EndlessStrategy comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 26, chapter 97 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: EndlessStrategy 18 August 2013 09:23:27PM 3 points [-]

I don't quite understand: why is Draco so upset in this chapter? Is it because he's playing the role his father expects of him? It's not like he obtained any new information about what Harry was trying to do since the Self Actualization chapters. He already knew that he was being manipulated to give up blood purity. So what's the issue?

Comment author: Gurkenglas 19 August 2013 02:38:44AM *  2 points [-]

Up until then, he thought Harry accidentally took his belief in blood purism from him, along with his ability to become a faithful Death Eater. Now Lord Malfoy has told him that no such belief-sacrificing rituals exist, and Draco realizes that it was no accident and not everything that Harry taught Draco about how the world works (existence of Scientific Rituals) was true.

Comment author: Velorien 19 August 2013 01:48:00PM 0 points [-]

How would Lord Malfoy be able to refute the existence of Scientific Rituals?

Comment author: Gurkenglas 19 August 2013 07:32:48PM *  3 points [-]

We don't know, but it is quite likely that he did since the lies/tricks-exchange, containing this:

What I told you was a self-fulfilling prophecy; you believed that you couldn't deceive yourself, so you didn't try.

clearly can only have referred to Harry telling Draco that he doesn't believe in Blood Purism anymore, and Draco must have figured that one out somehow.