NancyLebovitz comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 23, chapter 94 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Xachariah 08 July 2013 10:14:33PM 6 points [-]

Harry will already lose a finger if anyone finite's his ring. He practiced with the marshmallow because the rapid expansion of the rock would tear off his finger.

Ringmione isn't much more of a personal risk to him.

Comment author: Fuyu 09 July 2013 01:40:56AM 9 points [-]

This is a world where there are potions that can regrow bones in a single night. I think it wouldn't matter that much to Harry if he did lose his finger.

Comment author: fractalman 10 July 2013 04:10:28AM 1 point [-]

Cannon!harry does NOT like skele grow. I don't expect Rational!Harry would like it any more, even if he wouldn't complain about it to anyone.

Comment author: thomblake 10 July 2013 06:56:28PM 4 points [-]

No, but Hermione's life is on the line - he'd bite off his own fingers to save her.

Comment author: ikrase 09 July 2013 12:27:10AM 2 points [-]

No, the rock might crush his finger, or cause other problems, but it would push his hand out of the way, while with a ring, the center would close.

Comment author: Xachariah 09 July 2013 01:34:00AM 3 points [-]

ch 30

He'd sustained that Transfiguration for seventeen days, and would now need to start over.

Could've been worse. He could've done this fourteen days later, after Professor McGonagall had approved him to Transfigure his father's rock. That was one very good lesson to learn the easy way.

Note to self: Always remove ring from finger before completely exhausting magic.

This implies to me that that his finger would've gotten wrecked if that was a rock. Remember, finite on the rock blew out both the front and back of the troll's head. It wasn't just expanding in a confined spot; it expanded fast enough to blow out both sides. Explosive de-transfiguration. Certainly enough to tear off a 10 year old's finger.

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