I’ve been doubting Quirrel being Mr. Hat on a story-obviousness-basis, being partial to twists. But rationally, it makes no sense to very much doubt the obvious solution with no comparably well-supported alternatives (despite having reached for ones). I wouldn’t wonder if that was even the moral there.
Why do you not consider Snape to be an alternative? Yes, Quirrelmort has gained a lot by Hat’s actions, but:
a) Quirrel could be manipulating Snape.
b) Quirrelmort probably has an extremely accurate mental model of Snape.
“Uncertain, ask again later”.
Oh, all right. :
I am fairly confident that whatever models the various masterminds in play have of him are inaccurate and have been getting rapidly more so ever since he had his little chat with Harry about Lily.
I suspect that he is done with being anyones pawn.
Moving into blind guessing territory, I wouldnt be surprised if his actual plot is to walk off with the philosophers stone in order to duplicate it, or something else completely unrelated to the political maneuverings.
I don’t think it was an intended moral. The author has said he did not try to lead us astray (except for those two times, for which we forgive him insert-emoticon-that-indicates-I-joke-at-taking-on-airs).
But it does sound like it was a good opportunity to learn something.
I notice that I am confused.
I’ve been doubting Quirrel being Mr. Hat on a story-obviousness-basis, being partial to twists. But rationally, it makes no sense to very much doubt the obvious solution with no comparably well-supported alternatives (despite having reached for ones). I wouldn’t wonder if that was even the moral there.
Why do you not consider Snape to be an alternative? Yes, Quirrelmort has gained a lot by Hat’s actions, but: a) Quirrel could be manipulating Snape. b) Quirrelmort probably has an extremely accurate mental model of Snape.
What is your mental model of Snape?
“Uncertain, ask again later”. Oh, all right. : I am fairly confident that whatever models the various masterminds in play have of him are inaccurate and have been getting rapidly more so ever since he had his little chat with Harry about Lily. I suspect that he is done with being anyones pawn. Moving into blind guessing territory, I wouldnt be surprised if his actual plot is to walk off with the philosophers stone in order to duplicate it, or something else completely unrelated to the political maneuverings.
I don’t think it was an intended moral. The author has said he did not try to lead us astray (except for those two times, for which we forgive him insert-emoticon-that-indicates-I-joke-at-taking-on-airs).
But it does sound like it was a good opportunity to learn something.