#99 The Roast of Ickle Diddykins | OOTP 1, Dudley Demented

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Potter Revisited Episode #99 The Roast of Ickle Diddykins AKA Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 1 "Dudley Demented"

CW: Discussion of Suicide, PTSD

We are starting OOTP! And we are almost at 100 Episodes!
Tori discusses some OOTP book facts including an alternate death for Sirius and Mr Weasley potentially being killed
Tori and Shay discuss their memories reading this book
Did Taylor Swift write Father Figure for Arthur Weasley? (Note this was recorded before the release of TLOAS)
Tori found OOTP a bit hard to relate to at 11 years old but is looking forward to revisiting it as an adult
This is the first book that doesn't overly recap Harry's experiences in the first chapter
Is it a red flag that Dudley doesn't know who the prime minister is?
Sassy Harry is still here and we are so thankful
Mrs Figg is back
Harry being left to deal with the trauma from GOF with little support is hard to read but also more relatable as an adult
Why is Hermione at Headquarters with Ron? Is there a reason besides making Harry more isolated and feeling alone?
Dumbledore really set Harry up to fail in OOTP and we are not letting him off the hook
Harry roasting Dudley is so deserved
Quite exciting for a first chapter to have some action with the dementor attack
What does Dudley see and experience from the dementors?
We end with the reveal that Mrs Figg knows about dementors.... and potentially magic?
Snape Sucks count for Chapter 1: 0

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OOTP Facts

Music:

Shelter Song by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/