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

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Comment author: MarkusRamikin 03 March 2015 10:18:42AM *  0 points [-]

Sorry if it's been clarified before, but do we know who the Weasley twins got to Reverse Memory Charm Rita Skeeter?

Comment author: lerjj 03 March 2015 04:40:40PM 1 point [-]

I think Dumbledore's been suggested, but I have no idea and I'm pretty sure there isn't conclusive evidence anywhere.

Comment author: MarkusRamikin 03 March 2015 08:58:00PM *  0 points [-]

Hm. Minerva wouldn't do it. If Snape would, the Weasleys wouldn't know that.

Dumbledore at least knows it was the Weasleys, so I count that as weak evidence towards him...

Quirrel was probably not involved. His extra strong reaction to Harry mentioning that the newpaper spoke of a prophecy suggests he was not pretending ignorance during that whole conversation, since that reaction probably came from Voldemort, not from the Quirrel-role.

But I don't know that it even had to be someone of that power level, or for that matter a Hogwarts teacher.

It's also curious why Quirrel only deduced that it was the Weasleys after he figured out the method used. What's so Weasley-like about reverse memory-charming?

Comment author: Velorien 03 March 2015 12:29:28PM 0 points [-]

I believe not.