Unnamed comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, March 2015, chapter 116 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Unnamed 05 March 2015 12:24:27AM 6 points [-]

A couple guesses about scenes that might be coming:

Harry has a (mostly) honest conversation with Moody about what happened to Voldemort, with an eye to adding more safeguards. They consult with the world's foremost expert on memory-charming powerful wizards into insignificance, Gilderoy Lockhart.

Hermione is determined to rescue Dumbledore from the Mirror, and a phoenix comes to her because of it.

Comment author: Velorien 05 March 2015 12:30:19AM *  14 points [-]

I cannot for a second imagine Moody allowing Harry to hold on to Tom Riddle. There are too many ways in which keeping a superpowered, immortal amnesiac former villain on your person could go wrong. Harry must anticipate this, so can't consult Moody.

Comment author: Unnamed 05 March 2015 01:12:15AM 3 points [-]

Perhaps. But Moody did defer to Dumbledore, keeping Moody totally in the dark doesn't seem like a plausible option, and Harry explained to McGonagall in chapter 14 that he had enough common sense to seek out the appropriate experts in situations like this (or discovering Salazar's Chamber).