*Spoiler Alert* As it is clear from the title, following text deals with the plot of the book. I strongly recommend to anyone no familiar with the subject to read the book first and form a personal opinion. Also, I will be glad to see in the discussion anyone who...
I've never managed to be friends with someone online in the absence of a strong shared activity. Sorry.
No problem, you can always try one more time, taking into account that moving around the world or even city is kinda restricted now. I live by myself in remote location, yet it doesn’t stop me from keeping in touch with friends, not due to activity but because they understand and accept me. Not sure i understand what do you mean by "strong shared activity", we do share activity by deeply discussing lots of subjects here. Anyways, it's up to you, imposing myself is not on my list of preferences.
Yeah, okay, technically the troll killed... (read 684 more words →)
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Yeah, on second thought I think you're right. He already had a hard time interacting with them before the ending; now I imagine the gulf will be too wide to overcome. But I do support him telling Draco -- the choice was either tell draco + obliviation or keep it a secret. Harry also went to extraordinary lengths to bring Hermione back, when everyone else, even Quirrel, told him he should move on. That's the kind of friend I want in my life.
Obliviation, right. Does anyone ask Draco where he was and what he was doing? I mean, don't think that this spell can actually work, or, if it does, should cause... (read 571 more words →)
I mean, do you recommend reading it? What is this book in a nutshell?
I hate to be that person, but actually you did call them friends...
No problem, i actually appreciate when people correct me if i'm wrong. Thank you! I just thought that using same word "fellows" in consequent sentences will sound ugly. It is usual for children to call a friend anyone they share experience with. And no, i don't think that Harry will be able to befriend with any pupil which parent he have killed, no matter if they know he did it or no. Moreover, i don't think that Harry can be friend for anyone among students of Hogwarts taking into account all the secrets that he keeps. Also, obliviating of friends... (read 426 more words →)
Not really. Should i?
Thanks again!
I've also added spoiler alert at the very beginning of the post. Hope it will help to protect those who might have not read HPMOR. Also, i thought that only title of the post is displayed on the front page, not post body or comments.
Sorry for causing trouble.
Was Harry really friends with any Slytherins except Draco? Draco definitely rejected Harry afterwards, once Harry explained what had happened (and then Harry brought him to his mom anyways)
I called them fellows, not friends. As for Draco, any child will reject the one who killed his parents. If Voldemort hadn’t killed Potter’s parents, who knows how history would have developed.
Hermione didn't seem to really mind the transformation, and she always wanted to be a hero. Now she's got a chance at that. Plus she clearly has her own pre-death mind, more or less, so I wouldn't call her a golem or bodyguard. As for the other unintended side effects... yeah. Maybe the... (read more)
Thank you. I will be grateful if you teach me how to put spoiler tags or direct me to the topic where i can learn it
The Rational Approach is when an engineer, while developing an evacuation plan, sets building on fire;
The Survivorship Bias is when the engineer looks at places where people are climbing out, and not to where those who were unable to get out were stuck;
The Fundamental Attribution Error is when we call the poor preparedness of the rescue service as the cause of the disaster is;
The Paradox of Information Access is when the number of suicide victims as a result of a panic exceeds the number of victims of a fire, but everyone talks about shaking in the stock market due to the bankruptcy of an insurance company that hired an engineer.
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As it is clear from the title, following text deals with the plot of the book. I strongly recommend to anyone no familiar with the subject to read the book first and form a personal opinion. Also, I will be glad to see in the discussion anyone who were directly involved in creation of this artwork.
First of all, I want to thank the community and its creator and express deep respect and gratitude for the work done. I got incomparable pleasure from studying unexpected plot intricacies, consistent and well-structured thoughts of the protagonist, as well as references to outstanding works, many of which I, to my shame, did not know.
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Which MMO? I'm playing COD from time to time, mostly because it includes several building from my home city (Stadium, Airport and several more), so event in the game on some extent mirror what's happening on the streets of my hometown, same way as events in country mirror what's happening around the world and vice versa. Also i used to play MUDs ages ago (that's where does my nickname came from), but i don't think anyone play them now.
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