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Velorien 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: Desrtopa 05 July 2013 01:49:42PM 1 point [-]

Or the Killing Curse destroys the soul (as does the Dementor's Kiss), whereas bleeding to death merely releases it from the body.

In the original HP canon, people killed by AK appeared to Harry near the end of the last book, when he ambiguously crosses over into the afterlife.

Comment author: Velorien 05 July 2013 02:11:25PM 7 points [-]

McGonagall tells Harry that the Killing Curse "strikes at the soul, severing it from the body".

Comment author: Desrtopa 05 July 2013 07:34:10PM 3 points [-]

On the other hand, Quirrell says that it will "instantly kill anything with a brain." I'd be careful about assigning too much evidence to McGonagall's pronouncement, since it's likely that she doesn't really have the information necessary to isolate that conclusion.

Comment author: Intrism 05 July 2013 02:17:07PM *  0 points [-]

Or the Killing Curse destroys the soul (as does the Dementor's Kiss), whereas bleeding to death merely releases it from the body.

McGonagall tells Harry that the Killing Curse "strikes at the soul, severing it from the body".

Well, looks like that objection is dealt with.

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