SoullessAutomaton comments on The Hero With A Thousand Chances - Less Wrong

62 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 31 July 2009 04:25AM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 31 July 2009 06:23:47AM 0 points [-]

So you also associated to her specifically? I noticed the similarity while writing, but didn't think it would be noticeable while reading. Guess I was wrong. I'll rewrite slightly - if that's noticeable to others, it bothers me.

Comment author: SoullessAutomaton 02 August 2009 02:21:16AM 0 points [-]

For what it's worth, I also thought of Shiara immediately when I read it last night, largely because of the "summoning an offworlder with mysterious knowledge" premise combined with the shared archtype and the "dead lover" bit.