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

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Comment author: solipsist 06 March 2015 12:37:16AM 6 points [-]

Questions I still have:

  • What will Snape do now that he's no longer in love with Lilly?
  • How did Dumbledore hide in the mirror?
  • Why did all the different groups of people on the third floor corridor at the same time?
  • What's up with Cedric?
  • How was magical Italy ruined 323 years ago, or does it matter?
  • How will the Hallows come together?
  • How will the "rip apart the very stars from the heaven" prophecy play out?
  • Did Harry time-turn the day Hermione died, and, if so, what did he do?
  • Why did Harry say that he wouldn't let anyone obilivate everything he knew about calculus?
  • Quirrell teaching students the Killing curse...will it matter?
  • What happened to Narcissa Malfoy?
  • Why did the rememberal go off?
Comment author: Velorien 06 March 2015 12:56:12AM 4 points [-]

What will Snape do now that he's no longer in love with Lilly?

Nothing. They are no longer counting on him to protect Harry from a returned Voldemort. Unless you mean whether he is going to evolve as a person and maybe develop a love life.

How was magical Italy ruined 323 years ago, or does it matter?

I suspect it was only an example of how yes, Potterverse magic can be that destructive (something we would not guess based on canon).

Quirrell teaching students the Killing curse...will it matter?

Unlikely. Knowing the Killing Curse is perfectly legal, and a lot of people have managed to learn it even though it is not taught in school. Come to that, the information we have suggests that it is also perfectly legal to use, just not against humans (unless they are Death Eaters, assuming the Monroe Act hasn't been repealed).

Why did the rememberal go off?

Because Harry has a lifetime's worth of lost/repressed Tom Riddle memories. We know that they're still in there somewhere, because he recovers the memory of his imprinting and of the locations of Voldemort's five "elemental" horcruxes.

Comment author: avichapman 06 March 2015 01:56:54AM 2 points [-]

Did Harry time-turn the day Hermione died, and, if so, what did he do?

Yes. When he went into the room with Hermione's body, he turned the time turner and transfigured her body into a ring while also transfiguring something else (presumably something very small) into a copy of Hermione's body. He then hid from his past self and left the room just after his past self entered. After the transfiguration wore off, the 'body' dissapeared.

Comment author: solipsist 06 March 2015 02:02:51PM 1 point [-]

Yes, but he could do all of that with a single twist.

Comment author: SilentCal 06 March 2015 09:09:51PM 1 point [-]
  • Why did Tom Riddle allow his true identity to be tied to his throwaway villain persona?
Comment author: MathMage 06 March 2015 10:53:15PM 2 points [-]

Because it wasn't a throwaway anymore. His plan was to take over magical Britain as Voldemort, and have both the 'true' respect that comes from fear of what he can do to people and the pleasure of killing idiots whenever he wants. (And possibly to exterminate the Muggle world, but first things first.)

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