Through the Griffin Door

Hey Brother! Finally caught up! Binged as fast as I could and so worth it! My question for you guys is What if Voldemort had gotten the philosopher’s stone? I always assumed that it would make him a new body but the more I think about it, the more I feel like it is just to keep Quirrel alive long enough to get a new body. Would that also make Quirrel Voldemort’s right hand man? Just some thoughts.

Hey Brother! Love the show, my favorite to listen to on long runs! On the last podcast you guys talked about how it was kind of pointless for Dumbledore to put the age line around the goblet when the goblet itself will always pick the most prepared student anyway. I think this seemingly dumb decision ties in to Dumbledore’s Big Plan: Dumbledore puts the age line in place specifically to keep Harry out of the tournament. Dumbledore is worried that Harry will enter the tournament and become Hogwarts champion. I think that even though Harry is less experienced, he has a certain intangible quality to him that would beat out Cedric (evidenced by mirror of erised, golden polyjuice, early success w/ patronus/ DaDa, etc.). Harry is just the chosen one. However, that doesn’t mean Harry would survive the tournament. The prophecy doesn’t rule out Harry dying by means other than Voldemort, as you guys have covered before. I don’t think Dumbledore would take that risk, hence the age line. Let me know what you think!

Hey brother, love the podcast i was actually listening to the audiobook book of the deathly hollows and i just got confused on how the Creevy brothers got into hogwarts because according to Neville hogwarts is only for pure bloods and they are muggle born and they are to young to apparate and how were they able to survive for so long if they are both under age and they still have the trace?

Hey guys! I’m a long time SCB fan and even longer time fan of the Harry Potter series! I have a theory about why Dumbledore wanted so badly for harry to have a “relatively normal” childhood I think the reason has to do with him possibly learning a slightly misguided message from Ariana’s childhood and how she may have been more likely to control and develop her magic. I just finished listening to the entire series for the first time on audiobook and want to revisit Dumbledore’s conversations about Ariana now 😂 Can’t wait to get caught up!!!