The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 7 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix – The Ministry Of Magic.
In this episode, Mary & Blake discuss the difficulty of writing this kind of chapter due to plot, theme, and world-building, why it’s important to see the Ministry through Harry’s eyes, and why Blake is horrified at the notion of Kippers for breakfast…
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The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 6 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix – The Noble And Most Ancient House Of Black.
In this episode, Mary & Blake discuss why the struggle and motivation revealed in this chapter make Sirius a great character, the plot being very simple for a reason, and why Mary couldn’t help but do the Different Perspective RIGHT AWAY.
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The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 5 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix – The Order Of The Phoenix.
In this episode, Mary & Blake discuss the need for tonal balance and characters like Tonks, the implications behind the decisions made for Harry by his Godfather and his adoptive mother, and why Blake LOVES the idea of a bow on a brand new car….
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The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 4 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix – Number Twelve Grimmauld Place.
In this episode, Mary & Blake discuss if Harry is justified in his anger, the emotional complexity of Percy’s choices, and why Blake totally threw Mary off her “different perspective” game!
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The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 3 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix – The Advance Guard.
In this episode, Mary & Blake discuss the wham-bam-thank-you-ma’am nature of the chapter, why Tonks is perfectly characterized within the first few lines of meeting her, and why Vernon Dursley LOVES to rat on his neighbors.
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The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 2 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix – A Peck Of Owls.
In this episode, Mary & Blake discuss the split morality of Vernon and Petunia, why Sirius may have let Harry down, and why Blake doesn’t understand the conversion rate of Celsius to Fahrenheit…
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The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake gather an emergency podcast about HBO reportedly nearing a deal to reboot Harry Potter as a television series.
In this episode, Mary & Blake discuss the business behind why HBO is rebooting reportedly rebooting Harry Potter as a television series, the thirst (or lack thereof) for more Harry Potter, who we would like to see as some actors and showrunners, and Mary makes and INCREDIBLE tie in for the Fantastic Beasts series of films…
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The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 1 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix – Dudley Demented
In this episode, Mary & Blake discuss the cultural zeitgeist of Harry Potter when this book was released, why the dementors are interesting but its the opening paragraph that really counts here, and why Mrs. Fig wants Harry to just have more cats in his life…
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The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss and review the 2005 film adaptation of Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire
In this episode, Mary & Blake discuss how one simple line in the movie is the perfect bridge between films 1-3 and films 5-8, why there is a cognitive dissonance between the foundation of the book, and the structure of the film, and why when you have Ralph Fiennes, you just let him go full Ralph Fiennes…
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The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 37 of Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire – A Beginning.
In this episode, Mary & Blake share a special new spin on the final chapter — Blake reads the whole chapter to you! At the same time we provide commentary on how this sets up the rest of the narrative, why this book feels very much like Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania, and why Colin McCreavy needs to go home immediately…
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