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title: "2.9 The Writing on the Wall"
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date: 2020-04-20T07:30:55-04:00
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draft: false
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tags:
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- Chamber of Secrets
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episodeTitle: "The Writing on the Wall"
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episodeSubtitle: "Harry had never told Ron and Hermione that the Sorting Hat had seriously considered putting him in Slytherin. He could remember, as though it was yesterday, the small voice that had spoken in his ear when he'd placed the hat on his head a year before: You could be great, you know, it's all here in your head, and Slytherin would help you on the way to greatness, no doubt about that..."
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episodeLength: 67970404
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episodeURL: https://cdn.podtrificustotalus.com/chamber/209TheWritingOnTheWall.mp3
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episodeDuration: 1:33:41
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episodeSeason: 2
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episodeNumber: 9
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featuredImage: /pottermore/209.webp
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---
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{{< audio src="https://cdn.podtrificustotalus.com/chamber/209TheWritingOnTheWall.mp3" >}}
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This week on Podtrificus Totalus, a Harry Potter podcast done chapter by chapter, book by book, Cassie and Joe debate whether Squibs should be allowed to attend Hogwarts for chapter nine of *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, "The Writing on the Wall."
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Having just been discovered at the scene of Mrs. Norris's petrification, Harry, Ron, and Hermione are interrogated by their professors about their involvement. They're released, but they have questions about the Chamber of Secrets that need answering--and a mystery they have to solve before all the Muggle-born students in the school are targeted.
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We make a number of references to outside sources, which are listed below:
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- Transmogrify in the *Oxford English Dictionary*
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- [Everything you need to know about Squibs](https://www.wizardingworld.com/features/everything-you-need-to-know-about-squibs) on Wizarding World
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- Squib in the *Oxford English Dictionary*
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- [Professor Binns](https://www.hp-lexicon.org/character/cuthbert-binns/) on the Harry Potter Lexicon
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- [Rowling's planning document for Prisoner of Azkaban](https://www.hp-lexicon.org/source/other-canon/jkr/jkr-com-scrapbook/10b_written_names_reverse/), which includes a first name for Professor Binns on the Harry Potter Lexicon (spoiler warning for *Prisoner of Azkaban*)
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- [Rowling on the inspiration for Professor Binns](https://alchemy.hp-lexicon.org/source/nymph/) (1998)
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- [Hogwarts Ghosts](https://www.wizardingworld.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/hogwarts-ghosts) on Wizarding World
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- [Godric Gryffindor](https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Godric_Gryffindor#Etymology) on the Harry Potter Wiki
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- [July 2007 Wizard of the Month](https://web.archive.org/web/20070701203748/http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/wotm.cfm) on J.K. Rowling's Official Site, archived by the Wayback Machine
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- [The Giant Squid is Godric Gryffindor in disguise](https://web.archive.org/web/20070516064523/http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/) on J.K. Rowling's Official Site, archived by the Wayback Machine
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- [Helga Hufflepuff](https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Helga_Hufflepuff#Etymology) on the Harry Potter Wiki
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- [May 2007 Wizard of the Month](https://web.archive.org/web/20070505023229/http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/wotm.cfm) on J.K. Rowling's Official Site, archived by the Wayback Machine
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- [Salazar Slytherin's namesake](https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/852974465587847168) on J.K. Rowling's Twitter
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- [The stories of the Hogwarts founders](https://www.wizardingworld.com/features/stories-of-the-hogwarts-founders) on Wizarding World
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- [Salazar Slytherin reconciled with the other founders toward the end of his life](https://www.hp-lexicon.org/source/other-canon/jkr/jkr-w3/) on the Harry Potter Lexicon
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- [Rowena Ravenclaw](https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Rowena_Ravenclaw#Etymology) on the Harry Potter Wiki
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- [Rowena Name Meaning](https://nameberry.com/babyname/Rowena) on Nameberry
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- [Rowena Ravenclaw](https://www.hp-lexicon.org/character/rowena-ravenclaw/) on the Harry Potter Lexicon
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- [Information on the Harry Potter Token Zone](https://www.beyondhogwarts.com/story.20041109.html) on Beyond Hogwarts
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- [August 2007 Wizard of the Month](https://web.archive.org/web/20070815230002/http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/wotm.cfm) on J.K. Rowling's Official Site, archived by the Wayback Machine
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- *Ultimate Unofficial Guide to the Mysteries of Harry Potter* by Galadriel Waters (Ed. Astre Mithrandir; Published by Wizarding World Press in 2003)
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Our Spell of the Week this week is an unnamed Transfiguration spell that Fred uses to transform Ron's teddy bear into a spider after Ron breaks his toy broomstick.
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