Phigment comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, February 2015, chapter 111 - Less Wrong

3 Post author: b_sen 25 February 2015 06:52PM

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Comment author: b_sen 25 February 2015 07:20:00PM 0 points [-]

True, but then Voldemort performed magical rituals on Hermione. I imagine that ritual magic would also count as magic interacting, although it's possible that it doesn't.

It's also possible that the Patronus is somehow protective from whatever Dark magic Voldemort just attempted (and needed to kill Quirrell for). Good point, in any case.

Comment author: Phigment 25 February 2015 07:30:42PM 1 point [-]

You're right, I would expect the troll and unicorn merges to have caused interaction. Hmm.

Seems, then, like the resonance is more a complication of doing unusual things with the horcrux ritual than a matter of Voldemort's magic affecting Harry, per se.