Point of order: vg whfg fnlf “n qrog”, abg n yvsr-qrog.
“Vg jbhyq frrz,” fnvq Uneel, njr va uvf ibvpr, “gung bar Ze. Neguhe Jrnfyrl jnf cynprq haqre gur Vzcrevhf Phefr ol n Qrngu Rngre jubz zl sngure xvyyrq, guhf perngvat n qrog gb gur Aboyr Ubhfr bs Cbggre, juvpu zl sngure qrznaqrq or ercnvq ol gur unaq va zneevntr bs gur erpragyl obea Tvarien Jrnfyrl.
Also, it would need to be explained why no one ever thought of this before.
Also, it would need to be explained why no one ever thought of this before.
Yeah, I was going ‘wow, that might actually work’ and then it occurred to me that they already discussed whether they had any debts from Lucius they could call in. So unless this is so subtle that no one has ever called in such a debt before, someone must have been holding an idiotball.
EDIT: Logos01 suggests that the debt be invoked of all the Wizengamot members who also claimed to be Imperiused, to swing the vote on whether or not to convict. This might work, but I would personally dislike it as we have no idea how many such people there are.
Still unusually speculative; we’re told previously that an Imperius debt is not a life-debt, so it already has a burden of improbability (did they misspeak or simply mean to imply that a debt of some sort is created without reference to how heavy it is?).
And the latter suggestion, while very clever, has the problem that it requires the numbers to work out, so we couldn’t conclude that it will work without numbers, so a fair author will not expect us to work it out without numbers, Eliezer is a fair author, and Eliezer hasn’t given us the numbers. (We don’t know what the margin for conviction is, or how much of the margin is former Death Eaters who used the Imperius defense, or that they all said it was Voldemort who Imperiused them and not, say, an unknown Death Eater whom Harry did not defeat.)
Technically, the numbers don’t have to work out—Lucius is the one on who’s request the trial be held, If his debt can make him withdraw charges or clear Hermione’s debt, that alone should suffice.
Still, while this is a clever idea, it doesn’t sound very “Taboo Trade-off” or “Think of the Wizengamot as individuals instead of wallpaper”.
Point of order: vg whfg fnlf “n qrog”, abg n yvsr-qrog.
Also, it would need to be explained why no one ever thought of this before.
Yeah, I was going ‘wow, that might actually work’ and then it occurred to me that they already discussed whether they had any debts from Lucius they could call in. So unless this is so subtle that no one has ever called in such a debt before, someone must have been holding an idiotball.
EDIT: Logos01 suggests that the debt be invoked of all the Wizengamot members who also claimed to be Imperiused, to swing the vote on whether or not to convict. This might work, but I would personally dislike it as we have no idea how many such people there are.
Gurl qvfphffrq gur npghny qrogf, ohg gurl qvqa’g qvfphff guvf bar, abg rira nf n cbgragvnyvgl, fb V guvax vg qvq whfg fyvc gurve zvaqf, orpnhfr Uneel naq Qhzoyrqber qba’g oryvrir Yhpvhf gb unir orra haqre Vzcrevhf naq guhf gurl pbafvqre Ibyqrzbeg’f qrsrng gb or n oybj ntnvafg Yhpvhf, abg n snibhe gb Yhpvhf perngvat n qrog. Fb, lrnu, V guvax vg whfg qvqa’g pebff gurve zvaqf. Vg qvqa’g pebff zl zvaq rvgure gur jubyr cnfg jrrx, naq V jnf yrff ohfl (gubhtu yrff qrfcrengr sbe n fbyhgvba) guna Uneel be Nyohf jrer.
Lrnu, vg qvq gnxr zr abj bayl 10-15 zvahgrf be fb sbe zr gb pbzr hc jvgu vg, ohg V unq gur fvtavsvpnag nqinagntr bs xabjvat gurer rkvfgrq n fbyhgvba, gung V unq orra tvira fhssvpvrag vasbezngvba fhssvpvragyl sberfunqbjrq, naq gung gur fbyhgvba zbfg yvxryl qrcraqrq ba gur ynjf naq phfgbzf bs zntvpny Oevgnva, nf gur ynfg cnentencu bs gur puncgre vzcyvrf.
Still unusually speculative; we’re told previously that an Imperius debt is not a life-debt, so it already has a burden of improbability (did they misspeak or simply mean to imply that a debt of some sort is created without reference to how heavy it is?).
And the latter suggestion, while very clever, has the problem that it requires the numbers to work out, so we couldn’t conclude that it will work without numbers, so a fair author will not expect us to work it out without numbers, Eliezer is a fair author, and Eliezer hasn’t given us the numbers. (We don’t know what the margin for conviction is, or how much of the margin is former Death Eaters who used the Imperius defense, or that they all said it was Voldemort who Imperiused them and not, say, an unknown Death Eater whom Harry did not defeat.)
Well, we’ll see in a few days.
Not quite. We’re told it’s a debt, we don’t know what sort of debt it is.
Technically, the numbers don’t have to work out—Lucius is the one on who’s request the trial be held, If his debt can make him withdraw charges or clear Hermione’s debt, that alone should suffice.
Still, while this is a clever idea, it doesn’t sound very “Taboo Trade-off” or “Think of the Wizengamot as individuals instead of wallpaper”.
You misunderstand, the point is there are 2 possible debt strategies; for one of them, the numbers do have to work out.
I’d say Logos01′s strategy exemplifies thinking of them as individuals, actually...
How about: invoke Lucius’s life debt. Trade it for Hermione’s.