Vaniver 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: Vaniver 03 March 2015 10:19:30PM * 1 point [-]

this is highly unusual for an obliviation

That's the resonance effect from casting a spell on another Tom Riddle, I think. (Was it also there for the transfiguration? Why not?)

Comment author: hairyfigment 04 March 2015 12:07:59AM 0 points [-]

While it would be amusing if the resonance created fire for Dark Lord Tom and mini-Patroni for Harry, I don't think magic is quite that symbolic.

Comment author: TobyBartels 04 March 2015 05:50:09AM * 0 points [-]

Magic is extremely symbolic. I don't know if this is what EY intended, but it makes sense to me.

Comment author: Izeinwinter 03 March 2015 10:59:58PM 0 points [-]

That attack wasn't actually magic. Not at the point where he attacked Voldemort. He was literally pulling on a physical thread.

Comment author: Transfuturist 03 March 2015 11:35:36PM * 4 points [-]

He was not pulling, he was transfiguring it shorter. And IIRC transfigured materials cause the resonance regardless.

Comment author: Astazha 03 March 2015 11:03:44PM 2 points [-]

But it was transfigured by Harry's magic. There does not appear to have been a resonance from it, though, which surprised me.

Comment author: Vaniver 03 March 2015 11:01:44PM * 0 points [-]

I mean when he transfigured Voldemort into something to take with him. (That did happen, right? Or did I misinterpret that?)

Comment author: TobyBartels 04 March 2015 05:48:26AM 0 points [-]

Yes, and the resonance weakened as the transfiguration progressed. Make of that what you will.