I don’t believe leveraging Voldemort’s bargain will work the way you suggest, because Parseltongue does not enforce promises, only honesty. When Harry demands that he himself be saved, Voldemort can simply say “No.”
Sorry—hadn’t logged in for a while. I thought it would have vanishingly low probability of working, though I don’t believe that it displaces any other action likely to work (though it does displace saving a person if all else fails, which has nontrivial value). Having said that, curiously enough it seems that this particular suggestion WAS implemented in the official solution, so I guess that was that. :)
I don’t believe leveraging Voldemort’s bargain will work the way you suggest, because Parseltongue does not enforce promises, only honesty. When Harry demands that he himself be saved, Voldemort can simply say “No.”
Right—but how low do you think the probability is, and what’s the best action it displaces?
Sorry—hadn’t logged in for a while. I thought it would have vanishingly low probability of working, though I don’t believe that it displaces any other action likely to work (though it does displace saving a person if all else fails, which has nontrivial value). Having said that, curiously enough it seems that this particular suggestion WAS implemented in the official solution, so I guess that was that. :)