knb comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 7 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ShardPhoenix 14 January 2011 12:11:14PM *  8 points [-]

Chapter 67 was a lot of fun, but why was everyone just standing around long enough to have big speeches, watch individual duels, etc? Haven't they read their TVTropes? ;)

edit: Also, I'm not sure how it was meant, but Daphne seemed more like she was under a literal spell than a figurative one, given that her crush reached sanity-compromising levels so quickly. Or was it supposed to be a long-running thing?

Comment author: knb 14 January 2011 06:29:11PM *  4 points [-]

I assumed it was because none of them knew how to hit Harry, and Potter just wanted to watch a lightsaber duel. If any individual Sunny had tried to hit him with a Somnium, they knew it would probably fail, and Harry would probably curse them.

Also, I'm not sure how it was meant, but Daphne seemed more like she was under a literal spell than a figurative one, given that her crush reached sanity-compromising levels so quickly.

Sanity-compromising? Because she cast a complicated spell during a play-fight?