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

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Comment author: Intrism 08 July 2013 07:43:41PM *  3 points [-]

Remember that Harry only needed to keep Hermione in the ring until after his stuff was searched; it strikes me as improbable that Dumbledore will demand to search the gem again. (Of course, having Hermione's body magically appear would still be a bit awkward, but the losing-a-finger part was the only one which I would expect to truly scare Harry.)

I still don't think the ring theory is correct, though. Harry has no reason to bring Hermione's body with him to the meeting; at best, it is an unnecessary risk. There's a Time-Turner theory elsewhere in the thread that seems far more elegant to me.

Comment author: westward 09 July 2013 09:57:27PM 0 points [-]

What location is safe to leave the transfigured Hermione? Hogwarts is not a safe place.

Comment author: drethelin 09 July 2013 10:14:20PM 2 points [-]

Almost anywhere where someone won't be deliberately looking for a transfigured item or where they won't accidentally pick it up. You can't search the school in general for transfigured items, it would take too long. He could simply put transfigured corpsemione into any random book in the library or hand the item to someone to hold for him for a while or put her under someone's bed or anywhere as long as he can plausible retrieve her before his transfiguration wears off.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 10 July 2013 01:49:11AM 0 points [-]

Of course, he will have problems once someone starts trailing him.

Comment author: Intrism 10 July 2013 02:02:43AM 1 point [-]

It is notoriously difficult to trail someone who is wearing the True Cloak of Invisibility, with added anti-detection charms because apparently the Deathly Hallow just wasn't enough.

Comment author: pedanterrific 10 July 2013 03:30:34AM 5 points [-]

I read that as being an excuse for the differences between Harry's Cloak and the one Neville's familiar with.