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NancyLebovitz comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, March 2015, chapter 119 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 11 March 2015 12:42:34PM 3 points [-]

So, what you're saying is that in any story, the female characters cannot die or otherwise its sexist?

No. But what has been noticed here is an aggregate pattern: female characters who die as part of an attempt by a villain to impact a male character. That's the classic fridging and that's exactly what happened here.

And it also really doesn't help that Hermione was a character who was trying to be a heroine and her death saved no one at all.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 11 March 2015 01:33:45PM 5 points [-]

I would rather if she'd been more part of the last long chunk of the story. It's not so much that her death had a major effect on Harry as that she was taken offstage.

Comment author: Vaniver 11 March 2015 01:35:39PM 0 points [-]

I would rather if she'd been more part of the last long chunk of the story.

There is one long chunk left; I would wager that Hermione will play a significant role in it.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 11 March 2015 03:37:28PM 4 points [-]

I hope so, but (ambiguity around "last") Hermione wasn't part of the most recent bunch of chapters.

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