Desrtopa comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 9 - Less Wrong

10 Post author: Oscar_Cunningham 09 September 2011 01:29PM

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Comment author: Desrtopa 09 September 2011 10:11:36PM 5 points [-]

Evidence for: the most powerful wizards we know of never have Animagus forms (Grindelwald, Dumbledore, Voldemort, the Founders of Hogwarts, Merlin) that are mentioned.

Voldemort is an unregistered animagus in MoR canon.

Comment author: gwern 09 September 2011 11:06:19PM 0 points [-]

You mean Quirrel? Quirrel no longer seeks power directly through battle magic, and the more I think on him actually the more he seems like a wildcard blowing up all sorts of theories.

Comment author: Desrtopa 09 September 2011 11:12:30PM 5 points [-]

Tom Riddle, who became Voldemort, is the one who added to his list of rules

Become an animagus.