Notes: EY didn’t say that noone was aware of what was happening, just that anyone who would help Harry think he is at the game. Given the prophecy about Harry, this has disturbing implications.
Anyway:
Obstacles:
39 minions in not-defensively enchanted blacks.
One dark lord who can’t use magic on you, but who can shoot your ass,
An absolute prohibition on moves that could escalate to world threatening levels.
Assets: Naked pasty english lad.
Wand.
Parseltongue.
.. You know, normally in this sort of situation I’d recommend talking. Parseltongue is far and away the most potent tool he has, because he can tell Voldemort true things, and Voldemort will not be able to scoff at him.
But the problem is, the only things Harry could tell him that would make him delay killing him are things Voldemort should not be told, even at the cost of his life.
So combat it is.
Sigh. This is going to hurt.
Cant partially transfigure air, but wands are not indivisible objects, so he still has a small amount of material to work with, at least once.
Partially transfigure the tip of the wand into photons. The kind of flash of light that leaves burns. Everyone is looking at you—And now they are all blind. Possibly also on fire. Do it with the center of the tip so that you are in the shadow cast by the wand—but expect a hospital stay. And a need for a new wand. Primarily, the point is that this will attract attention. Most likely, timeturned attention. So if you do this, there is now a reason for someone to rescue you a faction of a second after the initial flash. .. Which shouldn’t actually even be necessary. If I read Voldemort correctly, he will bail if actually hurt. Certainly since he has already extracted the wow...
An absolute prohibition on moves that could escalate to world threatening levels.
Is it? Harry only took the vow moments ago—before that point, actions he was taking could have lead to the end of the world, and those action’s consequences may still be in motion. The Vow only forces Harry to inaction if he knows he is at risk of causing the end of the world, as well. World ending may still be on the table.
Mostly I brought it up because people keep suggesting anti-matter. Anti matter could be mistaken for a nuclear weapon, which could escalate to WWIII, so the wow means he can’t use it anymore.
A pure light pulse wont set off those warning systems. Or at least, not at the level I’m thinking of.
A small antimatter explosion would not be mistaken for a nuclear weapon. In fact, a big antimatter explosion might be mistaken for a nuclear weapon, but since a missle would not have been detected, no-one would no who to retaliate against, and so retaliation would be delayed long enough for people to realise that there is no fallout and so it cannot be nuclear.
.. sigh the point is survival. A radiation pulse will hurt Harry the most, and will not be immediately obvious to people not fried by it. The idea is to disable opposition and summon help.
In the event no help instantly materializes, dodge and start the incantation for fiendfire—it doesn’t actually matter if you can’t cast it. Everyone present will recognize it, and to a blinded wizard, fleeing should be utterly reflexive at that point.
Buffing the dark lord further is not an option. There is tonnes of things Harry could infer and then tell him that would make him delay. But this would be trading moments of life for further fucking over the world. Not a good trade.
He would tell he can do it, but not necessarily how it works. Of course knowing that problem is solvable facilitates solution, but since we know the solution, we also know it would take time for Voldemort to find and use it.
So it is buffing, but with a time delay. That’s why I think it’s the simplest solution. Quirrelmort did start reading a book on physics, but is certainly far from understanding it deeply enough to do partial transfiguration.
This move would simply buy Harry time. It won’t solve the problem of Voldemort threatening the world, but will keep Harry alive, which is the objective of this quest.
There is tonnes of things Harry could infer and then tell him
OK, then use that to buy Harry’s own life. My idea was more about Harry buying his own life than telling about partial transfiguration.
Thing is, dying isn’t the worst tactical option here.
There is a chance buying the farm will just throw Harry into the horcruxi. Not certain enough to do it deliberately, but enough that any plan you come up with has to be better than the option of
“Do nothing, die, hope to hang out in the horcruxi until Voldemort buys it again, let resonance remove you both from play”
Which is a non-negligible bar to clear. Telling him a trick which might be the power he knows not to buy another minute of breathing doesn’t pass muster. Telling him of the possibility doesn’t pass muster.
There are very few things which are both true and acceptable to tell Voldemort, simply because any information you give him, he will use against the world. If you give him information he can’t use, he will ignore it.
Lets see..
Notes: EY didn’t say that noone was aware of what was happening, just that anyone who would help Harry think he is at the game. Given the prophecy about Harry, this has disturbing implications.
Anyway: Obstacles: 39 minions in not-defensively enchanted blacks. One dark lord who can’t use magic on you, but who can shoot your ass, An absolute prohibition on moves that could escalate to world threatening levels.
Assets: Naked pasty english lad. Wand. Parseltongue.
.. You know, normally in this sort of situation I’d recommend talking. Parseltongue is far and away the most potent tool he has, because he can tell Voldemort true things, and Voldemort will not be able to scoff at him.
But the problem is, the only things Harry could tell him that would make him delay killing him are things Voldemort should not be told, even at the cost of his life.
So combat it is.
Sigh. This is going to hurt.
Cant partially transfigure air, but wands are not indivisible objects, so he still has a small amount of material to work with, at least once.
Partially transfigure the tip of the wand into photons. The kind of flash of light that leaves burns. Everyone is looking at you—And now they are all blind. Possibly also on fire. Do it with the center of the tip so that you are in the shadow cast by the wand—but expect a hospital stay. And a need for a new wand. Primarily, the point is that this will attract attention. Most likely, timeturned attention. So if you do this, there is now a reason for someone to rescue you a faction of a second after the initial flash. .. Which shouldn’t actually even be necessary. If I read Voldemort correctly, he will bail if actually hurt. Certainly since he has already extracted the wow...
Is it? Harry only took the vow moments ago—before that point, actions he was taking could have lead to the end of the world, and those action’s consequences may still be in motion. The Vow only forces Harry to inaction if he knows he is at risk of causing the end of the world, as well. World ending may still be on the table.
Mostly I brought it up because people keep suggesting anti-matter. Anti matter could be mistaken for a nuclear weapon, which could escalate to WWIII, so the wow means he can’t use it anymore. A pure light pulse wont set off those warning systems. Or at least, not at the level I’m thinking of.
A small antimatter explosion would not be mistaken for a nuclear weapon. In fact, a big antimatter explosion might be mistaken for a nuclear weapon, but since a missle would not have been detected, no-one would no who to retaliate against, and so retaliation would be delayed long enough for people to realise that there is no fallout and so it cannot be nuclear.
Nitpick—antimatter will also produce a pure light pulse, just the wavelengths are much shorter than the visible spectrum.
.. sigh the point is survival. A radiation pulse will hurt Harry the most, and will not be immediately obvious to people not fried by it. The idea is to disable opposition and summon help.
In the event no help instantly materializes, dodge and start the incantation for fiendfire—it doesn’t actually matter if you can’t cast it. Everyone present will recognize it, and to a blinded wizard, fleeing should be utterly reflexive at that point.
Could he tell Voldemort aout partial transfiguration and request his own life spared?
Buffing the dark lord further is not an option. There is tonnes of things Harry could infer and then tell him that would make him delay. But this would be trading moments of life for further fucking over the world. Not a good trade.
He would tell he can do it, but not necessarily how it works. Of course knowing that problem is solvable facilitates solution, but since we know the solution, we also know it would take time for Voldemort to find and use it.
So it is buffing, but with a time delay. That’s why I think it’s the simplest solution. Quirrelmort did start reading a book on physics, but is certainly far from understanding it deeply enough to do partial transfiguration.
This move would simply buy Harry time. It won’t solve the problem of Voldemort threatening the world, but will keep Harry alive, which is the objective of this quest.
OK, then use that to buy Harry’s own life. My idea was more about Harry buying his own life than telling about partial transfiguration.
Thing is, dying isn’t the worst tactical option here.
There is a chance buying the farm will just throw Harry into the horcruxi. Not certain enough to do it deliberately, but enough that any plan you come up with has to be better than the option of
“Do nothing, die, hope to hang out in the horcruxi until Voldemort buys it again, let resonance remove you both from play”
Which is a non-negligible bar to clear. Telling him a trick which might be the power he knows not to buy another minute of breathing doesn’t pass muster. Telling him of the possibility doesn’t pass muster.
There are very few things which are both true and acceptable to tell Voldemort, simply because any information you give him, he will use against the world. If you give him information he can’t use, he will ignore it.
He could certainly request it, but he won’t get it.