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Prof Responds: The Shawls, Sherry, and Shenanigans of Sybill Trelawney
Season 2 Episode 19
If Sybill Trelawney was wrong all the time, how is it that she keeps being right? From crystal balls to crystal-clear prophecies, shawls to sherry, t…
1 year, 2 months ago
Sybill Trelawney: Seeing, but Not Believed
Season 2 Episode 18
What happens to a seer in a world that refuses to see her?
In this episode of Critical Magic Theory, Professor Julian Wamble opens the third eye and d…
1 year, 2 months ago
Prof Response- Bigger than the Box: the Rubeus Hagrid Story
Season 2 Episode 17
In this Prof Responds episode of Critical Magic Theory, Professor Julian Wamble returns to the larger-than-life figure of Rubeus Hagrid, unpacking th…
1 year, 2 months ago
Caretaker, Friend, Scapegoat: The Rubeus Hagrid Story
Season 2 Episode 16
This is not just a story about a lovable half-giant. It is a story about the monsters society teaches us to see—and the people we discard because the…
1 year, 2 months ago
Prof Responds- The Umbridge Trap
Season 2 Episode 15
On this Prof Responds episode of Critical Magic Theory, Professor Julian Wamble returns to the woman in pink—Dolores Jane Umbridge—to unpack the powe…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Devil Wears Pink: The Violence, Villainy, and Vanity of Dolores Umbridge
Season 2 Episode 14
On this episode of Critical Magic Theory, Professor Julian Wamble dives into the soft-voiced, hard-hearted horror that is Dolores Jane Umbridge.
She …
1 year, 3 months ago
Prof Responds- Gilderoy Lockhart: Ravenclaw or Ravenfraud?
Season 2 Episode 13
In this Prof Responds episode of Critical Magic Theory, Professor Julian Wamble dives into the dazzling disaster that is Gilderoy Lockhart—our favori…
1 year, 3 months ago
Fame Is a Fickle Fraud: Here Lies Gilderoy Lockhart
Season 2 Episode 12
What would you do to be remembered?
This week on Critical Magic Theory, Professor Julian Wamble dives deep into the shimmering shallows of Gilderoy Lo…
1 year, 3 months ago
Prof Responds- Mom or Mess, Petty or Possessed: McGonagall & Quirrell
Season 2 Episode 11
What do maternal tropes, mediocre men, and magical possession all have in common?
In this "Prof Responses" episode, Professor Julian Wamble returns t…
1 year, 3 months ago
Ambition and Audacity: The Two Faces of Quirinus Quirrell
Season 2 Episode 10
What if the villain wasn’t overtaken—but offered himself up?
In this episode of Critical Magic Theory, Professor Julian Wamble dives into the sweaty,…
1 year, 4 months ago