I get the impression that the phoenix is a rewrite prompted by someone pointing out to Eliezer that in terms of consequentialism abandoning that woman was the same as letting an innocent bystander catch a curse, so Harry had already violated the new vow he was taking.
I get the impression that the phoenix is a rewrite prompted by someone pointing out to Eliezer that in terms of consequentialism abandoning that woman was the same as letting an innocent bystander catch a curse, so Harry had already violated the new vow he was taking.
The title of the arc is “Taboo Tradeoffs”. The phoenix was the original intended ending. I just couldn’t get it written in time.
Aand, maybe you didn’t want to face the wrath that would no doubt have risen with such a heart wrenching cliffhanger. ;-)
Not really—she could be rescued, while a dead person cannot be.