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TobyBartels 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: TobyBartels 19 February 2015 07:55:05AM 1 point [-]

Ch 107

the standard counter-Charm for a boggart is, of course, Fiendfyre

Why not Avada Kedavra, which is the usual countercharm for anything with a brain?

Because, if you get within sight to aim, it will scare you and you will flinch away.

Comment author: gjm 19 February 2015 08:50:07AM 5 points [-]

Also because it was (at least to my mind) funnier than if he'd said the counter-charm was AK and done what he usually does.