SilentCal 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: Yvain 25 February 2015 07:08:27PM *  25 points [-]

So Harry gets his wand back, gets his pouch back, Voldemort resurrects Hermione with superpowers, then Voldemort becomes super-weak, his horcruxes mysteriously stop working, and he mentions this is happening loudly enough for Harry to hear and kill him?

Either this is still all in the mirror, or Harry needs to buy lottery tickets right away.

Comment author: SilentCal 25 February 2015 08:34:57PM 32 points [-]

Or this is a big setup by Voldemort. Saying "I must make a Horcrux" out loud is the giveaway; I doubt even Harry's fantasy of a beatable Voldemort would be that stupid.

My guess (conditioned on this not being the mirror) is that Voldemort gave Harry his pouch and wand and then faked weakness to trick Harry into attacking him so that he could kill Harry without violating his prior promise. He resurrected a nearly-immortal Hermione to dissuade Harry from ripping the stars apart in case killing him failed, as part of his defense-in-depth strategy against the prophecy. Since he could have tricked Harry by much simpler means if that were the only goal, he can say in Parseltongue that restoring her counsel is the greater part of his motivation.

Comment author: Benito 26 February 2015 12:41:05AM 3 points [-]

hat tip