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pedanterrific comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 11 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: pedanterrific 23 March 2012 03:32:12AM *  3 points [-]

You don't? I think he's already got it subconsciously:

And in the Most Ancient Hall of the Wizengamot an icy voice rang out, speech the color of liquid nitrogen, pitched too high for that it came from too young a throat, and that voice said, "Lucius Malfoy."

seemed a pretty clear reference to

Then the other voice spoke, high-pitched like the hiss of a teakettle, and it was like dry ice laid on Harry's every nerve, like a brand of metal cooled to liquid helium temperatures and laid on every part of him.

Comment author: Alsadius 23 March 2012 05:14:00AM 7 points [-]

We're talking about a kid who literally spoke a language designed for a different species without noticing.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 23 March 2012 05:18:31AM 0 points [-]

True, but that's in canon also. It may just be that instinctive.

Comment author: Alsadius 23 March 2012 05:39:53AM 2 points [-]

Sure, but coming out with a scary voice when he's trying to sound intimidating is a lot less odd than coming out sounding like a snake. If he didn't notice the latter, he's not likely to notice the former, in canon or in MoR.

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