sfb comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 5 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: sfb 05 December 2010 04:32:32AM *  0 points [-]

Also, Merlin in T.H. White's The Once and Future King lives his life backwards in time, from old age to youth - is that canon!Merlin, and does that property carry over to the Merlin to whom the characters refer in HP:MOR?

Comment author: shokwave 05 December 2010 05:00:03AM 0 points [-]

Merlin is not in the canon except as a curse-word of sorts (By Merlin's beard!).

Comment author: Desrtopa 05 December 2010 05:12:10AM 2 points [-]

And as the figure referenced by the Order of Merlin, which is awarded to people who perform exceptional deeds, and as the first person to get his face on a chocolate frog card