the conversation between McGonagall and Quirrell
This isn't relevant to your comment here, but I was amused in the light of recent events by the following remark in that conversation:
"James Potter," said Professor Quirrell, his eyes narrowing. "The boy is not much like James Potter. [...]"
Back on topic:
Quirrell's plot is to manipulate Harry into a certain mental state, which is directly related to the gesture he made to McGonagall
Maaaaybe. But in that conversation it seems to me as if the mental state he's referring to and gesturing at is something like "determination to do away with death by all means possible" and while Q might be bluffing when he indicates to anyone who'll listen that Harry's attempts are likely to have diastrous consequences, I'm more inclined to take him more or less at face value there.
Two new short chapters! Since the next one is coming tomorrow and we know it'll be short, let's use one thread for both.
This is a new thread to discuss Eliezer Yudkowsky’s Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality and anything related to it. This thread is intended for discussing chapter 105 (and chapter 106, once it comes out tomorrow). EDIT: based on Alsadius' comment about thread creation for MOR chapters, let's also use this thread for chapter 107 (and future chapters until this nears 500 comments) unless someone objects to doing so. Given that this is the final arc we're talking about, thread titles should be updated to indicate chapters covered.
There is a site dedicated to the story at hpmor.com, which is now the place to go to find the authors notes and all sorts of other goodies. AdeleneDawner has kept an archive of Author’s Notes. (This goes up to the notes for chapter 76, and is now not updating. The authors notes from chapter 77 onwards are on hpmor.com.)
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