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gjm comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 21, chapters 91 & 92 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ygert 04 July 2013 12:05:04PM 10 points [-]

So, what did Harry do in that minute and a half he had with Hermione's body?

My best guess is that he transfigured her body into something, then transfigured something else into a copy of her body. Either that or he just used partial transfiguration on her brain and left the rest of the body behind as unimportant.

It's just not like Harry to just abandon his efforts to preserve her body, especially after he took care to keep it cold. If he has her brain transfigured into a coin or something, that should suffice as a preservation method.

Comment author: gjm 04 July 2013 02:16:21PM 6 points [-]

On the one hand, some things make it look like he did something of great significance there. (Which is why this subthread is happening at all.)

On the other hand, ch.92 seems to show Harry, from his own point of view, at least convinced that Hermione is lost-and-gone-for-ever and that there's nothing he can do about it. Which means that either Eliezer is deceiving his readers in ways I think he wouldn't, or Harry has managed to memory-charm himself, or he hasn't done anything that (from his own perspective) gives a substantial chance of saving or recovering her. The first two of those three options seem pretty unlikely to me.

Comment author: linkhyrule5 04 July 2013 11:12:43PM *  5 points [-]

It strikes me that Harry just asked how to use Memory Charms, and he has access to a time turner...