Locke comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 13, chapter 81 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Locke 28 March 2012 03:30:46AM 2 points [-]

Never read that either. Is it like Time Braid?

Comment author: pedanterrific 28 March 2012 03:35:49AM 8 points [-]

Time Braid is far, far better than Chunin Exam Day. For many reasons, including not being written by a sociopath.

Comment author: MatthewBaker 28 March 2012 03:44:21AM 2 points [-]

Time Braid is what Chunin Exam Day could have been without a Harem and with a more convincing polyamorous shipping. Its a much better and less drawn out story, for instance there are many other complete AU remakes that go as long and as deeply as HPMOR. However, HPMOR doesn't have the vast amount of fluff and filler that many of the 6/7 multipart fics seem to have(barring SA which I enjoyed greatly).

Comment author: thelittledoctor 28 March 2012 03:49:19AM 1 point [-]

SA?

Comment author: Anubhav 28 March 2012 04:28:36AM 1 point [-]

Self-Actualization.

Comment author: thelittledoctor 28 March 2012 03:48:04AM 0 points [-]

The difference is primarily one of quality. Time Braid is excellent, provided one is willing to accept the rewritten cosmology, while Chunin Exam Day is pretty much universally considered to be refuse.

Comment author: Locke 28 March 2012 04:07:14AM 0 points [-]

I'm still not sure what specifically is wrong with PKH. The first chapter looks interesting so far...

Comment author: thelittledoctor 28 March 2012 04:11:54AM *  1 point [-]

I actually found it fairly enjoyable as well for the first few chapters. I didn't realize how much I hated it until I came to <rot13>Qhzoyrqber'f guvegrragu Ubepehk</rot13>.

Of course, the mere existence of that spoiler may make you want to read more just to find out how on earth such a thing could happen.

Comment author: Locke 28 March 2012 04:17:07AM 2 points [-]

Good prediction.

Comment author: pedanterrific 09 April 2012 03:28:13AM 0 points [-]

Out of curiosity, what's your current opinion on the story?

Comment author: Locke 09 April 2012 04:39:13AM 1 point [-]

Tried to stick with it, got bored shortly after they met a Fairy Queen or something.