The longer explanation said that it was bungled, that the antimatter blew before the transfiguration was finished.
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But it only matches canon halfway. They’re describing Harry raised by James and Lily, not by the Dursleys. They suggest that Harry and Hermione won’t be friends, although later suggest that they’ll at least be allies. And … another difference, I’d have to look.
I agree with the second, but I read it as ‘and Harry certainly did not’, which makes the actual phrasing seem slightly more justifiable than it otherwise would seem.
This order (including the m/dd/yy abbreviation) was wisely chosen so that Super Pi Day would actually happen once a century. Without that reason, it’s completely illogical, so there is no other possible explanation.
As I said, it’s a minor detail.
BrindIf said it, but I’ll confirm: Nymphadora Tonks appeared in MOR, and there was no suggestion that her mother [ETA: Andromeda, who is Narcissa’s and Bellatrix’s sister] differs from canon. (ETA: In particular, Andromeda must have still married a Muggle for Tonks to get her surname.)
If Harry has to do harm in order to obtain security, then I expect him to do it, but I still expect him to feel guilty about it. That’s Harry. (And in this case, I also don’t see the need.)
He may post the last chapter at 9:00, but I’m not reading it until 9:26 and 53.58979… seconds. It wouldn’t be right.
Thanks, that’s very interesting.
I don’t know; that whole world is pretty kinky by our standards, but that might just be Eliezer’s attempt to show that the future will have values strange to us, rather than something with a specific reason.
You’re right, that is less evil.
There is no higher purpose in life than writing recursive Harry Potter fanfiction!
The kid part of him with Hermione, Luna, and Draco; the adult part of him with Bellatrix?
How can you say that? Only the other side is mind-killed; my side is being perfectly rational!
In context, I thought that it was only date rape. More specifically, you could only rape somebody who had been leading you on. And they regularly discuss paying for sex, so it’s not just free for the taking. ETA: Not to mention the rape in the epilogue, which is described as horrible.
Air-conditioned greenhouses.
I just got a Discworld book (not my first) as a gift. Given to me literally the day before he died. Now I feel bad (however irrationally) for starting my new Egan book first.
Wait, remind me why it’s good to get into Death’s domain before one is supposed to die?
Yes, let’s just hope that Harry realizes that!
I like the name ‘Hariezer’.
There are a lot of things about Hariezer in the early chapters that enrage this guy and that also slightly bothered me. Many of them end up justified later, some much later when we learn that Harry was overwritten by Tom Riddle while a baby (not made into a Horcrux). It’s not just that Hariezer has flaws, but that he has them for a reason. (The parallel with Eliezer’s April Fools story are striking.)
I think that this guy has a fair point, however: that Hariezer’s flaws can interfere with the pedagogical purposes of HPMOR.