In practical terms, though, he’s in danger of losing his anchors to people—going cackling, to use Pratchett’s term. He’s failing to avoid being so sharp he cuts himself. He’s smart, but he’s eleven. It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out.
Eh, not significantly so. In 1 year, he’ll be 1 year and 3 months older. As he himself noted that would still leave him younger than most of his classmates. He’ll need 4 years just to catch up to Hermione’s biological age.
In practical terms, though, he’s in danger of losing his anchors to people—going cackling, to use Pratchett’s term. He’s failing to avoid being so sharp he cuts himself. He’s smart, but he’s eleven. It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out.
Agreed, and I move to adopt “cackling” as the official name for that failure mode.
It sounds like EY is getting tired of that—the latest chapter implements a method for aging Harry up more quickly.
Eh, not significantly so. In 1 year, he’ll be 1 year and 3 months older. As he himself noted that would still leave him younger than most of his classmates. He’ll need 4 years just to catch up to Hermione’s biological age.
Yeah, you’re right. Maybe I’m just getting tired of it.