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Velorien comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, March 2015, chapter 116 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Velorien 05 March 2015 01:55:26PM *  14 points [-]

"Well, obviously, if I'd been at the scene and defeated You-Know-Who and the Death Eaters and brought Hermione back from the dead by channelling General Chaos's unspeakable dark powers, I wouldn't just tell you that," Tracey Davis told the reporters.

Edit: "And that's Darke, with an e."

Comment author: Velorien 05 March 2015 03:53:19PM *  19 points [-]

"What explosion? You mean you didn't realise that was Harry Potter snapping his fingers extra hard?"

"Of course she came back. Having two lives is why they call someone a double witch!"

"And then You-Know-Who cast the Killing Curse on her, but it rebounded because she was protected by the power of Harry Potter's love. Huh? Of course she's his true love. How else would he have been able to pull her out of the Mirror in the first place?"

"So Harry Potter spent all his Quirrell points to get Professor Quirrell to let Hermione take a make-up exam. And everyone knows those are meant to be harder than the original..."