Ritalin comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 19, chapter 88-89 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Ritalin 30 June 2013 02:47:31AM 0 points [-]

-And Dumbledore arrives a couple of seconds too late.

Comment author: ArisKatsaris 30 June 2013 03:09:55AM 17 points [-]

Since he traveled there because he sensed her death, that's neither surprising nor contrived.

Comment author: Decius 30 June 2013 03:46:10AM 2 points [-]

DIdn't Malfoy have to die slowly, because the wards on the castle detect serious injury?

Comment author: ArisKatsaris 30 June 2013 02:41:50PM 4 points [-]

I think that's true, but I'd lean towards this discrepancy being a plot-point rather than a plot-hole.

Comment author: ikrase 30 June 2013 06:59:21AM 0 points [-]

They went over this, too.

Dumbledore may have had other things to do, possibly, as he may have needed to arm up or something.

Comment author: Decius 01 July 2013 12:06:49AM 2 points [-]

Dumbledore spending too much time preparing before going to save a student is not one of his flaws.