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What's your favorite book and why is it actually Travels with Trolls?

Let’s remember Harry isn’t just a moody 15 year old in OOTP - he’s literally suffering from PTSD after the graveyard! Watching Cedric die, seeing his parents - Wormtail cutting off his hand would be traumatizing enough. Then he has to return to an abusive household and kept in the dark for months. Would be enough to turn anyone “angsty”. Really he’s just been traumatized!

Book 1: 01:32 Book 2: 12:54 Book 3: 22:58 Book 4: 35:22 Book 5: 45:04 Book 6: 56:23 Book 7: 1:09:30

Got the craziest Ad timing ever watching this video: The clip of Hedwig dying happened then immediately an Ad started for Stouffer’s Food saying “Hmm Whats for Dinner?”

One detail about Horace Slughorn that I want people to remember: he, a consummate Slytherin, duelled Voldemort alongside McGonagall and Kingsley. When the critical moment came, he stepped up to fight the most lethal wizard in the world. Respect.

How hilarious is it that it took an entire school year for the Ministry of Magic to decide whether one Hippogryph would die or not, and the crime was barely scratching a student. 😂 The amount of time that wasted for so many wizard adults.

"teach your son better villany dude" is gold, I really don't know how Lucius lives with himself

I always read when the professors tell Lockhart to deal with the chamber as "You play over there while the grownups talk." Harry being 12 just misunderstood their meaning.

I think Harry's attitude in OotP is very overstated. He has extremely good reasons to be angry too. But he gets called out more than once and relaxes afterward. Kid's pretty reasonable despite massive PTSD and having a world's worth of stress on his shoulders.

The reason Umbridge is so triggering is that she represents the kind of petty, bureaucratic evil we've all experienced. There really aren't supervillains like Voldemort, but reading HOA stories on Reddit tells you there are Umbridges everywhere.

Video idea: What if Lucius Malfoy sent the diary with Ron instead of Ginny his first year? (i.e. the same year the Hogwarts staff is hiding the Philosopher’s Stone) What would it have been like for Harry essentially dealing with both the plots of the first two books his first year?

in regards to lockheart, they don’t actually expect him to do anything. They can’t do anything because no one knows where the chamber is, them telling him to save ginny (since he has proclaimed he knows where it is) is them calling his bluff to make him leave. it’s to get him out of the way. Why do ron and harry think he’s going to do anything? that i don’t know.

Growing up, I 10,000% thought Harry’s dragon was gonna be Norbert! Missed opportunity

The best way I can articulate my feelings on the first book is when you're replaying your favorite videos game and you have to go back through the tutorial at the beginning just anxious for the beef of the story to kick off

I read HBP in one night, while working as an archaeologist in Poland. I remember having a deep conversation the next day with a fellow arch while mourning Dumbledore. That moment is still a core memory for me. ❤

1:24:47 - going along with your marauders/golden trio+co parallels, i’ve always felt like draco sort of mirrored regulus! both were raised to be death eaters, both realized their wrongs only after they were in too deep. however brave he was, it was too late for regulus to do anything but die a hero. draco, on the other hand, got the chance to grow and become a good man. this also adds a whole new layer to narcissa’s fear for draco - regulus was her little cousin, she’s seen firsthand how dangerous it is to be “just a boy”.

Man... am I the only one whose favorite book is Order of the Phoenix?? I genuinely love the complex array of emotions that book makes me genuonely feel, from hatred and disgust for Umbridge and the ministry to pity for Cho and especially Harry and respect for Hermione and Harry and all the members of DA. I also absolutely love the DA and Harry's real time in the sun as not just someone who's overcoming these obstacles through luck or circumstance but it being shown that he does have this genuine skill in this area in addition to the circumstances around him. I just love that book and could gush about it forever

I’ve read/ listened to this series atleast 100 times by now and I genuinely can not come up with a list for this. Each book that I think of has to be in the top 3 and I’ve come to the conclusion that I love them all the same.

I love the line: “i think you are trying to give more meaning to it than originally intended” at around 12:45. Basically a summary of the channel😂 Love the video’s guys!

Fawkes showing up wasn’t a fluke. Dumbledor has the light put outer. So he can hear when people are talking about him by name. Which Harry does while talking to diary Voldemort.

You know, I just realized that the Mirror of Erised's protection of the stone can be pretty easily overcome by Voldemort if Quirell left the chamber undetected and came back the next night with a student. He then threatens to kill said student's family and/or friends if they don't retrieve the stone from the mirror. Now that student has a desire to find the stone but not use it, in order to save their loved ones.

The „care-of-magical-teachers-creature“ killed me 😅

I always catch a little bit of heat for my list but heres my ranks... 1. Chamber of Secrets 2. Prisoner of Azkaban 3. Goblet of Fire 4. Half Blood Prince 5. Order of the Phoenix 6. Philosophers Stone 7. deathly Hallows

Ben Ranking: 7: Chamber of Secrets 6: Prisoner of Azkaban 5: Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone 4: Order of the Phoenix 3: Deathly Hallows 2: Half-Blood Prince 1: Goblet of Fire J's Ranking: 7: Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone 6: Order of the Phoenix 5: Chamber of Secrets 4: Prisoner of Azkaban 3: Half-Blood Prince 2: Goblet of Fire 1: Deathly Hallows

"Holly... Wood!?" 🤯 Love it

People complain that Harry is too angsty and annoying in OotP but it's my favorite book in the series because I think his angsty-ness is very cathartic. Throughout the books I think about how Harry /should/ be mad about what is happening to him. He should be mad at how he's been treated by everyone around him and what he is expected to do. It makes me feel really good during OotP because the entire time I'm like "YES HARRY BE MAD" I love to see him express those angry and resentful emotions during the book because I don't feel like he really does in any of the other books. It makes Harry feel more real.

The Order didn't care about the consequences of Voldemort getting the prophecy. They cared that Voldemort was expending the resources and risking exposing his return by trying to get at it, and that he was holding off on any full-blown assaults until he was sure what the prophecy said.

Regarding the "I am Lord Voldemort" - the first time I read that book, I literally stopped what I was doing, sat down, and figured out that it actually worked.

Thank you for the Cat, Rat, Dog shout out. That was my fave chapter for the longest time

#1 - Half Blood Prince #2 - Deathly Hallows #3 - Goblet of Fire #4 - Prizoner of Azkaban #5 - Order of the Pheonix #6 - Chamber of Secrets #7 - Philosopher's Stone

When they say "i remember laying on the bed and Dad was reading the first book to us...." And you just FEEL the wrinkles as you think "how much younger than i are these kids, since i read them all myself as they came out?" . Rip my knees

Please do a what if Draco was in Gryffindor and what if Dudley was a wizard!

I literally searched this exact thing on your channel 2 days ago and was completely surprised you had never done it. What a coincidence

I’m gunning for my favorite Prisoner of Azkaban!!

McGonagall's sass to Umbridge singlehandedly carries Order of the Phoenix

The biggest issue I have with Deathly Hallows is that the "payoffs" seem a bit forced and kinda seem to contradict previous lore. Expeliarmus changing the loyalties of wands? Like, why didn't this happen when they were in the DA? Why didn't this happen when Lupin disarmed the Golden Trio in Poisoner? Why didn't Bellatrix's wand give its loyalty to Ron? And for Draco's wand core being unicorn hair, it's supposed to be the most loyal of wand cores, but it changed loyalty due to Harry taking it from him?

I first read this series in 2nd grade and have been re and rereading them ever since. My ranking: 7. The Chamber of Secrets- This book has always bugged me for many of the reasons Ben brought up: The convoluted way of getting Harry, Ron, and Lockhart into the chamber, although I do think the teachers calling Lockheart's bluff wasn't putting off the problem, only getting Lockheart out of the way of them actually doing their jobs. It is hard to bring up anything more than that because I love this book so much but if I had to pick one to cram to the bottom of my bag to only fish out when I want to reexperience a one of the phenominal moments from this it, it would be this one. Plus, the idea of the giant spiders, giant snakes, and just minding your own business and being petrified by a giant snake terrified me as a kid. Humm, so many giant creatures in this one, maybe I'm afraid of giants. 6. The Deathly Hollows- Hey J, sorry for putting this one so low, I promise I still love it. Anyway, this story had so many good parts, Snape's reveal, the Battle of Hogwarts, breaking into Gringotts, riding a dragon, Malfoy Manor, the sword in the lake, Bill and Fleur's wedding, Shell Cottage, The Battle of the Seven Potters, Xenophilius Lovegood's house, Godric's Hollow. So many amazing things but the one thing with this book that has always urked me is that there is so much saddness and miserableness in between, they are camping for most of the book, they keep losing friends to terrible circumstances! Ron is mean, they lose Kreacher just after he finally finds love, Mad-Eye dies, Hedwig dies, they get tricked by Nagini, they kept getting knocked down again and again and even though they always got back up, this one dragged on for me and I had to put it down a few times because I was so upset with Ron or Yaxley or Harry. I also have always found the ministry heist a bummer and, for real, they use polyjuice potion five times! The Battle of the Seven Potters, the wedding, The Ministry break in, Godric's Hollow, the Gringotts break in, they never even get close to running out. I think Moody's stash could've easily been a lot smaller than it was. This one has always bumped me a little but there are still so many more things I love about this one than that I dislike. 5. The Sorcerer's Stone- I cannot deny, like Ben, this one definitely won some brownie points for being the first but it really was such a good first that it deserves those brownie points! Just thinking about how perfectly constructed this book is, makes me want to read it again to make sure I wasn't imagining the whole thing. We got magic; we got scary two-faces on one head reveal; we got Neville learning to stand up for himself, which I don't think we ever think about because it became his new normal but Neville was being straight up physically bullied in his first year; we got Dudley pig tail, kinda horrifying if you think about it, and we got the golden trio coming together, which was perfectly and reasonably paced so that we were so glad and so happy that those three became friends. This one is special in so many ways but in the largest part because it hooked all of us, otherwise we wouldn't be here to click on this video today. 4. The Order of the Phoenix- No one can deny Umbridge's impact on this series, no one! She was the first villain we've fully hated, no questions asked; she was the reason we got Weasley's Wizards Weazes in the next one; she even appears in every book after to stick her snout into the golden trio's lives for all eternity if she could. On a different not, I never saw Harry as being eternaly anxsty in this one, I just thought he was traumatized, he was being oppressed by Umbridge and Dumbledore, and he was a teen with no guiding light because all of his parental figures were either argueing with one another or afraid that he was secretly a plant for Voldemort. He was having a rough go of it but he still found time to be happy during Christmas and proud of his students because he deserved to be. And, don't forget folks, this is when we first got introduced to Luna Lovegood, how can you write this one off? Just look at her and listen to jim Dale work his audio magic! 3. The Prisoner of Azkaban- This is one of my favorites to reread, especially as I fall asleep, I get the best dreams. I agree with J and Ben, the Hagrid-Buckbeak-Draco plotline, it wasn't the most interesting or realistic but I find merit in the way that it impacts Hermione, Ron, and Harry's relationships. When Hermione and Ron are fighting about Crookshanks and Scabbers and Harry is mad at Hermione for the Firebolt situation, Hermione continues to help Hagrid when the boys wouldn't because that is the kind of person she is. And, she was right about Sirius having sent the Firebolt to Harry. I just love the degree of depth and empathy we get from Hermione in this plotline and I can't discount how much it really really made me fall in love with her character. + Marauders + L + rat-io 2. The Goblet of Fire- A definite masterpiece of storytelling. If y'all haven't watched Jed Herne's video on sub-plots in fiction, he really digs deep into the things we all love about this book from Rita Skeeter to Bartie Crouch Jr., this book has it all. Cedric is the perfect spare, Hermione branches out from Harry and Ron with Krum, Hagrid comes out of his shell with Madame Maxime, Ron is revealed to be a jealous toxic character who is promising us some growth,and we get the first steps to Weasley's Wizard Weazes. 1. The Half-blood Prince- I loved this book from start to finish, Slughorn, Dumbledore bullying the Dursleys, Hermione's coolness under stress(minus Mcclaggin), Ron realizing his true feelings, Harry as the quidditch captain, but my alltime favorite piece of this whole thing is Draco's journey. Draco just became a whole new person through this story, we see him cry, disagreeing with Crabbe and Goyle, being resentful towards Snape, being an actual unsure teenager, and feeling alone. Chef's kiss~

I thought Ben and I were on the same page about the worst chapter in the series when they were discussing Chamber. To my shock though it didn’t end up being the Death Day party chapter. I have read and reread these books so many times and the chapter I most dread going back through (and often skip over) is that one.

1) Order of the Phoenix 2) Deathly Hallows 3) Goblet of Fire 4) Sorcerer’s Stone 5) Prisoner of Azkaban 6) Chamber of Secrets 7) Half Blood Prince Harry should have been closer to Lupin, he relied on him as a mentor for a whole year and only knew Sirius for an hour before they separated at the end of Prisoner. I never understood the leap from complete stranger to the most trusted confidant from the end of Prisoner to the start of Goblet.

On Lupin assigning the vampire essay: at first I thought it was Lupin trying to out Snape as a vampire, but the more I think about it, I actually think it was Lupin trying to throw off anyone who thought he was a werewolf. Like, of course Snape can't be a vampire, therefore Lupin can't be a werewolf, Snape was just being Snape.

Please bring movieflame back more frequently, you guys have such a deep knowledge on harry potter that would lend itself so well to future j vs ben’s with him

Gotta redo this after Through the Griffin Door is finished. As for my ranking, 1. Half-Blood Prince 2. Goblet of Fire 3. Deathly Hallows 4. Prisoner of Azkaban 5. Philosophers Stone 6. Chamber of Secrets 7. Order of the Phoenix Sorry, it’s just too long with not enough meat to the story. I was especially disappointed after watching the movie which I think is paced perfectly.

Molly and Harry’s hospital wing scene in GoF makes it my favorite book. I bawl my eyes out everytime I read it. I get choked up when I explain it to friends as well lol

I’ve been waiting for this ranking for a long time. I think it will be great along with your movie ranking. Maybe after the podcast of going through each chapter your ranking will maybe change

I love them talking about the Mad Eye twist in Goblet. They describe it like "What!? That guy who loved torturing kids and putting one in magical gladiator fights, him!? He was EVIL!?!?!" Like, I'm not saying that I called the twist, but i just died the way they were talking about.

1 Order of the Phoenix 2 Goblet of Fire 3 Prisoner of Askaban 4 Half Blood Prince 5 Deathly Hallows 6 Sorcerers Stone/ Philosopher Stone 7 Chamber of Secrets This is my order. I always loved OotP. It might seemed too long for most people but I’m hoping that they realize how important it actually is in the whole story in “Through the Griffin Door.” It is the book if I did patron I would want a page from that book

Shockingly, I read the books for the first time this summer, and I’ve been absolutely obsessed with the Wizarding World since. I love this channel, as I was craving a deeper dive into the lore and having burning, unresolved questions answered, and you guys absolutely have satisfied that for me! I’ve also been listening to Through the Griffin Door, and I’ve had the urge to share my own thought about the series. I’m not sure if you have already talked about this in other videos (I’m just scratching the surface on all your content), but I feel confident the entire series was written using a literary device called a chiasmus. This means the themes presented in the first half of the series reflect in the second half, with the moment that the plot begins to mirror itself is in the chapter Priori Incantatem, where Voldemort’s spells begin to seep out of his wand in reverse. So, themes, characters, plot points and artifacts from Pholosopher’s Stone show up in Deathly Hallows, things in Chamber reappear in Half-Blood, and things in Prisoner return in Order. I really feel like this is true, and makes me appreciate the series and the deep thought and planning that went into this beautiful work.

If my Super Carlin Brother knowledge is correct, they ranked both movies and the books on a tier list at one point.

My Roman Empire and maybe my favorite movie change is the timing of when Fawkes heals Harry. In the book Fawkes heals him BEFORE he stabs the diary. They switch it in the movie so that Harry stabs the diary while in agony and believing he’s about to die, but uses what he thinks are his last moments to save Ginny. That’s WAY better and a way better reflection of Harry’s nature.

1. Goblet of Fire 2. Deathly Hallows 3. Prisoner of Azkaban 4. Half Blood Prince 5. Philosophers Stone 6. Chamber of Secrets 7. Order of the Phoenix

It broke my heart to see Prisoner ranked so low, and I liked it for all of the reasons they didn’t. I love that Voldemort wasn’t in it because after the first two the reader is kinda like “queue Voldemort” and he doesn’t show!!!! It’s awesome! I was glad to see Goblet ranked so high though. When I got that book when I was a kid, I was so enthralled I read almost the entire thing in a day and I had no idea the day passed. My mom came home from work and I thought she had forgotten something and come back, but actually she had been at work all day 😅. I am glad J ranked Order of the Phoenix so low. I agree that the prophecy seems flimsy.

Wait hold on one second there please fellas! Remus Lupin is one of the best teachers ever! no doubt about it. But better than Flitwick? Don't cast me as Prejudice for Ravenclaw but LUPIN could never be a dueling champion! Plus he's too tall! HUGE TARGET!

I really wish Hagrid got a solid few months as a good teacher allowing the introduction of a few more cool creatures, and allow Hagrid to be himself for a portion of Prisoner, also could’ve used the first few classes to show Draco losing attention as he fails with creatures leading to the Hippogriff lesson

I would love to see a book written by JK with Harry in his prime and how powerful he is

at 19:00 you're talking about how the other teacher where giving Lockhart the opportunity to prove himself. i have always read it as what you're saying they should have been doing, saying to him "go ahead and take care of the problem, you said you could... ok now that he's gone, how are we going to rescue the Weasley girl?"

The Diary was "worthy" of being a Horcrux because it belonged to Tom Riddle. It was probably one of the few things he was allowed to put his name on-that no one else at the orphanage was going to use-and he wanted to see his own personal "artifact" on the same level as a Founder's object. Also, if we're going to go really dark, it's the same reason the "bad Germans" kept such good records: they thought they were going to be the heroes one day and that everyone would want to know exactly how they did what they did and how it started.

Imagine if Hermione went to Ravenclaw

I feel like Buckbeaks storyline could’ve been pushed to, say, spring time. Hagrid would have established himself as a really good teacher by then, so the verdict would feel even more unfair. And the whole storyline wouldn’t feel so stretched out.

There might be some hot takes in here, but: 1) Goblet of Fire 2) Sorcerer's Stone 3) Prisoner of Azkaban 4) Half-Blood Prince 5) Chamber of Secrets 6) Deathly Hallows 7) Order of the Phoenix

I think Draco's redemption arc is the same as Dudley's. Harrys 2 biggest antagonists really are his 2 bullies his cousin and his classmate. Dudley has his 'I don't think your a waste of space' and Draco has his face pulls to the Hermione torture and refuses to tell them its obviously Harry and his little acknowledgement at the end at the train station, which could just be a film thing no in the books. But he could have said 'yes its Harry' Voldemort is summoned immediately and then he kills his 2 friends and gets Harry's horcrux, maybe even actually killing him. So I think as a whole Draco could have gotten more definitely, but he absolutely got some definitely.

Been waiting For this one for a long time guys! Thanks For this Guys! You're the Best! My favorite is Goblet of fire! Your podcast has also been great 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Book 5 is my favorite. To me it’s the most relatable and realistic. It teaches so many life lessons about big things. I was surprised you didn’t mention Luna in your discussion of it!

We need another rating the covers, that was a great video

1. Half blood Prince. 2. Chamber of secrets. 3. Deathly hallows 4. Philosopher Stone. 5. prisoner of Azkaban. 6. order of the Phoenix 7. Goblet of fire. Disclaimer I love all these books so take this with the grain of salt.

Reading through the comments, the thing I love most is that there is actually no consensus on which book is best. Every book has its specific purpose in the overall story, and they all deliver. There isn't really a "weak point" because every book has its own charm and moments that stick with you. Ootp will always be my number one, but the rest of my personal list changes every time I reread the books. I just think it's incredible how well the overall story is told, and it was absolutely amazing to be part of this phenomenon in real time as each book was released. There was never anything like it, and i seriously doubt there could be again. Just an incredible body of work that contributed so much to young adult's literature. I am so proud and happy to be part of this community. Much love to you all xx

J still working the stache 😂

1. Deathly Hallows - I love the change in setting, the action, the emotions, the finality, just all of it. 2. Order of the Phoenix - It's a little too long, but I can't say no to the Ministry scenes, the political subtext, Umbridge or the DA. 3. Goblet of Fire - Basically a tie with Prisoner, but I like how scaled up it is. 4. Prisoner of Azkaban - Probably the most basic of the series, but it still has a lot of great stuff and I love that it's the darkest of the first three. 5. Chamber of Secrets - It suffers from early book syndrome, but I've always loved the mystery aspect of it. 6. Sorcerer's Stone - Even worse in terms of early book syndrome, but as a standalone children's book, it's a modern classic. 7. Half-Blood Prince - I love the Riddle scenes and everything once they get to the cave, but I can't stand the romance subplots. I am open to debate, but my mind is made up.

Wow, 1 1/2 hr video! 😮🎉🙌🏼 So fun! Timestamps for your enjoyment! 😊 1:30 - Philosopher’s Stone 12:52 - Chamber of Secrets 22:57 - Prisoner of Azkaban 35:22 - Goblet of Fire 44:49 - Order of the Phoenix 56:23 - Half Blood Prince 1:09:24 - Deathly Hallows

Goblet being so high is surprising. Thats the one I don’t like because of how much the school doesn’t like Harry and that Ron and Hermione have a falling out. I also don’t like it because Harry was forced to do something he really doesn’t want to do and no one stops it. It’s 6th in my list.

My ranking: 1. Goblet of Fire 2. Half-Blood Prince 3. Order of the Phoenix 4. Prisoner of Azkaban 5. Deathly Hallows 6. Philosopher's Stone 7. Chamber of Secrets

my personal list because nobody asked 1.Azkaban (best for character development and introductions of Sirius and Remus) 2.Half Blood Prince (slughorn good, potions book good, solid story) 3.Order of Phoenix (umbridge good, DA good, Ginny good) 4.Chamber (lockhart goofy ah, bit immersion breaking that the basilisk kills nobody ever [oh what a fearsome monster...]) 5.Sorcerers Stone (story mediocre, well written and standout for being able to capture new audience) 6.Deathly Hallows (very plot armor, such contrived) 7.Goblet of Fire (terrible plot [really the dark lord of evil sets up a rube goldberg machine instead of just turning his school chair into a portkey?], never really explained how voldy gets his baby body

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Prisoner is also the first time Harry really shines as a Wizard. Learning the Patronus Charm at 13 is pretty crazy

1) HBP 2) OOTP 3) POA 4) DH 5) SS 6) COS 7) GOF

You guys putting Prisoner in 4/6 made me actually gasp out loud as it's my favourite book. My personal rankings would go 1 - Prisoner 2 - Order 3 - Goblet 4 - Stone 5 - Hallows 6 - Chamber 7 - Prince

3:55 Philosopher’s stone is my favorite movie though

One channel gave Chamber of Secrets an alternate title: Chamber of Plot Conveniences.

As you were talking about Goblet of Fire, I had an interesting thought. Many argue that for hero series, the origin story is the best story, and it all falls to some extent from there. In a big way, this is Voldemort's origin book. OK, sure, we get his backstory in Chamber, so it's not his origin in THAT sense, but it is the first time we see a fully returned Voldemort, and from a certain viewpoint, the entire story is him orchestrating his return by way of Barty Crouch Jr. We see that, as poor as Voldemort is at planning many things, when he delegates this to his most impressive and useful Death Eater, the plan goes spectacularly well. Even when there are roadblocks, Barty is good enough at what he does to overcome them over and over. He poses as the teacher who is tied as my favorite alongside Lupin, and then he turns out to be one of the most evil and insidious characters of the series. Once Barty is gone, Voldemort is doomed because the next greatest Death Eater he has is Snape, and Snape is "always" going to be against Voldemort in the end. I don't know if Goblet is my favorite; it was when I was growing up, but now, I'd have to reconsider. Fortunately, I started re-reading the series to follow along with Through the Griffin Door (I am now at the start of Halfblood Prince), so I should be able to make that determination soon.

Harry isn’t “moody” in book 5, he’s suffering from PTSD while being called a liar about. That is compelling as a storyline.

I was a little surprised at how low you both ranked Order. That's my personal favorite. Overall, I think I matched up with Ben a little more closely. I would go: 1. Order; 2. Goblet; 3. Hallows; 4. Prisoner; 5. Prince; 6. Stone; 7. Chamber (I hate spiders at least as much as Ron!). But, like you guys, those are fluid depending on what I pick up in each re-read, and I love them all. Not a bad one in the bunch.

LOL “you can’t pick up book 5 & expect a retelling” - Order was the first one I read, at age 10 😅 can confirm, was definitely confused.

I love that you had envelopes so that you could do the open envelope reveals, then just wrote the numbers on the back like they were notecards

In regards to your commentaqry on Order of the Phoenix, I knew the most AMAZING Umbridge cos-player. The Harry Potter fandom when these books and movies first came out was EPIC, and people CRUSHED their costumes!

ben sniping chapter 12 in deathly hallows and it being the ministry sequence could not have been more perfect lol

My favorite is either the order of Phoenix or goblet of fire. I think goblet of fire is the better book, but order of the Phoenix came in a very vindicating time for me because I was a 15-year-old in high school with not one but two umbridge caliber teachers and I felt very seen when I read that

Per your statement that anyone's blood could have been used to resurrect Voldemort: I actually disagree. I believe that it has to be someone that Voldemort considers an enemy, not just anyone who opposes him. The other 2 ingredients in the graveyard are given from the perspective of Voldemort. It's HIS father, not just A father. It's HIS servant, not just A servant. So it stands to reason that blood of the enemy would have to be HIS enemy, not just AN enemy. Most people opposing Voldemort are more just generally opposed to what he represents moreso than the man himself. (i.e. it could've been any dark wizard, it just happens to be Voldemort this time) There's only 2 people that Voldemort would consider worthy enough of being HIS enemy: Harry and Dumbledore. They're the only two individuals that Voldemort shows anything akin to respect towards. Everyone else that's opposing him is just a fool, not worth his time. Like dirty dishes. "Eh, I'll get around to it eventually". Since he's terrified of Dumbledore, and with no feasible way to get him, he HAS to use Harry. (which he wanted to do anyway to get around the love protection) And with Harry, it's also personal both ways. Harry more directly opposes Voldemort himself because he killed his parents, as opposed to just his ideals. Voldemort is HIS enemy, and Harry is Voldemort's enemy.

Halfblood Prince, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, Deathly Hallows, Order of the Phoenix, Philosopher's Stone, Chamber of Secrets

1:27:01 Amazing video. All your points were so validating. Like when you were talking about not understanding the Hallows at first, we could all feel that

My list would go as follows: 1. Goblet 2. Half blood 3. Deathly hallows 4. Prisoner 5. Philosopher 6. Order 7. Chamber

My favorite is Half Blood Prince, because you get to learn more about Snape and his motives behind everything and I really like that.

Ah, I always love watching the Cerebral Horn Purists. And never forget that Cranberries Hurl Pots and A Brunch Terrier Slops.

Listening to Jim Dale's read with my dad is a core memory...listening to Prisoner of Azkaban again got me through my first Christmas without him ❤

I like to think that the elder wand truly is just a regular wand, and HARRY is so pure of heart that HE is the only PERSON who is able to repair a wand...

Have you all ever covered why the portkey has to be the Triwizard cup? It is a plot point in goblet that has always bothered me, and honestly hurts the book overall for me. BCJ was in place at Hogwarts in close proximity to Harry. Couldn’t he have made anything a portkey? A quill? A piece of parchment? Why does it have to be the Triwizard cup? When you step back, there is literally no reason for the entire plot to happen. The most common explanation I hear is that “Voldemort likes symbols of power” which I just don’t buy. We’re talking about a guy getting his body back, I think he would sacrifice symbolism for ease. It bothers me to such an extent that if I were ranking, I would put Goblet at 6

1: Half Blood Prince 2: Deathly Hallows 3: Goblet of Fire 4: Prisoner of Azkaban 5: Order of the Phoenix 6: Chamber of Secrets 7: Philosophers Stone

I think the #1 reason Prisoner of Azkaban is often the favorite for most fans is the Marauder’s. They have a beloved 3 part fan fiction written about them called All The Young Dudes.

That sentence that Snape saved Jameses life may be more of a “The fact that James and Lily married and had a child and died made Snape change his life and go back to the light side”

this came out WHILE i was rewatching the ranking video of all the films, blessed be getting this video on my sick day!

Philosopher stone 6 Chamber of secrets 5 Prisoner of azkaban 3 Goblet of fire 2 Order of phoenix 7 Half blood prince 1 Deathly hallows 4

Books 1. HBP 2. GoF 3. DH 4. PoA 5. PS 6. CoS 7. OoTP Films 1. OoTP 2. DHp2 3. PoA 4. PS 5. CoS 6. DHp1 7. GoF 8. HBP