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Benito comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 22, chapter 93 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Benito 07 July 2013 08:27:44PM 3 points [-]

Chapter 93, just after Harry has spent two minutes with Hermione; McGonagall seeing Hermione

the upper body waxy and doll-like

And in chapter 53,

a small doll

Becomes

a fresh corpse

In fact, perhaps Harry replaced the body, and them someone else stole a copy.

Just a thought.

Comment author: Sheaman3773 28 August 2013 12:46:52AM *  1 point [-]

I had considered that he might have left behind the functional equivalent of that death* doll.

I had considered that someone might have taken her body (the very first possibility to occur to me).

I had not yet considered that he might have replaced the body and someone else stole the fake. If nothing else, I would not expect it to stand up to scrutiny. But damn, I really need to update on the basis of:

As a cunning man once said, there could be more than one plotter and more than one plan.

Comment author: ciphergoth 28 August 2013 12:34:37PM 0 points [-]

I had thought he'd Transfigured the doll into existence from something commonly found in mortuaries.