jimrandomh 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: jimrandomh 03 March 2015 06:47:33PM 10 points [-]

The way he set it up gives Hermione the same credit for defeating Voldemort that Harry got when he was a baby.

Comment author: fubarobfusco 03 March 2015 06:51:56PM 10 points [-]

... which conveniently explains why Hermione has super powers now.

Comment author: MarkusRamikin 03 March 2015 07:03:02PM 7 points [-]

So the Sunshine Regiment gets a Super-Hermione after all.

Comment author: Normal_Anomaly 03 March 2015 07:50:18PM 15 points [-]

Chaos General gets the Stone, Sunshine General gets superpowers, Dragon General gets No Parents.

Comment author: DanArmak 03 March 2015 09:20:11PM 13 points [-]

So each of them gets more of something they already had.

Comment author: MarkusRamikin 03 March 2015 08:47:21PM *  5 points [-]

Dragon General gets No Parents.

Not even something original. General Chaos already got that Achievement before him.

Comment author: Velorien 03 March 2015 08:58:42PM 10 points [-]

General Chaos would firmly disagree.

Comment author: MarkusRamikin 03 March 2015 09:02:03PM 5 points [-]

Only if Achievements can be revoked. He definitely had that for a short while 11 years earlier.

Comment author: Gabriel 03 March 2015 09:10:59PM 2 points [-]

Nope. He has four parents only two of whom happen to be dead.

Comment author: Normal_Anomaly 03 March 2015 09:23:57PM 2 points [-]

If you count Quirrell, he has five parents, two and a half of whom happen to be dead. In fact, the half-death of Quirrell brought his Parental Survival Rate down to 0.5, so of course Draco's had to go down to stay ahead of him.

Comment author: Transfuturist 03 March 2015 11:34:01PM *  3 points [-]

Quirrel was his fiance, not his parent.

Comment author: Jost 04 March 2015 09:18:38AM 4 points [-]

They were as close to being soul mates as two humans can possibly be.

Comment author: Normal_Anomaly 04 March 2015 11:32:17AM 1 point [-]

Oh, right, him and the time turner.

Comment author: Benito 04 March 2015 10:36:29PM -1 points [-]

Wow, inbreeding much? I'm your father and your husband.

Comment author: TobyBartels 05 March 2015 01:07:12AM *  -1 points [-]

Later Harry goes back in time and puts himself into the original baby Tom Riddle. Turns out that Voldemort hated other people because he regarded them as zombies.

Following this link will turn my previous paragraph into a spoiler for the short story at the other end of the link. You have been warned.

Comment author: SilentCal 03 March 2015 08:09:30PM 1 point [-]

Split in some to-be-determined proportion with the deceased Quirrell/Monroe.

Comment author: MathMage 03 March 2015 08:31:54PM 0 points [-]

Unless Dumbledore comes back. Even if he doesn't, Harry has made little effort to prevent people from suspecting that Quirrell was connected to Voldemort.

Comment author: SilentCal 03 March 2015 08:54:47PM 1 point [-]

Hmm... the people who might suspect this are probably few enough to address individually. Did you have anyone in mind who's likely to go public?

Comment author: MathMage 03 March 2015 09:59:32PM 1 point [-]

I...hm. Maybe I was letting hindsight bias me here.