--- title: "3.6 Talons and Tea Leaves" date: 2021-03-08T05:30:18-04:00 draft: false tags: - Prisoner of Azkaban episodeTitle: "Talons and Tea Leaves" episodeSubtitle: "They see the Grim and die of fright. The Grim's not an omen, it's the cause of death! And Harry's still with us because he's not stupid enough to see one and think, right, well, I'd better pop my clogs then!" episodeLength: 64601843 episodeURL: https://cdn.podtrificustotalus.com/prisoner/306TalonsandTeaLeaves.mp3 episodeDuration: 1:29:00 episodeSeason: 3 episodeNumber: 6 featuredImage: /pottermore/306.webp --- {{< audio src="https://cdn.podtrificustotalus.com/prisoner/306TalonsandTeaLeaves.mp3" >}} of Azkaban, "Talons and Tea Leaves," in which Harry, Ron, and Hermione start their third year at Hogwarts. They begin new courses (some more than others), and Hermione must decide where she draws the line between magic and card tricks. We make a number of references to outside sources and popular culture, which are listed below: - [Pansy Parkinson](https://www.hp-lexicon.org/character/parkinson-family/pansy-parkinson/) on the Harry Potter Lexicon - [ugly: in defense of pansy parkinson](https://archiveofourown.org/works/2330390) by dirgewithoutmusic on AO3 - ["Dirge Without Music"](https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52773/dirge-without-music) by Edna St. Vincent Millay - [That Girl is a Goddamn Problem: Girl Hate and Beyond in Harry Potter](https://pussygoesgrrr.com/2014/12/01/that-girl-is-a-goddamn-problem-girl-hate-and-beyond-in-harry-potter/) - [Sir Cadogan](https://www.hp-lexicon.org/character/sir-cadogan/) on the Harry Potter Lexicon - ["Meeting Sir Cadogan,"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guZlFy7_o9A) a deleted scene from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - *Ultimate Unofficial Guide to the Mysteries of Harry Potter* by Galadriel Waters (Ed. Astre Mithrandir; Published by Wizarding World Press in 2003) - [Cadogan](https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Cadogan) on the Harry Potter Wiki - [Sir Cadogan](https://www.wizardingworld.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/sir-cadogan) on Wizarding World - [Sybill Trelawney](https://www.wizardingworld.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/sybill-trelawney) on Wizarding World - [Sibyls](http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Sa-Sp/Sibyls.html) on Mythology Encyclopedia - *Sense and Sensibility* (1995) - [*Bridget Jones's Diary*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridget_Jones's_Diary_(film)) (2001) - [*Mary Shelley's Frankenstein*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Shelley%27s_Frankenstein_(film)) (1994) - *Thor* (2011) - [Sybil Leek](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_Leek), notorious psychic - [Hippogriff](https://www.hp-lexicon.org/creature/horse/hippogriff/) on the Harry Potter Lexicon - ["Hippogriffs Deserve to Die"](https://dracoandthemalfoys.bandcamp.com/track/hippogriffs-deserve-to-die) by Draco and the Malfoys - [Divination](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divination) on Wikipedia Our Spell of the Week for this episode is Divination, which is the new course the trio begins together this year, taught by Professor Trelawney.