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Nornagest comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, February 2015, chapter 109 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Izeinwinter 23 February 2015 10:50:53PM 22 points [-]

Dumbledore isn't in the mirror. Harry and Voldemort are. The trap triggered, stuck them in a time-dilated mirror plane. Which is, of course, the only reasonable way to deal with an immortal serial killer. This even counts as fulfilling the darn prophecy, doesn't it? Definitely if Dumbledore can extract Harry, because that way naught but a remnant will exist in the same world, and yes, it does count as Harry defeating him. He talked him into stepping into that trap, after all. Bravo.

Comment author: Nornagest 23 February 2015 11:21:18PM 4 points [-]

This is totally cheating, but if that were the case, I don't think there would be 11 chapters' worth of plot left.

Comment author: skeptical_lurker 24 February 2015 07:25:10AM 0 points [-]

There's also many other plot strings that need to be tied up.

Comment author: Ander 24 February 2015 12:21:34AM 0 points [-]

I think there could definitely be a few chapters of resolving the mirror plot followed by a few chapters of wrapping everything up.