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CronoDAS comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 14, chapter 82 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: CronoDAS 07 April 2012 10:25:04AM 1 point [-]

Using Parseltongue to get a snake to do something is supposed to be persuasion, not mind control. (Although getting a snake brain to understand what you want would take quite the feat of magic... they're not social animals and they aren't as smart as, say, dogs.)

Comment author: pedanterrific 09 April 2012 02:15:01AM 1 point [-]

Using Parseltongue to get a snake to do something is supposed to be persuasion, not mind control.

If this is stated or implied anywhere in the fic, I can't find it. What are you referring to?

Comment author: CronoDAS 09 April 2012 02:27:09AM 1 point [-]

Well, it's what I assumed from reading the original books...

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