ThrustVectoring comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 25, chapter 96 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ThrustVectoring 26 July 2013 05:16:22PM 1 point [-]

Or Quirrelmort is not the Sauron of this story but will help Harry to defeat the main bad guy Death. This could be a really cool ending, but I doubt that it would fit in the remaining arch.

Read Eliezer's short story "The Sword of Good". I half-expect a "The 'good' wizard is only playing the role and really isn't helping make the world be a better place, while the 'evil' wizard is actually the righteous one".

Comment author: wuncidunci 27 July 2013 07:53:47AM 1 point [-]

I've read it but didn't consider the possibility of a twist like that here as well.

Comment author: MugaSofer 29 July 2013 08:11:10AM 0 points [-]

At this point, I think "Quirrel is secretly good, he just acts evil for his own amusement/cynicism" simply isn't layered enough for that to really be what's behind the mask. After all, it's what he shows to Harry.