• Reminder: MuggleCast is moving to Tuesdays! Each week we’ll have a new episode available bright and early.
• A ‘flagship’ Harry Potter store has been announced, where we’ll be able to grab coffee, Butterbeer, and… ‘House Wands’?!
• Chapter by Chapter: Order of the Phoenix Chapter 13, Detention with Dolores
• This chapter is very unlucky for Harry. Are all Chapter 13’s in the Harry Potter series the same way?
• Theory: Every chapter ever is unlucky for Harry.
• Fred and George are getting away with their testing — until Hermione steps in. Why this moment was truly ‘below the belt’ for the twins.
• What’s going on with Hermione and her crusade to free the elves? We don’t see her doing any work that the elves do.
• We learn that Bowtruckles can actually be quite evil. How could Newt keep one so close to his eye balls? It’s Security Nightmare: Pickett Edition!
• Then again, they have leafy hands. How peaceful! What an enigma.
• Malfoy drops some information that’s of interest to Harry, while Luna sticks up for The Chosen One in a big way.
• Detention with Dolores: It’s in this scene where Umbridge goes from being an annoying teacher to a truly evil one.
• Did Dumbledore or McGonagall know that this type of thing was going on? Should Harry have ratted Umbridge out? And did this ever happen again?
• Quizzitch: What does Cho refer to Ron as? Answer on Twitter by tweeting @MuggleCast!
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