undermind comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 26, chapter 97 - Less Wrong
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It's even worse than this; Harry did not have his pouch as he went in.
A plausible response is that Harry wrote it out during the waiting period before the Malfoys entered.
Wait, even if he did write it in the meeting room, can't the Eye of Vance see through walls?
Now I want to know what exactly the limit of Moody's superpower is. How far can the Eye see in every direction? How many barriers can it see through? How far can it "zoom", if at all? To what resolution? Can the Eye read fine print from 1000 feet away?
Nope.
Technically, that quote doesn't say where he wrote it. It just says he did his research first.
Ah, you're right. This raises the question: is this a plot hole, or is Eliezer giving us a subtle hint that the person we think is Moody was in fact someone polyjuiced as Moody, without the real Eye of Vance?
Now you're just being paranoid.
Which is totally appropriate.
So...maybe.
"What the crap" is also not a very Moody-like exclamation.
...That's a very Harry-like exclamation. But I don't think even HJPEV could manage to replace Mad-Eye Moody with a Polyjuiced and Time-Turned version of himself. But then again, this whole chapter was in distant third person, and we don't know what Harry knows or how he knows it...
I could OTOH easily imagine him saying "What the hell" instead.
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