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Bookish Banter: Harry Potter Game Night with Liz Young
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This week, we are joined by Karmen’s Panem Parley co-host and Bookstagrammer Liz Young. Don't forget to comment your answers to our games on our Instagram!
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Instagram: @familyfictionpod
Karmen’s Bookstagram: @karmensreadingcorner
Hallie’s BookTok: @hallie_br00kes_n00k
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Transcript
Introduction to Harry Potter Game Night
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The scene with Aragog in the forest from Chamber of Secrets. Ugh. The basilisk scene. Ugh. And the dementors on Hogwarts train.
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I'm killing them spiders. That's what I knew. Killing them spiders. I can deal with everything else. I'm killing them spiders. Okay. I'll kiss the basilisk and marry the dementors.
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Okay. I will... This just went from zero to 100. 100.
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What we've got to find is our perfect melody So we'll open up a book to a story memory A fantasy to hold on an expedition Won't you step into our world, this is family fiction Hello everyone and welcome back to Family Fiction with Hallie and Carmen.
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And today gonna be doing another installment in our bookish banter series titled Harry Potter Game Night. Yay. And today we have a very special guest. We have Carmen's co-host from Pan Am Parley.
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Give a round of applause for Liz. Yay. Hi everyone. I'm so excited for game night at 10 a.m. my time. Yes. 1 p.m. my time.
00:01:29
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You know, it's yeah it's not technically game night for any of us, but, you know, maybe you'll listen to this at nighttime. Yeah. That's the point.
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um Yeah, like Hallie said, we're going to be doing some, like, Harry Potter-themed games. we If you've been listening, then we finished Harry Potter and the Prisoner Baskaban last week.
Dumbledore's Time Turner Theory Debate
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Well, two weeks ago. And so we decided to, before we start Goblet of Fire, to do a little bookish banter episode and do a little Harry Potter game night. um We used to play games at the end of episodes, and we haven't done that since we did the rebrand.
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um So, we're bringing it back, folks, for one episode. um So, yeah. But we thought it would be fun to have a Liz on, since I actually met Liz through this very fandom.
00:02:25
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So, it only felt appropriate. And, you know, Harry Potter's a fun time. and need to dive back into it every now and then. Yes. You know, flex the brain muscles.
00:02:40
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I mean, you're lucky you didn't have me on during Prisoner of Azkaban because I would just preach the whole time about why it's the best book and why I'm not taking any questions on that.
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So.
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See, yeah, because I actually it's not my favorite. So I know that's we were different. I have a very strong opinion on Prisoner of Azkaban.
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It's not my favorite book, but it's the best book, in my opinion. Okay. I can see that viewpoint. Got it. Did you see the, um, this is on brand, so we'll keep it in.
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Um, did you see the theory I sent you about Dumbledore using the Time Turner? I did, and I kind of want to, like, hit myself in the head about it, because I'm like, that only feeds into how much I hate Dumbledore, if that theory is true.
00:03:37
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preach So i don't think I've sent it to Halle. And for those who don't know what we're talking about, there was somebody put a theory on TikTok that said that they think Dumbledore, like they think that the war was lost.
00:03:52
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Everyone died and that Dumbledore got a time turner, went back in time to make sure that the war would be won. And that's why he was able to manipulate Harry into like doing everything he needed to do to win the war.
00:04:05
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hmm. Why does that make so much sense? It it's crazy. So much sense, but it also makes me so angry because I already hate that Dumbledore lets other people do his bidding for him.
00:04:18
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Right. And I'm like, at least with Newt, it's believable because of the blood pact. There isn't a blood pact between you and Tom Riddle, Albus. Yes, because if that if that's true, why not go further back and, like, take him out of the orphanage?
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Or, you know, just prevent Harry's parents from being killed. Like, i there's so many things. Yeah. yeah and a yeah I don't want to think Dumbledore would do that, but I also would believe it if he did.
Current Reads and Fantasy Genre Discussion
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Yeah, 100%. I wouldn't be shocked.
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Ugh, crazy. Okay, well, um you know, in typical family fiction tradition, we will start out with our currently readings.
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Right now, I'm currently reading The Right Player by Candy Steiner. I haven't started it yet, but me and a couple of friends are going to meet her next week. Next month or the next?
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And I've not actually read any of her books, so I am trying to get some books read by her before we go. um i know she recently did a re-release of this book and The Wrong Game, and so I think that's kind of what she's promoting. So I was going to read those first and then bust into some of the other books. um But I'm excited. I feel she's pretty good.
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And my current read is Fragile Sanctuary by Katherine Cowles. Carmen's very excited I started this series. Yes. And she's my proud to enjoy. I started yesterday. I read the prologue and um we're off to a fantastic start. It's only going to get worse as you go in the series.
00:05:58
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They're beautiful, beautiful books. And the next one comes out at the end of next month. And I'm still waiting to hear if I got the arc read. I need the arc read. So we'll see.
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Liz, what is your current read? Well, I can tell you it's not. Catherine Cowles. ah Sorry. wow i it should i haven't read any of her stuff yet.
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Sorry. um I'm reading Raven Rebel by Allie Hollis. It's an arc I'm reading. It's a fantasy. And instead of shadow daddies, the guys have antlers.
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And I'm vibing. Oh, okay.
00:06:40
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Picturing smut scenes getting really interesting. I'm only like four or five chapters in. i got distracted and I'm back to it. She wrote one of my favorite wolf shifter series.
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So I'm enjoying it thus far. And I'm also trying to choose another wolf shifter book to read right now because I'm in the mood to read one. But I get decision paralysis.
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Was she at the festival? Uh, she was. Yes. Okay. i was wondering if that was one of the ones that you went, because I remember you saying you got wolf shifter books.
00:07:15
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Yeah, that was the one I was getting that huge omnibus. Oh, okay. Gotcha. Yeah. Okie dokie. Well, um, this episode will probably definitely be a little bit shorter than, you know, our usual episodes, but that's the lovely joy of a bookish banter episode. You know? Short and sweet.
Harry Potter 20 Questions Game
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Um... Our first game that we're going to play is 20 Questions. If you've never played 20 Questions before, essentially we're going to go one at a time and each of us will have a character and the others will have 20 questions that they can ask to guess who it is. And it can be any question, whatever question will get you to where you need to be.
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And we've each come up with two characters each, so we're going to go one at a time and then go back there again. um And I will start us out. Okay.
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So, we'll just, I guess, we'll do ten questions per person, I guess. Does that work? That makes sense, yeah. So, how like so like Hallie goes, and then Liz goes, and then Hallie, and then Liz. We'll just bounce back and Yeah. We'll have to keep count. oh I'll keep it.
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Alright. So, are they male? No. Okay. Okay. Are they a creature? No.
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Are they in the same house as you? No. Okay. And I'm a Hufflepuff for all those guessing at home. and Why is this harder than I thought it would be? Crap.
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Are they in the same as Harry? as harry no
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Oh gosh, why is this so hard? At least we can reuse a lot of these questions as we go through. Yeah. yeah um Are they a part of the Golden Trio?
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No. Okay. Are they a Slytherin? No.
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Are they a Gryffindor? Yes. Okay. Did they attend Hogwarts before Harry? Yes. Hmm. I'm trying to figure out.
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Um, have they played Quidditch? No, I don't think so. Not to my lore canon knowledge. Okay. Okay. Um...
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Are they an Animagus? Yes.
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Okay.
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Were they a troublemaker? No. Okay. No, no. Oh, okay. You can get, if you think you know who it is, that can be one of your questions.
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Is it Professor McGonagall? Sure is Why am I not surprised? My one true queen. Love her. my one true queen.
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Minerva freaking McGoggle. R.I.P. Alright. Okay, hold on.
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Okay. Alright, Liz, I'll let you start us off. Oh gosh. Are they a female? No. Are they a Gryffindor?
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Yes. Oh, okay. Listen, we gotta represent the house. Are they in the same year as Harry? No.
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Were they a troublemaker? I don't think so. okay.
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Are they known for having a camera? No. I'll see where you're going with that.
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Not a troublemaker. Not the same year as Harry.
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Are they in Dumbledore's army?
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Yeah.
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Oh gosh.
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Not the same year as Harry. Is that what she said earlier? Yeah. so not Not the same year. Not a troublemaker. Not a troublemaker. They are in Dumbledore's army. They are a Gryffindor, right?
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Yeah. Yes. Yeah. Okay. Not to my... Huh? I'm trying to think. Not to my knowledge they were a part Dumbledore's Army. I can't really remember. thought you said yes. Oh.
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Yeah. So they weren't in Dumbledore's Army. That we know of.
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That we know of. I don't know. That Hallie knows of. Let's put it that way. Yeah. Let's put it that way. Did they play Quidditch?
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I don't think so, no. Oh, gosh. Okay, this is going away from where I thought this was going. same. Are they a side character? Yeah. Okay, I think I've narrowed it down to two.
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The two I was leaning out. Well, no, they're the same here. Well, no, yeah, never mind, they're the same here.
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Do they work at Gringotts?
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Hmm. No.
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Are they in the Weasley family? no we just That narrows down a lot.
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Did we say female? I asked if they were female and... They're not a female. They're not. Okay. Dang. i My earlier guess was branching way female, so I've been screwed up this whole time.
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Were they an Auror? a This is so hard for me.
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did they fight dark wizards for a living?
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For a living, did they make money fighting dark wizards? Were they the wizarding co-cops? I don't so, though. Yeah, the wizard cops. Oh, gosh. Um, okay.
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Are they older than Harry? Yes. Okay. Not a troublemaker.
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Is it? At least to my mind, they're not a troublemaker. Is it Dumbledore? Would society consider them a troublemaker? Yeah. Okay, society would consider them a troublemaker.
00:13:56
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What was your question? I wanted to know if it was Dumbledore. No. Jesus. No. Are they a member of the Marauders? Yes. Okay.
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Why would you say no troublemaker? They're all troublemakers. Oh, is it Lupin? They're all troublemakers. Yes. They're all troublemakers. Right, because the, non-troublest maker. Yeah. Yeah, but let's face it. That's why I said in my mind it's not troupe maker. They all got into trouble. Okay.
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Liz's turn. I'm ready. um Are they a student? Yes.
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Okay.
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Are they in the same year as Harry? No. Okay. Are they a male? No. Okay. Okay.
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A female student not the same year as Harry.
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Are they in the same house as Harry? Let me double check. Oh. This is gonna be a deep dive character. No.
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no
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Okay. I was pretty sure it was a no, but I wanted to double check. Gotta give accurate information.
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Are they a Slytherin? No.
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No. i mean
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Not Gryffindor. Not Slytherin.
00:15:47
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Not me. Not Monty. You. Um...
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Were they a Ravenclaw? Yes. Okay. Okay. Okay. We're cooking. Okay. um Were they a member of Dumbledore's army? No. oh Never mind.
00:16:07
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Never mind on mine. We took her off the stove. Okay. Got it. No longer cooking.
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not and i hope it's not who I think it is.
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You can always ask and find out. Oh, no. Is it somebody that Harry was involved with? Like, Harry knew?
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Harry knew them. Okay. Oh, shoot.
00:16:42
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This is why I hate this game. Are they a character in the Order of the Phoenix book? Like, predominantly? No. Okay. That took out who I was hoping it wouldn't, so thank you.
00:16:56
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Really hoping it wasn't my girl Cho. Nah, it ain't your girl Cho.
00:17:03
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Okay. Careful, Harry. It's icy the top. And Ravenclaw. Um, not in the same year as Harry.
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We had...
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This is hard. I tried to pick a deep cut because I didn't want someone else to already have it. So I didn't have to like change on the fly.
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But it is a character that has come up in your rereading of the first three books thus far.
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I'm trying to think. god. Oh. oh
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Is it one of the Patil sisters? No. Okay, because I remember, like, in the... there One of them's in Ravenclaw, isn't they? are Yeah, one is. But that's not who I'm thinking of.
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They weren't.
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Are they... When Harry's at school, are they a professor? No. Okay, I'm here.
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I
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i guess.
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You said they were female, right? Yes. Okay. um
00:18:36
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Crap. We've been in the first three books.
00:18:42
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do Let me brainwave with the books real quick. Are they dead? Yes. oh Oh! think I know who it is. Is it Moaning Myrtle?
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Yeah, it is. I forgot she... I forgot about her. forgot she was in Ravenclaw. That's why I was like, let me try. I forgot about Oh, that was a good one. Yeah, that was a good one.
00:19:10
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The way I forgot Moaning Myrtle.
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I tried to forget
Kiss, Marry, Kill – Harry Potter Edition
00:19:15
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Moaning Myrtle. Don't we all? But she's such a fun one for a game like this. Because, right, having ask, are they dead? Just, it's a good time. It's a beautiful time.
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Okay. Ready? Mm-hmm.
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Okay.
00:19:36
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Are they a student? Yes. Okay. Are they the same year as Harry? No. Okay.
00:19:49
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Are they a member of the Weasley family? Yes. Okay.
00:19:58
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So yes, they're a student. No, they're not the same year. Yes, they're Weasley. Okay.
00:20:07
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Is it Ginny Weasley? it is I love Ginny. As soon as Hallie said Weasley's, was like, if they ask male or female, I'm screwed because like pretty much there's two.
00:20:21
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There's two. Ginny is my absolute favorite book character, so I had to. She's such a good one. Had to. ah That's the one thing I am excited for about the reboot is getting to finally see her be spunky and bat bogey hexing people. and yeah if they If they make it that far. I don't know if the show's going to make it that far.
00:20:41
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I'll let you tell me if they make it that far because I'm probably not to watch it. mean... I physically can't. I just can't. The only reason that's not I'll watch it is with my nephews if they ask me to watch it with them.
00:20:56
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It's just I've heard so much about like them changing. like They're even going to change the way Hogwarts looks and everything. Oh. No, no, no. That messes with my brain. No. So i can't I can't be doing all that. too soon. Okay.
00:21:10
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Okay.
00:21:13
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Are they... ah male? No. female Are they a student?
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Yes. Are they a Gryffindor? No. Okay. well Are they a Slytherin? Nope.
00:21:34
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Ravenclaw. Yep. I know who it is. Are they blonde? Yes. Izzy and Luna love good. Yes. Love her.
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Okie dokie. Liz? Um, are they a female? No.
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Are they a student? No. Okay. Are they a professor? Yes. Okay. Okay. That narrows it down.
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Okay.
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Professor, male. Did they teach Defense Against the Dark Arts? Yes. That's a good question. was going to ask that next. Okay. They taught Defense Against the Dark Arts.
00:22:30
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Professor, male. Okay. We got two options here. Well, three. Three. Three. Technically for three.
00:22:38
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Hmm. Hmm. Okay, I'm gonna narrow it down real fast here. Okay. Well, not technically fast, I guess. Um... Were they evil?
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Like, did they help Lord Voldemort evil? Um...
00:23:01
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Oh. Or stopping her. Well, it's a hard, it's a weird way to answer. And once you know who it is, then you'll understand why it's, I'm trying to figure out the best way to answer it. Um, yes and no.
00:23:16
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Yes and no.
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heard There's actually four professors. My brain didn't compute four. Forgot about the four. Okay. um that Have they tried to kill Harry?
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um
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Yes, technically.
00:23:48
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Does this character have a flair for the dramatics? death with Definitely. The walk. but specifically Definitely. Is isn't it... Is it Snape?
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Is it... Okay.
00:24:13
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There was five. What? There was five. Okay. Okay. Is it Mad-Eye? It is. Okay, that makes sense. Okay, okay.
00:24:26
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I keep re remembering, like, so the first time I said two, I was thinking of Lockhart and Remus. And then I was like, no, three, because my man at the beginning.
00:24:37
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And then I was like, then there's Snape. And then at the end there, I was like, mad I forgot about him. Right, but like... Mad-Eye. Mad-Eye. That makes sense then.
00:24:47
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Didn't help Voldemort. But someone polyjuicing his instinct. get why you said yes and no So that's what made me think Snape. Because I was like, well, Snape was technically double agent.
00:25:02
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And I had forgotten about Mad-Eye. And then I realized, oh, yeah. i was like okay i was being a fun book ending. Someone from book two and someone from book four. Yes. Yes.
00:25:13
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Love it. Okie dokie. So our next game that we're going to play is Kiss, Marry, Kill. um If you've never heard of this game before, essentially each of us are going to come up with three characters or scenes and we will each vote on what our answer would be for that.
00:25:31
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um So and we're going to come up with two different scenarios each. So Hallie, start us off. Okay. Um. Make you start.
00:25:42
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I don't like to go first. I've got you first. You better be going first. Okay. You're staying in order. Okay. So kiss, marry, kill, and then you all vote on it? Yeah. Yeah.
00:25:54
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Remus, Percy, Harry. Ooh. Okay. Well. Well. Um. I'm gonna have to kill Mr. Percy. Yeah. Same. Sorry not. Same there. Yeah.
00:26:09
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Um,
00:26:13
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well, I mean, I would, I would marry Remus. Yep. Yep. Because if we're going canonically off of all the young dudes, I'll be his beard.
00:26:26
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Um, and then I'll kiss Harry.
Character Analysis and Hypotheticals
00:26:30
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Yeah. I'm in that same boat. Cause you know, Harry's nice and all. I might like pull a Cho.
00:26:38
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um yeah He's just a little stupid. But I feel like Lupin and I would be better suited in the long term. I feel like I could have really good intellectual conversations with him.
00:26:49
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And that's something I value yeah in a life partner. Ask my husband, he knows. so
00:26:57
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And i don't I don't want to do anything with Percy. nothing kill him that's what i want to do that's all the reason i put him in there um yeah well i think hermione is a much stronger person than i am because i think i would have literally beaten harry up on the daily with half the stuff that he puts them i know i care i'm reading can you just go sit down please i'm reading a really good uh eighth year germine fic right now we're in the flashbacks of them in like fifth and sixth year and it's all through jaco's pov and he's like we've literally been secretly dating for a year and a half
00:27:38
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And Harry is still none the wiser. How dense is he? And I was like, whoop. He would never figure it out. I was like, you're not wrong. He pretty dense. Well, and just looking at Prisoner of Azkaban alone, Ron is the only one that's curious as to how Hermione is getting to all her classes. And Harry's like, yeah, well, I gotta figure it out later. Ron's only one that's like, Hermione was not there a second ago.
00:28:01
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And Harry's like, you probably just missed her. And I'm like. She probably went bathroom. That's fine. Lord. Okie dokie. Liz, give us yours. Okay. The three I have chosen to start us with are professors, so, but probably not who you're thinking of, Flitwick, Hagrid, and Ferenc, the centaur.
00:28:29
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Oh. Okay. Oh, no.
00:28:35
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I'm making it dicey.
00:28:38
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Okay, this is hard because I'm not trying to start a war with the centaurs either. Right, right. However, Forenz is an outcast.
00:28:51
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Okay, I'm going to kill Forenz. If he's an outcast, I feel like I would be safe. Like, they're not starting a war with me. Got it.
00:29:02
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Are we talking, when we're we talking Flitwick, are we talking, like, first couple movies Flitwick or when he de-ages throughout the films? Um, I am all for us being, like, de-aged Flitwick.
00:29:15
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Okay.
00:29:18
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Oh, no. Okay, I'll marry Flitwick and kiss Hagrid because I really think my life would be in the danger on the daily if I lived with Hagrid. I would go with that, too. yeah Hers, I would go with hers, too. That's fair.
00:29:30
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That's fair. Flitwick probably has interesting life stories, I feel like. Yes. And he has a stable income. Right. We gotta think about that.
00:29:41
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And he's at Hogwarts however many months out of the year, and I've got the house myself. I mean, I think, like, all the months out of the year, right? Because don't most of them live there even in the summer? I think so. Well, because I know Trelawney does because she throws that whole stink about, like, this has been my home.
00:29:57
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i think I think it's just their residence.
00:30:03
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Here. Okay. Okie dokie. Um... Newt Scamander... Cedric Diggory or Nymphadora Tonks. Ooh.
00:30:14
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Oh, no. Why are you doing this? The Hufflepuff trio. And they're all dead. Well, Newt might still be thriving somewhere, but doubt it. I feel like Newt's thriving still.
00:30:26
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Um... I'm gonna say kill Tonks simply because I already know she dies. So then at least I'm not, like, heartbroken. Okay.
00:30:38
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when it happens. And I, you know, I'm not gonna lie, saying that I would marry Lupin feels a little weird to then also marry Tonks. That feels like i would be, like, the third in that relationship.
00:30:53
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But if you've said that you would marry Lupin and kill Tonks, then i'm a you just single-wife-femaled the girl. i know. you know.
00:31:03
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I'm okay with the Lupin heartbreak. It's okay. Um...
00:31:10
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I'm going to kiss Cedric. That feels like one of those, like, moments at Hogwarts that everyone's like, yeah, I want to kiss that dude. I feel like I'd be on that bandwagon.
00:31:23
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Um, yeah, I'd marry Newt. I think he and I would get along well. I would do that, too. No? think that would be my choice, as well. I love Mr. Newt. my choice. I love him so much.
00:31:34
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Okay. Okay, we're gonna switch it up a little bit, and we're gonna do scenes. Ooh, okay. Okay. So, ah have the scene with Aragog in the forest from Chamber of Secrets.
00:31:47
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Ugh. The basilisk scene. Ugh. And the Dementors on Hogwarts train. I'm killing them spiders. That's what I knew. Killing them spiders. I can deal with everything else. I'm killing them spiders.
00:32:01
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Okay. I'll kiss the basilisk and marry the Dementors. Okay. but I will... This just went from zero to 100.
00:32:13
Speaker
Okay. I'm going to marry the Dementors because ah that sounds like a really interesting dynamic to have. and Mostly just because I want to know how the heck they make more Dementors. Right?
00:32:31
Speaker
Yeah. I want to think about it. I will kill the Basilisk. Because as much as i like snakeys, that feels arguably way more deadly and, like, problematic than Aragog. Because at least I could make friends with Aragog and he could, like, be on my side. No.
00:32:51
Speaker
See, but I'm not making friends with any spider. I don't give a rip. I'm willing to kiss Aragog if he gives me protection of some sort. Like, I'm willing to, like, send that olive branch out there to, you know, I'm willing to do that.
00:33:07
Speaker
hate spiders so much. Okay. Okay. Liz.
00:33:15
Speaker
I had more characters. i didn't initially think of any scenes. I'm not gonna lie. Yeah, i have other characters. I might try and think of a scene thing. Character-wise, gotta lean into the Weasleys.
00:33:30
Speaker
Charlie, Bill, and Percy. You know, killing Percy. We're killing Percy.
00:33:40
Speaker
I'll kiss Charlie, marry Bill. I love Bill. Yeah, I'll go with that. Plus, Charlie got them dragons, and I can't be around them 24-7. See, I feel like I could be around them dragons, but I also really like Bill and Floor together, and I don't want to get in between that, but I also to really like the headcanon that Charlie...
00:34:01
Speaker
is ace so I also don't want to like mess with that so fair
00:34:11
Speaker
well I also forgot bill is a werewolf oh yeah what not like to a horrible it's fine to agree you know fleur seems to manage it just fine it's fine everything's fine oh okay So, I've got a character one, and then I have a scene one, so we'll just do two back-to-back.
00:34:36
Speaker
So, James, Sirius, and Remus. Ooh. Okay. Um... Oh, no! I would... I would marry Remus. Yeah, I think I'm... Because I feel like we would we would get along the most. Yeah, I'm still on that bandwagon.
00:34:55
Speaker
Oh no. ah so Do you kill Harry's father or his godfather? think I'm gonna kill James because prophecy, that was already gonna happen. Whereas we could still save Sirius Black and reasonably when I think about my taste in everything, I would probably kiss Sirius. He would convince me and like a game of truth or dare if we were Hogwarts at the same time.
00:35:21
Speaker
i would believe that. james would the yeah officer James would get on my nerves, and I'd be like, so. Fair. Plus, if we're going with the route of what you took with Remus and Floor, I cannot break up James and Lily.
00:35:37
Speaker
That's fair. but I mean, Snape might be on board for that, but I don't really want to give Snape any helping hand, so. um Oh gosh.
00:35:48
Speaker
It's a hard one. this sucks because I really like Sirius. And I don't want to kill him, but I don't want to kill James either. It's a toughie.
00:36:00
Speaker
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00:36:04
Speaker
Sometimes the things that Sirius does, though, feels like the song Manchild that just came out by Sabrina might be a little bit of Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
00:36:14
Speaker
Manchild. So I hate to say it, I'm gonna kill Sirius, but kiss James. It's a tough one. I feel like that was the toughest one so far. Yes.
00:36:26
Speaker
Okay. I think if James turned on the charm, it would cause me to go. That's fair. i'd be like, nope, I'm done. Bye. That's fair. I'm gonna do nostalgic, you know, those good feeling scenes here. Okay, we have...
00:36:48
Speaker
Buckbeak's flight. So when he is on Buckbeak riding across and he's screaming, you know. Picture the movie versions, if you will. Okay. um Fireworks scene with the Weasleys in Order the Phoenix.
00:37:05
Speaker
Or I'm a sucker for this film score, so I have to put it out there. The epilogue scene. Ooh, okay. um Because that film score gets me in my feels every time. I cry every time. I would kill the epilogue scene.
00:37:19
Speaker
Okay. Straight up. I don't like the makeup and how, like, why do none of them look older? They just look like you put a de-aged Snapchat filter on them. like Like, it looks weird, and I don't think they did a good job.
00:37:35
Speaker
The kids are fine, but I'm sorry, why does Hermione just look haggard? Like... yeah the ministry jobs really bring her down i would kiss the buckbeak flight scene simply because i don't have great balance so i'd probably fall off into the lake um i would marry the fireworks i think that's really fun I liked it. I love that scene.
00:38:01
Speaker
I would do the same thing. Most of my thought process with the epilogue is literally like that film score makes me cry every time. I love that film score. It's such a good score, but like I don't understand why the makeup is so bad.
00:38:14
Speaker
Like I'm pretty sure they just strapped like a tiny pregnancy belly onto Rupert Grint to give him like the classic beer gut-esque and I don't like any of it.
Combo Sprinkle Characters and Wrap-up
00:38:28
Speaker
Well, and I'm not gonna lie, nothing makes me angrier than Harry naming... Yeah. Albus. Albus Severus Potter. Yeah. bro. He names... I saw a great... And then James Sirius Potter. Like, come up with a unique name, please. We can't name all... Ginny at some point had to have been like, Harry, we can't just keep naming our kids after your dead relatives. like And our friends. Like...
00:38:53
Speaker
Yeah. There's, it's like a screenshot from like a Tumblr post or something that goes around every now and then. And it's just Harry, the poster is being like, Harry names his children as if he read the books. Like he names his children as like a fan one. I'm like, oof.
00:39:12
Speaker
Yes, exactly. Exactly. Okay. our final game. We have Combo Sprinkle. So this is something that somebody, Hallie and I were going to get our pictures made for the new launch of the podcast and the girl that was taking our pictures asked us what our Combo Sprinkle Taylor Swift album was.
00:39:35
Speaker
And I thought that was so neat. Like, I never thought about, like, that kind of thing. So I thought it would be fun to do this here. Yeah. So essentially, each of us are going to tell which two characters we feel like make, that we're made up of, and what third character feels a little, like, sprinkled in.
00:39:53
Speaker
So Liz, you can st start us off. Okay. Okay. So I definitely think my combo is Luna and Hermione. Like, I definitely have some of the Hermione characteristics of, like, Gryffindor and, like, kind of being that very studious person, especially when I was in school.
00:40:15
Speaker
But, like, Luna was the person i always looked up to in the series because she was, like, just being herself. She didn't care. and I really liked that. And I am a Ravenclaw character.
00:40:26
Speaker
So ah vibe with that. And I think my sprinkle is either Ginny or Percy. Because like Ginny, I definitely can have kind of like that firecracker nature at times where I just like go off.
00:40:41
Speaker
But I do think that's kind of encompassed some with Hermione, especially like in how she punches Draco and like some of the things she does. Right. But in terms of Percy, I'm definitely like a very type A person.
00:40:55
Speaker
And I'm definitely someone that, like, if things don't go according to plan, i get very, like, frustrated or annoyed and upset. Everything has to, like, things got to go on schedule.
00:41:06
Speaker
And I feel like that's very Percy coded. Yeah. Oh, yeah, like that. ah For mine, i did a combo of Newt and Hermione.
00:41:20
Speaker
Because I feel like, as a Hufflepuff, Newt... felt like the most Hufflepuff to me, like, as far as personality and everything goes.
00:41:31
Speaker
He was so Hufflepuff-coated, and, because I was, I also thought about Cedric, but I was like, there's no way I'm putting my name in for the Triwizard Tournament, so. He is the most Huffle, like, Newt's the most Hufflepuff we get, because when we think of other Hufflepuffs, like, Ernie or Cedric,
00:41:48
Speaker
They don't necessarily... Yeah, like, they don't encompass what you'd think of for a Hufflepuff right away. Right. Which I think is good, right? Because the whole being defined by a singular personality trait is not healthy for children. Right.
00:42:01
Speaker
But... Newt's the most... Well, because, I mean, look at how many... Yeah. And look at how many arguments could be made for Neville and for Hermione of all the different places they could have lived. Yeah.
00:42:14
Speaker
um But I feel like Newt had the most Hufflepuff characteristics that I related to And then with Hermione, like, obviously I love to read. Obviously I love to um learn about new things. I love, like, if I, I've always said, like, if I was in those books, if I was a character in those books, I would be Hermione. Because...
00:42:37
Speaker
You best bet if I find out I'm a wizard, I'm reading every book that there is on the subject, and it blows my mind that Harry just continues to not know anything about this know, like... Because I'm like, I want to learn everything. Right? I'd be like, gobble it all up. Buy me all the books. Give me all the things. like Yes.
00:42:54
Speaker
it's What's all the cool stuff I can read and all the cool stuff I can learn? I'd be infinitely behind, right? I'd have, like, everyone else would have, like, a decade in the world learning and understanding, and I'd be i'd be like, nope, I gotta catch up.
00:43:08
Speaker
Right. Yeah. So my combo is Newton-Hermione with a sprinkle of Ginny because Ginny, like I said, is always my favorite book character. She was always kind of that character I looked up to And aren' she has a little sass in there. And I feel like I have a little bit of that Ginny Weasley sass and ambition.
00:43:30
Speaker
um So, yeah. Nice. That's my combo. Nice. This was hard for me. I kind of just went with Hermione and Remus as my first combo because with Hermione, i would also want to be like learn everything and be constantly reading. And then for the Remus part, I just kept thinking back to that scene where he turns on the music in Prisoner of Azkaban while they're doing the Boggart stuff and he kind of makes learning fun.
00:43:57
Speaker
And that's what I kind of like to try to do is kind of make learning fun when I'm like doing school stuff and all that. And then for my sprinkle, ah put a sprinkle of Fred because I love Weasley twins, love Fred. And like to throw a little bit of chaos and fun days into my life. Nice.
00:44:16
Speaker
Love it. Yes. Um, okay. Well, that is all the games that we had planned for this episode. Um, we are going to be posting some prompts for, um...
00:44:29
Speaker
Some of these, the Kiss Mary Kills and the Combo Sprinkle question will be on our Instagram. So be sure and check out our Instagram at Family Fiction Pod.
00:44:40
Speaker
um You'll be able to see new episodes on there, um sneak peeks into episodes, and you'll be able to answer and give us your answers on these fun games.
00:44:51
Speaker
But, um like I said, be sure and follow us at Family Fiction Pod. You can follow my bookstagram at Carmen's Reading Corner and Hallie's Book Talk at Hallie Brooks Nook. And that will all be linked in the description below. And if you want to hear more from Liz, Liz has a bookstagram at LizAndYoung97. And you can also follow us at Pan Am Parley Pod.
00:45:15
Speaker
where we have a Hunger Games podcast together as well. And we're actually going to record for that right after this. I'm excited. we We have another fun, like, kind of break style episode going. It's a good day.
00:45:30
Speaker
Yes, we're going to be reacting to some casting from Sunrise on the Reaping. So if you are interested at all in that, you know, Finish listening to this episode, head on over to Pan and Parley Pod. Yeah.
00:45:43
Speaker
We'll see over there. um All right. I think that is everything. Thanks for it listening, everybody. Bye.
00:45:55
Speaker
This is family fiction.