MathMage comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, March 2015, chapter 114 + chapter 115 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MathMage 03 March 2015 06:40:44PM *  0 points [-]

Isn't Voldemort's body going to die in its Transfigured form? I assume Harry has a way around that, and he has a reasonably long time frame to implement a solution (at least compared to the 60 seconds he had to work with just now), but that dangling loose end is gnawing at me.

Comment author: MarkusRamikin 03 March 2015 06:47:26PM *  3 points [-]

If I understand correctly, you only suffer from transfiguring yourself or parts of yourself after returning to your original form, after the transfiguration stops being sustained and wears off.

And if you Transfigure yourself into an adult bodily form, then, when the Transfiguration wears off, you will die.

Bolding mine.

The Stone solves that. Assuming Harry grabbed it, which seems like a no brainer but I don't think was ever explicitely mentioned that he did. EDIT: Aha, it was edited in just now.

Comment author: MathMage 03 March 2015 08:34:27PM 0 points [-]

Whoops, that's, right. Thanks.

Comment author: jkadlubo 03 March 2015 06:48:03PM 1 point [-]

It's the same as with Hermione's body and the unicorns. They are stones as long as they are Transfigured. When Transfiguration stops, they will soon suffer. That's why Harry kept Hermione's body and now thinks about sustaining the Transfiguration of Voldemort all the time - he wants them to stay Transfigured until their state can be helped. He's kind of frozen now.

Comment author: MathMage 03 March 2015 08:34:18PM 0 points [-]

Ah, thanks.