Mercy: The Sacking of Severus Snape (Book 7, Chapter 30)

Harry Potter and the Sacred Text

Vanessa Zoltan, Casper ter Kuile & Ariana Nedelman

Religion & Spirituality, Books, Jk Rowling, Sprituality, Sacred, Sacred Reading, Philosophy, Harry Potter, Arts, Reading, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 13 November 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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This week, Casper and Vanessa explore the theme of Mercy in Chapter 30 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows! They discuss Harry’s unforgivable curse, Percy’s return, and Slughorn’s options! Throughout the episode we consider the question: what is the cost of mercy?

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0:00.0	Chapter 30, the Sacking of Severus Snape.
0:04.3	The moment her finger touched the mark, Harry's scar burned savagely.
0:09.8	The starry room vanished from sight, and he was standing upon an outcrop of rock beneath a cliff,
0:16.4	and the sea was washing around him, and there was triumphs in his heart.
0:22.7	I'm Vanessa Zoltan.
0:24.6	And I'm Casper Therkile.
0:26.6	And this is Harry Potter in the sacred text.
0:30.2	We're really getting to the end, babe.
0:32.4	It's...
0:33.4	I'm bringing my weapons to the Battle of Hogwarts.
0:37.2	I mean, this chapter is preparation, but it's coming.
0:40.0	Our only announcement today is that if you want to hear our every flavored bean conversation,
0:44.1	you can hear it on patreon.com slash Harry Potter's Sacred Text.
0:47.2	It is inspired by this chapter.
0:50.2	Harry Potter shows up at Hogwarts, and McGonicle is like,
0:53.7	and my question for you, Casper, is who could show up in your apartment right now that you would be equally shocked the way Minerva is shocked by Harry?
1:05.4	Shocked and delighted and scared? Like, that mix feels important. Okay, yes.
1:12.3	You can hear that on our Patreon,
1:13.9	and you can also get ad-free episodes there
1:15.7	and all sorts of other goodies there.
1:18.1	Casper, our theme this week is mercy,
1:21.1	which is different than mercy.
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