The first thing Snape asks Harry is “Potter! What would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood?” According to Victorian Flower Language, asphodel is a type of lily meaning ‘My regrets follow you to the grave’ and wormwood means ‘absence’ and also typically symbolized bitter sorrow. If you combined that, it meant ‘I bitterly regret Lily’s death’.
Oh guys... you want him to secretly be a good person so badly. He was just being an asshole and bullying a child here, not secretly apologizing in victorian flower language, I promise you.
@@baguettegott3409 Nah I think this is more just good writing from JK Rowling (if purposeful) rather than trying to redeem Snape but that's just my take.
@@lemi11ion14I don't buy that either. Not that Rowling isn't a good writer, at least in this series specifically. But we know her, it's been decades now and she has shared every single thought about the HP universe in interviews and on twitter, and tends to over-emphasise how early she had stuff figured out and how far ahead she was planning and leaving hints... She would have told us. If that had been purposefully crafted to have this meaning, she 100% would have told us.
what mcgonagall means about bending the rules, wasn't for harry been part of the team. it was for the rule about first year students couldn't have a broom of there own.
Actually Harry’s scar does hurt when he sees Snape. I believe it’s in the great hall, after they got sorted, but actually it was because of professor quirrell, who was right next to him. It was kinda the start of why the viewers should suspect Snape just like the scene where Harry’s broom was bewitched and we saw Snape aswell
In the movie, if you pay attention, this is the first time we should get suspicious about Quirrel, because Snape looks at Harry, while Quirrel has turned his back, Harry's scar hurts, and then Snape makes a suspicious glance towards Quirrel.
@@lindamazule2289 Not to mention, Harry already realizes from the moment Snape looks at him that he's disliked on sight. Snape makes up his mind what Harry is like without bothering to check if he was even right.
About Quirrel's turban - yes, the movie messed it up a bit. Voldemort posessed Quirrel only after his attempt to break into Gringots. That is important in the end of the movie, because in the Leaky Couldron Quirrel already wears a turban and refuses to shake Harry's hand, thus it seems obvious he already knows that he can't touch him, but then in the end he seems really shocked about the effects of him touching Harry (in the movie). In the book he is not yet posessed and so it is obvious he didn't know what touching Harry would mean.
Re: getting special permission from Dumbledore for Harry - that’s for him to have his own broom, not to play Quidditch. First years aren’t allowed to bring their brooms (if they have one) and must use the school brooms for flying lessons. Since Harry was selected for the Quidditch team, which is rare for the first year, they got him permission to have a broom so he could get a better one than what the school has.
Pumpkin Pastie was here!!! Don't change a thing in your reactions!! I watch them to see you as you are. Truthful and sincere. Looking forward to the next chapters review.
The ghost you thought was a pirate was actually the Bloody Baron. It's understandable because he does look more like a pirate in the movie, and not Baronish at all.
He did have on an ornate wig that reminded me of Captain Hook. He did look a lot jollier, and amusing than the intimidating ghost I imagined from the book descriptions.
Interesting that, as I always picture the Bloody Baron more like Jacob Marley's ghost in A Christmas Carol. Very morose and weighed down with his chains; so I can understand Veggie's confusion comparing the book and movies.
@@shugaroony Yes, he's very morose, but he's also Medieval in his appearance. He was alive at the same time as the Hogwarts founders, but they gave him a look like someone from the 1700's in the film.
@@shugaroonyInteresting you say that, because I once saw an illustration of the Bloody Baron (with terrified Draco next to him), wherehe actually had a kerchief bound around his head to keep his jaw up in the same way as Jacob Marley which I found an odd choice, because that's not at sll how ghosts work in the Harry Potter universe (they can freely change clothes after all), but the artist probably had the same association as you. Unfortunately I can't remember the artist, not even if it was fanart or "official", which is a shane because it was such a brilliant depiction of both Draco and The Bloody Baron that's still vivid in my mind
1:07:58 One reason I've seen suggested for Fluffy not attacking at first, is because of Peeves. Remember, the tone he was using was a _sing-song_ one, hence, Peeves was technically making _music_ for a brief moment when they first encountered Fluffy. Also, Fluffy is a guard dog, and guard dogs are often trained more to ward away intruders then kill them immediately, though Fluffy _is_ still dangerous enough to warn students away from getting near him obviously, in part because even a "warning nip" from him would take a chunk out of your leg, so I think it's something to ponder at least...
i absolutely love mcgonagall. she is stern and tough, but very fair, and has a lot of pride in her house. as you know, she was willing to punish students from her own house alongside malfoy in philosopher's stone, and is quite no-nonsense, which makes for a great foil next to the eccentric dumbledore. she's one of my favorite characters for sure. edit: first years aren't allowed brooms of their own, so that's why they don't usually get picked for quidditch, and you need your own broom to be on the team. the school has old brooms to practice on, but they're not very good or fast. my guess is since flying on a broom is very dangerous, they don't need excitable first years, some of whom didn't even know they had magic, zooming around willy-nilly on broomsticks.
@@MattStMarie-bm5sq that's my idea as well, and probably part of why they give lessons on flying on broomsticks, like how you get drivers ed before getting your permit.
Harry has so much more personality in the books. Much of it is shown by is inner thoughts though, and I don't think that Daniel Radcliffe would have been able to express this through his acting at such a young age. I suppose that's why the duel was cut. It's quite an irresponsible thing for Harry to do, and it works if you understand the way he thinks, but I doubt this would have translated well in movie format.
Already saw on patreon, but let me say, your work is amazing. Having dislexia, and still taking the time to make a summary of each chapter and read it, is amazing. I love how you go into so much detail, and how you analyse everything. You're very wise, love watching this and thinking about stuff I haven't thought before.
Yes I think Quirel did not have turban in the pub? I am not sure. But I think he wasn't possessed by Voltemort yet. He even shaked Harry's hand which wouldn't be possible with Voldy on back of his had. Also that scar pain appeared first with Harry's look on back of that turban (so directly on Voldemort) and not in the pub before! And ofc that pain had nothing to do with Snape but Voldemort hiding behind that turban(but ofc first time reader is not aware of it so everything is pointing on Snape as a villain! EDIT: Also "pumpkin pasty!" :D
Yes, Quirrel did not seem to share his body with Voldemort at the Leaky Cauldron yet, but he was already certainly in league with him. There are hints of him looking unwell for quite some time already, and Quirrels whole purpose for being there that day was to break into Gringotts later on.
Correct. Voldy mentions Quirrells “failure” and how he needed to keep a closer eye on him. I believe by inference you can assume he means that since Quirrell wasn’t able to get the stone from Gringotts he then possessed him to make sure he’s doing as he’s told
This is the thing for people who watch the movies before reading the books. All the side characters get mentioned early on, they are part of the story since as early on as this sorting ceremony. So when Justin Finch-Fletchley gets attacked in Chamber of Secrets, we know who he is. When Ron and Lavender start dating in Book 6, we have already had years of Lavender scenes to sort her into a different context. Watching the 6th movie without that makes you think she is just some unimportant side character.
One of the best aspects of Rowling's writing style is her nonchalant manner of providing exposition. I don't think it gets enough credit. Like you said with the "and then she turned her desk into a pig and back again." That little blurb completely sets up the type of world we are in for, where random stuff like that happens, but it's also hilarious. I'm sure you've noticed, she does this throughout her story where she'll say something nonsensical. It provides worldbuilding where we become familiar with the type of world we're in an what to expect. It provides levity. And especially when she's including something that's going to be important later, you very well might not catch on to it because she throws it into one of these sentences that appear to be there just for humor. But then when it comes in later, you're reminded of that scene. So any twists that she does are actually set up and you can catch onto them, but there's a high likelihood that you won't because their camoflauged with all these other sentences that appear to be there for humor or worldbuilding
Agree on her writing style, and it suits the material she is writing for down to a tee. We don't need flowery writing which will fly over a lot of kids heads. Its matter of fact, even for the emotive scenes which then seem to hit harder because of that.
To further explain Peeves - even in real-world folklore and the paranormal community, there are several different types of spirits. A ghost is the spirit of a deceased human, whereas a poltergeist is simply a manifestation of energy created by the people around it. In a place like Hogwarts, you have centuries of students causing mischief which manifests itself in the character of Peeves, the king of mischief. As far as Harry's scar hurting, it was somewhat explained in the movies. It wasn't Snape that caused the scar to hurt, it was the presence of Voldemort, who happened to be sharing a body with Quirrell, who was sitting next to Snape. You've already noticed that the turban wasn't mentioned in the Leaky Cauldron, and you're right that Voldemort hadn't entered Quirrell's body yet, which explains why there was no mention of Harry's scar hurting in the Leaky Cauldron. The main reason you're allowed to fly a broom, but not use transfiguration is primarily because underage wizards simply aren't allowed to do magic at home. With flying, the magic has already been placed on the broom, so the child isn't technically performing magic, only using it.
Mostly correct. Voldemort HAD entered Quirrel's body, in Albania, but was at that point lying dormant, though he DID massively influence Quirrel. This is why Quirrel was actually totally out-of-character, but as no-one there knew him, they could not tell. Basically, Voldemort was 'acting under the radar.'
Honestly love watching you discover the differences between the movies and the books, as one who was the same age as the kids reading the books was such an adventure. Im so glad that the adventure was passed on to you! Please keep reading!! Pumpkin Pasty is here! Lol had to!
Harry’s scar does hurt in the movies a few times when Snape is looking at him. Every time though Quirril is facing away from him so Voldemort is looking at Harry. Also the Hogwarts song is sung just not in Stone. It’s sung in Goblet when Harry finds the 10th Doctor’s Dad
Yay! I’ve been waiting for this. I hope the start coming out more frequently. No pressure, of course. I just really like watching you discover something I’ve loved for as long as I can remember (literally)
Yeah so sorry about the wait, Anna!! I do intend on getting them out almost weekly if I can, but haven't been able to this past couple of weeks! I will definitely speed up though! :)
I listened once more, love this, and must add, Cederic, the old caretaker and Harrys parents are not ghosts. They appeared out of that wand, as a twin core side effect, because it was Voldys wands last spells. edit: You will get the ghost thing explained at the end of book five.
You've pointed out how McGonagall has little patience with Peeves. Remember that when you read The Order of the Phoenix. It only makes the relationship all the better!
It’s amazing in these book reviews how you have a lot of the correct questions. Many of these will be answered in later books (example ghosts are explained in a later book). One of the reasons I love these is you can tell how invested and attentive to every detail you are
You may already know by now, but just in case you don't... The reason the hat took longer to sort Neville was because he was indecise between Hufflepuff and Gryffindor.
I’m so excited for you reading these books for the first time! And it’s so special being able to experience it with you! Eeeek you’re going to love this journey so much!
Veggie you are amazing!!! Fellow Hufflepuff who also has dyslexia I am so impressed with you putting yourself out there with the books. It is so huge and courageous. I love the books and I have a hard time getting through the first two so have only gotten through them once. Love all your Harry Potter content.
As a chatty, bookish, somewhat annoying girl with frizzy hair I LOVED book!Hermione growing up! She reads as very clever and well-meaning but somewhat socially oblivious. In the movies she's much more emotionally intelligent but in the books it's Ron who's the real heart of the trio. Hermione with all her flaws was a really important character for me growing up. The message was that, as a girl, I didn't have to be pretty or popular to matter. LOVE your videos, Veggie!
58:45 Peeves isn't a ghost, though, he's a poltergeist, and a mean, rude menace at that. Besides, don't worry, I don't think he's capable of feeling hurt. It's not in him. edit: Pumpkin Pasty was here 🤓
I love these reviews, the lengthier the better! As a person who is currently in the process of being diagnosed for being on the spectrum (I'm a female, 21 y/o), I'm really happy that you shared that with your audience. I would love to see Harry Potter-related tier list-videos on your channel, such as your favorite characters, movies, school subjects, magical creatures (the books when you have finished reading them) etc. Hope you have a great weekend! / Ravenclaw from Sweden
Pumpkin Pastie was here!! I listen to your videos while doing my things at home lol. I found your book reviews from your movie ones. I’m I glad you liked the movies to the point of checking out the books❤️. They’re amazing I hope you love them too.
I really love your genuine reactions and your attention to detail, I enjoy watching all your HP stuff, and this actually encouraged me to reread the books, but this time on English (since German is my native language I only ever read or heard them in German). Keep it up! 💛
I just wanted to say thank you so much for posting these book discussions. I love how extensive they are and I love your adorable tangents. I actually just bought the book series to reread (originally read the first two at age 10 and each as it was subsequently released). Big fan of your content, Veg 💕
Not true with Flitwick! @38:00 He is the "swish and flick" wingardium leviOHsa teacher! Love these videos, I hope the support stays up so that we can watch your journey through the source material ❤
I am so happy you doing this my little pumpkin pastry! As it is is going great. I am also so happy you did the movies and now the audiobooks (Fry is masterful) it is just like going on the same journey multiple times and discover more and more. I believe each medium gives a different experience and recommend the written books after because see some of the stuff written hits differently.
Not a spoiler cos you already know the end: The scar hurting when looking at Snape also happens in the movie. Both the book and movie have Snape talking to Quirrel as well and that is supposedly the reason, not actually Snape. I guess it’s the first time harry ‘looks at’ Voldemort.
Thank you for all this analysis and reactions with lot of details. As a fan of Harry Potter you have the best reactions 👌Thank you for taking Time with book analysis. It’s a great work !! Thanks from Belgium 🇧🇪
I'm excited for you to get to future books! There are some complete side plots that are missing from the movies. I hope you haven't been spoiled on some stuff. Really enjoying the book club! Thank you!
its so sad that characters like professor binns get completely left out of the movie.. i feel like sleeping through history class is part of the hogwarts experience
It isn’t in the movies, but in the 5th book (I will skip down a bit if you want to avoid minor spoilers)… After Sirius falls through the veil in the Department of Mysteries, Harry runs through the castle to find and ask Nearly Headless Nick if Sirius was a ghost and Nick explains that people choose to become ghosts rather than move on to the afterlife. He says he was too cowardly and that he was afraid of what lay ahead if he chose to “move on”, but he knew that Sirius would never choose to become a ghost as he didn’t seem the type to fear death.
It seems to vary. There are classes where it's just the one house and others where they join another. I've been listening through the audio books too pretty much since the start of the year (On Order of the Phoenix rn) and they seem to specify anytime they're in a class with Slytherin or Hufflepuff.
@@ProLifeAtheistXX It depends on how many teachers are teaching at a time. I'm surprised Flying was doubled up, actually, as that means there are only two classes since only first-years take it. It's just, how many lessons can be squeezed into a week? Most lessons are or should be doubled up via houses. Ten students is kind of a tiny class.
@@strawberrysoulforever8336 I think the most important question is how many students are there in Hogwarts. Unfortunately Rowling has been very inconsistent about this. In some of her first interviews she said about a thousand. When fans pointed out that was not possible (not enough teachers), she changed it to 600. That would mean about 85 students per year. However, we know there are just 40 students in Harry's year. So it still doesn't add up.
Also I believe that many of the teachers were hired by Dumbledore not for their knowledge in the subjects but for what lessons in life they teach the students that can be applied practically -- Like how Gilderoy teaches how fame and sparkle can be full of smoke and mirrors
I think he's also just running out of options with the DADA teachers. We only see Harry's years but it's when ever Voldemort came back to hide the diadem and ask for the Job that he jinxed it so it's been at least a decade if not more of having to find a new teacher ever year.
I’ve got the 16 disk collection, on one of the added disks there are interviews from the cast and crew. The story about the kids giggling is the true one. They were supposed to be kinda scared but Rik was too funny and there wasn’t a single useable shot of his scenes. I hope there’s footage hidden somewhere, would be something I’d love to see
I think the dream was just a regular dream, but maybe it's also a set-up for the later books, so the readers will be used to Harry having random dreams and once the "weird" ones start the readers will be questioning is these are real or not
Nah, the dream was really important and a clever bit of foreshadowing. The turban was talking to him, signifying his relationship and deep link to Voldemort, his Slytherin qualities and even his being a Horcrux
Pumpkin pasty was here! Keep posting exactly as you are doing, we love to hear you. I think Snape is one of the most interesting characters, because it just gets you thinking about being a good or bad person. You can be mean, but have a line that you dont cross like actual phisical violence but does that make you good? It goes to what you have been acostumed in your life. Some of us take abuse from parents or partners but still thing them good because they have some redeeming qualities. On the other hand, someone can be good, have a good heart and good intentions but not have a sunny disposition or charming behavior and that makes them be discounted as bad.
58:47 I think you could reasonably expect more polite manners from a Hogwarts professor talking to a ghost; however, Peeves is a poltergeist (mischievous spirit different from a human that lived & died) who’s more often seen as a nuisance feature of Hogwarts. You’re spot on that Hogwarts feels like a character! It was one of the most entrancing parts for me reading these books as a kid. pumpkin pasty was here 😋
Huzzah, I've been waiting for this! 'Getting my lunch so I can ensconce and enjoy. 1. Ghosts are discussed later in the books, so you'll have a wait. The Bloody Baron has an awful backstory! 2. Is "humbugs" the name in Britain for mints, or for licorice, which are not "mints" in the U.S.? 3. Did you know Mrs. Norris is named for a cruel Jane Austen character? 4. pumpkin pasty was here (imagine a Kilroy Was Here cartoon to go with it)
humbugs are a type of mint hard sweet prepared not so different from sherbet lemons only without the filling inside. liquorice is still liquorice here, though we do have aniseed, another hard candy which is where the liquorice flavour comes from
@@AnimeManiac1987 I'm only just now making a connection; "humbug" and Scrooge and Christmas. Hard candy mints are usually Christmas candies, here. Or they are after-dinner mints.
Pumpkin pasty was 'ere - though I'm more of a Cornish one in real life" This was the perfect thing to listen to while trying to complete my appraisal paperwork for work next week. Loving your book discussions as much as your film ones, thanks so much for putting your time and effort into doing this VG. Some brilliant observations, points and laughs. I sympathise with you brothers - I had a teacher in primary school who lost an eye during his time in the Navy & used to throw his fake eye across the classroom to scare the 'naughty' boys!
Thank you for doing this. You have the best reaction for the movies. Your attention to detail and interest in the characters and story was amazing. and now that you are doing the books chapter by chapter I am loving it. Please continue until the end.
I really loved how you noted that Neville was very involved in the story as the other three because he truly is, in my opinion, as important as them in the cause. I also remember one theory I read a long time ago how each one of them represents a certain Hogwarts house; Hermione being Ravenclaw, Harry as Slytherin, and Ron and Neville as Hufflepuff and Gryffindor (forgotten which is which for these two but I would 99.99% say that it's Ron as Hufflepuff and Neville as Gryffindor). Edit: Pumpkin Pasty was here!! 😁
Pumpkin Pastie was here!! Epic review as always, been waiting and waiting for this and savored you all day by watching the first half in the morning and the last half now. Love the long videos, looks like my points I was gonna make were already made by other wonderful potter community commenters. So many of the things you are uncertain do will get to be explained in great detail as you read on and it will be such a treat to continue seeing you’re reactions. You make my weeks 💗
I know Blackpool very well. I used to live there, in fact. You cannot just say, as Rowling did, 'Blackpool pier' as there are three of them. South, Central and North.
When I first read the books, I always pictured Peeves as Drop Dead Fred! This was over a decade before I knew he was cast to play the pesky poltergeist!
Pumpkin Pasty was here 😆I love the longer videos! Peeves is not a ghost but is instead a manifestation of all the rule-breaking, mischief and sneakiness of all Hogwarts students throughout the years. Ghosts are people that were once fully alive but they aren't technically dead either, this is why they can be petrified. Nick even admits he can tell Harry nothing about the secrets of death because he was afraid to die and chose a feeble version of life when Harry seeks him out after Serius died. Peeves was never a living person. PS I hope you post the book club videos more often. I waited years between HP books and movies so I can certainly be patient but would love to see this content posted more than once a month if that's manageable. PPS When Cedric, Lilly, and James show up at the end of Goblet they are not ghosts. Dumbledore calls them echoes of who they were in life. I presume it is the same when Harry uses the Resurrection Stone at the end of Deathly Hallows.
About ghosts - it will be explained better in later books, namely in Order of the Phoenix. poltergeist isn't actually a ghost, more like an entity, created from generations of mischievous students (that is explained in wizarding world, where you made the quiz about your house).
Pumpkin pastis was here... I've justed finished all 7 books (Stephen Fry) a couple of months ago for the first time... And really wanted peoples thoughts on the books (book club) love that you are doing this and love how long the reviews are!
Looking forward to seeing you react to the Fantastic Beasts movies...they are more or less about what it took for Dumbledore and his crew to take down Grindelward. There's a lot of other things going on but the struggle against Grindelwald is the focal point of the larger story. You also get a look at the larger Wizarding World outside of Hogwarts and outside of the UK as well.
One other quick thing...Pretty sure that the Lily, James, and Cedric ... the ones that came out of Voldemort's wand as a result of the Priori Incantatum that took place when Harry and Voldy's wands connected in the graveyard were not technically ghosts. If memory serves I think Dumbledore in the books refers to them as 'echos' which is why they couldn't hang around for more than a minute or two tops. It was simply the regurgitation of the last spells that Voldemort's wand had performed.
Pumpkin Pasty was here. I feel like all the wizards and witches are much more whimsical in the books than they are in the movies. The contrast is shown very early in the interaction between Dedalus Diggle and Uncle Vernon. I agree that the books are more childlike in the beginning. I remember JKR saying that she wrote it in a way that her own children, who were growing up the same age, would be able to empathise with the characters or something along those lines.
Pumpkin pasty was here! 😊 Thank you Veggie for these videos! It's great to see how excited you are about Harry Potter and the wizarding world. I hope you cover all the books. I suggest you only watch the Fantastic Beasts movies after reading the books!
In the book, Nevil was nearly a hat stall or a student that takes more than 5 minutes to be sorted. This was because he was a bit the opposite of Harry. He didn't really want Gryffindor, he wanted Hufflepuff. He was intimidated by Gryffindor's reputation and did not think he could handle it. The hat felt differently and unlike Harry, it convinced him out of his first inclination.
Pumpkin Pastie here! Are you excited about getting to know specific characters since they're much more fleshed out in the books? Also, I ADORE your reactions and I'm so happy you love the series so much!
Peeves is a poltergeist. Unlike ghosts he can interact with physical objects like brooms. However, he can also turn invisible and glide through walls and doors. He's the physical manifestation of all the mischief-making at Hogwarts. The Bloody Baron thing is a slow-burn. But lets just say that Peeves is afraid of him for a reason.
Dean Thomas mom is a muggle and his dad was a wizard so like Harry and Hermione he does know the muggle world. (btw1: Yes Bezoar comes later on in the Half Blood Prince. Harry actually pays attention to Snape's class) (btw2: I do not consider myself intelligent but still I'm a Ravenclaw and always felt one of them. Being a Ravenclaw is more about the "hunger" of knowledge more than intelligence itself... well at least for me 🙃)
I had read the books as they came out and when Alan Rickman was announced to be cast as Snape I nearly jumped for joy -- My daughters didnt know him having never saw any of his previous work but I knew he would be the absolutely perfect choice for the role
Such a shame they never even released rik mayalls parts, ive heard he got cut because his CGI was to close to that of the ghosts and it would have been confusing because he wasn't a ghost he was a poltergeist.. R.I.P rik mayall he will always be one of my comedy hero's from young ones to bottom to drop dead Fred he was just so awesome.. rik passed in 2014 and Rickman passed in 2016
When you mentioned the "huge change" for the movie in chapter 9, I kept trying to think of which specific one you meant. And then when you reminded us of the title... The Midnight Duel... oh yeah, the whole thing. The entire thing.
Pumpkin pastie was here 😎 I found your Harry Potter movie reaction videos the other day and have been bingeing all of them and now these book reactions😁 I love watching you experience all of this for the first time! I myself was late to the Harry Potter world as well 😄 and just recently(a couple months ago) heard the audio books for the first time (I never read them)😃 the books are so good!! And all I’ll say is (no spoilers) is that all your questions in these reviews will be answered in the books! And since you enjoyed Snape’s memories in the last movie, you’ll LOVE the book version! 😍 He makes me proud to be a Slytherin myself💚🐍
1st years aren't allowed to own their own brooms, which is the rule McGonagall wants to ask for permission to bend. Otherwise Harry would have to play in matches on one of the old and slow school brooms.
Pumpkin Pastie was here... I love these keep the book club stuff, it adds a nice interactive feel, and also will keep a more spontaneous element to the reviews. As a person who also read the books after watching the movies, I don't think you need to separate the actors from the characters. Especially Rickman/Snape, I have no trouble believing that had the script writers wrote Snape as nasty and cruel as he was in the books, that Rickman would have knocked it out of the park.
56:07 I think what you're really noting on is just the Starch difference of actually hearing Harry's thoughts so many times it's not fully that they left things out but more you being able to read certain events very differently bcs you actually hear Harry's thought process
Too many not having that makes movie Harry bland (but like what options did they have? can you imagine if the movies had like a constant narration over it? awful) but they really did the best they could without actually changing how Harry acts from what I remember, like making him a lot more outspoken then he is just so they could include more parts of his internal dialogue there are certainly many adaptions who've done stuff like that, maybe they would have if internal Harry wasn't often so sassy lol and they needed to be sure he came across as nothing but likable
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The first thing Snape asks Harry is “Potter! What would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood?” According to Victorian Flower Language, asphodel is a type of lily meaning ‘My regrets follow you to the grave’ and wormwood means ‘absence’ and also typically symbolized bitter sorrow. If you combined that, it meant ‘I bitterly regret Lily’s death’.
Oh guys... you want him to secretly be a good person so badly. He was just being an asshole and bullying a child here, not secretly apologizing in victorian flower language, I promise you.
@@baguettegott3409 Nah I think this is more just good writing from JK Rowling (if purposeful) rather than trying to redeem Snape but that's just my take.
@@lemi11ion14I don't buy that either. Not that Rowling isn't a good writer, at least in this series specifically.
But we know her, it's been decades now and she has shared every single thought about the HP universe in interviews and on twitter, and tends to over-emphasise how early she had stuff figured out and how far ahead she was planning and leaving hints... She would have told us. If that had been purposefully crafted to have this meaning, she 100% would have told us.
I love the to-the-point Britishness of the quote on the front “…this is a terrific book.”
Pumpkin Pasty was here :D :D I love the long videos
what mcgonagall means about bending the rules, wasn't for harry been part of the team. it was for the rule about first year students couldn't have a broom of there own.
The bezoar is the thing Harry put in Ron’s mouth when he was poisoned :D love that these videos are so long, so I can watch it in multiple pieces
Stones found in a goat’s stomach.
Actually Harry’s scar does hurt when he sees Snape. I believe it’s in the great hall, after they got sorted, but actually it was because of professor quirrell, who was right next to him. It was kinda the start of why the viewers should suspect Snape just like the scene where Harry’s broom was bewitched and we saw Snape aswell
That trope is referred to as a "Red Herring".
In the movie, if you pay attention, this is the first time we should get suspicious about Quirrel, because Snape looks at Harry, while Quirrel has turned his back, Harry's scar hurts, and then Snape makes a suspicious glance towards Quirrel.
@@lindamazule2289 Not to mention, Harry already realizes from the moment Snape looks at him that he's disliked on sight. Snape makes up his mind what Harry is like without bothering to check if he was even right.
@@lindamazule2289 Also, when Quirrell has his back turned toward Harry that means that Voldemort is facing him (on Quirrell’s head).
About Quirrel's turban - yes, the movie messed it up a bit. Voldemort posessed Quirrel only after his attempt to break into Gringots. That is important in the end of the movie, because in the Leaky Couldron Quirrel already wears a turban and refuses to shake Harry's hand, thus it seems obvious he already knows that he can't touch him, but then in the end he seems really shocked about the effects of him touching Harry (in the movie). In the book he is not yet posessed and so it is obvious he didn't know what touching Harry would mean.
Re: getting special permission from Dumbledore for Harry - that’s for him to have his own broom, not to play Quidditch. First years aren’t allowed to bring their brooms (if they have one) and must use the school brooms for flying lessons. Since Harry was selected for the Quidditch team, which is rare for the first year, they got him permission to have a broom so he could get a better one than what the school has.
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The ghost you thought was a pirate was actually the Bloody Baron. It's understandable because he does look more like a pirate in the movie, and not Baronish at all.
He did have on an ornate wig that reminded me of Captain Hook. He did look a lot jollier, and amusing than the intimidating ghost I imagined from the book descriptions.
Interesting that, as I always picture the Bloody Baron more like Jacob Marley's ghost in A Christmas Carol. Very morose and weighed down with his chains; so I can understand Veggie's confusion comparing the book and movies.
@@shugaroony Yes, he's very morose, but he's also Medieval in his appearance. He was alive at the same time as the Hogwarts founders, but they gave him a look like someone from the 1700's in the film.
@@shugaroonyInteresting you say that, because I once saw an illustration of the Bloody Baron (with terrified Draco next to him), wherehe actually had a kerchief bound around his head to keep his jaw up in the same way as Jacob Marley which I found an odd choice, because that's not at sll how ghosts work in the Harry Potter universe (they can freely change clothes after all), but the artist probably had the same association as you. Unfortunately I can't remember the artist, not even if it was fanart or "official", which is a shane because it was such a brilliant depiction of both Draco and The Bloody Baron that's still vivid in my mind
1:07:58 One reason I've seen suggested for Fluffy not attacking at first, is because of Peeves. Remember, the tone he was using was a _sing-song_ one, hence, Peeves was technically making _music_ for a brief moment when they first encountered Fluffy. Also, Fluffy is a guard dog, and guard dogs are often trained more to ward away intruders then kill them immediately, though Fluffy _is_ still dangerous enough to warn students away from getting near him obviously, in part because even a "warning nip" from him would take a chunk out of your leg, so I think it's something to ponder at least...
i absolutely love mcgonagall. she is stern and tough, but very fair, and has a lot of pride in her house. as you know, she was willing to punish students from her own house alongside malfoy in philosopher's stone, and is quite no-nonsense, which makes for a great foil next to the eccentric dumbledore. she's one of my favorite characters for sure.
edit: first years aren't allowed brooms of their own, so that's why they don't usually get picked for quidditch, and you need your own broom to be on the team. the school has old brooms to practice on, but they're not very good or fast. my guess is since flying on a broom is very dangerous, they don't need excitable first years, some of whom didn't even know they had magic, zooming around willy-nilly on broomsticks.
I thought that it was closer to that of driving a vehicle. As so far as to when it is allowed and the age when you can ride them.
@@MattStMarie-bm5sq that's my idea as well, and probably part of why they give lessons on flying on broomsticks, like how you get drivers ed before getting your permit.
Harry has so much more personality in the books. Much of it is shown by is inner thoughts though, and I don't think that Daniel Radcliffe would have been able to express this through his acting at such a young age. I suppose that's why the duel was cut. It's quite an irresponsible thing for Harry to do, and it works if you understand the way he thinks, but I doubt this would have translated well in movie format.
Already saw on patreon, but let me say, your work is amazing. Having dislexia, and still taking the time to make a summary of each chapter and read it, is amazing. I love how you go into so much detail, and how you analyse everything. You're very wise, love watching this and thinking about stuff I haven't thought before.
Yes I think Quirel did not have turban in the pub? I am not sure. But I think he wasn't possessed by Voltemort yet. He even shaked Harry's hand which wouldn't be possible with Voldy on back of his had. Also that scar pain appeared first with Harry's look on back of that turban (so directly on Voldemort) and not in the pub before! And ofc that pain had nothing to do with Snape but Voldemort hiding behind that turban(but ofc first time reader is not aware of it so everything is pointing on Snape as a villain!
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Yes, Quirrel did not seem to share his body with Voldemort at the Leaky Cauldron yet, but he was already certainly in league with him. There are hints of him looking unwell for quite some time already, and Quirrels whole purpose for being there that day was to break into Gringotts later on.
Correct. Voldy mentions Quirrells “failure” and how he needed to keep a closer eye on him. I believe by inference you can assume he means that since Quirrell wasn’t able to get the stone from Gringotts he then possessed him to make sure he’s doing as he’s told
This is the thing for people who watch the movies before reading the books. All the side characters get mentioned early on, they are part of the story since as early on as this sorting ceremony. So when Justin Finch-Fletchley gets attacked in Chamber of Secrets, we know who he is. When Ron and Lavender start dating in Book 6, we have already had years of Lavender scenes to sort her into a different context. Watching the 6th movie without that makes you think she is just some unimportant side character.
One of the best aspects of Rowling's writing style is her nonchalant manner of providing exposition. I don't think it gets enough credit. Like you said with the "and then she turned her desk into a pig and back again." That little blurb completely sets up the type of world we are in for, where random stuff like that happens, but it's also hilarious.
I'm sure you've noticed, she does this throughout her story where she'll say something nonsensical. It provides worldbuilding where we become familiar with the type of world we're in an what to expect. It provides levity. And especially when she's including something that's going to be important later, you very well might not catch on to it because she throws it into one of these sentences that appear to be there just for humor. But then when it comes in later, you're reminded of that scene. So any twists that she does are actually set up and you can catch onto them, but there's a high likelihood that you won't because their camoflauged with all these other sentences that appear to be there for humor or worldbuilding
Agree on her writing style, and it suits the material she is writing for down to a tee. We don't need flowery writing which will fly over a lot of kids heads. Its matter of fact, even for the emotive scenes which then seem to hit harder because of that.
To further explain Peeves - even in real-world folklore and the paranormal community, there are several different types of spirits. A ghost is the spirit of a deceased human, whereas a poltergeist is simply a manifestation of energy created by the people around it. In a place like Hogwarts, you have centuries of students causing mischief which manifests itself in the character of Peeves, the king of mischief. As far as Harry's scar hurting, it was somewhat explained in the movies. It wasn't Snape that caused the scar to hurt, it was the presence of Voldemort, who happened to be sharing a body with Quirrell, who was sitting next to Snape. You've already noticed that the turban wasn't mentioned in the Leaky Cauldron, and you're right that Voldemort hadn't entered Quirrell's body yet, which explains why there was no mention of Harry's scar hurting in the Leaky Cauldron. The main reason you're allowed to fly a broom, but not use transfiguration is primarily because underage wizards simply aren't allowed to do magic at home. With flying, the magic has already been placed on the broom, so the child isn't technically performing magic, only using it.
Mostly correct. Voldemort HAD entered Quirrel's body, in Albania, but was at that point lying dormant, though he DID massively influence Quirrel. This is why Quirrel was actually totally out-of-character, but as no-one there knew him, they could not tell. Basically, Voldemort was 'acting under the radar.'
Honestly love watching you discover the differences between the movies and the books, as one who was the same age as the kids reading the books was such an adventure.
Im so glad that the adventure was passed on to you!
Please keep reading!!
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Harry’s scar does hurt in the movies a few times when Snape is looking at him. Every time though Quirril is facing away from him so Voldemort is looking at Harry.
Also the Hogwarts song is sung just not in Stone. It’s sung in Goblet when Harry finds the 10th Doctor’s Dad
Yay! I’ve been waiting for this. I hope the start coming out more frequently. No pressure, of course. I just really like watching you discover something I’ve loved for as long as I can remember (literally)
Yeah so sorry about the wait, Anna!! I do intend on getting them out almost weekly if I can, but haven't been able to this past couple of weeks! I will definitely speed up though! :)
I love this format. I hope it will continue till book 7 because I would love to hear your take on the whole story…
I listened once more, love this, and must add, Cederic, the old caretaker and Harrys parents are not ghosts. They appeared out of that wand, as a twin core side effect, because it was Voldys wands last spells.
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You will get the ghost thing explained at the end of book five.
You've pointed out how McGonagall has little patience with Peeves. Remember that when you read The Order of the Phoenix. It only makes the relationship all the better!
Book Snape makes it very obvious why he is Neville’s bogart later in the series. He is definitely scary enough to qualify.
It’s amazing in these book reviews how you have a lot of the correct questions. Many of these will be answered in later books (example ghosts are explained in a later book). One of the reasons I love these is you can tell how invested and attentive to every detail you are
You may already know by now, but just in case you don't...
The reason the hat took longer to sort Neville was because he was indecise between Hufflepuff and Gryffindor.
I’m so excited for you reading these books for the first time! And it’s so special being able to experience it with you! Eeeek you’re going to love this journey so much!
Veggie you are amazing!!! Fellow Hufflepuff who also has dyslexia I am so impressed with you putting yourself out there with the books. It is so huge and courageous. I love the books and I have a hard time getting through the first two so have only gotten through them once. Love all your Harry Potter content.
As a chatty, bookish, somewhat annoying girl with frizzy hair I LOVED book!Hermione growing up! She reads as very clever and well-meaning but somewhat socially oblivious. In the movies she's much more emotionally intelligent but in the books it's Ron who's the real heart of the trio. Hermione with all her flaws was a really important character for me growing up. The message was that, as a girl, I didn't have to be pretty or popular to matter. LOVE your videos, Veggie!
58:45 Peeves isn't a ghost, though, he's a poltergeist, and a mean, rude menace at that. Besides, don't worry, I don't think he's capable of feeling hurt. It's not in him.
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I so agree about Fred and George and needing more of them in the movies!
I love these reviews, the lengthier the better! As a person who is currently in the process of being diagnosed for being on the spectrum (I'm a female, 21 y/o), I'm really happy that you shared that with your audience. I would love to see Harry Potter-related tier list-videos on your channel, such as your favorite characters, movies, school subjects, magical creatures (the books when you have finished reading them) etc. Hope you have a great weekend!
/ Ravenclaw from Sweden
Pumpkin pasty was ere lol. As the story progresses and the characters mature so does the writing. Loving the reviews keep up the good work
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I love these books. They're so full of hope and the discovering of magic is so special!
Pumpkin Pastie was here!! I listen to your videos while doing my things at home lol. I found your book reviews from your movie ones. I’m I glad you liked the movies to the point of checking out the books❤️. They’re amazing I hope you love them too.
I really love your genuine reactions and your attention to detail, I enjoy watching all your HP stuff, and this actually encouraged me to reread the books, but this time on English (since German is my native language I only ever read or heard them in German). Keep it up! 💛
Loving this series. I frequently re-read the books but your insights still add to my Potterworld.
I just wanted to say thank you so much for posting these book discussions. I love how extensive they are and I love your adorable tangents. I actually just bought the book series to reread (originally read the first two at age 10 and each as it was subsequently released). Big fan of your content, Veg 💕
Not true with Flitwick! @38:00
He is the "swish and flick" wingardium leviOHsa teacher! Love these videos, I hope the support stays up so that we can watch your journey through the source material ❤
I am so happy you doing this my little pumpkin pastry! As it is is going great.
I am also so happy you did the movies and now the audiobooks (Fry is masterful) it is just like going on the same journey multiple times and discover more and more.
I believe each medium gives a different experience and recommend the written books after because see some of the stuff written hits differently.
Not a spoiler cos you already know the end: The scar hurting when looking at Snape also happens in the movie. Both the book and movie have Snape talking to Quirrel as well and that is supposedly the reason, not actually Snape. I guess it’s the first time harry ‘looks at’ Voldemort.
Thank you for all this analysis and reactions with lot of details. As a fan of Harry Potter you have the best reactions 👌Thank you for taking Time with book analysis. It’s a great work !!
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I'm excited for you to get to future books! There are some complete side plots that are missing from the movies. I hope you haven't been spoiled on some stuff.
Really enjoying the book club! Thank you!
its so sad that characters like professor binns get completely left out of the movie.. i feel like sleeping through history class is part of the hogwarts experience
I just played a mission in Hogwarts legacy ...about professors binns and it's hilarious
It isn’t in the movies, but in the 5th book (I will skip down a bit if you want to avoid minor spoilers)…
After Sirius falls through the veil in the Department of Mysteries, Harry runs through the castle to find and ask Nearly Headless Nick if Sirius was a ghost and Nick explains that people choose to become ghosts rather than move on to the afterlife. He says he was too cowardly and that he was afraid of what lay ahead if he chose to “move on”, but he knew that Sirius would never choose to become a ghost as he didn’t seem the type to fear death.
I think each class is doubled up. The Gryffindors have Herbology with the Hufflepuffs and later on, they have an elective with the Slytherins.
It seems to vary. There are classes where it's just the one house and others where they join another. I've been listening through the audio books too pretty much since the start of the year (On Order of the Phoenix rn) and they seem to specify anytime they're in a class with Slytherin or Hufflepuff.
I'm pretty sure Transfiguration, Charms and DADA aren't doubled up, because students from other houses are never mentioned during these classes.
@@ProLifeAtheistXX It depends on how many teachers are teaching at a time. I'm surprised Flying was doubled up, actually, as that means there are only two classes since only first-years take it. It's just, how many lessons can be squeezed into a week? Most lessons are or should be doubled up via houses. Ten students is kind of a tiny class.
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I think the most important question is how many students are there in Hogwarts. Unfortunately Rowling has been very inconsistent about this. In some of her first interviews she said about a thousand. When fans pointed out that was not possible (not enough teachers), she changed it to 600. That would mean about 85 students per year. However, we know there are just 40 students in Harry's year. So it still doesn't add up.
@@ProLifeAtheistXX Yes. My assumption was about 40 students per year. That should be the norm - ten new students per house.
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Pumpkin Pasty was here, enjoying your in depth review while crocheting a crop top. Perfect entertainment while working.
About Neville's remeberall turning red - it could be that the thing he forgot was the pasword to Grifindor common room maybe. ;)
Oh wow, that is a great point Linda!!
Also I believe that many of the teachers were hired by Dumbledore not for their knowledge in the subjects but for what lessons in life they teach the students that can be applied practically -- Like how Gilderoy teaches how fame and sparkle can be full of smoke and mirrors
I think he's also just running out of options with the DADA teachers. We only see Harry's years but it's when ever Voldemort came back to hide the diadem and ask for the Job that he jinxed it so it's been at least a decade if not more of having to find a new teacher ever year.
Pumpkin Pasty! Loving your reactions! Can't wait for you to read all the books
I’ve got the 16 disk collection, on one of the added disks there are interviews from the cast and crew. The story about the kids giggling is the true one. They were supposed to be kinda scared but Rik was too funny and there wasn’t a single useable shot of his scenes. I hope there’s footage hidden somewhere, would be something I’d love to see
I think the dream was just a regular dream, but maybe it's also a set-up for the later books, so the readers will be used to Harry having random dreams and once the "weird" ones start the readers will be questioning is these are real or not
Nah, the dream was really important and a clever bit of foreshadowing. The turban was talking to him, signifying his relationship and deep link to Voldemort, his Slytherin qualities and even his being a Horcrux
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Happy to watch every video you do about this magical world
Pumpkin Pastie was here. Really love the reviews and the long videos are very enjoyable.
Pumpkin pasty was here! Keep posting exactly as you are doing, we love to hear you. I think Snape is one of the most interesting characters, because it just gets you thinking about being a good or bad person. You can be mean, but have a line that you dont cross like actual phisical violence but does that make you good? It goes to what you have been acostumed in your life. Some of us take abuse from parents or partners but still thing them good because they have some redeeming qualities. On the other hand, someone can be good, have a good heart and good intentions but not have a sunny disposition or charming behavior and that makes them be discounted as bad.
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The song is featured in the deleted scenes of goblet of fire.
58:47 I think you could reasonably expect more polite manners from a Hogwarts professor talking to a ghost; however, Peeves is a poltergeist (mischievous spirit different from a human that lived & died) who’s more often seen as a nuisance feature of Hogwarts.
You’re spot on that Hogwarts feels like a character! It was one of the most entrancing parts for me reading these books as a kid.
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My favorite youtube series, unique content for HP lovers! Are more episodes coming and will you continue with the next book?
Thanks so much Erdi, and sorry for the wait! Yeah I hope to get a new one posted this week and we are definitely doing the other books! :)
Huzzah, I've been waiting for this! 'Getting my lunch so I can ensconce and enjoy. 1. Ghosts are discussed later in the books, so you'll have a wait. The Bloody Baron has an awful backstory! 2. Is "humbugs" the name in Britain for mints, or for licorice, which are not "mints" in the U.S.? 3. Did you know Mrs. Norris is named for a cruel Jane Austen character? 4. pumpkin pasty was here (imagine a Kilroy Was Here cartoon to go with it)
humbugs are a type of mint hard sweet prepared not so different from sherbet lemons only without the filling inside. liquorice is still liquorice here, though we do have aniseed, another hard candy which is where the liquorice flavour comes from
@@AnimeManiac1987 I'm only just now making a connection; "humbug" and Scrooge and Christmas. Hard candy mints are usually Christmas candies, here. Or they are after-dinner mints.
@@glowormrdr6183 humbug comes from old English meaning toffee with mint
Pumpkin pasty was 'ere - though I'm more of a Cornish one in real life" This was the perfect thing to listen to while trying to complete my appraisal paperwork for work next week. Loving your book discussions as much as your film ones, thanks so much for putting your time and effort into doing this VG. Some brilliant observations, points and laughs. I sympathise with you brothers - I had a teacher in primary school who lost an eye during his time in the Navy & used to throw his fake eye across the classroom to scare the 'naughty' boys!
This is basically a podcast, except I have a video of the speaker. And everybody likes long podcasts. Keep it up mate.👍
Thank you for doing this. You have the best reaction for the movies. Your attention to detail and interest in the characters and story was amazing. and now that you are doing the books chapter by chapter I am loving it. Please continue until the end.
I really loved how you noted that Neville was very involved in the story as the other three because he truly is, in my opinion, as important as them in the cause. I also remember one theory I read a long time ago how each one of them represents a certain Hogwarts house; Hermione being Ravenclaw, Harry as Slytherin, and Ron and Neville as Hufflepuff and Gryffindor (forgotten which is which for these two but I would 99.99% say that it's Ron as Hufflepuff and Neville as Gryffindor).
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Pumpkin Pastie was here!! Epic review as always, been waiting and waiting for this and savored you all day by watching the first half in the morning and the last half now. Love the long videos, looks like my points I was gonna make were already made by other wonderful potter community commenters. So many of the things you are uncertain do will get to be explained in great detail as you read on and it will be such a treat to continue seeing you’re reactions. You make my weeks 💗
I know Blackpool very well. I used to live there, in fact. You cannot just say, as Rowling did, 'Blackpool pier' as there are three of them. South, Central and North.
When I first read the books, I always pictured Peeves as Drop Dead Fred! This was over a decade before I knew he was cast to play the pesky poltergeist!
Pumpkin Pasty was here 😆I love the longer videos! Peeves is not a ghost but is instead a manifestation of all the rule-breaking, mischief and sneakiness of all Hogwarts students throughout the years. Ghosts are people that were once fully alive but they aren't technically dead either, this is why they can be petrified. Nick even admits he can tell Harry nothing about the secrets of death because he was afraid to die and chose a feeble version of life when Harry seeks him out after Serius died. Peeves was never a living person.
PS I hope you post the book club videos more often. I waited years between HP books and movies so I can certainly be patient but would love to see this content posted more than once a month if that's manageable.
PPS When Cedric, Lilly, and James show up at the end of Goblet they are not ghosts. Dumbledore calls them echoes of who they were in life. I presume it is the same when Harry uses the Resurrection Stone at the end of Deathly Hallows.
My opinion on snape,
Books 1-6: hes an asshole
Book 7: hes a complicated asshole
About ghosts - it will be explained better in later books, namely in Order of the Phoenix. poltergeist isn't actually a ghost, more like an entity, created from generations of mischievous students (that is explained in wizarding world, where you made the quiz about your house).
Pumpkin pastis was here... I've justed finished all 7 books (Stephen Fry) a couple of months ago for the first time... And really wanted peoples thoughts on the books (book club) love that you are doing this and love how long the reviews are!
Little late, just going through all your videos now and enjoying them tremendously! Pumkin pasty was here 🎃
Pumpkin Pastie is here! Loving your videos and book review.
Looking forward to seeing you react to the Fantastic Beasts movies...they are more or less about what it took for Dumbledore and his crew to take down Grindelward. There's a lot of other things going on but the struggle against Grindelwald is the focal point of the larger story. You also get a look at the larger Wizarding World outside of Hogwarts and outside of the UK as well.
One other quick thing...Pretty sure that the Lily, James, and Cedric ... the ones that came out of Voldemort's wand as a result of the Priori Incantatum that took place when Harry and Voldy's wands connected in the graveyard were not technically ghosts. If memory serves I think Dumbledore in the books refers to them as 'echos' which is why they couldn't hang around for more than a minute or two tops. It was simply the regurgitation of the last spells that Voldemort's wand had performed.
Pumpkin Pasty was here. I feel like all the wizards and witches are much more whimsical in the books than they are in the movies. The contrast is shown very early in the interaction between Dedalus Diggle and Uncle Vernon. I agree that the books are more childlike in the beginning. I remember JKR saying that she wrote it in a way that her own children, who were growing up the same age, would be able to empathise with the characters or something along those lines.
Pumpkin pasty was here! 😊 Thank you Veggie for these videos! It's great to see how excited you are about Harry Potter and the wizarding world. I hope you cover all the books. I suggest you only watch the Fantastic Beasts movies after reading the books!
In the book, Nevil was nearly a hat stall or a student that takes more than 5 minutes to be sorted. This was because he was a bit the opposite of Harry. He didn't really want Gryffindor, he wanted Hufflepuff. He was intimidated by Gryffindor's reputation and did not think he could handle it. The hat felt differently and unlike Harry, it convinced him out of his first inclination.
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Pumpkin Pastie here! Are you excited about getting to know specific characters since they're much more fleshed out in the books?
Also, I ADORE your reactions and I'm so happy you love the series so much!
Pumpkin Pastie was here. I am enjoying these reviews. Thanks! Don't worry about video length. People can easily skip ahead if they want.
Well noted with Quirrell. He also shakes his hand when they meet at the Cauldron in the book, so he can still touch Harry at that point.
Peeves is a poltergeist. Unlike ghosts he can interact with physical objects like brooms. However, he can also turn invisible and glide through walls and doors. He's the physical manifestation of all the mischief-making at Hogwarts.
The Bloody Baron thing is a slow-burn. But lets just say that Peeves is afraid of him for a reason.
Dean Thomas mom is a muggle and his dad was a wizard so like Harry and Hermione he does know the muggle world. (btw1: Yes Bezoar comes later on in the Half Blood Prince. Harry actually pays attention to Snape's class) (btw2: I do not consider myself intelligent but still I'm a Ravenclaw and always felt one of them. Being a Ravenclaw is more about the "hunger" of knowledge more than intelligence itself... well at least for me 🙃)
Food thingy is covered in book 4 and the last book too - just giving your something to look forward too -without spoiling the book
Pumpkin pasty 😁 I was looking forward since you posted the book club post. Great video!!
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I had read the books as they came out and when Alan Rickman was announced to be cast as Snape I nearly jumped for joy -- My daughters didnt know him having never saw any of his previous work but I knew he would be the absolutely perfect choice for the role
Such a shame they never even released rik mayalls parts, ive heard he got cut because his CGI was to close to that of the ghosts and it would have been confusing because he wasn't a ghost he was a poltergeist.. R.I.P rik mayall he will always be one of my comedy hero's from young ones to bottom to drop dead Fred he was just so awesome.. rik passed in 2014 and Rickman passed in 2016
When you mentioned the "huge change" for the movie in chapter 9, I kept trying to think of which specific one you meant. And then when you reminded us of the title... The Midnight Duel... oh yeah, the whole thing. The entire thing.
Go as long as you like! An hour and a half and I still didn't want the video to end.
Oh boy, it's been so long since the last one that i forgot it was a thing. Thank you so much for doing these!
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Pumpkin pastie was here 😎 I found your Harry Potter movie reaction videos the other day and have been bingeing all of them and now these book reactions😁 I love watching you experience all of this for the first time! I myself was late to the Harry Potter world as well 😄 and just recently(a couple months ago) heard the audio books for the first time (I never read them)😃 the books are so good!! And all I’ll say is (no spoilers) is that all your questions in these reviews will be answered in the books! And since you enjoyed Snape’s memories in the last movie, you’ll LOVE the book version! 😍 He makes me proud to be a Slytherin myself💚🐍
1st years aren't allowed to own their own brooms, which is the rule McGonagall wants to ask for permission to bend. Otherwise Harry would have to play in matches on one of the old and slow school brooms.
Pumpkin Pastie was here... I love these keep the book club stuff, it adds a nice interactive feel, and also will keep a more spontaneous element to the reviews. As a person who also read the books after watching the movies, I don't think you need to separate the actors from the characters. Especially Rickman/Snape, I have no trouble believing that had the script writers wrote Snape as nasty and cruel as he was in the books, that Rickman would have knocked it out of the park.
56:07 I think what you're really noting on is just the Starch difference of actually hearing Harry's thoughts so many times it's not fully that they left things out but more you being able to read certain events very differently bcs you actually hear Harry's thought process
Too many not having that makes movie Harry bland (but like what options did they have? can you imagine if the movies had like a constant narration over it? awful) but they really did the best they could without actually changing how Harry acts from what I remember, like making him a lot more outspoken then he is just so they could include more parts of his internal dialogue
there are certainly many adaptions who've done stuff like that, maybe they would have if internal Harry wasn't often so sassy lol and they needed to be sure he came across as nothing but likable
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I love that you use the Jeremy Soule track from the video game! Btw you should totally make a video of you playing them!
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Love the long reviews