The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 19 of Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire – The Hungarian Horntail.
We chat the importance of a low-point in a story, the magical properties of Mad-Eye’s eye, and why Mary is a true Gryffindor to a fault…
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The Last Kingdom Hosts Mary & Blake chat about The Last Kingdom Season 2 finale — episode 2.08.
We discuss tying the shows plot to the narrative strength of emotion, if Odda was a traitor, and why Aethelflaed’s life was changed when Green Day’s “Dookie” came out.
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The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 18 of Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire – The Weighing Of The Wands.
We chat Harry and Ron’s moral obligation to each other, why Snape is hard to like in this chapter, and why Mary goes ALL IN on Earth, Wind And Fire…
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The Last Kingdom Hosts Mary & Blake chat about The Last Kingdom episode 2.07.
We discuss the the exquisite use of choice and stakes, the sign of great dialogue between Alfred and Odda, and why Erik and Aethelflaed are going to sell Pina Colodas in Hawaii…
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The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 17 of Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire – The Four Champions.
We chat the important use of physical structure, interweaving the plot with misdirection, and Mary goes ALL IN on Mad-Eye Moody…
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The Last Kingdom Hosts Mary & Blake chat about The Last Kingdom episode 2.06.
We discuss the important use of contrasts in the narrative, why every single line in a story must have purpose, and why Gisela is totally the Pippa…
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The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 16 of Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire – The Goblet Of Fire.
We chat the magical properties of the Goblet, why Dumbledore is the best, and we have a break down over Kid Nation…
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The Last Kingdom Hosts Mary & Blake chat about The Last Kingdom episode 2.05.
We discuss the benefit and burden of having a three year time jump, Erik and Sigfried’s long con, and why this episode is the TV equivalent of Seafood Chowder…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 15 of Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire – Beauxbatons And Durmstrang.
We chat the understated power from Harry, how Ron is so suggestible and why the affects his narrative, and why the author explicitly undermines S.P.E.W. in this chapter…
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The Last Kingdom Hosts Mary & Blake chat about The Last Kingdom episode 2.04.
We discuss why this feels like a season finale, why the narrative must take a time jump, and why Ragnar probably needed to take a 20 second time out…
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