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gjm comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, February 2015, chapters 105-107 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: gjm 17 February 2015 07:02:13PM 2 points [-]

In canon, Harry is very good at resisting Imperius, even when cast by Voldemort himself.

Comment author: Alsadius 18 February 2015 01:36:30AM 1 point [-]

In canon, Harry has also resisted even scarier magic cast by Voldemort.

Comment author: DanArmak 17 February 2015 07:13:20PM 1 point [-]

Good point. Although there's also whatever mind control spell Quirrel just used on Snape:

Alienis nervus mobile lignum

Which Google informs me is a quotation from Horace meaning '[puppet-]wires that others pull'.

Still, I agree it might be too hard to control Harry on short notice using intermediaries.