gwillen comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, February 2015, chapter 113 - Less Wrong

8 Post author: Gondolinian 28 February 2015 08:23PM

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Comment author: tohu 28 February 2015 08:38:03PM 14 points [-]

Beneath the moonlight glints a tiny fragment of silver, a fraction of a line... (black robes, falling) ...blood spills out in litres, and someone screams a word.

I'm relatively confident that this quote is a part of the solution. Maybe Harry partially transfigures a monofilament blade and starts cutting down everything.

Comment author: gwillen 28 February 2015 08:43:42PM 4 points [-]

Some pieces that maybe got put together over in the Reddit thread: We've SEEN Harry transfigure carbon nanotubes before.

Comment author: skeptical_lurker 28 February 2015 10:04:01PM 4 points [-]

Carbon nanotubes have poor sheer strength, and would not make a good cutting weapon. Presumably diamons cannot break sheilds, as someone would have tried that by now. Plus, carbon nanotubes are black, not silver.

Comment author: LauralH 03 March 2015 05:07:58AM 0 points [-]

I'm pretty sure that was Hermione.