The Killing Curse 2.0. Harry is never going to hate someone enough to want them dead,
ಠ_ಠ Why are you taking Harry’s far mode pronouncements as binding on his near mode actions? Not only is that dubious for humans in general, we know Harry has a mysterious dark side that can take control and does want people dead if they’re annoying.
I could imagine him being sufficiently angry with Quirrel to consciously put him outside of his monkeysphere
I don’t see how that’s different from “hating” Quirrel; if you Other someone by being angry at them, you don’t stop being angry at them once they’re Othered.
he can send information back another six as long as he figures out the plan now.
How? Remember the bits about being careful to not leak info to allow people to go back in time? (Though ‘info’ clearly is defined as being ‘plot-relevant info’ rather than ‘physics-relevant info,’ so that independent time travel is possible at all.)
I believe it’s the Killing Curse 2 that Harry believes he can’t use (he can’t be indifferent to killing someone.)
Right. I read linkhyrule5 as saying that 1) Harry wouldn’t hate someone enough to use Killing Curse 1 (which I disbelieve) and that 2) Harry could use Killing Curse 2 by being angry enough at Quirrel to be indifferent whether he lives or dies (which I disbelieve).
When Harry is negotiating his truce with Lucius Malfoy, Harry painstakingly tells himself why it would be OK for him to kill Lucius. Maybe Harry can also talk himself into killing Quirrell.
ಠ_ಠ Why are you taking Harry’s far mode pronouncements as binding on his near mode actions? Not only is that dubious for humans in general, we know Harry has a mysterious dark side that can take control and does want people dead if they’re annoying.
I don’t see how that’s different from “hating” Quirrel; if you Other someone by being angry at them, you don’t stop being angry at them once they’re Othered.
How? Remember the bits about being careful to not leak info to allow people to go back in time? (Though ‘info’ clearly is defined as being ‘plot-relevant info’ rather than ‘physics-relevant info,’ so that independent time travel is possible at all.)
I believe it’s the Killing Curse 2 that Harry believes he can’t use (he can’t be indifferent to killing someone.)
Right. I read linkhyrule5 as saying that 1) Harry wouldn’t hate someone enough to use Killing Curse 1 (which I disbelieve) and that 2) Harry could use Killing Curse 2 by being angry enough at Quirrel to be indifferent whether he lives or dies (which I disbelieve).
When Harry is negotiating his truce with Lucius Malfoy, Harry painstakingly tells himself why it would be OK for him to kill Lucius. Maybe Harry can also talk himself into killing Quirrell.
I think Harry will have a pretty easy time killing Quirrell, if he gets the sense that Quirrell’s continued survival would be a net negative.