atorm comments on HPMOR: What could've been done better? - Less Wrong

5 Post author: Anubhav 28 January 2012 01:31PM

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Comment author: atorm 28 January 2012 11:39:33PM 15 points [-]

I LIKE subtlety. It flatters my ego if I see it, and if I don't, I don't know that I'm missing it. I hate how modern cop dramas feel the need to explain the significance of every clue to the viewer as soon as a character understands it. If you miss it, you'll eventually figure it out when the plot comes around to it.

Comment author: Anubhav 29 January 2012 06:28:31AM 13 points [-]

I LIKE subtlety. It flatters my ego if I see it, and if I don't, I don't know that I'm missing it.

Data point. I started this thread to complain about the blood of Atlantis. The conclusion is based on a long chain of conjunctive reasoning that basically feels like an asspull. Harry has absolutely no good reason to believe something that complex.

Then I when I went looking for the link, I realised that.... The chapter's called "Hold Off on Proposing Solutions".

The feeling of "that's epic"-ness cannot be described in words.

Comment author: Grognor 29 January 2012 10:33:44PM 1 point [-]

Well, I hope you think it's okay that my tastes differ from yours.