The Quidditch Match From HELL! | Prisoner of Azkaban

Listen In as we discuss Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Chapter 9 Grim Defeat.  This might be the most dangerous, nearly deadly, Quidditch Match we've ever witnessed. Hogwarts Faculty is never beating the lack of care for students allegations! Meanwhile we start the chapter with notorious mass murderer Sirius Black moseying throughout Hogwarts allegedly. Our Fav Professor Lupin is out sick from Defense Against the Dark Arts and his substitute teacher is the ever so sinister Professor Snape!

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SPEAKER_00 0:03

Hello, hello, hello, and welcome back to another episode of Harry. Sorry I'm late, a Harry Potter podcast. It's me, Coda.

SPEAKER_02 0:08

It's me, Alicia.

SPEAKER_00 0:10

And today we are here to pick up where we left off at the end of chapter 8 with chapter 9, Grim Defeat. This is the chapter that we've been waiting to talk about because so much is going on. I don't know if I'm hyping it up or not, but I just really enjoyed this chapter. But before we get to all that, craziness, I first must say, Alicia, happy birthday. How are you?

SPEAKER_02 0:30

Oh, thank you so much. Yeah, 32. I am feeling good. My sister's in town from Puerto Rico and she flew in last night. We've already had a fight, so it's like she never left. It is it's fun. Like we went to breakfast today with my mom and we had a time. It was it was great. I love my sister, and I'm really happy that we're close in age because I know siblings that are like there's a big age gap. They sometimes don't have so much in common, but we speak our own little language, which is nice.

SPEAKER_00 1:04

Now, the time of us recording this, your birthday is right around the corner. I don't know if we're gonna record another episode before your birthday happens or not. So I want to wish you happy birthday on air right now. Thank you. Um any special plans or I know turning the big three-two?

SPEAKER_02 1:18

So so my birthday is March 18th, which is a Wednesday, and this episode should be coming out that Wednesday. So that works out. I'm gonna go to dinner with my family, and then I'm gonna have a friend's brunch the following Sunday. And then I always try to go somewhere by myself, a place that I haven't been before, and like do a lot of reflection. I don't know what city that's gonna be, but kind of like eager to do that. That's a birthday tradition I have. Yeah, not planes, trains, and automobiles. Well, automobiles, yes. But something like like 45 minutes away. Okay just have some time with myself. I think it's a really good thing to have those celebrations with family, friends, yes, but also like what does this year, what did this year mean to you? Like, do some reflection and do some planning for the year ahead. And this year is gonna be definitely like a focus on career. I mean, make these y'all listen listen, the five stars, wish me happy birthday. Fuck it.

SPEAKER_00 2:24

No, literally like great podcast, happy birthday, Alicia. Five stars. That's all we're gonna do. That's all thank you.

SPEAKER_02 2:28

I chat GPT to come up with something. Don't worry. It's like two seconds, y'all. How are you? How was your flight into Maryland today?

SPEAKER_00 2:37

A little chaotic, you know, with the spring break travelers, but overall, I made it on and I landed safely, and that's all I can ask for. It's nice to be back in Maryland, my hometown, our hometown. Yeah, it's nice to be here seeing familiar places. I mean, there's just nothing like it, especially living in the city when you get when I get to come to the suburbs and just see the sky clearly and just ha hear the quiet. It's just a different feeling. Sometimes I just like when I'm home in Maryland, I'll just step out onto my uh porch or my steps or whatever, like in the morning, and just look up at the sky or just like just take in the quietness. I don't get that often in New York. So it's very like old man of me to just like stand on the porch with my hands on my hips and just take it all in. But it's it's a nice change of pace. So I'm glad to be here for a bit before I have to yeah, go back to the city.

SPEAKER_02 3:27

So maybe you should listen to Adele's Hometown Glory while you're here. It was just giving me much very much that vibes.

SPEAKER_00 3:38

All right, well, it's been a while, but Alicia, we're gonna start the chapter off with some whiz quiz. Are you ready?

SPEAKER_02 3:44

I'm ready to play whiz quiz. Yes. It's been so long since my ears have heard the tune.

SPEAKER_00 3:52

Okay. My first question for you. What color was the sleeping bags that Dumbledore summoned to the Great Hall when all the students had to camp out there as the search for Sears Black commenced on Hogwarts grounds?

SPEAKER_02 4:07

Purple rain, purple rain. And Dumbledore was making it rain with those sleeping bags. He said, bring out the sleeping bags.

SPEAKER_00 4:18

Yes, he was, and purple was indeed the correct color. Okay, correct. What is the name of the Hufflepuff Quidditch Captain and Seeker?

SPEAKER_02 4:29

I'm sorry, it has like Dick at the end. That's what I know. Is this open book or no?

SPEAKER_00 4:35

It can't be open book. It's been a while, huh? You're little rusty. Go ahead.

SPEAKER_02 4:38

Cedric Dickory.

SPEAKER_00 4:42

Yes. The name is Cedric Diggory. Yes. All right.

SPEAKER_02 4:50

Shadow Cedric. Apparently you're very handsome and very quiet, just as a woman likes it.

SPEAKER_00 4:57

Yes, all the Gryffindor girls are loving awesome Cedric. Okay. Question number three. What page does Snape have students turn to in their textbooks when he subbed for Lupin's defense against a dark arts class?

SPEAKER_01 5:09

He turns to page 394.

SPEAKER_00 5:12

That is correct. That is correct. Now, what house was Gryffindor originally supposed to play against in their first Quidditch match of the season?

SPEAKER_02 5:24

Originally Slytherin.

SPEAKER_00 5:27

That is correct. And for the final question: True or false, Oliver Wood was at Harry's bedside with the rest of the Gryffindor Quidditch team, waiting for Harry to regain consciousness after his terrible fall. True or false?

SPEAKER_02 5:44

Ooh. I'm gonna say false.

SPEAKER_00 5:47

That is correct. Is this my first 100? This is your first five out of five, 100% a bless.

SPEAKER_02 6:01

Happy birthday to me for real.

SPEAKER_00 6:04

Okay. Now, I hope you guys are playing along at home. Make sure to check out our Instagram, Harry Star. I'm late. There's going to be trivia coming, coming, coming very, very soon. And I might take it back all the way back to Sorcerer Stone and do like a daily trivia release until I catch up all the way back to Prisoner of Azkaban. And you know, so stay tuned for that, baby. But no. No. Let's go on and get on into this chapter that we've been waiting to discuss for so long. Chapter 9, Grim Defeat.

SPEAKER_02 6:38

Alright, so in the last chapter, we wrapped up with Peeves dropping a huge B-O-M-B. I don't know if we're allowed to say that on this on this platform, honey. Peeves says, Oh, I saw Sirius Black attack her, essentially, attack the fat lady, and the fat lady ran. So we know that Sirius Black could be in the building. This is declared an emergency, and Dumbledore sends all the Gryffindor house to the Great Hall effective immediately. Once they're in there, it's not too much longer before the rest of the Hogwarts houses join them. Dumbledore then announces that they are to sleep in this building overnight, and he delegates monitoring all the students' behaviors to his prefix. If there are any disruptions, the prefix are to tell the ghosts, like all the ghostbusters. And with a wave of his wand, Dumbledore prepares all of the purple sleeping bags for all the students to stay in that night. He tells them to sleep well and he leads them to it. The trio starts to discuss some theories they have about black, and they're pretty scared because he's in the building. Hermani says that they were really lucky that Sirius came on Halloween night specifically because they were all in the Great Hall when they could have been in Gryffindor Tower, and that would have been really bad. And Ron says maybe he lost track of time because he's on the run, and you know, sometimes you you lose track of time when you're on the run. But how did he actually get inside? And this is where other students start chiming in. So Ravenclaw offers, Sirius Black might know how to operate, which is when you appear out of thin air. Other conclusions that the students are drawing is maybe he disguised himself, and Dean Thomas says, Oh, maybe he flew in. At this point, Hermione shuts down all discussions because just like you, who is a Virgo, why does she have to be the only literate bitch in this bitch? She's like, clearly, none of you have read my favorite book, My Bible, The History of Hogwarts. It clearly states that the castle is protected by enchants enchantments, and no disguise are gonna fool the mentor. Like, let's let's use logic here, people. I have a question for you, and you you could answer, you could choose not to. Are any of these theories correct?

SPEAKER_00 9:12

I honestly am not even trying to fib right now. I don't remember how he got into the castle. So I'll yeah, so I honestly don't remember myself. So we'll have to find out together. But in terms of their theorizing, Hermione is right that Hogwarts does have a lot of enchantments that protect it. And it is known that you can't operate into the castle, like wizards can't just teleport into Hogwarts, like that's just not thing that's allowed, or that the castle doesn't allow for, because you know they're students, like imagine if voices are just popping in into the castle day in and day out. So that theory, I think, we can put the kibosh in. Um, and that's in Hogwarts of history, as Hermione pointed out. All the other ones I don't know about. So we'll see.

SPEAKER_02 9:57

Put the kibosh. You have been in New York City. Like, we don't say that here. Put the kibosh, okay. Percy then declares lights off. I think I was high when I wrote this because I put turn the lights off and then sweet dreams.

SPEAKER_00 10:16

Oh, baby, I get a chance to see you when I close my eyes. Okay, okay. The girl from Glee was one of the dancers in it. Did you watch Glee?

SPEAKER_02 10:29

Yes. Trying to think, is it the Asian girl?

SPEAKER_00 10:33

No, Heather Morris, I think is her name. She was a blonde girl. She played Brittany, she was like the slow one. Uh-huh. She was her and Santana became girlfriends. I think she, yeah, she was one of the dancers in it.

SPEAKER_02 10:46

Yes. Okay, so Brittany has a like a behind the scenes comment about J Lo because J Lo told her dance class it was trying out for something. If you're a Virgo, get out.

SPEAKER_00 11:02

She had to do that. I did hear that. I did hear that before. Which is like, okay. That is.

SPEAKER_02 11:13

You don't want your dancers to work hard?

SPEAKER_00 11:15

No, that's a very interesting piece of J Lo lore. Like, I think J-Lo like refuted it being true, or like she she didn't deny it fully, like the, but she it's something I think there was some truth to that. I don't know. Maybe she thinks that Virgos don't have that creative, like, like you need to be a little bit more free-moving to be one of my dancers, and the Virgos are too stiff or something. I don't know. That's interesting.

SPEAKER_02 11:36

Okay, so the students then go to sleep, and the teachers of Hogwarts are in charge of checking in every hour on the hour. Around three in the morning, Dumbledore returns to the Great Hall. Percy takes the opportunity to ask the headmaster for an update. Apparently, there's still been no sign of Sirius Black, unfortunately, but Gryffindors can move back in tomorrow. But that lady refuses to go back to work. She's traumatized, she's in counseling. Fuck a job. Okay, and they have replaced her with this man. I need help with his name, please. The Sir Knight McNulty.

SPEAKER_00 12:16

Yes. Oh, you can call him Sir Kadagan.

SPEAKER_02 12:20

Sir Kadagen and his little pony are gonna be monitoring the Gryffindor Tower. Alright? And then next, Snape comes in and reports that the third floor has been cleared, the dungeon is cleared, as well as the divination tower. Snape then asks Dumbledore, What is what is your theory on Sirius Black? How did he get in? And Dumbledore says, I have so many theories, and they're each unlikelier than the next. Harry is pretending to sleep, and so are his friends, but he clocks this conversation immediately. Snape says, Remember our talk before classes started. It really does seem that Sirius Black had some inside help. Dumbledore shuts this down and tells Percy that he's gonna go check on the Dementors who are still not allowed in the castle. Because Dumbledore, we've talked about this, he has some trust issues with the Dementors, so he just wants to make sure they're not gonna take this opportunity to actually go inside. Like y'all still have to be outside the house.

SPEAKER_00 13:20

And the way that the Dementors are described from earlier, I thought there was some kind of like magical. I'm just trying to imagine Dumbledore having a conversation with them. Like, like it's just interesting. Like, I thought there's some type of like magical, like ghost spectral creature sorts, but it seems like Dumbledore can actually like communicate with them to like not come onto the Hogwarts grounds or you know, stuff, or he's like reprimands them for fucking up the Quidditch later on or whatever. So it's just interesting. I'm trying to like picture that in my head in terms of like Dumbledore interacting with them, but we'll we'll see. And you'll one you you'll get a visual of them once you watch the movies, but the way that they're depicted in movies, I'm like, is this someone is this something that Dumbledore can actually talk to? I guess so. So yeah, we'll see.

SPEAKER_02 14:03

So they were all they were all secretly awake for this, the trio, and they lock eyes immediately after Snape and Dumbledore leave, and they're asking, What was all that about? It's now weeks later, so we're fast-forwarding. And the canvas, like I said, that replaced the fat lady, Sir Mc McDuncan donuts and his little pony. They're not very popular with the Gryffindors. He consistently changes the password just for sits and giggles, and he tries to challenge them for a duel. Like, I'm just trying to go home. I'm just trying to go.

SPEAKER_00 14:38

After a long day of class, like please, I don't have time for the games.

SPEAKER_02 14:43

And so the students are kind of complaining about him, but Percy said says to them, Y'all, no one else wanted this job. Like, we're grateful that even a canvas has shown up to work. Harry could care less about all this noise because, like the other times where he's possibly been hunted by something, the staff has returned to treating him like a fragile, delicate special delivery, and they start randomly making excuses to walk into class. And he feels some type of way about this. At one point, Professor McGonagall calls him in the office to share something that has been weighing on her. And she's like, you know, kind of preparing him for a really big conversation. And Harry's like, it's okay. I already know. Sirius Black is trying to kill me. And she's like, Oh damn, since when did you know? I could have been told you this. And he's like, he's like, girl, I've known since before classes started because the Weasleys let me know. And she said, Alright, perfect. Now that you understand that we're on the same page, you will understand that PM Quidditch team practices are canceled. And he's like, Hold on now, hold on now. And in her defense, she's like, Yeah, you're in open field in the nighttime, is a perfect opportunity for him to come and get your ass. The dementors can't go inside the castle, maybe they can be out there, but no. And then I don't know if Professor McGonagall has a Gryffindor parlay for this weekend or what, but she quickly was like, Hold on, I can't let my team go down right now. I know they have to practice. So I'm gonna commit to asking Madame Hooch to supervise the training. So Harry's happy about this. They're both happy and she's gonna make that money.

SPEAKER_00 16:27

Yeah, that's a fair, that's a fair, fair agreement. Because remember, like McGonagall was the one that even got Harry on the team in the first place when she caught him in that whole ordeal in the first book. So she has an investment in Harry being such a great seeker and helping a Gryffindor Quidditch team to win and get some house pride for her house. So she's like, yes, your safety is important to me, but also let me see how I can make this work so we can all have what we want. Because I know Harry's not gonna go for that. Like, this cannot be another year where because of my ass or something in relation to me that the Gryffindor Quidditch team is does not do well. And you know, Oliver would have lost his shit if that became that was the case that Harry was not able to participate. So I'm glad it works out.

SPEAKER_02 17:08

The team, thankfully, is able to practice, and after many training sessions, they're starting to endure really harsh weather. It's really windy, sometimes it's rainy. And unfortunately, at one of the last practices, Oliver Wood gathers his team to share some major news. So, like in the Wizclaws, you asked me who was the Gryffindor team originally supposed to be playing? And the answer to that was the Slytherins. But unfortunately, Slytherin is out and Hufflepuff is in. Because Draco, who is still milking this one-armed injury when he fell off of horse or whatever, he's saying that his arm still needs time to recover. And Wood calls BS on this. He's like, he doesn't want to be playing in these harsh weather conditions, and he doesn't want to be playing against us. Another reason why this is a big problem is that they've prepared to when you're preparing for a team, you study the team, you know how they play. So if you're training and envisioning Slytherin's team, and now you have to envision Hufflepuff, that's already hard enough. But like you also said in the Wizquiz, they have a new player on the Hufflepuff team. There is a new captain, and also he's also a seeker, and his name is Cedric Dickory. The girls are happy to be playing against him because he is very, very good looking. They like that he has like a stoic tall boy energy to him. So, but the team in general is a little scared for this. In the next class that Draco has with Harry, Draco says, if only my arm was feeling better.

SPEAKER_00 18:57

Just a bullshitter. Yeah, bye. Like coward. But also smart on smart on his end to come up with that scheme so he doesn't have to he doesn't have to play in these weather conditions, you know. Cowardly, but also smart. Like, yeah, do what you gotta do.

SPEAKER_02 19:12

And it's also very Slytherin. Like, do what you gotta do to be successful, to be the best. And it's a good plan. You're right. So, one point to Draco. Harry keeps getting stopped in the way to on the way to class, not just by the teacher, but now Oliver Wood, because Oliver Wood is stopping him to give him these big TED talks. And his final TED talk was before Harry had to attend the defense against the dark arts. Now, this is where the chapter starts to get scary in my book. I don't know about you. But he's around 10 minutes late for class now. So he's hurrying up and he's like about to announce, oh, I'm sorry for my tardiness, Professor Lufin.

SPEAKER_00 19:52

Like thinking shit's about to be sweet, like, oh, that's just my professor Lufin. Like, he'll be all right with me coming late, only for to be who.

SPEAKER_02 20:00

To be Bobby Anna Severus Snape. No. In that fuck ass box.

SPEAKER_00 20:08

Like, Ho, why is you here? Like, you are not who I was expecting. Like, why are you in my favorite class? And where's my favorite teacher? Like, what is going on?

SPEAKER_02 20:16

Where's Dumbledore? Because this is the real emergency. And then Snape gets right on it. You've you're 10 minutes late to my class. Immediately, 10 point stocks. Harry's like, damn. And he tells Harry, go take a seat. Harry's not trying to hear any of that. Immediately asks, Where is my good sis, Professor Lupin? Severus says, feeling very ill today. In the last chapter, you made him this customized potion and now homeboy's ill? Hmm. And he's like, take a seat, Potter. Harry asks again, what's wrong with him? And Severus Snape says, Nothing life-threatening. And if you don't sit your ass down, it's 50 points. How are we gonna go from 10 to 15?

SPEAKER_00 21:03

Honestly, though, Harry was with the shits because, like, what do you mean? Like, first off, you're late and now you're coming in here asking questions. Boy, you don't come in and sit your ass down. Like, and just this whole back and forth he's having with Snape, like Harry. Like, don't push your luck. Like, he already tried to sit down once, and you're like just being so defiant. Like, honestly, I'm here for it, but at the same time, like, Harry, please, you already know this man does not like you.

SPEAKER_02 21:21

But uh And you've been in his class for three years. You know, you know what the vibes are. Ferry finally does take his seat. I also wrote, we need to enlist a maximum point deduction because it's giving dictator. Professor Snape is on admission for this class, and that is make Professor Lupin look incompetent so that he can report this back to Dumbledore. Because remember, he wants to teach this class. He asked the class what they've been taught so far, as their teacher left him no notes whatsoever. And Hermione, without being called on, Explains that they've learned about bug arts and two other subjects. He immediately says, be quiet. I didn't ask. Ouch. Ouch. Ouch. Ouch. And Hermione should also know with Snape, don't ever answer without him calling on you.

SPEAKER_00 22:17

Yeah, like this is not the teacher to be a teacher's pet because he doesn't, he's not going for it at all. He just finds it annoying.

SPEAKER_02 22:22

No, he has a no-pet policy in his classroom. And he will be charging you pet insurance or whatever. Snape says he wasn't looking for an answer. He's just saying that Lupin lacks organization. And Dean Thomas, who I shout out Dean Thomas, because there's often times where he will stand up to the teachers and he sees them as the same age as him. He's like, nope, you know, I I like his valor and I I like what he says in this class. Dean Thomas defends Lupin and says that he is the best defense against the arts defense against the dark arts teacher we've ever had. Snape snaps at him and says, You are easily satisfied. Gathered. That's a read. One point, Snape. And then he says, anyways, today we're covering werewolves. And this is shocking to the whole class.

SPEAKER_00 23:20

Like, where did this come from? Like, we were learning, we were not learning about this. We were not even anywhere near this. Usually, as a substitute teacher, you are following the teacher's instructions on what to teach next or continuing on with the lesson that they've already been teaching. How are you just gonna bring up a whole new subject to teach? Like, sir, you are not the professor for this class. Like, you are here for one class, hopefully. Like, so you need to follow what they're the other teacher's doing. Like, just yeah, it's just a mess, just a mess. And then just and then he's upset at the students for being thrown off by this. Like, sir, like of course they're gonna be thrown off because this is not what they're learning.

SPEAKER_02 23:49

Like Modi is easily satisfied because he's setting up these kids, he's planning their demise. He doesn't care, he's using them as pawns. Hermani starts to short circuit and says, No, today we're covering hanky punks. And Snape pops the fuck off and basically says, I thought I was teaching you. Not that your bitch ass was teaching me. Turn to page 3394, all of you. And now the whole class is on edge. They're like, the claws are out. And he says, Who can tell me the difference between a werewolf and a true one? Hermione is still not like girl, go to the bathroom.

SPEAKER_00 24:29

No, it's nothing.

SPEAKER_02 24:31

She cannot help it. Literally, she raises her hand all alone. And Snape says, You're really telling me Professor Lupin has not taught one of you this? Pavardi then says, Like she said, we haven't covered this. He goes, Silence. Once again, silencing the women in the class. Noted. And then he says, I need to tell Dumbledore that you're in your third year and still don't know this information. He said, These kids are getting left behind. Where's George Bush? Her money says, please, sir, please, sir, and starts to explain the werewolf answer. Ooh, ooh, ooh, I'm scared for her. Snape interrupts again, takes five points away from her, and then proceeds to call her an insufferable know-it-all. Now the class is fuming, okay? The pot is all the way from like a simmer to a rolling boil. Because not on our watch. We can call our girl insufferable plus know-it-all plus the combo, but you cannot.

SPEAKER_00 25:39

I was just about to say that. Like they all know how annoying Hermione is when it comes to being the teacher's pet and knowing everything. And they've come to love that about her and probably just uh, you know, it is what it is. There's always that one student in the class. We are on agreement that she's annoying, but you, sir, right now in this moment, how dare you try to call our good sisters that absolutely not. Absolutely not.

SPEAKER_02 25:57

No. And Ron defends his girl. That hogs me trip did something to him because he says, why ask if you don't want to be told? Because why? Why? The class knew at this moment he fucked up. And Snape issues Ron detection detention and says, if I ever hear criticism on your side, it's on site. The class ends with Snape assigning them extreme amounts of homework. They have to do two whole parchments worth of information on the werewolves, womp wom. And once the class is in the clear and marked as safe, they all get away from the class and start talking shit about what just transpired. Ron eventually joins in the conversation, and he's been assigned to clean all the bedpans without magic. So that's pretty gross. And they start to theorize maybe Snape really is mad at Lupin for having Neville do the bug arts and allowing him fear to be Snape. And then Ron says, why couldn't Sirius Black just have gone to Snape's office and pew-pewed him?

SPEAKER_00 27:14

Which is a crazy thing to say, but honestly, Ron, I am getting an agreement at this point. Like, oh yeah, like forget Harry. Like uh Sirius, come and like just run into Snape and take his as out and make our everyone's day. But a few things on this that I want to say really quickly. One, Snape, how are you gonna assign homework for a topic that the Professor Lupin is not teaching? And what you're just gonna collect these assignments for a class that you don't teach and grade them? Like, how does that work? You're you're not the teacher for this class, so you're assigning homework for it. That's just the whole thing. Like, that's just him being petty. Like he he's not he can't do anything with those papers because it's not his class. So that's weird. Making Ron have to clean bedpants without magic is diabolical, but I'm glad that Ron is stood up for Hermione in this moment because, like, again, why are you gonna ask the question and not want the answer, even if it's from Hermani's annoying ass? And then, yes, like Ron saying that whole thing about Serge Black coming to get him is just hilarious.

SPEAKER_02 28:05

I hope he doesn't. I really hope that Lupin shows up to glass on Monday, but we'll see.

SPEAKER_00 28:10

I also find it strange that Snape's homework assignment was on how to kill werewolves. Like, it just the whole thing just seems like it came out of nowhere. Like, first, okay, you're discussing werewolves in class, and then now their homework assignment is how to how to identify a werewolf and how to kill them. And again, like I just doesn't make sense because you're not even the official teacher for this class. So, like, what are you gonna do with these uh assignments that these students turn in? Like, just being a jerk. And then, yeah, they theorized that oh, maybe Snape is mad about the whole Lupin and the bog art lesson, and his uh Neville's boggart turning into Snape or whatever, but like that's not Lupin's doing. That's Neville having the fear of you as a teacher and as a person that caused that. So, like, you don't have anyone to be mad at besides yourself. So, overall, I just thought this was one of Snape has a lot of like bad classes in terms of like his interaction with the students, but this has to be like one of the top worst ones because everyone was getting it. Like, Harry got whacked in the beginning as soon as he walked to the door, hermani got whacked multiple times for being a know-it-all, and then Ron got whacked in the end with the detention. So, everyone got whacked this this chapter or this class. But what were your thoughts on this whole ordeal?

SPEAKER_02 29:15

I I agree with you completely, especially when you're saying like you're not taking responsibility for how this student is scared of you, and that's a reason why it's a bug art. Like you're putting this all in loop in, but if y'all were hunky dory, there would have been no bug art. The bug art would have turned into like his grandma yelling at him or something, like something else that he's scared of. It's on you. And if you're really fighting every single one of your students, because like Bavardi, Dean Thomas also got some some strays today. Then maybe look inward, huh? He's not beating these incel allegations. I will stay on his neck.

SPEAKER_00 29:59

No, literally that, and clearly, like at this point, I feel like being an educator is just not for him. He needs to go find a job somewhere else doing something else, because clearly you and kids just don't match. Like, you can be passionate about a subject and like maybe sharing your knowledge of that subject, but maybe sharing it with students and children isn't the best path for you. Like, so yeah, it's unfortunate. And then, like you said, the punishment for Ron in the bedpans, that's just nasty and a horrible way to have to be punished for, I guess, speaking out. So, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 30:35

Alright, so now we're gonna be doing a segment called Keeping a Coda. So, speaking of the assignment for Ron to clean the bedpans, it made me wonder can you think back at a time where you were assigned a really either weird or just harsh punishment from a teacher or a parent?

SPEAKER_00 30:58

I think for me, like the biggest punishment that I would typically get from the parents would be cleaning the house. Like and making sure it was like clean from top to bottom. Like, I wanna like I'm leaving this house, and by the time I come back, I want this house to be cleaned, spick and spam. Like, yeah, I think like that was like the biggest punishment. And that would take like a good three, four hours if I was doing it right, you know, a lot of room to a lot of space to cover and whatnot. So I think for me, that was like the biggest punishment. I will say I did get into a fight once in middle school. Ooh, a physical brawl. And I feel like if it and I, you know, got yanked to the principal's office with the other other guy and everything, but it never reached my parents. How? Because, well, girl. It never reached my parents. And I feel like if it did, that would have definitely been. I don't know how they would have reacted or what the punishment would have been in that case, but it never reached my parents that I got into a fight. So, and I live to see the day, I lived, I live to tell the tale. But that'll be a story for another day. You guys remind me, I'll tell you on another episode.

SPEAKER_02 32:03

Amazing. Thank you for keeping it, Coda. So I have two things that come to mind. One is really weird. The other one, my mom, I cursed at her in the fifth grade when we were at the ice rink charity whatever event for my LM. And I forgot what curse word I used. I might even just have cussed, like said shit or something. But it was like at her. And my grandfather lived way closer to the ice skating rink than we did, and we started going to his house. And I'm like, I thought that was weird. Like my stomach dropped. And she's zooming, zoom in, zoom in, zoom in. She pulls me out of the car with my collar, like by like I'm a dog. And she's like racing up the steps with me in tow, and immediately go to the bathroom, and she puts like a shit ton of soap on a toothbrush and says, Wash your dirty mouth. And so I had to wash my mouth. I am choking. She does not give a because it was so shocking for her. She's like, wash your mouth. And so that was probably the soap soap. And that's that's old school. Like a lot of people have done that too. And I know my mom said that her mom made her do that. But the weirder punishment, and this is like my dad would always threaten this to us because his father did this to him. But I'm like, hon, you need to be in therapy for this. Him and his brother were fighting so much that he told them both, take your shirts off. And he put lime and salt on their backs, and made each of them lick the salt off their backs. Because I guess he was saying that you're supposed to always have your your brother's back or something. I don't know, grandpa. But he would always tell me, my sister, I'm gonna make y'all do that. And we're just kind of like, I always felt like I'm gonna call that love, because no, you're not. No, you're not. But that has to be the weirdest punishment I've ever been threatened with. Licking salt on my sister.

SPEAKER_00 34:10

Now that you're now that you brought that up, I think one that I used to get threatened with or me and my siblings. I don't think it ever actually happened. I feel like I would remember it physically if it did, but like getting pepper put in our butt for being bad. A bit no or like or like in the crack or something. I don't know. Like I'll try to remember. Like, this is like one of those like childhood memories. Like, either I've like repressed it, but like when you said the lime and the salt, and I'm like, I remember the threat of it. Again, I don't think it ever happened. So everyone relax. Um, but I remember something I'm gonna have to ask my siblings, and maybe I'll give you guys an update on the next episode. But something about pepper and going in the butt for being bad, you know, alongside the general like belt whippings or whatever for whatever stupid things you did, but something with the pepper.

SPEAKER_02 34:56

I'm I'm trying to remember it, but honestly, that combo is the only info you need to not do the crime. Because what are you talking about? Wow. All right, my story doesn't feel so weird now. Like, yes, I see you.

SPEAKER_00 35:12

So, yes. Okay, well, thank you for this keeping a coda and Ron, good luck cleaning those dustpans in the hospital wing with Madame Ponce. And so our listeners write down being such a damn bitch.

SPEAKER_02 35:22

Please, Nate, please, we're begging. Listeners, write down the weirdest punishment you've ever received. We'd love to know.

SPEAKER_00 35:31

Harry wakes up early Saturday morning with a feeling of cold wind on him. Turns out it was motherfucking Peeves hovering over his bed, blowing into his ear, like peeves. What I have so many questions, but sure. He's a ghost, so we'll give him a pass, I guess, for his hijinks. A poltergeist, apologist. So Harry's fears ask why, ask Peeves why he's doing that, and Peeves just like zooms out of the room cackling, like, what the fuck? So Harry's annoyed and he looks at his clock and he sees it's 4 30 in the morning. The way, like, if it was me, I would have hunted Peeves down and tore his ghost ass up. Like, not only are you hovering over me as I sleep, you're also disturbing my rest, and now I'm up before the sun is even up. Like, I don't even know how you can harm a ghost. I guess besides like swiping through them or something like that, but like you were gonna, I'll get my look back because you just that would piss me off so badly, fellas.

SPEAKER_02 36:17

Maybe he could bribe a dementor. Get him.

SPEAKER_00 36:20

No, literally. I mean, I guess because he's also because he's not even the Gryffindor ghost. That's Sir Nicholas or whatever. So, but I guess because he's a ghost, he can just kind of go through the walls into the comp into their common room and stuff. So just a mess. So Triassie might. Harry couldn't go back to sleep with the outside rain and the storm like raging on. So Harry gets dressed and his quiddage gear. He grabs his broom and he walks quietly out of the boy boy's dorm. And as he did, he nearly stumbled over something in front of their door, none other than Crookshanks. So Harry is now in agreement with Ron that there is something off about this cat. Like all the mice in this big ass castle, and he remains steadfast on trying to get the scabrus. So Harry likes is nudging Crookshanks along down the stairs to like get him away from the boy's dorm.

SPEAKER_02 37:01

Like, is he a bounty hunter or something?

SPEAKER_00 37:06

Last episode, you said he had magical powers. Now you're saying he's a bounty hunter. Something look, look, you know, cats be cats be funny creatures.

SPEAKER_02 37:13

So we're watching him. The world is watching him.

SPEAKER_00 37:17

Yes. So as Harry lingered in the common room, the noise from outside was getting even louder from the storm. But even with that, the Quidditch match would not be canceled. The only thing that could cancel a Quidditch match is a student being taken into the Chamber of Secrets to be killed. Shout out to Jenny Weasley. So, like literally any other situation, like rain or shine, bad weather, good weather, and your player, whatever, like y'all are playing Quidditch. So Harry thought about his new opponent, Cedric Diggory, a fifth year, much bigger than Harry. And secrets are often like light and speedy, but Diggory's weight may have helped may help him in this match, especially in terms of like not being blown off course by the turbulent weather. So Harry's in his third year, and Cedric Diggory's in his fifth year. So just two years older than Harry. Yeah. So Harry stayed in the common room in front of the fire until the sun started to rise, thinking about the match, and every so often, like stopping Crookshanks from going back up to the boys' dorm to try to get scabbers. Like, Hermione, come and get your cat. That's the other thing I was thinking about like, Hermione, this is your pet. Why isn't Crookshanks in your dorm over like after hours or whatever?

SPEAKER_02 38:18

Like, you know, like I because the girls and the boys sleep separately.

SPEAKER_00 38:23

Yeah, they sleep separately.

SPEAKER_02 38:24

So why is the cat in the boys' room?

SPEAKER_00 38:27

Right. Well, the cat was in front of the boys' dorm. So it wasn't in the room, but it was in front of the dual board. He was waiting for that out. No, literally, like as soon as the rod came out of the boys' dorm. But yeah, I've slept over friends' houses that have that have cats, and like they like let their cats just roam throughout the house, like even when they're sleeping and stuff. Because you know, I guess like if you just keep them confined to their room, it'll be like scratching at the door or something. Like I don't know. So I just yeah, so I just I guess that's just a cat pet owner thing is to just let your pets roam or whatever.

SPEAKER_02 38:58

Cats have so much more freedom than dogs, they can roam the neighborhood. I mean, my if I had a cat, that thing could walk to Virginia and back, I would never even know.

SPEAKER_00 39:07

Yeah, some cats are some cats are like that. Like they go and come back and they know where home is or like days at a time.

SPEAKER_02 39:13

Like the owner would be like, Oh, okay, yeah, I knew he was missing when he didn't come home for like a week. Like a week.

SPEAKER_00 39:18

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 39:19

Who's feeding your cats?

SPEAKER_00 39:23

I know cats people make the joke how like the Egyptians, ancient Egyptians, used to like worship cats or whatever, like their cat. So I know like in their head, they're probably still like on that type of time. Like we were worshipped once as gods, like y'all gonna cheat us, right? I mean, we can do as you please.

SPEAKER_02 39:37

My parents, when they were still married and we were living out like at the first house that we had, we would feed this what we thought was a straight cat, and it was obsessed with my little sister. She would pull his tail, he was never bite, nothing. Only to find out his owners live right behind us, and I'm like, oh my god, he's probably having like four meals a day.

SPEAKER_00 40:00

That is hilarious. So good for him. Did you did you hear the do you know the artist Dochi anxiety? Yes. So did you see the article? She was facing some backlash because she came out as anti-cat.

SPEAKER_02 40:17

Oh, and she was like, Yeah, because they always bite y'all and they're mean to you.

SPEAKER_00 40:21

She said, People act like it's a crime to dislike cats when they're generally aren't friendly animals. They don't want to be domestic, just leave them alone. Like it's not organic. I'm sorry, be for real. It's rare that cats are immediately lovely without years of pain and work put in. Y'all be scratched and beat the fuck up by your own animals. I can't. And honestly, I have to agree.

SPEAKER_02 40:40

I feel like even cat owners would agree.

SPEAKER_00 40:43

Yeah, there are some of you know people on their pets. Some people are like really like mad at her for making those comments. You're like, oh, cats can read energy and auras, and if their cats are being that mean to you, they probably know there's something off about your ass or like whatever. Like, just like gone, but like please, like cats really do be scratching and hissing at you, even if they love you. Like, I don't know. It's yeah, I've I've never been a cat owner, but people say that they could see me as being a cat owner.

SPEAKER_02 41:06

I've said it to you on this pod.

SPEAKER_00 41:08

Yeah, yeah. Um and I would like to think so, and maybe one day, but I don't know. I feel like our energies, I don't know.

SPEAKER_02 41:16

I think the cat will find it.

SPEAKER_00 41:20

It will have to kidnap you.

SPEAKER_02 41:21

It would not well, you'll see. You'll see. It'll it'll come to you, come on to your path. I don't know if it'll be astray or not. Maybe it'll be like, hey, I'm moving, can you take this cat? I don't know what it is, but it will find you.

SPEAKER_00 41:35

Interesting. Yeah. I I do even if it is a a cat, you know, any cat that comes in our way. Okay, sure. But if it was a blue Russian breed, preferably, I I don't know, something about that breed specifically is just so pretty and cute to me. One of my friends had one. I was like, I want that one.

SPEAKER_02 41:51

My blue my best friend is sous always says he wants a blue Russian cat.

SPEAKER_00 41:54

Oh, blue Russian, yeah. I love that. Yeah. Maybe a Siamese. Okay, now I'm drinking. Or a spank. Okay.

SPEAKER_02 42:01

Let's get back to Harry. I'm so sorry. Listeners, yes, we're just on it today, okay? We're having a fun time. Hopefully, you guys have a beverage, a snack, everything.

SPEAKER_00 42:09

Yes, grab a snack and come on back. Shout out to Wendy.

SPEAKER_02 42:11

Shout out, Wendy.

SPEAKER_00 42:13

So finally, Harry thought it was a good time to eat, so he made his way to the great hall, ignoring Sir Kadagan's like challenge to fight. Well, not ignoring him. He actually told Sir Kadagan to shut up. I'm like, honestly, moot. So Harry mulls over some porridge and toast, and the rest of the team arrives in the great hall shortly after. Wood Oliver Wood is worried he is not eating. He's already down in the dumps over the possible outcome of them not winning. The team tries to reassure him, like, and at least just spin it saying that they don't mind a bit of rain. But it was, in fact, not a bit of rain. This is a fucking monsoon, even still with this treacherous weather. The entire school turned out for the first Quidditch match of the year. Ponchos, umbrellas, and all. Like, they are not playing about their Quidditch. Like they said, we are we are gonna have our damn Quidditch match. But like, yeah, it was not a bit of rain. It was like monsoon type of weather. So after breakfast, the team made their way to their locker rooms and changed into their Scarlet Game robes. At this point, Wood would give his pregame like pep talk and try as he might. He couldn't find the words, and he just beckoned for his team to follow him out onto the field. Now, Wood, I'm sorry, but as Quidditch captain, you gotta step your cookies up, you gotta motivate your team no matter the conditions, no matter the opponent. Like, you cannot go into a match with such a defeatist loser energy. Like, that's no way to start off a match. And who knows, that might have manifested what the outcome, but like, come on, especially like you were the one talking about this in my final year. We I want to win, like, I need to like leave it all on the field, and then like you're just so defeated off rip. So come on, do better, win. Now, I titled this next part of my notes Quidditch Match from Hell. Yeah. Okay. As they made their way out onto the field, the wind was so strong, they were like staggering sideways to try to keep their balance. And that kind of reminded me, it was a few years ago. I was like in Hudson Yards, New York, and it's like right by the water. And I don't know if you're familiar with like being by the water on a windy day, but that's Shit will blow you the fuck away. Like we were all like struggling to even walk, like we were getting blown. It was so bad. And then my AirPod had the audacity to come out of my air and into the street, and cars were coming, and I was like trying to get no. It was so chaotic. But yeah, I just remember that. Like anytime you're by the water on a windy day, it will blow. Like that's how you really you really feel the power of nature in those moments because like we could not walk. We were like being blown bl moved. Like the wind said, if you ain't gonna move, I'm gonna move you. Um but okay.

SPEAKER_02 44:32

Have you ever felt a sandstorm? That shit is so painful. Sometimes when you're by the beach, it'll since the wind, the sand will just come and get you. But then other times, like if you're just in a dry place, like some parts of California and Arizona, that is really, really harsh too. And yeah, you feel the same thing, like weather is so powerful. It really disorientates you.

SPEAKER_00 44:58

Okay. So the thunder was beckoning, and Harry was nearly blinded as rain's covering his glasses. How could he see and catch the snitch? The Hufflepuffs enter the field from the other side and they're canary yellow. Captain Cedric Diggory shakes Oliver Wood's hand and smiles, but all Wood can mutter muster as a nod. Batam Hooch instructs both teams to mount their brooms amidst a storm, and the match begins. To summarize, this is the most chaotic, dangerous, wet game of quidditch I've read about up until this point, and that Harry has played. Within five minutes of the game starting, Harry is completely soaked. His skin is frozen from the cold, he can't see, he's flying backwards and forwards past like blurs of like red and yellow, nearly getting hit by bludgers, nearly slipping off his room. He can't hear the commentary, he can only see like a sea of umbrellas and cloaks, but can't make out anyone in the crowd. The sky is getting darker as the game progresses. Two times during the match, Harry nearly collides with another player, not sure if they were on Gryffindor or Hufflepuff. Like it's just really, really bad. Finally, with a flash of lightning, Madam Hooch blows her whistle for all players to return to the ground. But it was not because of the lightning that they returned to the ground, it was because Oliver Wood caught a timeout. You mean to tell me, even with lightning on wooden brooms, that this game wasn't going to be suspended or paused? And Wood is like a conductor, like it attracts uh lightning or something, right? Yeah, like yeah, yeah, yeah. So I'm like, that's crazy that even with lightning, they weren't like stopping the game, but it was because Wood caught a timeout. I'm like, and when we get to what happens, happens. I need all the professors to be held account because this is ridiculous. Okay. So as the Gryffindor team huddles, Harry gets an update for the first time on the score. They're 50 points up on Hufflepuff, but without catching the snitch, they could be out here all night. And as much as Harry is trying, he literally cannot see through his white glasses. But have no worry because Hermione somehow has left the stance and she's approaching the team with an idea, almost as if she knew Harry's dilemma, obviously with him being a glasses wear. So she takes Harry's glasses and casts a spell called impervious, making Harry's glasses now water repellent. So like the water would just like come off the glasses much easier. So now Harry can see perfect. It's noted that Wood looked as if he could kiss Hermione for her brilliant idea, but she had already started making her way back to the bleachers. So with that assist, even though he was still cold and wet, he could now see, and that's all Harry needed. So they resumed the game. So I love that.

SPEAKER_02 47:17

Shout out Hermione.

SPEAKER_00 47:18

Shout out Hermione. Like, Wood, you are a seventh-year student, you're about to graduate. You could mean to tell me you couldn't think of that spell. Like, come on. But like, you know what I mean? Like, of all the years of you playing Quidditch, like in all these different conditions, like that spell should have been at your disposal. But shout out to Hermione for just being the goat. Okay. So there was more thunder, more lightning, more rain as the game progressed. The next moment of lightning was different, though, as this one illuminated the sky and a silhouette of a large black shaggy dog was revealed. This kind of caught Harry off guard as he like his grasp on his room was slipping, even like dropping him a few feet. He shook out his eyes and squinted again, but the silhouette had vanished. Not a moment after, Wood is calling Harry's attention to the snitch that Cedric Diggory is now in pursuit of, and Harry makes haste to try to like catch up to Cedric and the snitch. But in the next few moments, a familiar, unpleasant feeling begins to overtake Harry.

SPEAKER_03 48:09

Lord.

SPEAKER_00 48:10

Didn't we almost have it all? A different kind of cold has swept over Harry, and now it felt like his insides are just completely frozen. And it was as though he had gone deaf. Harry looks away from the snitch and he looks down to see a hundred fucking Dementors beneath him, and they're all looking up at him. Like not one, not two, but one hundred. The field is completely filled with Dementors, all looking up at Harry like we want your ass. Like we are here for you.

SPEAKER_02 48:37

It's like the aliens from uh Toy Toy Story when they're all looking up like from the little machine.

SPEAKER_03 48:44

Yes. Yes.

SPEAKER_02 48:46

You do not want to make eye contact with a hundred of anything, let alone a hundred Dementors. No.

SPEAKER_00 48:51

Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh. So we know what this means. So Harry describes a feeling of freezing water rising in his chest, cutting up his insides. Ooh, what a descriptive, a violently descriptive feeling. And then he hears those familiar screams of a woman he heard once before on the Hogwarts Express. So he hears the screams inside his head, and it's a woman, and the woman is saying, Not Harry, not Harry, please not Harry. Stand aside, you silly girl, stand aside now. Not Harry, please no, take me, kill me instead. And then a white miss comes around Harry and he's like trying to help her, like he, but he can't. He's like seeing that she's gonna be murdered, or like the feeling that this lady's gonna be murdered, and then he just starts to fall and fall and fall, and he just continues to hear, not Harry, please have mercy, have mercy. And he hears a shrill voice laughing as the woman was screaming, and then Harry knew no more. Okay. Do you have an inclination as to what that's about?

SPEAKER_02 49:53

A woman who would be really protective of him and specifically saying, not him, not him. Someone that has some insight intel. Oh, Professor Tre Loney, maybe. Professor Trey Songs. But then she did predict his death, so she might be like, and I was right about you, Harry. Bye. Yeah, I don't I don't have an official guess on the board.

SPEAKER_00 50:24

Yeah. Alright, interesting though, but like again, this is now the second time, and it only happens he's only hearing this when the dementors like are after him or whatever, like attacking him. So first on the train he was hearing the screams, and now this time he's hearing it again. And maybe like this time, like because the first time he just heard a woman screaming, and maybe this was only one dementor, but now this time it's a hundred of them, like all trying to get go for him. So maybe that made whatever he it strengthened whatever this memory or scream is. So and this one sounds like it's two people. It's like a woman screaming and someone else.

SPEAKER_02 50:58

So oh, so then my guess, my guess is actually his mom from when he was a baby. Maybe he's having a flashback. Like, oh, not Harry, not Harry. But what she would say, not my baby, not my my not my boy. I have so many guesses now. It could be it could be Mrs. Weasley, like it could be any woman.

SPEAKER_00 51:23

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, interesting. All right, we'll see. So, yeah, so Harry loses that memory and he passes the fuck out. In the air, in the air, but mind you, this he's like in the air. So, yeah. In the next moment, we can hear a sprinkling of different voices whispering. Harry had no idea where he was, how he got there, or what had happened. All he knew and felt was physical ache and pain as though his bodily his body was badly beaten. Harry's eyes open to the hospital wings, surrounded by the Griffin or Quidditch team and Ron and Hermione. At the sight of all of them, it starts to all come back to Harry and he sits up in his bed, panicked and wanting answers. Harry mentions the grim, the snitch, the mentors, what happened with the match, will there be a rematch? Like, he just needs to know like what the fuck happened. Like one moment I was in the air playing, and then I saw the mentors. The next thing you know, I'm here. What happened? So Fred chimes in that Harry fell off his broom for what looked like 50 feet in the air. Alicia adding that they thought he had died. Hermione's eyes are bloodshot from what we can assume is like tears and worry. Like, that is a scary visual of like seeing your friend high up in the sky, playing this fucking game of Quidditch. And next thing you know, you see all these dark dementia creatures come going after him, and he falls from his boom with no safety net, plummeting straight to the ground. Like, that is a scary visual. And it's raining, and like the weather conditions, like, oh my god, I cannot even imagine. Like, ugh, like, oh my god. So Harry asks for confirmation on if they lost, like, he's not even worried about like anything else. He's like, Did we lose? Or did like what's going on with that? At first, no one says anything before George finally answers that Cedric caught the snitch, but it was only after he did he caught the snitch that he turned around and noticed that he had Harry had fallen off his broom. And he and Cedric, you know, being a sportsman-like player opponent, he requested a rematch, but it was determined that they won fair and square, and even Oliver would have to accept that. I was like, at first, I was like, dang, that's fucked up. I was like, it would be one thing if like they were both going after the snitch, Harry got thrown off his broom by the Dementors and stuff, and then they stopped the match there before anyone had, and then Cedric caught the snitch. I don't know. It's like, I guess it's fair and square because Cedric caught the snitch before he even realized Harry had fallen off.

SPEAKER_02 53:38

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 53:39

So it's like, yeah. And I'm sure like if Harry Cedric had seen that Harry had fallen off, he would have like left the snitch alone and tried to go like get him or like help him or something. Because you know, he's a huffabuff, like they're usually kind-hearted people. Like, so if it was Slytherin, I could see Slytherin be like, fuck him, I'm going off the snitch. I'm gonna win no matter what. But Huffabuff, I could see that Cedric like turning around to go try to help Harry. So, but Cedric had already caught in the snitch by the time he noticed that Harry had fallen off.

SPEAKER_01 54:02

So they won fair and square.

SPEAKER_00 54:04

They won fair and square. Griffner is down for the count to start the term. So, with that being said, Harry asks where Oliver Wood was, as he wasn't with the rest of them at Harry's side, and Fred says that he was still in the showers, perhaps trying to drown himself. Oliver Wood, I don't know, I have to whack you again because as the team captain, yes, I know it's unfortunate that you did not win this match as much as you wanted to. Not that you made it any better with your like lesser motivation at the start of the game. But you have a team player, or you have one of your team players, a star player, down for the count, nearly died, and the rest of the team is at his bedside, waiting for him to regain consciousness, hopefully, and you just can't find it in yourself to be there because you lost a match. I don't know. Something about that didn't sit right with me.

SPEAKER_02 54:48

Like you've had five years to prepare yourself to be a good sportsman, and come on, like someone teach him the serenity prayer because you need to figure out what to do when things happen out of your control. You gotta go with the flow.

SPEAKER_00 55:02

So Harry puts his face to his knees besides himself at this news, and the team tries to reassure him that there's more to there's more games to win, but with all their strategizing on future games, it still hits Harry hard losing his first Quidditch match in such a way. Madame Pomfrey shoes the team off and all their mud and everything that they brought to the hospital wing. Ron and Hermione stay behind with Harry. And yeah, so so far, like Harry's time at Hogwarts, he hasn't lost a Quidditch match outright. So he's kind of taken pride in the fact that he's like the youngest seeker in a long time and he always catches a snitch, and this game just didn't pan out well for him, unfortunately. But again, I feel like it's out of his control. And that's what Hermione notes because she says that Dumbledore was so pissed, noting she had never seen him that angry before. She goes on to explain that Dumbledore ran onto the field as Harry fell from the sky and he waved his wand, casting a spell that slowed down Harry's fall before Harry hit the ground. And then he whirled his wand at the mentors, emitting something silver that cast them all out of the stadium. He was so furious that they even dared to enter the grounds after his explicit orders not to. Dumbledore then got a stretcher and floated Harry's lifeless body back up to the school. Everyone thought he was. Ron stopped himself before finishing his sentence. Oh my god. Like I uh from Dumbledore being mad, from first off, from Dumbledore saving Harry from a really like because if Dumbledore had not cast the whatever spell he cast, Dumbledore, I think Harry would have died because from to fall from that height that fast to the ground in those conditions, like I feel like Harry would have died. But because Dumbledore cast that spell and slowed down his descent onto the ground, he kind of like landed on the floor a little bit more gently here gently gently than he would have otherwise. So shout out to Dumbler for being quick on his feet, old man Dumble. And then you know him like reprimanding the mentors. Like, why the fuck are you here? Like, we understand y'all are looking for Sears Black, but he's not on the motherfucking Quidditch field, like in the middle of a game. Like, and why are y'all keep coming after Harry? Like, leave him alone. Like, just so much. So I understand Dumbler's frustration. And then again, the imagery of like seeing one of your classmates' lifeless body on the ground after falling from such a high, like high distance. I'm sure it scared everyone. So craziness. So Harry's mind turns to the Dementors, what they did to him, and the screaming voices that he heard once again, but then he notices Hermione and Ron's look of worry and anxiety regarding him. So he changes the conversation to ask about the nymp uh his uh Nimbus Quidditch Broom. Ron and Hermione look at each other, not knowing what to say. Hermione speaks first, saying that when Harry got knocked off the broom, it got blown away. Harry's waiting for the rest of it, and Hermione goes on to say that it blew right into and hit the womping willow. Now, Alicia, we know what that means from last year's car ordeal with the Chamber of Secrets and the Weasley's Ford Anglia car. We know the way that tree was tossing and turning those boys everywhere at the start of the book.

SPEAKER_02 57:54

So the womping willow means womp womp.

SPEAKER_00 57:58

Yes. So Harry's insides turn as though he already knew what came next, but he asks anyways, and Ron replies that as he knows, the Womping Willow doesn't like to get hit. So Professor Flitwick had recovered the broom or what was left of it, as Hermione reached for a bag at her feet and unloaded the contents. A dozen or so splintered pieces of wood and twig onto the bed. Now, Hermione, I don't feel like he I don't feel like you know she did that was a bit overkill for her to like uh spread spread all the remnants of the broken broom onto Harry's bed. Like he the the he he understands he understands that his broom is gone. He didn't need to give him that visual of the broken pieces on his bed.

SPEAKER_02 58:36

But the last remnant of his to deliver the ashes.

SPEAKER_00 58:40

Oh, literally. So, yes, the last remnants of Harry's faithful, tried and true, finally beaten in a Quidditch match, Nimbus 2000 broomstick, broken in front of him. And that is how we end the chapter Grim Defeats and Grim Defeats Indeed. What a chapter! What a chapter. This is a good one.

SPEAKER_02 59:00

Wow, so much has happened, so much has happened. The Hogwarts body, student body, they need to come together. We need to have a dungeon meeting, no professionals allowed, and we need to come up with a new code of ethics, a new code of conduct, a new set of rules because you just our player was in such harsh conditions. This is on the school, like you said. And they should have a weather clause, extreme, extreme weather clause for future games.

SPEAKER_00 59:32

Absolutely. Yeah, I just don't understand why they had to play Quidditch that badly in these conditions, and it almost led to the death of one of your students, the boy who motherfucking lives, but maybe not in this case, because he was almost down for the count. But yeah, Hufflepuff got a win out of it. I guess if they can take pride in winning in these circumstances, then shout out to y'all. Y'all don't get a lot in these books, so we'll give y'all this. We'll give y'all this.

SPEAKER_02 59:55

McGonagal did not hit her parlay today, unfortunately.

SPEAKER_00 59:58

Look, look, I know McGonagall's kicking her feet in the air like fuck.

SPEAKER_02 1:00:03

But yeah, but yeah, she's going home hitting the kids because she didn't win, she didn't win the gamble today.

SPEAKER_00 1:00:08

Literally, literally. Dementors are still being a fucking menace, so they need to get their asses whooped. Snape needs to get his ass whooped, and there's just a lot. What the fuck, that silhouette in the damn sky, who knows what happens next, but we'll find out next time in chapter 10. Um, but thank you guys so much for listening to another episode of Harry Starmate and Harry Potter Podcast. Today we came up to discuss chapter 9, grim defeat. And a grim defeat it was indeed. But we'll be seeing you guys very, very soon. Make sure to leave a five-star review. Send us an email at Harry Starmlade Podcast at gmail.gov.com. And follow us on Instagram at Harry Starmade. But until next time, I'm Coda.

SPEAKER_02 1:00:42

And I'm Louiseia. Goodbye.

SPEAKER_00 1:00:47

I'm trying to get that in before the zoom cut off.