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jkaufman comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 24, chapter 95 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Kindly 20 July 2013 02:18:23PM 9 points [-]

What Lily says when Voldemort comes looks like a clear set up of a dark ritual.

What Lily says is:

"Not Harry, please no, take me, kill me instead!"

But we know that in any ritual, first is named that which is sacrificed, and then is said the use commanded of it. This does, incidentally, match the order that the Dark Lord speaks in ("Yourself to die, and the child to live.") but as Lily got it wrong it seems like she definitely wasn't doing a ritual, and if a ritual happened it was accidental on her part.

Comment author: jkaufman 21 July 2013 04:28:27AM 2 points [-]

Wouldn't both V and Lily be experienced enough not to perform a dark ritual by accident?

Comment author: Desrtopa 26 July 2013 12:27:38AM 2 points [-]

I think that dark rituals in general probably aren't something one is at great risk of performing by accident.

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