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Astazha comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, February 2015, chapter 108 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Astazha 21 February 2015 06:20:25PM 2 points [-]

Riddle no longer needs the target to touch a horcrux, and Dumbledore is too powerful to possess.

Comment author: DanArmak 21 February 2015 06:33:24PM 0 points [-]

We're not sure the Horcrux 3.0 doesn't need the target to touch a horcrux, or at least to have touched one sometime in the past. All we know is that Voldemort can possess any suitable target at will, choosing which one he wants, and almost certainly without being forced out by his current host body dying.

Comment author: gjm 21 February 2015 08:08:20PM 2 points [-]

any suitable target

Note that they still get to resist if they're strong enough.

I should have been able to float free of my horcruxes and possess any victim that consented to me, or that was too weak to refuse me.

(Emphasis mine.) There's no suggestion that introducing the Resurrection Stone does away with victims' ability to resist. It just means that Voldemort's spirit can "fly where it pleases" rather than having to stay attached to the horcruxes, as he always planned for Horcrux 2.0.

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