No underage wizards allowed in today! (Just kidding.) Alice and Martha analyze the magic of the Marauder’s Map and question the implications of the apostrophe placement on the map’s name, wonder exactly how hot Madam Rosmerta can really be, and dissect the adults’ drink orders in the Three Broomsticks. Harry also learns the “truth” about Sirius… spoiler; he was their FRIEND!
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Another packed chapter.
1- The Hinky Punks sound related to the Will-o’-the-wisp phenomenon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will-o%27-the-wisp
2- Ron and Hermione staying at Hogwarts for Christmas. Did they just decide this without discussing it with their parents? They don’t get to see their kids every day as they are off at a boarding school. I would not want them to not come home for Holidays.
3- I think you ladies hit on the majority of the Mauraders Map. It is extremely detailed work for a bunch of mid-level school kids. I too have wondered how dynamic the map is. It clearly updates with new kids and random visitors. And if there were to be renovations, would the map update? I am thinking of when Firenze took over as Divination teacher, did the map update the classroom he used? And yes, Fred and George were extremely lucky to figure it out and it was a great gift to give.
4- Having harry use the cloak on his visit to Hogwarts is one of those movie adaptations that makes sense. The teachers and Fudge getting togeather for a gossip season in full earshot of students is just crazy. Again, the movie adaptation handles this in a much more logical way.
Draco gets more and more evil through out the series. Snape deducting 50 points is a gross extrageration of the inflation. Hermione definitely knows and this is probably the year that she kept the most secrets. Nice catch of finding the connection between Davie and Lockhart’s fan! The Wiki says they’re part of the same family along with a Chudly Cannon player. I remember Rowling saying that the map prodded the twins into getting the right spell. I never considered ‘Maurauder’ as a group name. I bought Ice Mice! It was just candy. Ron is way too excited about Apperation. It’s nice to hear the movie scoring some points with the conversation being more private.