Why is there no Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality thread? - Page 2

Sifright · 04-04-2012, 10:04 AM

Yea, Ray Kurzweil is kind of kooky in some ways. I mean it's a pretty decent story and it has a lot of funny moments, but like if you take a step back and think what the hell all these characters are supposed to be 11 it kind of falls apart.

rpgdemon · 04-04-2012, 10:20 AM

Who?

Sifright · 04-04-2012, 10:28 AM

the dude who wrote this fanfiction his name is raymond kurzweil he's semi famous in the circle he operates in.

The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk · 04-04-2012, 10:33 AM

I think you have the wrong person there Sif. This dude wrote MoR, not whoever you said.

Sifright · 04-04-2012, 10:54 AM

haha wow, did i ever get this wrong.

edit: now i'm confused as to how i got them mixed up.

Sky Warrior Bob · 04-04-2012, 11:30 AM

Harry Potter fan fiction?

Wake me up if you find any decent Harry Dresden stuff. And by decent, I mean stuff that Bob the skull would not a huge fan of.

Doc ock rokc · 04-04-2012, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Sky Warrior Bob

Harry Potter fan fiction?

Wake me up if you find any decent Harry Dresden stuff. And by decent, I mean stuff that Bob the skull would not a huge fan of.

regular, oc or crossover?

rpgdemon · 04-04-2012, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Sifright

haha wow, did i ever get this wrong.

edit: now i'm confused as to how i got them mixed up.

Yeah, I was like, "Unless Eliezer is a pen name..."

Amake · 04-11-2012, 02:11 PM

So chapter 84, Quirrel pulls a boner. If indeed he's not Voldemort, well, actually, I don't think we have to pretend we don't know for sure anymore after that humming torture display. But if he wasn't Voldemort, how could you explain his actions in the last scene of the chapter? He's pretty blatantly pressuring, trying to force an immediate irrevocable decision, acting as if there's not enough time to think it through and trusting the other party will be caught up enough to not realize that they do in fact have time even if he doesn't. Maybe said party is too shell-shocked at the moment to put it together, but if they remember later on and especially if they should happen to compare notes about Quirrel with other people who know him, he's going to be in trouble.

To paraphrase the Sandman: Voldemort, you disappoint me. This evening's display: It was not very subtle.

Or maybe it's just reader bias. Man it's hard to make-believe not knowing some things.

rpgdemon · 04-11-2012, 04:45 PM

Well, he's now got the head auror "confirming" who he is, and he knew Hermione didn't trust him to begin with, and what she says against him will sound like it's coming from that angle?

I dunno, I agree, if seems foolish. It might be that he thinks opening with how he was once a hero would hide that foolishness?

04-04-2012, 10:04 AM	#11
Sifright Fact sphere is the most handsome Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,108	Yea, Ray Kurzweil is kind of kooky in some ways. I mean it's a pretty decent story and it has a lot of funny moments, but like if you take a step back and think what the hell all these characters are supposed to be 11 it kind of falls apart. __________________ Orgies of country consuming violence

04-04-2012, 10:20 AM	#12
rpgdemon Not a Taco Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 3,313	Who? __________________ I did a lot of posting on here as a teenager, and I was pretty awful. Even after I learned, grew up, and came to be on the right side of a lot of important issues, I was still angry, abrasive, and generally increased the amount of hate in the world, in pretty unacceptable ways. On the off chance that someone is taking a trip down memory lane looking through those old threads, I wanted to devote my signature to say directly to you, I'm sorry. Thank you for letting me be better, NPF.

04-04-2012, 10:28 AM	#13
Sifright Fact sphere is the most handsome Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,108	the dude who wrote this fanfiction his name is raymond kurzweil he's semi famous in the circle he operates in. __________________ Orgies of country consuming violence

04-04-2012, 10:54 AM	#15
Sifright Fact sphere is the most handsome Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,108	haha wow, did i ever get this wrong. edit: now i'm confused as to how i got them mixed up. __________________ Orgies of country consuming violence Last edited by Sifright; 04-04-2012 at 10:57 AM.

04-04-2012, 11:30 AM	#16
Sky Warrior Bob bOB iZ brOkeN Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: It's a nice place to visit... Posts: 3,755	Harry Potter fan fiction? Wake me up if you find any decent Harry Dresden stuff. And by decent, I mean stuff that Bob the skull would not a huge fan of. __________________ :bmage: Because breakdancing is evil, and so am I, you will click on this link: The power of evil compels you... You are in error. No one is screaming. Thank you for your cooperation. Yes I know the breakdancing BM link doesn't work, and I don't care.

04-11-2012, 02:11 PM	#19
Amake Keeper of the new Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: A place without judgment Posts: 4,506	So chapter 84, Quirrel pulls a boner. If indeed he's not Voldemort, well, actually, I don't think we have to pretend we don't know for sure anymore after that humming torture display. But if he wasn't Voldemort, how could you explain his actions in the last scene of the chapter? He's pretty blatantly pressuring, trying to force an immediate irrevocable decision, acting as if there's not enough time to think it through and trusting the other party will be caught up enough to not realize that they do in fact have time even if he doesn't. Maybe said party is too shell-shocked at the moment to put it together, but if they remember later on and especially if they should happen to compare notes about Quirrel with other people who know him, he's going to be in trouble. To paraphrase the Sandman: Voldemort, you disappoint me. This evening's display: It was not very subtle. Or maybe it's just reader bias. Man it's hard to make-believe not knowing some things. __________________ Hope insistent, trust implicit, love inherent, life immersed Last edited by Amake; 04-11-2012 at 02:22 PM.

04-11-2012, 04:45 PM	#20
rpgdemon Not a Taco Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 3,313	Well, he's now got the head auror "confirming" who he is, and he knew Hermione didn't trust him to begin with, and what she says against him will sound like it's coming from that angle? I dunno, I agree, if seems foolish. It might be that he thinks opening with how he was once a hero would hide that foolishness? __________________ I did a lot of posting on here as a teenager, and I was pretty awful. Even after I learned, grew up, and came to be on the right side of a lot of important issues, I was still angry, abrasive, and generally increased the amount of hate in the world, in pretty unacceptable ways. On the off chance that someone is taking a trip down memory lane looking through those old threads, I wanted to devote my signature to say directly to you, I'm sorry. Thank you for letting me be better, NPF.