{"id":1382601,"date":"2016-12-09T10:00:19","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T15:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.sparknotes.com\/?p=1382601"},"modified":"2016-12-08T16:00:02","modified_gmt":"2016-12-08T21:00:02","slug":"its-finals-season-at-hogwarts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/its-finals-season-at-hogwarts\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Finals Season at Hogwarts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/img.sparknotes.com\/content\/sparklife\/sparktalk\/finalsathogwartsMAIN_LargeWide.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"701\" height=\"394\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>This post was originally published on December 8, 2015, but we&#8217;re bringing it back because #finals<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Meanwhile, conversations overheard in the halls of a snowy, caffeinated Hogwarts&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Dumbledore: A small Christmas treat as a token of my gratitude for all you&#8217;ve done for me, Severus<br \/>\nSnape: Albus. You shouldn&#8217;t have&#8230; How did you even know I was running low on crumpets? I thought we agreed not to get each other anything! I&#8217;m gonna kill you<br \/>\nDumbledore: Yeah can we talk<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Cedric, finding Peeves making out with his own reflection: Bloody hell!<br \/>\nPeeves: Don&#8217;t even act like you&#8217;ve never done this before<br \/>\nCedric: Yeah u right<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Ron: Professor, do you know how long the final\u2014<br \/>\nSnape: 10 points from Gryffindor<br \/>\nRon: Really<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Neville: In summation, I&#8217;ve theorized that Foxglove plants would be more medicinally useful if we pruned them early, as opposed to waiting like one would with the Tibetan Turnip.<br \/>\nFred: What?<br \/>\nGeorge: Yeah, what?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Trelawney: Did you get Snape a secret santa present yet?<br \/>\nMcGonagall: Hell to the no<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Harry: What&#8217;s wrong mate?<br \/>\nRon, looking tortured: I forgot to study an entire chapter for the Astronomy test<br \/>\nRon: Also Cormac made me eat a bubotuber and now I can&#8217;t feel my face<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Ron: Can you square root a Mandrake<br \/>\nHermione:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Crabbe, in the library: Do you ever think about how many owls per square kilometer there are at Hogwarts? So many owls, Goyle. Owls. So many. Do you?<br \/>\nGoyle: All the time<br \/>\nCrabbe: Really?<br \/>\nGoyle: No<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Harry: Why isn&#8217;t there a vending machine in the library? I&#8217;m feeling snacky<br \/>\nHermione: They were banned when Oliver Wood shoved a newt spleen into the coin slot<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Hermione: I might just pour this frigging jar of ink all over my Potions final<br \/>\nRon: YOU WON&#8217;T<br \/>\nHarry: YOU WON&#8217;T<br \/>\nHermione: I won&#8217;t<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Lavender: Why is Ron walking in circles around the statue of Merlin, holding a bottle of Advil and turning squirrels into ripe avocados?<br \/>\nDean: Transfiguration final later<br \/>\nLavender: Ah.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Harry: Happy Christmas, Professor!<br \/>\nTrelawney: I&#8217;m vegan<br \/>\nHarry: That&#8217;s not what I\u2014<br \/>\nTrelawney: No Christmas hams for me, thank you kindly<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Malfoy: You read my tealeaves for me and I&#8217;ll read yours<br \/>\nCho: Okay, I see a pig<br \/>\nMalfoy: You&#8217;re looking at me<br \/>\nCho:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Ron: Will you \u00a0<em>please<\/em> \u00a0help me with this essay, Hermione?<br \/>\nHermione: Nope noepnoenp neop nopeoe nep enop nope nope<br \/>\nRon: So a soft yes<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Drop your finals-season Hogwarts fics in the comments!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post was originally published on December 8, 2015, but we&#8217;re bringing it back because #finals. 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