gjm comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 4 - Less Wrong

3 Post author: gjm 07 October 2010 09:12PM

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Comment author: gjm 10 October 2010 12:33:12PM 2 points [-]

Er, I thought Harry was one of Voldemort's horcruxes in canon, or something very much like one.

Comment author: knb 10 October 2010 06:53:21PM *  2 points [-]

Whoops, you're right about that. Though, according to wiki Harry isn't technically a Horcrux:

Voldemort inadvertently sealed a fragment of his soul within Harry Potter while attempting to murder him. Rowling has explicitly stated that Harry never became a proper "Dark object" since the Horcrux spell was not cast.

So you can hold a part of a guy's soul and not be a horcrux?! This is why HPMOR is better than canon.

Comment author: ArisKatsaris 12 October 2010 04:31:44PM 1 point [-]

It's better than canon... because you disagree on what the definition of a made-up word should be?

I'm guessing that if Harry had been a proper "dark object', he'd never have been vulnerable to ordinary injury, same as the other Horcruxes weren't vulnerable to ordinary injury.

Comment author: knb 12 October 2010 07:42:30PM 0 points [-]

It just seems like such an arbitrary distinction. You're right, though. There are many ways this fic is better than canon, and that is a very minor component.