MWA: Muggles With Attitude

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We watched the 8th movie of the 7-part series, the epic conclusion to the unepic story. Our verdict: suprisingly not good.We are Alice Sullivan (@alicemsullivan), Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake (@jeff_lake).Support us on Patreon!Music: Backyard Adventure by Hans Hylkema, licensed under CC-BY 4.0.

The the seventh movie of the series, or the first movie of the two-movie series makes up the final entry of the series. However you want to look at it. Our verdict: surprisingly not bad!We are Alice Sullivan (@alicemsullivan), Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake (@jeff_lake).Support us on Patreon!Music: Backyard Adventure by Hans Hylkema, licensed under CC-BY 4.0.

Harry finally arrives at his long-prophesied confrontation with Voldemort. To succeed, he'll need bravery, trickery, and a really good wand. His specialties! Then we flash forward and find out who impregnated whom.We are Alice Sullivan (@alicemsullivan), Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake (@jeff_lake).Support us on Patreon!Music: Backyard Adventure by Hans Hylkema, licensed under CC-BY 4.0.

The battle is joined between the students and faculty of Hogwarts on one side and the Death Eaters with their various horrible allies on the other. In the middle of it, Harry learns even more dark secrets about his past. He just can't get enough dark secrets.Note: there appears to be a cat meowing in the background of this episode. It's just an mp3 artifact.We are Alice Sullivan (@alicemsullivan), Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake (@jeff_lake).Support us on Patreon!Music: Backyard Adventure by Hans Hylkema, licensed under CC-BY 4.0.

Harry leads one of his signature chaos attacks on Gringott's bank. It starts when they sneak in using the old invisibility cloak, then ends with a blind dragon dumping them in a lake. Then it's back to Hogwarts via Hogsmeade, with a quick stop on memory lane, courtesy of Dumbledore's shady brother.We are Alice Sullivan (@alicemsullivan), Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake (@jeff_lake).Support us on Patreon!Music: Backyard Adventure by Hans Hylkema, licensed under CC-BY 4.0.

Harry's wander-around-in-the-woods plan finally pays off when he finds the sword of Godric Gryffindor in a pond. Then they engage in rapid, violent visits to the Lovegood home and Malfoy Manor.We are Alice Sullivan (@alicemsullivan), Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake (@jeff_lake).Support us on Patreon!Music: Backyard Adventure by Hans Hylkema, licensed under CC-BY 4.0.

After their ministry mission, Harry and friends are forced to flee their Grimmauld sanctuary. They spend some time camping and bickering, then fall for the oldest trick in the book: a giant snake hidden inside a historian.We are Alice Sullivan (@alicemsullivan), Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake (@jeff_lake).Support us on Patreon!Music: Backyard Adventure by Hans Hylkema, licensed under CC-BY 4.0.

Harry and friends stage a desperate mission to the Ministry of Magic to acquire the locket horcrux. In the process they run into some old enemies and make some new ones.We are Alice Sullivan (@alicemsullivan), Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake (@jeff_lake).Support us on Patreon!Music: Backyard Adventure by Hans Hylkema, licensed under CC-BY 4.0.

Harry and his friends celebrate first his birthday then a Weasley wedding. The latter is crashed by a passel of Death Eaters looking for some death to eat. Luckily Harry, Ron, and Hermione escape to his recently inherited unfindable house.We are Alice Sullivan (@alicemsullivan), Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake (@jeff_lake).Support us on Patreon!Music: Backyard Adventure by Hans Hylkema, licensed under CC-BY 4.0.