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Subbak comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, March 2015, chapter 120 - Less Wrong Discussion

1 Post author: Gondolinian 12 March 2015 07:03PM

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 12 March 2015 07:37:20PM 7 points [-]

using codenames that seem to indicate who the person behind is when they in fact bear no relation sounds like a thing Voldie would do.

It is a thing Tom Riddle would do. The Voldemort personality seems to have been deliberately less clever.

Comment author: Subbak 12 March 2015 08:21:43PM 2 points [-]

Well, the Dark Mark was not THAT stupid. Also, it's the kind of clever thing you can only pull off when impersonating someone who is not that smart.