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Dorikka comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, February 2015, chapter 113 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Dorikka 28 February 2015 09:53:15PM 1 point [-]

Thoughts:

  • Apparate away
  • Turn wand into portkey to somewhere far away
  • Cast an undodgeable spell at Voldemort, force magics to interact.
  • Should have previously created a dead-man's switch. Still could transfigure something to serve as such, but not many good choices. Antimatter possibly blocked by Vow, toxins can probably be easily contained.
  • There are some more mundane combat options given that Death Eaters aren't exactly the quickest to adapt and Voldemort can't use magic on him. Transfiguring body parts of Voldy or death eaters into a combination of high-pressure gas and a toxin or other agent may work. A particular mundane strategy is Ascendio->Transfigure Voldy's brain into high pressure hydrogen sulfide->create portkey in confusion. Or Ascendio->accio time turner from pouch-> take further action.
  • There are a few other options that unlock if Harry tries to, say, teach Voldy Patronus 2.0. Voldy has to mentally engage with the task which is likely to result in a loss of reaction time.
Comment author: WalterL 28 February 2015 11:05:01PM 3 points [-]

If Harry is able to touch his wand to Voldemort's brain you've already done the exciting part of the plan. I don't see how he'd do that though.

Comment author: Jost 28 February 2015 10:41:29PM *  2 points [-]

1)+2) In canon, apparition and portkey creation are both pretty advanced magic. (Apparition is typically taught at Hogwarts to 6th year students, while portkey creation is not part of the curriculum, as far as I know.) Unless you have a good indication that Harry knows either of those spells, I consider this highly unlikely.

3) Even if Harry manages to force such a magical interaction near-instantly (which I will consider unlikely until I see a sufficiently detailed description), since this will not help against the Death Eaters. And before Harry is able to perform a second move, the Death Eaters will have killed him in their first move.

4)+5) Transfiguration is an interesting possibility, but both plans seems unsatisfactory to me; not quite sure, why, though. I’ll have to think about that again …

6) Again, any plan that does not incapacitate the Death Eaters very quickly, seems unlikely to work.

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