Bathilda Bagshot

Okay

... yeah, I wanna say, like, may- it might've been, like, Bathilda Bagshot might have, like, traded places with her at some point.

Oh, okay.

Um-

She's dealing with this all by herself, her own identity, the reality of her child, and the reality of what happened to her child, all the while trying to pass, and pass enough that no one asks any questions, but fly under the radar enough that no one even notices.

And there's a lot to be said about what we can really glean from Bathilda Bagshot when she's hopped up on Veritaserum.

Now, some of us could say, "Well, she's probably telling the truth because it's a truth-telling potion," but the truth is super subjective, and we've already talked about in the last couple of episodes on Lily that memories are weird, and what you remember can really be skewed based on what you want to be true, what you believe to be true, right? You never know.

But one thing is for certain, right? Is that when you are navigating, and it's clear that they are navigating a society where at every turn there is something that would make them treat you differently, treat you poorly, treat you like you are the villain.

That, not even close, right? And so she-

Well, and she has some of those connections, like, "My mother used to know Bathilda Bagshot" and-

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

It's interesting that, you know, not just the Obscurial, but the Deathly Hallows, Grindelwald, like, this, multiple Fantastic Beasts aspects are coming up here.

Yeah.

Yeah, and Nagini is right now taking the place of Bathilda Bagshot, who gets a name drop.

Um-

Like a delicious sauce.

Mills the Magnificent, Mathilda Bagshot, killed Professor Benz.

Okie dokie.

All right, you ready? Choked him on spit.

Hey, brother! What if Bathilda Bagshot was a murderer? Yes, indeed.

It seems unlikely.

However, there is one line in particular where Hermione is talking about Bathilda Bagshot.

Right.

And on that note, I just find this whimsical as heck.

Harry gets her name from a history of magic from Bathilda Bagshot.

And Hermione tells us, you and your parents aren't mentioned, Hermione said, closing the book, because Professor Bagshot doesn't cover anything later than the end of the 19th century.

So Harry choosing the name Hedwig from that text in particular means he could have been selecting a name historically close to Perenelle as well.