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

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Comment author: Alsadius 30 June 2013 05:07:52AM 5 points [-]

She died at age twelve. There's a limit to how much she could have accomplished - frankly, we're well past the point where accomplishments of preteens are straining the suspension of disbelief in this story, I'm just accepting it on the grounds that any story is entitled to one ludicrous premise.

Comment author: [deleted] 30 June 2013 06:13:16AM *  0 points [-]

I'm currently expecting that, once she wakes up, Hermione's firsthand experience of death will drive her to rediscover the Philosopher's Stone, not to pay off Harry's debts, but to end death altogether. Harry's quest is to defeat the symbolic Death at Azkaban, and Draco is apparently supposed to heal Slytherin House and end the prejudice against Muggleborns, however one would do that. So I hope you're wrong about that limit, because it'll make for a depressing ending; there's no shortage of problems to solve and no adults stepping forward to tackle them.

Comment author: Alsadius 30 June 2013 06:15:02AM 3 points [-]

If she gets more time on this planet, the upper bound of what she can do will of course increase.