Comment author: Epictetus 03 March 2015 10:41:59PM 19 points [-]

Do The Impossible, indeed. Looping a thin thread over someone's head several meters away is tricky business. The slightest bit of wind throws it off. And this must be done without moving the wand or betraying the operation through one's facial expression. I can't imagine it being done without the utmost concentration, allowing of course for effort to be expended talking to Voldemort and maintaining mental blocks against any Legilimens among the Death Eaters (recall that in Half-Blood Prince Snape was able to detect spells forming in Harry's mind). This is all done perfectly the first time around. Thirty-six times, plus Voldemort's wrists.

I suppose one can honestly say A Wizard Did It...

Comment author: noahpocalypse 04 March 2015 08:08:42PM 0 points [-]

Snake detecting spells: Canon!Harry sucked at Occlumency.

Comment author: Jost 03 March 2015 10:01:12PM 5 points [-]

This is bloody brilliant foreshadowing!

Comment author: noahpocalypse 04 March 2015 08:07:20PM 4 points [-]

Eliezer was clearly thinking ahead.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 02 March 2015 03:38:11AM 1 point [-]

Do bullets go faster than spells, or is it that it's faster to pull a trigger than to cast a spell?

Comment author: noahpocalypse 02 March 2015 02:28:36PM 2 points [-]

We've heard of wizards dodging spells.

Comment author: Strilanc 01 March 2015 02:56:38AM *  1 point [-]

I made my suggestion.

Assuming you can take down the death eaters, I think the correct follow-up for despawning LV is... massed somnium.

We've seen somnium be effective at range in the past, taking down an actively dodging broomstick rider at range. We've seen the resonance hit LV harder than Harry, requiring tens of minutes to recover versus seconds.

LV is not wearing medieval armor to block the somnium. LV is way up high, too far away to have good accuracy with a hand gun.If LV dodges behind something, Harry has time to expecto patronum a message out.

... I think the main risk is LV apparating away, apparating back directly behind harry, and pulling the trigger.

Comment author: noahpocalypse 01 March 2015 05:33:50AM 3 points [-]

I think you forgot the 37(?) Death Eaters pointing their wands at Harry. You also forgot Voldie's famed reflexes, and a bullet definitely goes faster than a spell.

Comment author: Macaulay 28 February 2015 09:29:52PM 2 points [-]

If knowledge of the True Patronus can prevent people from being able to cast Patronus 1.0, is there a way for knowledge of the True Patronus to harm Voldemort?

Comment author: noahpocalypse 28 February 2015 09:34:50PM 1 point [-]

If what he said back in front of the Dementor is true, Voldie can't cast the Patronus regardless.

Comment author: avichapman 26 February 2015 10:30:29PM 3 points [-]

I agree. A carbon nanotube metres long and whipped around fast. And Hermione screaming, "Harry!!!"

Comment author: noahpocalypse 27 February 2015 09:41:07PM 1 point [-]

Such a thin chain of carbon nanotubes like that would have almost no mass, ergo no force. It'd be like if you could make a string perfectly rigid and then you hit something with it.

Comment author: Gurkenglas 16 August 2013 10:40:33PM 1 point [-]

My grandparent is working on the assumption that Dumbledore is the culprit and would have had simple ways to make sure Hermionie doesnt die by mistake as a result of the attack he coordinated.

Comment author: noahpocalypse 17 August 2013 01:27:11AM 1 point [-]

Ah, I see. I was also working on the assumption that McGonagall was correct; no reason Dumbledore couldn't say he was leaving, head to his office, sit back, and watch.

Comment author: linkhyrule5 15 August 2013 05:02:24PM 17 points [-]

More than that, it's trivial to nullify that possibility. Just watch the battle. If you know it's happening, and you know where it is, then just use one of the many, many scrying implements we know Dumbledore has to watch the battle. The moment the troll ate her legs Dumbledore should've been there; even if he wanted Harry to save her or something he could've discreetly stabilized her, Harry had no way to notice.

Comment author: noahpocalypse 16 August 2013 08:23:10PM 0 points [-]

Dumbledore was absent from the castle.

And he made it sound like the wards only alert him when a student has died. It's reasonable to expect them to warn ahead of time, after serious injury or something, but going by canon Dumbledore had no external alarm when Harry broke however many bones however many times on the Quidditch pitch.

Comment author: gthorneiii 15 August 2013 03:42:54PM 3 points [-]

I agree that it would be a useful exercise, but given constraints of time as well as opportunity cost, Harry may simply be prioritizing other pursuits.

Comment author: noahpocalypse 16 August 2013 08:14:00PM 0 points [-]

Not to mention infeasible, what with his nigh imprisonment.

Comment author: FiftyTwo 01 August 2013 10:08:27PM 10 points [-]

What do other people subjectively experience when they are thinking? To me its like talking to myself (in verbal english sentences) but I'm told that isn't universal.

Comment author: noahpocalypse 07 August 2013 08:00:27PM 0 points [-]

When I'm not in the mood to talk to people- not out of anger, I'm just not feeling a desire to share my thoughts- I think in pictures and feelings with a reticent, sarcastic monologue. When I'm alone but feeling social, my monologue is wordy and sometimes witty. When I'm in a conversation, I often have to stop talking for a moment to think through what I'm going to say before I can say it.

Bottom line, I almost always have some kind of monologue; sometimes it's talkative, sometimes nearly silent.

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