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<h1>2.9 The Writing on the Wall</h1>
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<span class="date">20 April 2020</span>
<span class="tags"><a href="/tags/chamber-of-secrets" rel="tag">Chamber of Secrets</a></span>
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<p>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 <em>Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets</em>, &ldquo;The Writing on the Wall.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Having just been discovered at the scene of Mrs. Norris&rsquo;s petrification, Harry, Ron, and Hermione are interrogated by their professors about their involvement. They&rsquo;re released, but they have questions about the Chamber of Secrets that need answering&ndash;and a mystery they have to solve before all the Muggle-born students in the school are targeted.</p>
<p>We make a number of references to outside sources, which are listed below:</p>
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<p>Transmogrify in the <em>Oxford English Dictionary</em></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.wizardingworld.com/features/everything-you-need-to-know-about-squibs">Everything you need to know about Squibs</a> on Wizarding World</p>
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<p>Squib in the <em>Oxford English Dictionary</em></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.hp-lexicon.org/character/cuthbert-binns/">Professor Binns</a> on the Harry Potter Lexicon</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.hp-lexicon.org/source/other-canon/jkr/jkr-com-scrapbook/10b_written_names_reverse/">Rowling&rsquo;s planning document for Prisoner of Azkaban</a>, which includes a first name for Professor Binns on the Harry Potter Lexicon (spoiler warning for <em>Prisoner of Azkaban</em>)</p>
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<p><a href="https://alchemy.hp-lexicon.org/source/nymph/">Rowling on the inspiration for Professor Binns</a> (1998)</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.wizardingworld.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/hogwarts-ghosts">Hogwarts Ghosts</a> on Wizarding World</p>
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<p><a href="https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Godric_Gryffindor#Etymology">Godric Gryffindor</a> on the Harry Potter Wiki</p>
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<p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070701203748/http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/wotm.cfm">July 2007 Wizard of the Month</a> on J.K. Rowling&rsquo;s Official Site, archived by the Wayback Machine</p>
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<p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070516064523/http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/">The Giant Squid is Godric Gryffindor in disguise</a> on J.K. Rowling&rsquo;s Official Site, archived by the Wayback Machine</p>
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<p><a href="https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Helga_Hufflepuff#Etymology">Helga Hufflepuff</a> on the Harry Potter Wiki</p>
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<p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070505023229/http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/wotm.cfm">May 2007 Wizard of the Month</a> on J.K. Rowling&rsquo;s Official Site, archived by the Wayback Machine</p>
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<p><a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/852974465587847168">Salazar Slytherin&rsquo;s namesake</a> on J.K. Rowling&rsquo;s Twitter</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.wizardingworld.com/features/stories-of-the-hogwarts-founders">The stories of the Hogwarts founders</a> on Wizarding World</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.hp-lexicon.org/source/other-canon/jkr/jkr-w3/">Salazar Slytherin reconciled with the other founders toward the end of his life</a> on the Harry Potter Lexicon</p>
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<p><a href="https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Rowena_Ravenclaw#Etymology">Rowena Ravenclaw</a> on the Harry Potter Wiki</p>
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<p><a href="https://nameberry.com/babyname/Rowena">Rowena Name Meaning</a> on Nameberry</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.hp-lexicon.org/character/rowena-ravenclaw/">Rowena Ravenclaw</a> on the Harry Potter Lexicon</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.beyondhogwarts.com/story.20041109.html">Information on the Harry Potter Token Zone</a> on Beyond Hogwarts</p>
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<p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070815230002/http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/wotm.cfm">August 2007 Wizard of the Month</a> on J.K. Rowling&rsquo;s Official Site, archived by the Wayback Machine</p>
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<p><em>Ultimate Unofficial Guide to the Mysteries of Harry Potter</em> by Galadriel Waters (Ed. Astre Mithrandir; Published by Wizarding World Press in 2003)</p>
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<p>Our Spell of the Week this week is an unnamed Transfiguration spell that Fred uses to transform Ron&rsquo;s teddy bear into a spider after Ron breaks his toy broomstick.</p>
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