The Real Weird Sisters (Alice and Martha) recap chapter sixteen of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Be aware that the show may contain spoilers for events which take place later in the series.
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1- Still not buying the Dumbledore wanted Harry to get to the Stone.
2- Totally agree about McGonagall not taking the news about someone attempting to steal the Stone. All the effort to keep it safe and she just says, “Don’t worry about it.”
3- I really liked seeing Neville get something to do. A sign of good things to come from him.
4- Never heard of the theories of the poisons. Kind of fun to think about.
5- Martha cracking up about Ron’s sacrifice shows just how much one can be affected by the series.
I didn’t think how odd it was that the students would just be hanging around for a whole week with no structure. That just asks for mischief!
I actually went to a wedding once and during the dinner a harpist was playing classical versions of all of the biggest radio hits. It was quite beautiful.
I always loved this chapter for the cleverness of the traps, but it’s odd that three First Years were able to figure them all out. I have never heard the theory about each potion represents each DADA teacher. Is the troll supposed to be the Dark Arts trap?
As far as deaths go, I think I was most affected by Lupin and Tonks because of Fernwithy’s love for them.
This was a solid chapter! Glad it made it high up on the list!
In Order of the Phoenix, Hagrid says the Thestrals pull Dumbledore’s carriage when he doesn’t feel like apparating. That could explain why it took him so long to get to the Ministry.
I have a theory about Hermione having her exam papers. Maybe there is some kind of wizarding scantron or they just have a separate answer sheet. I know that most of my exams in college have had answers done on separate papers from the exam booklet.
I also wonder if the potions in Snape’s room automatically replenish. If not, shouldn’t have the potion to go forward, and possibly the one to go back been mission since Quirrell had to go through.
I’m so glad that you two love Ron! There’s a lot of hate for Ron in the fandom, and I think a lot of it comes from people’s familiarity with movie-Ron over book-Ron. His character is not as witty and he is not as developed in the movies. I think that people forget how great of a friend he always was to Harry in the books.
1- I always read “There is power and those too weak to seek it” as; There is power and then the people who don’t seek power (those who use their magic to do good and stop people like Voldemort) are too weak and ignorant to seek power, because with it they could be great. Power is the only thing Voldemort cares about.
2- I always found the usage of names interesting. People who have negative feelings toward Harry call him “Potter” (ie. Snape, Malfoy, Voldemort) while his friends call him Harry. Harry does the same thing with people he dislikes; Malfoy, Snape. Dumbledore corrects Harry when he calls him “Snape” 1- because it’s disrespectful to not use someone’s title when addressing them, but 2- I wonder if Dumbledore was trying to tell Harry that Snape was one of his friends and should be addressed as so. Don’t call him Snape as if he’s one of your enemy’s, use professor because you would do so for McGonagal, a teacher that you know likes you and is on your side. (Feeding into your DCT)