Joshua Hobbes
Since it looks like we won’t be getting a canonical answer, any thoughts on what exactly the Peverell Prophecy means?
“Three shall be Peverell’s sons and three their devices by which Death shall be defeated.”
Blegging*
Having the Death Eaters look around makes sense, but the paralysis seems contrived to me. It’s a very specific level of intelligence between what he have now and just having Mr. Grim cast Expelliarmus. I think it is more realistic for Voldemort to have dismissed the threat than for him to have considered it and decided that paralyzing Harry was the best solution.
Has anyone actually tried to answer the Ultimate Trolley Problem? I’m thinking right.
Would this censor posts about robbing banks and then donating the proceeds to charity?
Ah damn it.
Alright, you win there.
Are you referring to the sexual stuff? I don’t think that shows a difference in his personality so much as a lack of censorship. I could easily conceive of canon Draco making such comments, but them never being in the books due to censorship.
All the adults certainly were, but what about the students? Draco was the same before Harry started corrupting him, Ron’s still an idiot, Neville is still a Hufflepuff, etc. Maybe Fred and George are a bit more awesome, and Zabini is an entirely different person, but aside from that Harry’s peers seem to have been kept to the same level. If Hermione were a sensible person, she’d probably outclass Harry just as much as she does in canon, and then the story would be Hermione Granger and How She Learned the Methods of Rationality and Became Omnipotent.
I think a lot of this should be blamed on Rowling, not Eliezer. Hermione is pretty much the same as she is in canon, and I don’t think we can fault him for not upgrading her.
Wow, that is… that is the gaudiest checkered top hat I’ve ever seen.
Does anyone else think this might be a hint? It’s not the same as H&C’s “broad-brimmed black hat”, but I find it interesting that it’s mentioned at all. If we rule out all the suspects who have already been considered in 87, who are probably all red herrings, Flamel stands out as one of the few wizards clever enough to play such a game, along with Sirius Black.
Some of us are going to need a link explaining this system.
They can’t interact magically, so no.
Why is it just Luke doing the AMA? Eliezer already has an account for HPMOR, after all.
I think it’s pretty clear he got that information, along with many of his other dark secrets, from the Basalisk.
How about Animagus-ing into an immortal jellyfish? Certainly not an ideal life, but if it lets you keep old age at bay long enough the muggles will discover human immortality.
Yeah, I’d really like to know Eliezer’s reasoning here. What are the possible advantages of this change?
I suppose it is technically more accurate, since not all adult wizards are more dangerous than Dementors or Trolls. Dark Wizards, on the other hand, specifically train to be so.
I’m very much in favor of removing the Ghostbusters song from canon, and putting it in the Omakes.
Bella isn’t under the influence of a love potion, though.
Interesting! I’ve never seen someone try to make a such a comprehensive set of baseline rules, it seems like a good project!
I think the most controversial item here is 13:
Could you give some examples of markets you think this rule should apply to? For example, I run the the market on Eliezer’s 150k UFO bet:
Would you resolve that market early, if you were the market creator and if it never went below 90% for a year?
For your own markets, is this policy retroactive? Will you resolve this market early?