- how is it that the sorting hat is so much of a secret? Hermione read Hogwarts a History and yet it wasn't mentioned? And surely the wizarding parents would have said SOMETHING, at least some of them?
- fighting a troll is never mentioned while they wait to be sorted, Ron just says that his brothers called it a type of test. There's no interaction with Draco or any other student while they wait
- the sorting hat is never cleaned. Patched and dirty.
- I can't help but wonder what happens to the dripping wax from the floating candles. Are they enchanted not to drip or melt? Or does the dripping wax vanish before falling? And why candles? They don't give off a lot of light and with them floating the light isn't exactly shining where it should. And with the amount of candles needed to light the entire hall, that would be a LOT of heat. Seems rather inefficient when you can summon light from a wand, surely there's other ways to make light sources in the magical world?
- the hat specifically says that you can make your real friends in Slytherin. Think about what that says about the other houses
- only after the hat stops singing does Ron whisper that Fred said they'd have to wrestle a troll
- I agree with Harry, being sorted in front of everyone would be very nerve wracking
-(facing away from teacher table) hufflepuff table to the right, ravenclaw second from left, gryffindor is far left, so slytherin is second from the right
- Hermione was a quick decision but Neville took awhile
- honestly, what would happen if one house only got like 5 students while another got like 30????
- "the dursleys had never exactly starved Harry, but he'd never been allowed to eat as much as he liked."
- poor sir Nicholas, he really dislikes being called nearly headless.
- how is it that slytherin has won the house cup 6 years in a row? I thought Gryffindor has gotten it while Charlie had been in school? Or was that just the quidditch cup?
- I really want to punch great uncle algie
- and finally quirrells turbin is mentioned
- the fact that students take Dumbledores death threat seriously really makes me question the magical education system.
- the hogwarts song is absolutely ridiculous
- of I'd gone to hogwarts, I'd have gotten lost constantly. Seriously, so many hidden doorways just to get to the dorms
- they get to the dorms and no rules, no welcome speech, nothing
- harry had a nightmare about quirrells turbin telling him to transfer into Slytherin and I can't help but wonder if that was the first time Voldemort tried to connect to Harry