Order of the Phoenix chapter 15. The Shriekcast takes on Osama!!!!!!! We got him!!!!! We cover shoes, skrewts, and Rambo speeches in this inquisition of Order of the Phoenix's chapter about an inquisition. Then we leap into a time machine all the way back to 2004 to read a truly cursed article about Harry Potter's connection to Bush-era liberal politics.
2019-04-26 14:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
We chat about vampires, crime boys, and shoes on this extra big common room episode. Tune in for Vampire Diaries, The Boy What Steals Houses, Tiger's Curse, and the conclusion of the Jimmy Fallon saga.
CONTENT WARNING: one of the books discussed has some.... problematic depictions of an autistic character, to say the least!
Order of the Phoenix chapter 14. We have the unpleasant matter of Crimes of Grindelwald news to attend to this week before we dig into chapter 14, The One That's Pretty Good Except It's Very Weirdly Racist Suddenly. There's also quidditch, homework, and Cornelius Fudge's child army paranoia. Finally, we help plan a party and tackle a few confessions. Also... you're gonna want to stick around fo...
2019-04-19 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
We saw After, the... hit?? new film based on the Wattpad fanfic. It's a trip.
2019-04-19 01:23:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Order of the Phoenix chapter 13. We cover some important news about Dobby's grave, and also his dick and balls before strapping in for a long discussion on chapter 13, which is extremely long and meandering. Good thing we swapped to doing one chapter per episode! Harry's a jerk, Ron's a cop, and Umbridge shows her true colors (and then some) in this honestly fairly harrowing chapter. Luckily, w...
2019-04-12 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Without Legacies, we dip back into the 90s for our TV fix and watch a very powerful Christmas special. Then we catch up on Tiger's Curse... and will we finally meet Jimmy Fallon?
2019-04-12 01:59:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Order of the Phoenix chapters 11-12. We're finally at Hogwarts, and the Sorting Hat has a very long song about how the school is completely devoid of responsibility for all of the world's ills! We also have Ron being a little cop, Harry being a rude jerk, Hermione representing at least three schools of political thought at once, and the appearance of a new professor we all HATE because she wear...
2019-04-05 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
We say goodbye to Legacies and hello to The Tiger's Curse on our longest common room discussion yet!
2019-04-05 03:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Order of the Phoenix chapters 9-10. We uncover a shocking conspiracy before examining Sirius's dog brain. We're still not at Hogwarts but that's okay: we have more Ministry drama, sibling violence, secret missions, and character introductions to get to before we dig around for some Luna Lovegood confessions and questions.
2019-03-29 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
It's a mega-sized episode this week as we watch the penultimate episode of Legacies, finish After, and dive into the hetero omegaverse lawsuit drama taking middle-aged facebook by storm.
(content warning: this is a fairly sexual content heavy episode if you're not into that/you're planning on going through any drive-thrus while listening this week)
2019-03-29 02:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Order of the Phoenix chapters 7-8. We touch on the recent explosion of J.K Rowling dunks hitting the mainstream before visiting the Ministry of Magic! Email, cop hierarchies, courtroom drama, Death Note, and more await us in those hallowed halls. Finally, we brush up on our WOMBAT test and try to figure out--again--what the hell Magical Mischief Month might be.
2019-03-22 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
We say goodbye to our favorite Legacies character, chat about Narnia and After, and finally solve the mystery of Ashwood Manor with Benedict Cumberbatch.
2019-03-22 01:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Order of the Phoenix chapters 5-6. We have an extra long news segment this week because uhhhh there's a new Harry Potter video game and it's the dumbest idea anyone has ever had! We thoroughly analyze this announcement before digging into our chapter discussion for the week, which features a giant lore dump and a lot of J.K Rowling's favorite family tree bullshit. We also meet Kreacher, and ans...
2019-03-15 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
We catch up on Legacies before playing a game of Real or Fake with YA fairy tale retellings, continuing the nightmare that is After, and imagining Benedict Cumberbatch holding us hostage in a murder mansion.
2019-03-15 01:01:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Order of the Phoenix chapters 3-4. After wishing some cops well, J.K Rowling is once again missing from the internet. Luckily, we still have plenty to cover, thanks to International Women's Day and some cursed Fantastic Beasts-related news. In our reading, we're introduced to the real Moody as well as Tonks, and Harry goes sicko mode on his friends for no reason. Oh, and there's more Imagines f...
2019-03-08 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
James Bond! Legacies! After! Imagines! All your favorites are here in this extra long Common Room episode.
2019-03-08 04:27:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Order of the Phoenix chapters 1-2. Season 5 is here! And J.K Rowling is back on Twitter (sort of) just in time. We cover her glorious comeback, the WB CEO's public dragging of Crimes of Grindelwald, and chat about Groverhaus before finally getting started on the fifth Harry Potter book. Which... starts off really good?? We're as shocked as you are. Finally, we take a dive into the world of cele...
2019-03-01 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
We catch up with Legacies and After, and dive into the wild world of "Imagines" fiction. Liz tells an incredibly cursed story from her youth.
2019-03-01 02:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Goblet of Fire postmortem. Instead of a Common Room episode this week, we decided to do two regular episodes, because there was just too much news to ignore. Plus, we still have so many thoughts about Goblet of Fire, a book that intrigued, baffled, and frustrated us to no end. We also have the extended cut of Crimes of Grindelwald to attend to. Liz also makes a prediction about Fawkes that will...
2019-02-22 15:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Goblet of Fire movie. We've made it to the fourth film in the series. Where does it stack up against the previous films? Does it really matter if Dumbledore yells all weird? Would DJ Khaled be a good act to book for the Yule Ball?
2019-02-22 05:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Goblet of Fire chapters 35-37. We solved it! It's over! We've finally finished reading Goblet of Fire, and we're here to dissect and discuss the aftermath of this book's dizzying final descent. We've got reveals, monologues, confusing schemes, bizarre character behavior, and so much more to go over, and that's before we get to the official Pottermore book club prompts! It's a truly massiv...
2019-02-15 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
We summon a genie to wish for more Penelope episodes of Legacies, discuss the release of the full trailer for After, and then dive into the world of YA drama in this jam-packed bonus episode.
2019-02-15 02:58:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Goblet of Fire chapters 32-34. It's been three weeks and JK Rowling is still missing! Luckily we still have plenty of news to sift through, including more Fantastic Beasts production speculation and some good old Bustle content. Our reading this week is a triple scoop of Voldemort content. He's risen again! And has a lot to say. So much to say. He is saying a lot of stuff, constantly, for a ver...
2019-02-08 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Legacies... good. Like really, really good now, actually, not just ironically? On the other hand we have After, which... isn't any kind of good, really. It's just very, very dark, but Liz's academic research reveals some incredible editorial choices between the original and the published version!
2019-02-08 01:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Goblet of Fire chapter 31. JK Rowling is STILL missing, and presumed norted. We discuss some insider Fantastic Beasts scoops, before moving onto our reading: the interminable, baffling Third Task. Finally, we hash out what exactly is and isn't canon when it comes to the Legilimens thanks to a truly bonkers Pottermore article.
2019-02-01 15:00:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Legacies is back!!!!!!! We love LEGACIES. We dig into the midseason premiere talk some more about After, the insane Harry Styles fanfic. Liz also graciously listens to xeecee ramble about Kingdom Hearts 3, and everyone gets fully norted.
2019-02-01 01:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Goblet of Fire chapters 29-30. Where in the world is JK Rowling? We discuss her strange absence from the internet, and reach into the big ol' Bustle grab-bag to deal with the lack of Harry Potter news. Our reading this week is a double helping of dream sequences that do nothing but dumb exposition on us, so we spend a long time yelling about that. Finally, with JK missing from Twitter, we pick ...
2019-01-25 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We give Roswell a second chance and dish all about After again. Did the CW turn the spaceship around? When will the After trailer drop? Can we get a six-figure book deal? Please??
2019-01-25 05:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Goblet of Fire chapter 28. We've got news! You folks heard about the news? We've got Blu-Ray news and Pokemon news; after that, we have perhaps the most overstuffed chapter in the series so far to discuss. After that, we take a trip to Cameo to check out what Harry Potter stars we can find!
2019-01-18 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
We watched both first episodes of Roswell! One is bad, one is good. Which Roswell starts well? Then we take a trip through Super Fan Builds, a truly cursed reality show. Finally, we dig through Reddit's relationship advice boards to find the saddest, funniest dudes upset that their girlfriends think Jim Raynor could get it.
2019-01-18 01:01:18 +0000 UTC View Post