Darn, I was sure it referred to the secret origin of the dementors, and/or the deathly hallows.
Oh well.
I suppose it was just a misdirection for (from?) this:
the chant of every ritual names that which is to be sacrificed, and that which is to be gained [...] always, in each element of the ritual, first is named that which is sacrificed, and then is said the use commanded of it.
There’s no necessary incompatibility. The specific ingredients may have been chosen to be a homage and a reference to Lawrence Watt-Evans Seething Death and yet the described ritual can still contain foreshadowing for HPMoR’s plot as well.
I suppose. I’m less worried about the ingredients as the “missing counterspell”. It just seems too central to the plot—I can’t see the whole story being based on something that’s a reference to something else. As I said, I’m still updating on the possible connection to the opening paragraph.
Having just read most of Lawrence Watt-Evans’ Ethsar series, I recognize now this as a reference to the spell of Seething Death.
Darn, I was sure it referred to the secret origin of the dementors, and/or the deathly hallows.
Oh well.
I suppose it was just a misdirection for (from?) this:
… And now I’ve found this and don’t know what to think.
There’s no necessary incompatibility. The specific ingredients may have been chosen to be a homage and a reference to Lawrence Watt-Evans Seething Death and yet the described ritual can still contain foreshadowing for HPMoR’s plot as well.
I suppose. I’m less worried about the ingredients as the “missing counterspell”. It just seems too central to the plot—I can’t see the whole story being based on something that’s a reference to something else. As I said, I’m still updating on the possible connection to the opening paragraph.