Archive - Potter Pages

The Harry Potter TV Show is a Logical Morass

There are real problems that will arise from adapting material that's already been adapted, but they're canceled out by the positives.

Apr 4, 2023 •

February 2023

Full Grown Muggles in the Wizarding World

Universal Orlando is a gold mine for Potter fans, but it will never give us what we most want.

Feb 10, 2023 •

January 2023

Half-Blood Prince: Page 582

Long-term Imperius Curses, Dumbledore's multilayered calculations, Snape walking a fine line, and Draco's absolutely terrible planning.

Jan 25, 2023 •

November 2022

Deathly Hallows: Page 597

Snape's film noir moment, the utter stupidity of the Carrows, Pius Thicknesse as Gerald Ford, and the failures of the Dark Mark as a communications…

Nov 1, 2022 •

July 2022

Actually, Quidditch is good

The rules of the game make perfect sense when you look closely

Jul 27, 2022 •

May 2022

Wizarding social programs, administrative incompetence at the orphanage, the power of the Headmaster, and a deep dive on Ministry spending powers.

May 23, 2022 •

March 2022

Prisoner of Azkaban: Page 300

Harry not thinking straight, how to avoid detection in a big school, Snape's slimy things in jars, and the only way Harry can be punished.

Mar 28, 2022 •

February 2022

Order of the Phoenix: Page 13

The Harry/Dudley friendship (?), boxing as a character builder, evaluating theories, and some Little Whinging geography.

Feb 27, 2022 •

Goblet of Fire: Page 106

Hassan Mostafa, Omnioculars, Quidditch Moneyball, and how defense works.

Feb 15, 2022 •

January 2022

Sorcerer's Stone: Page 275

A super, super deep dive into the obstacles to the Sorcerer's Stone.

Jan 31, 2022 •

Goblet of Fire: Page 725

Phonetics of fictional accents, the importance of the salt content of the lake, Hogwarts' underwater transit system, and a surprisingly poignant moment…

Jan 24, 2022 •

Chamber of Secrets: Page 253

Chamber of Secrets back in theaters, why we need to see better quidditch, the strangeness of Ginny ransacking Harry's stuff, and why the early books are…

Jan 17, 2022 •

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