The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake chat chapter 17 of Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone – The Man With Two Faces.
We discuss if the book stands on it’s own as a singular work, why Harry being a passive character in the end is the right choice, and Voldemort just needs to find a Hot Topic…
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In this episode of The Potterverse, Mary & Blake break down Chapter 14 of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, “Norbert The Norwegian Ridgeback,” and explain why this chapter only looks like dragon chaos when it is really the book’s last big setup move before the endgame.
We discuss the narrative clunkiness of this chapter, the author growing in her story, and why Madam Pomfrey cares about one thing and one thing only: HIPPA.
In this episode of The Potterverse, Mary & Blake break down Chapter 11 of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, “Quidditch,” and explain why Harry’s first big win matters less as a sports triumph than as the moment the trio starts chasing the mystery in earnest.
We discuss the author somehow keeping a play-by-play accounting of a fictional sport engaging, Harry’s purpose for not celebrating his big win, and how Hermione gets away with straight up lighting a professor on fire.
In this episode of The Potterverse, Mary & Blake break down Chapter 8 of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, “The Potions Master,” and explain why this is the chapter where the story starts teaching Harry — and the reader — to suspect the wrong person.
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The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake chat chapter 5 of Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone – Diagon Alley.
We discuss how the author foreshadows Harry’s impending struggles, why Ollivanders feels like a sacred ceremony, and why Hagrid needs a stiff drink in Diagon Alley…
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In this episode of The Potterverse, Mary & Blake break down Chapter 4 of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, “The Keeper Of The Keys,” and explain why this is the chapter where Harry’s locked life finally gets opened — by Hagrid, by truth, and by the wizarding world itself.
We discuss how the author shows, and doesn’t tell, us the story, why Petunia may have a smidgeon of compassion, and why Blake would have taken the Top Gun soundtrack to Hogwarts…
In this episode of The Potterverse, Mary & Blake break down Chapter 3 of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, “The Letters From No One,” and explain why this is the chapter where Hogwarts stops being a rumor and becomes an unavoidable summons for Harry.
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we’re diving into Chapter 1 of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: “The Boy Who Lived.” And here’s the hot take right off the jump: this is the chapter that makes Harry Potter matter.
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