Two titans have fallen: Tumblr and Loot Crate. We hold a wake and also talk about WYSIWYGs, WASLs, and Welcome to Night Vale.
(content warning: very sexually explicit discussion of some infamous tumblr posts)
2019-08-15 21:08:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Order of the Phoenix chapter 30. Is Hagrid a Death Eater? No. Moving on, we discuss the greatest Harry Potter subreddit post of all time, the most pointless chapter of Harry Potter of all time (so far, anyway...) and the best new community discovery we have to offer. I hope you can remember all the names of these important characters, like Montague and Edgecomb!
2019-08-09 14:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Order of the Phoenix chapter 29. Happy birthday, Harry/J.K Rowling/Liz! We chat about Emma Watson's birthday gift to Jo, classroom dreams, class rings, and a fairly muddled chapter about how bullies are bad, except when they're actually very good. Then we get a little career advice of our own from the Harry Potter wiki.
2019-08-02 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
We chat about very important political news, some green brothers tweets before tackling the most important issue of the week: fire emblem
2019-08-01 23:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Order of the Phoenix chapter 28. It's time for Snape's Worst Memory; is it the Book's Worst Chapter? Or do the previous two chapters maintain that dubious honor? We discuss that as well as useless side characters, crappy action figures, and the etymology of "titbit"
2019-07-26 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
We watched The Craft!! We had a great time! We break down our experience with this cult classic witch flick and chat about its impact, as well as how much cooler the magic is than Harry Potter's. nancy gang roll out
content warnings for this ep spanning basically everything the film's rating covers (discussion of racism, self harm/suicide, and sexual assault)
2019-07-26 03:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Order of the Phoenix chapter 27. Did we say last week's chapter was the worst in the series? Well. Well!!!!
2019-07-19 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
You're telling me I get to go to cat school.....for WORK!?
2019-07-18 23:56:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Order of the Phoenix chapter 26. Hermione is a little worm who deserves to be crushed according to... Hermione? So we take some time to unpack that and maybe the most bizarre (and unfortunately, worst) chapter in this book so far. Then we take a leap into a new subreddit discovery and learn all about wand lore....
2019-07-12 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Real Shakespeare heads only on this week's extremely highbrow episode of the Common Room!
2019-07-12 01:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Order of the Phoenix chapter 25. We've got a certain house elf's birthday to celebrate and TV show rumors to discuss! We also have an absolutely massive chapter to go over, featuring Voldemort playing Starcraft and Harry going on a date he blows very badly. Finally, we wrap up with a visit to the time machine to read some pre-Order of the Phoenix blog speculation from 2002.
2019-07-05 14:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we chat about Pokemon Go, fidgeting, Wattpad, and more!
2019-07-05 01:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Order of the Phoenix chapter 24. The hallowed episode number is here....the funny number. It just so happens that we have a Snape chapter this week, so we get to talk about our favorite professor (besides Lockhart) and an all-around surprisingly excellent segment of the book! We also talk about a bunch of rude and crude things but we probably didn't need the episode 69 excuse for that. Finally,...
2019-06-28 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
We read The Mister and we have lots to say about this very un-sexy but VERY funny book. Come learn all about smut crimes, "fuck a duck," DJing, and more!
Throwing a content warning here for general graphic discussions and a brief allusion to sexual violence mentioned in the book (nothing explicit, but bears mentioning)
2019-06-28 01:32:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Order of the Phoenix chapter 23. Wizards Unite surprise released this morning, so we spend some time chatting about our thoughts on the game as well as Christmas on the Closed Ward, a very strange chapter that brings in a ton of characters to guide Harry through an angst crisis. After that, we read an interview between Katie Couric and JK Rowling from 2003 that features both of them at their me...
2019-06-21 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Wizards Unite literally went live minutes before we started recording today, so this episode has a lot of us fumbling on our phones while we chat!
2019-06-21 01:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Order of the Phoenix chapter 22. It's a roller coaster of an episode this week as we discuss the opening of the new Hagrid ride at Universal, the mysterious appearance of Dobby in someone's driveway, and an honestly absolutely crazy chapter of OOTP. Are paintings alive? How does a snake perform espionage? How does a phoenix perform stealth operations?
2019-06-14 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
We have a podcast, so naturally we need to talk about E3. It's in our contract! We also talk about fandom hell and give a sneak preview of our work reading The Mister.
I have a new microphone which is very nice but comes in a little hot in this episode, so I'm sorry about my audio quality kinda being all over the place. Still fiddling with the settings.
2019-06-14 01:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostOrder of the Phoenix chapter 21. We take a trip in the time machine back to 2005 to read an article trying to explain how Harry Potter invented shipping and learn all about thestrals this week. We also celebrate Draco Malfoy's birthday!
2019-06-07 15:56:36 +0000 UTC View Post
It's a new season! We chat about what we've been up to, announce some new Hurtwood Lore, and then dig into our new plans for future bonus content!
2019-06-07 04:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Order of the Phoenix chapter 20. We had a short chapter and no news this week, so we watched Magic Beyond Words: The JK Rowling Story, a horrible Lifetime film about our favorite treehouse enthusiast. Then we sit down with Hagrid to hear his tale, which is apparently one of the least popular chapters in this book?
2019-05-31 07:02:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Order of the Phoenix chapter 19. It's our 64th episode, which naturally means we need to talk about Quest 64, video game soundtracks, Imogen Heap, Harry Potter sales numbers, and a... pretty okay chapter? We discuss Hermione inventing text messaging and Harry wondering if only bad guys have meetings. Then we commune with Bustle for one of our most lit third segments ever (there are some GoT spo...
2019-05-24 16:21:17 +0000 UTC View Post
We talk for two hours about Game of Thrones (sorry) The Order (not sorry!) and, to celebrate 200+ patrons, chat through a Harry Potter Get To Know You tag fresh from Tumblr!
2019-05-24 03:01:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Order of the Phoenix chapter 18. We have a HUGE news segment this week, detailing this past week's roller coaster of Pottermore changes. After that, we enter the Room of Requirement chapter with widened and deepened hearts and minds. Finally, we light a candle for the maybe-doomed Pottermore with a celebratory article reading.
2019-05-17 14:25:20 +0000 UTC View Post
We chat about Detective Pikachu (spoilers! skip to the 20 minute mark to avoid) and The Order some more, and then we read our darkest Imagine fic yet. I just... I just don't know anymore.
2019-05-17 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Order of the Phoenix chapter 17. It's a celebrity gossip blowout! We've got Met Gala looks, possible JK Rowling sightings, and some Fantastic Beasts casting news. Also... our reading this week was shockingly good? Maybe there's a plot and themes in this book after all!
(Note: there might be a few construction noises here and there. I did my best to get rid of all the ones I could, b...
2019-05-10 14:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
AVENGERS ENDGAME SPOILERS IF YOU CARE. Skip to 36:15 if you don't want to hear those.
We chat about Avengers, discover a new favorite show in The Order, discuss the increasingly insipid romance in Tiger's Curse, and meet our childhood friend Ed Sheeran.
2019-05-10 02:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Order of the Phoenix chapter 16. No more Fantastic Beasts movies! Not until 2021, anyway. We discuss the big delay, and theorize what exactly they might be doing with their extra time, and a special guest calls in to help us with a long-standing tradition on the anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts. Then we chat about OOTP chapter 16, and its increasingly strained portrayal of a wizard world i...
2019-05-03 14:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
We chat about Game of Thrones, Tiger's Curse, and.... [deep, shuddering sigh] a new celebrity Imagine fic
2019-05-03 02:05:55 +0000 UTC View Post