fun fact; snakes can't blink 🤫
Isn't it because snakes generally don't have eyelids? Cool scene anyways.
Pythons are also not venomous
So no point looking for any anti venom to save yourself from this snakebite
I’ve started thinking that the Dursleys not telling Harry his parents’ true cause of death is somewhat kind. Imagine telling a little kid that his parents were killed by a serial killer who was also going after the kid. Like they should have told him about the magic, but the Voldemort thing would be terrifying for a little kid.
That's genuinely a fair point I've never thought of
@@psatchell9479 new thought. Was it Dumbledore’s doing? He wanted Harry to grow up as a normal kid who didn’t know that he was famous. Maybe he told Petunia to not tell Harry about all of the Voldemort stuff.
Brilliant thought. Kinda feeds into the idea that their hatred for him was because he was a horcrux
@@hufflepom that actually seems liked at this point after knowing how much Dumbledore did plan. Fair thought
😂😂😂 "your parents were violently murdered by a magical psychopath that no prison can hold...
Not that that matters anyway. He got away...
And he said he's coming to getcha!!!"
What an amazing studio! it really captures the Harry Potter vibes
Yeah, it does 😁
Is it fake studio digital background?
Omg! I can't wait for you guys to do more of these! I know there are soooo many Harry Potter things like this but like... I have watched you guys since I was in high school. I am so exited for you to do this podcast!❤ Edit: The set is also a MASTERPEICE i love it!
Omg there are many harry potter things like this? Pls recommend
I would love a what if for what if Dumbledore permitted Voldemort to teach DADA or even if Dippett hired him!
OOOOH. Definitely more muggle horns would die. Unless Lilly was just the most stealthy British ninja, Harry probably never would have been born so Neville would probably be the chosen one. Voldemort would have had better access to the sorting hat without it going missing for too long and would be near it so the hat could have been a horcrux which is GENIUS because who’s going to destroy the sorting hat or really even question it at all. It makes the struggle finding a Hufflepuff relic unless my timeline is backwards. Hagrid’s position at the school may or may not be a thing for him. From a storytelling standpoint, the triwizard tournament was just to revive Voldemort so would it have been written at all? Ooh so many things are different. Does the prophecy change or would it be between Neville and Ron. Maybe the wording changes? “The one whose blood thrice defied the dark lord”. SUCH a good what if idea.
Okay I was scrolling past this but I misread it as “what if Dumbledore hired Uncle Vernon to teach DADA” and I was very confused until I looked at it again
So basically "What if Voldemort had more finesse and wasn't so obvious"?
I call it philosopher's stone because the book originated in the UK, so I respect that by calling it what it started as
I LOVE this. Just knowledgeable brother men talking deeply, page by page about the book I love. I love how cohesive & articulate the whole thing is as your navigating all these differen't thoughts with each other, thank you for the content!
Am I the only one that thought they were going to actually read the chapters before the discussion?
Yeah I wish they did, that’s what I was hoping for, definitely hope they do in the future, they should read the chapter and then discuss it, just makes sense to me
Yeah, I thought that too. I was looking forward to it as well!
I was expecting that too but I'm happy with this discussion.
I’m sure there would be copyright issues preventing them from actually reading word for word. JK would probably have to grant permission
Came to the comment to say this. Expected them to actually read the book, even if it was quite few paragraphs or questions page, then discuss what they just read. Enjoyed it but wasn't at all what I expected.
Huh. I just noticed something.
Chapter 1 - Harry is delivered to the Dursley's on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. That means Hagrid removed him from the Wizarding World on a Tuesday.
Chapter 3 - Harry's birthday is on a Tuesday, the day Hagrid re-introduces Harry to the Wizarding World.
Oooh that's such a cool detail to point out
I cannot count the number of times I’ve listened to Jim Dale narration of the entire Harry Potter series! Can’t wait to hear all of your take on it!
Just what I need while playing Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4 for the DS! Thank you!
Just beat Year 1 in 2 hours and 32 mins!
A point on school uniforms in the UK. The clothes usually have to be bought by the parents. Some schools (not all) allow students to buy generic shirts/trousers/tops in the colours that the school says they should be. This is more likely to be the case in the 90s and in the sort of school Stonewall is implied to be. Petunia dying some of Dudley's old clothes to save money and/or humiliate Harry, whilst unusual, would have been an acceptable uniform for Harry.
Dudley's school is a private school where uniforms like his are pretty much the norm. Things like beating sticks are also common in schools like that and usually stem from activities that students are encouraged to engage in to turn them into men.
On the red and green being the opposite, they actually neutralize each other on the color wheel.
I'm so excited for this series! Looking forward to listening for the next 4-ish years 😉 great podcast so far.
This is very cool.
If you know Corey Olsen(The Tolkien Professor), he is doing the same thing but for the Lord Of The Rings books.
One thing i should mention, is that he started his exploaration very fast in the beginning, and as time went by he slowed down and for example did 1 page every episode because he found out that he can only do this 1 time.
In the beginning he thought that he can finish all of the lord of the rings in maybe 2 years, but right now we havent even finish fellowship of the ring after 5 years, and it may take decades to finish it.
One thing to have in mind for yout podcasts.
But maybe you can go faster because Harry Potter is more simple.
Also another thing, you are doing a good job to read the chapters as its the first time you are reading them.
Anyway Good Luck!
Exploring Lord of the Rings is a terrific series! I've been hoping someone would do something similar for other stories.
I checked online and apparently Smeltings academy was based on a couple of real schools:
Eton = Tailcoats
Harrow = Boater hats
Hill House = Awful colour-scheme & knickerbocker trousers
Kings School, Canterbury = Swagger Sticks
These last ones are used by monitors.
Every time I read the books I can't help but wonder if the Dursleys are under a spell. They never want Harry to leave even though thay clearly hate his presence.
I read something the other day and it made sense, Harry is a Horcrux so they lived with one full time for 10 years and then during the school holidays (mostly summer) for the next 6/7! So in away the were. We know that living in close proximity with a Horcrux is hard. (See book 7 with the locket!)
Harry doesn’t have the horcrux effect on other people outside of the Dursleys though. I don’t think it works that way, the Dursleys are just genuinely awful people and they don’t ditch Harry because Dumbledore won’t let them (evidenced by his howler).
Lets remember the hate of Magic from de D family has a origin story which is not magical at all. Is just human emotions
@@alicehutchings1755 there is a supercarlin video relating to that topic. but i highly doubt harry is affecting dursely. the problem is prior to harry's arrival. McGonagall was watching them before that and she said they were horrible muggles.
@@alicehutchings1755 No, the Dursley's are just awful people. They are technically under a spell as well. They were instructed to keep Harry by Dumbledore and told he must live there for their safety and his. They are basically forced to keep him and they can't kick him out. When they almost did, Dumbledore sent a howler to Petunia to remind her he must stay.
Not sure if anybody has done already, but a whelk is a very typical snack on the seaside along with jellied eels and the very famous fish and chips. Also about the card where the information came, it's not so unusual, as Marge was on holiday at the Isle of Wight and it's quite usual (or it usuwdto be pre-mobile phones) to send postcards from holidays with little snippets
Please do a what if video on this: what is Sirius never told Kretcher to ”get out” so Kretcher never told Voldemort how much Harry loved Sirius? Thank you so much, I absolutely love your videos and the podcast is shaping up to be amazing xx
I've been listening to this podcast an episode a day - currently, a fair few of them have already been released - and they're the highlight of my every day. I have laughed so much - and undoubtly will a lot more - and always manage to feel a little better and a little lighter after every chapter. Thank you SCB for making my days better :)
I misunderstood what this was going to be. I thought this was a podcast where you guys were gonna go chapter by chapter and read the books.
i assume copyright stopped them doing that but i absolutely agree
That is what I thought as well, and really wondered how they got permission from the copyright holders lol
Same I was like who would want this? Its an audiobook?
I thought that too. But this will be a good way for me to go through the books again. It will be strange to restrict myself to one chapter per week.
Same xD. I was listening to their commentary and waiting for them to start reading until they moved on to chapter two lol. I’m still enjoying the podcast very much but it was not what I was expecting!
There are so many comments I want to add here - so many of the things you're talking about are clear to a Brit that I hadn't thought would be confusing to the rest of the world. Love these podcasts, please keep them coming, they're great!
Thank you. I've been waiting so long for you guys to be able to do this. This is awesome. Now no one can say Ben hasn't read the books haha
“So excited for hard cover” holds a paperback the whole time😂
I think he meant hard copy as in not an audiobook
38:00 another possible additional explanation is the sudden disappearance of dark marks in the forearms of Death Eaters, cause we know that in book 4 that as Voldy got stronger and stronger some death eaters are starting to panic that the dark lord's return was imminent, all from the fact that the mark was becoming clearer. So that night, we can assume that when voldy got blasted off was the same time the dark mark faded out of nowhere. Add that fact with others, then there's suddenly lot of smoke.
UK School uniforms (for state-funded schools) are often something like "Black or dark grey trousers, white shirt, grey jumper", you are generally not allowed to force parents to buy the clothes from a specific place. In fact many supermarkets sell "school uniform" items in their clothing sections. Sometimes there is an item like a special tie, or even a blazer with a logo that you can buy, but in those cases the schools generally sell second-hand items cheaply
This was definitely the way things were done in the 90's when the book was set. I think things might be different now and schools are more specific about uniforms.
Just let me slytherin through this griffin door
When you guys are talking about Harry repairing the alarm clock, it gave me a great idea for a 'What if' video. What if Harry was never invited to Hogwarts? What would his ordinary muggle life have been like, and what happens to the Wizarding World without him?
My head canon for the volume of the aparition is that volume increases with the distance that the wizard travels.
This podcast is great. I love the set up, and all the juicy gossip
Loving this Guys! Thanks For all your hardwork 😊😊❤❤❤❤
I'm so looking forward to this! I practically grew up with your theories, and now I'm a little older and looking for writing practice I always find myself coming back to Harry Potter, as much as I do have issues with it. Every time I try and find a solution to some plothole or botched theme, I end up turning back to your theories because I just love the way you can make this series feel. And then, two books into a massive rewrite, you come along with a podcast breaking down the entire series? I couldn't feel luckier.
Voldemort telling Wormtail to get him a Reuben reminds of an Eddie Izzard segment of a cantina in the Death Star 😂
Yes! I LOVE that bit! Eddie Izzard is so great!
I love the fact that Vernon works manufacturing drills. So he has a "boring" job
To people saying they should be reading the chapters out loud each time: that's not only a copyright issue, but also it wouldn't even be realistic in terms of time if they could. They still have Supercarlinbrothers channel, Popcorn culture, the gaming channel... so I think it would be unrealistic to expect that even if they could. People can read or listen to it on their own before listening to the podcast.
I started watching 7 or 8 years ago when you guys started doing a lot of Harry Potter content. Im so excited to watch all of these! Thank you guys so much
Is anyone else’s ocd screaming to straighten the Hufflepuff mug? 😂
💛💛💛💛
Omg I was thinking about commenting this.
PLEASE straighten the yellow mug! But besides this very nice studio! ❤
I think Hagrid did the same thing he did for Dumbledore as he did for McGonagall. She was taking curses with unfair odds, and he stepped in to help her. Only he stepped in the middle of him and Grindelwald
I would absolutely love to sit down with a fellow Harry Potter obsessive nerd and have a conversation like this. That'd be an awesome day! Great job Carlin bros, can't wait for the next one
Just say the word. We can fix that, or how about, a whole bunch of us Potterheads or Harry Potter nurds organise some hook-ups via Zoom or something. We wouldn't be the first ones.
please do this for the entire series!!! this is gold.
Anyone else think they were going to ACTUALLY READ the chapters out loud? I think it would make sense to do so. Because it will be as fresh for the viewers/listeners.
I believe the vase from Petunia was a wedding gift, before they go into hiding. I will have to look that up...
Owls were going all day, I presume Hagrid sent one to McGonagall about where heis taking Harry.
It was dark out and McGonagall was just sitting there. She may have thought Dumbledore may not have seen ger markings.
I think if they actually read the books out loud in their entirety, it would get taken down for copyright.
@@kyles2027 I guess but maybe read a paragraph, discuss, etc.
They can’t unfortunately
I thought so too!
@@xmarkzthespot94 yes they can
Amazing! Hope you continue with this as a series… from the UK here, and Philospher’s Stone is the proper title 😜
I love this podcast so much! I have been looking for a podcast like this for a long time!
A supercarlinbrothers audio reading of Harry Potter!!! 🎉
I always picture Ludo Bagman as being played by Boris Johnson. LOL.
I thought you were going to actually read the chapters out loud and was really looking forward to that.
That's exactly what I thought it was going to be!
I feel like you have to pay to be able to do that and I imagine it’s very costly
@@ZakMason10 didn't think of that and imagine it is probably copyright infringement.
@@sallywyatt2918 it would be yeah. I follow a guy who reads stories on his RUclips but only ones that are public domain
That would probably be a Pateron thing. If even they could do that without having a copyright strike. I have no idea how any of that works.
This was amazing! Thank you so much for doing this! Cant wait to hear the rest..... of all 7 books!
Keep up the incredible work! ❤
You know them talking about the scene were Vernon has to row the boat out to the hut has just led me to imagining a number of hilarious headcannons.
Like first Vernon probably gets swindled out of an insane amount of money just to get this tiny little boat to go to this rubbish house in the middle of a storm.
Then they all have to cram themselves in it then Vernon tries to start rowing and he is just absolutely horrorible at it. (I also want to imagine Hagrid just hiding in the corner watching this whole thing go down greatly enjoying Vernon failing to row the boat and just waiting for them to get to the hut, go through all this effort just for the letter to get to Harry anyway.) Like they are just barely moving for hours as Vernon fails around either these oars trying to yell them into submission.
Then when they finally start moving I imagine the boat just lopsided due to Dudely and them all getting splashed with water and Dudely falling in at multiple points.
While Harry is just squished into the back corner miserable. And Petunia (who is probably horribly regretting this whole thing) just is probably like trying to pull some sort of bonnet or like a plastic bag she's using to keep her hair dry to cover her head.
And she is just miserably trying to hide as all this goes down a she's terrified of anyone recognizing her even here.
This video came at the perfect time! I had a long drive to my campus and listening to this made my day. I can’t wait for the next episode!
I think an interesting idea is that voltamort tried to make the sword a horcrux but the sword rejected his soul as it deamed him too week
This is awesome
@@qiyo2812interestingly there is a theory that he may have aquired the sword after he killed Fabian and Gideon Prewett (Molly Weasley's brothers and notice she named Fred and George with her brothers initial letters) and when his killing curse rebounded off of Harry the sword teleported itself away
UGH. I am SO EXCITED FOR THIS JOUNREY! I literally teared up at the beginning. HP means so much to me and it's such an escape, in both good times and bad. I cannot explain to you what I already know this series is going to mean to me!
I have always assumed it as Harry was only allowed to leave the cupboard for school and to go to the toiler/bath room. The rest of the time he was shut in the cupboard under the stairs.
I've read these books so so many times, it's really fun to do this, it's like taking to friends about it, great ideia. I'm looking forward to every single chapter, for real.
its october so its the perfect time to revisit the books
I’m really loving these deep dives! Concerning Harry’s horrendous childhood, I’ve always felt it was very unrealistic that a child raised from the time he was a baby in such neglect, abuse and loathing from his caregivers wouldn’t be much more psychologically and emotionally damaged. It’s always pained my heart to think about his childhood. It occurred to me as you talked about how he never experienced love from his caregivers that it had to be Lilly’s sacrifice that allowed him to come thru such abuse unscathed. It didn’t just protect him from the damage of Voldy’s killing curse, it protected him from the damage of the Dursley’s abuse. Despite the lack of love in his environment Lilly’s sacrifice lived in him and allowed him subconsciously to FEEL loved. That’s huge! They say trauma is less about the negative events that happen to us but more about how we experience and process them. So even before he knew anything about his parents or their death, Lilly’s love was why he was able to be so well adjusted and why he was able to love others. As they say “hurt people hurt people” so in contrast ”loved people love people” and that’s why love was his greatest strength. I feel much better now that I can look at it from this perspective haha
I honestly think that you guys would love the book series The Alchemist: Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
Had an amazing time with this Guys! Thank you so much! Will be on the lookout For more! 🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️❤️
Definity was hoping you would be reading each chapter in full
You guys are my lullabies. I listen to your shows every night before going to sleep. Your voices are just...soothing.
Many of the characters are named after mythology that is relevant, for instance Merope is the only sister of the Pleiades that marries a human and comes to regret it. Sirius the dog star is attributed to people who are remembered after life often because they died fighting for something. etc, etc.
You have no idea how much I need this in my life! Can't wait to follow this podcast over the next how ever long it takes to get through the story
Please read the chapter and then discuss it, would be perfect and would love to hear you two take turns in reading each chapter, gives some good context to the discussion too. Other than that great job and glad you guys have started this.
I want that as well, but might not be aloud to as it could be copyrighted
@@nichola10901 yeah that’s true
@@nichola10901have you never heard of a read along? as long as it’s you, your own voice and video, reading the book: it can’t be copyright struck. If you used AI to narrate the story, by copy/pasting the text, yes, you’d get copyright struck.
@@Girly_Plop well considering they discussed this in their podcast and said they couldn’t because of copyright I’ll trust what they say considering they’re the content creators
I’ve watched your videos for years and, as much as I love your quiz episodes, I think this episode is my favorite you’ve put out. Love this idea!!
Socks are mentioned 76 times in the books. It’s weird. I’ve checked. It is mentioned more than robes I believe. It’s been a while since I checked
Thank you a lot for these talks/podcast!
I enjoy it a lot, it's very interesting to hear such detailed perspective of yours and how you experienced reading the books the first time and all the repeated times over and over again. You both make this podcast very entertaining with all the various chatter around the main topics as well.
I hope you do keep continuing it indefinitely(until the very end) a d keep it regular.
Keep up the great work.👍
16:33 I went to a Catholic school for middle and high school, and we always had November 1st off since it’s a feast day. So, could 1980s Hogwarts have given them a holy day off? I think it’s possible
Not many Catholics in England, I doubt that they would celebrate all Saints Day. Is there a single magical person described as Christian in the books?
This honestly is something I didn't know I needed, but I completely appreciate it. I love this.
In chapter 3 you called for London listeners and yes he was locked in there for a month, the summer holidays start around July 24. Really sad for Harry.
It’s been so cool to see y’all’s journey through RUclips. Stoked for the pod
Bonfire Night is celebrated on November 5th. If it's November 1st (Tuesday or Sunday), then Bonfire Night isn't "next week," it's this week.
Yeah, bonfire night should be Saturday! This week!
Absolutely, or in our world in 1981, it was a Thursday, because two years later, I was born on November 4th 1983, which was a Friday. I couldn't have come on a better day, because Friday's child is loving and giving.
This podcast is the absolute perfect idea for you guys. I'm so excited for it to continue.
About Vernon’s sleeping bag ❗️ I’m sure the family had gone on a fancy caravanning trip (without Harry of course) because that is very popular for families in the UK. And sleeping bags would be brought in most cases. 🙌
Watched/Listend to it all during my weekly house cleaning, laundary, food prep for the week and dishes. When I was all done and in the sofa it ended. Will be nice to fallow this!
Are we finally doing this? I am so hyped! LETS GO!!!
the podcast we didn’t know we needed, love it lads!
I was really hoping that the guys were going to actually read the chapter to us and then give their commentary on the chapter after. This would make the episodes much more inclusive for newer people to the HP books. I was looking forward to watching the pod with my wife who has only seen the movies and never read the books. She had no idea what the brothers were talking about and we ended up having to turn it off because she was so confused. Looks like I’ll have to listen by myself /:
Yeah from now on I have to read before the episodes. Fortunately I have read these a bunch of times so I’m ok.
I thought that was their plan. I’m kinda sad it isn’t. I have read them 7 times but it’s been more than 2 years since my last read through.
That wouldn't set well with copyright laws, and you can bet they monitor this channel.
@@wendyrock4260 wouldn’t it fall under “fair use” if they are reading it themselves and using it for their own commentary? As another comment on this video stated, there are many other fandoms that have podcasts that do exactly that
Why don’t you listen to the chapter on audio together and then watch the episode? 😊