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Comment author: gwern 16 April 2010 10:10:03PM 1 point [-]

How proud of myself should I feel for figuring out how Comed-Tea works before Harry did?

Not very. Tons of commentators glommed onto the non-time-warping explanation, and the fic all but tells us that this is a possibility, especially with the experiment vignette with Hermione on the train.

(Personally, I don't like the idea that the Comed-Tea affects only Harry; that mechanism leaves Luna Lovegood as an ethically depraved libeller.)

Comment author: arundelo 16 April 2010 11:57:43PM 1 point [-]

that mechanism leaves Luna Lovegood as an ethically depraved libeller.

Or just charmingly nutty.

Comment author: CronoDAS 16 April 2010 10:18:27PM 1 point [-]

Or her father, at least. (I think there was an author's note about this - she says vague things and he turns them into ridiculous headlines.)

Comment author: gwern 16 April 2010 11:53:42PM 0 points [-]

I think there was an author's note about this

Well, that's just great - how am I supposed to know that now with Eliezer's little erasure system?

she says vague things and he turns them into ridiculous headlines.

I suppose better Xenophilius being a depraved libeller than Luna... although as an adult it's even more inexcusable.

Comment author: CronoDAS 21 April 2010 01:36:17AM 1 point [-]

I was looking over the old chapters and I found this:

One alert reviewer asked whether, if Luna is a seer, that means this is going to be an HPDM bottom!Draco mpreg fic. I regret that FFN does not allow me any larger font size in which to say NO. It honestly hadn't occurred to me that Luna might be a real seer - I'll have to decide whether to run with that or not - but I think we can all safely assume that if Luna is a seer, she said something about "light planting a seed in darkness", and Xenophilius, as always, interpreted this in rather the wrong way.

Comment author: Cyan 16 April 2010 11:14:55PM 0 points [-]

Good to know.

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