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CronoDAS comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 18, chapter 87 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: CronoDAS 23 December 2012 12:19:27AM *  2 points [-]

I agree with the "undifferentiated gossiping mass" bit.

Me too; I can't remember the differences between the various female students that aren't Hermione. They feel like background - possibly because they don't interact with Harry very much and they spend most of their on-screen time talking to each other.

Comment author: ArisKatsaris 23 December 2012 11:22:28AM 8 points [-]

I feel that the SPHEW arc clearly differentiated half a dozen girls' personalities.

I still wouldn't really know much about Dean Thomas vs Seamus Finnigan. Do you really feel that you couldn't tell apart Tracey's and Susan's characters?

Comment author: CronoDAS 23 December 2012 12:01:59PM *  -1 points [-]

I don't even remember the names of the different girls. There's one named Susan?

Then again, I don't remember the minor male characters you mentioned either...

::goes and looks up chapter 87 again::

You know, I thought that "Hypothesis: Hermione Granger" section actually was just the usual gang of girls talking again. I didn't even notice that it wasn't until just now...

Comment author: ArisKatsaris 23 December 2012 12:18:16PM *  10 points [-]

Well here's a reminder of the SPHEW members for the benefit of all: The following is the impression I've already gotten from their personalities

From Hufflepuff:
Susan Bones - cautious, loyal, feeling they're getting into DOOM and trying to avert it.
Hannah Abbot - smaller than the rest, shy, but trying too hard sometimes in order to impress the others - and Neville

From Slytherin:
Tracey Davis - very theatrical, very very eager, getting into the Darke Lady spirit, most silly of the girls, wants Draco and Harry for her husbands
Daphne Greengrass - attempts to seem dignified and self-controlled as befits her Most Ancient House, also crushing on Neville

From Ravenclaw:
Hermione
Padma Patil - currently trying to find a non-evil way of not-falling-back-into harmony with her sister Parvati)

From Gryffindor:
Lavender Brown - most enthusiastic about the hero/superhero thing, with costumes and catchphrases and such
Parvati Patil- only one who's personality I'm not certain about.