dclayh02 September 2010 06:38:51AM1 point [-]

s stupid moral oversimplification necessary in a mass-market bestseller? E.g., Tolkien

I would say The Silmarillion is not very morally simplistic. Specifically I would call it Black and Gray morality [TVTropes], because I can't think of a single non-God major character who's totally good. (Maybe Luthien?)

dclayh30 August 2010 08:49:03AM5 points [-]

I put the link in; thanks for the reminder.

And comments on my top-level posts don't appear in my inbox, only (direct) replies to my comments. Is that different for you?

dclayh30 August 2010 06:28:45AM2 points [-]

Ha, I was just waiting for a new chapter to go up to post one.

dclayh28 August 2010 06:24:53AM2 points [-]

Haha, I was just going to post the "Harry is Rand al'Thor" theory myself. Clearly the best explanation.

dclayh23 August 2010 10:11:08PM0 points [-]

In fact, even in real life, I suspect many one-boxers would two box in the end when they are standing there

My intuition says the opposite: I think many people who claimed they would two-box would one-box in the event. $1000 is so small compared to $1000000, after all; why take the chance that Omega will be wrong?

dclayh23 August 2010 04:43:50AM2 points [-]

Aha. I read book 7 when it came out, but had forgotten that. Eminently plausible, then.

dclayh23 August 2010 04:09:40AM2 points [-]

To wit: find that stone which I saw earlier and which I now recognise from the design that you showed me!

Ha, great theory. On the other hand, I find it hard to believe that the symbol was so obscure that even Voldemort never found it out. (Unless Rowling specifically mentioned it?)

dclayh22 August 2010 09:16:38PM4 points [-]

Ch. 40:

Interesting that Harry said "besides Avada Kedavra" rather than "besides Imperius". (I suppose it's that "intent to kill" acting up again.) But I wonder how easy it would be to Imperius someone into being more rational.

dclayh22 August 2010 09:07:55PM7 points [-]

What immediately occurred to me (similar to the infamous scene in The Princess Bride), is that if your opponent believes you will have a distraction and a real attack, simply lauch two real attacks, with the expectation that whichever one the opponent takes to be the distraction will succeed. Obviously this requires a greater sacrifice of materiel, but Quirrelmort doesn't exactly seem short in that department.

dclayh21 August 2010 07:46:00PM1 point [-]

I'm sure that's the case, I'm just saying it looks bad. Presumably you'd like to be Caesar's wife?

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