L.E. Fidler’s Reviews > Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban > Status Update

Book Chat: can animagi transform into multiples animals or just the one?, if we were an animagus and wanted to play hide and seek - what would we change into?, Snape as vindictive and petty, Poppy Pomfrey Saves the Day (with her chocolate boulders- which is not a euphemism), the myriad potential plot points that could have been more easily resolved by a time turner

Chatty Kathy: the trouble when Sirius and Severus actually sound similar and they’re both in the same scene and it’s problematic, how a person’s face can be a mask even if they’re not wearing a mask, Peter Pettigrew is still the worst, Dementors kissing should not be part of anyone’s sexual awakening

Hot Topics: what the description of “glittering eyes” means, the figurative expression “to stop dead”, Peter Pettigrew as the actual worst, Snape and whether his mad glee when he finds them is legit (some felt he “was kinda right” to yell given the perceived dangerousness of the situation), if you attack a professor to save another professor...how is that handled??

Hot Topics: defining “convulsively”, trying to figure out how there could be underaged unregistered animagi but if Harry accidentally farts magic the Ministry knows?, the logic of the shrieking shack as a werewolf residence, ten points for Gryffindor, the myriad benefits of an invisibility cloak

Pep Talk: It is okay to cry when we are sad. We are okay. We are loved (lots of sad babies tonight).

Chatty Kathy: recapping the Gryffindor win, a dispute over whether the ref showed penalty favoritism toward G, what euphoria means, professor Trewlawney makes an accurate prediction, the return of Scabbers, the Fate of Buckbeak

Hot Topics: If an animagus dies in animal form, do they revert back to human or stay animal, the many definitions of atmosphere, how you can be taller than someone but younger, why Gryffindor “always” has to win the Quidditch Cup (except when they don’t)

Hot topics: Black’s monomania and why approaching Lupin first might have been more logical than stabbing Ron’s curtains, Hermione continues to be much maligned and this book would be shorter if they just listened to her good sense, poor Hagrid, poor Neville, what a grudge is

Hot Topics: how one can be both pretty and pretty impressive, how Mommy’s reading with inflection helps us understand how characters feel, trying to recall Prongs, the difference between being a werewolf, animagus, or polyjuice fiend, poor Neville, hermione is all of us, another thrilling episode of “this would be easier for you if you just told dumbledore”

Hot Topics: the origins of “thirteen at dinner” and a brief history of Christianity, a discussion of belief and faith/religions/polytheism vs monotheism, what patronus we’d have (red panda, goat, something ridiculous, giraffe, golden retriever), whether Jesus was a real person and why it is ok to say Jesus when talking about the man but not “Oh Jesus!” When you drop a toy on your toes