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Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
- warning26 4y agoThis story has some interesting ideas, but suffers greatly from being a Mary Sue[1] fanfic; the protagonist is a vastly overpowered author self-insert. [1] https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MarySue https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MarySue
- db48x 4y agoThe real Mary Sue in this story is Hermione. Harry actually has massive problems that he doesn't recognize until after the story ends. Also, the primary antagonist have been massively buffed to compensate for the improvements to Harry.
- bell-cot 4y agoHPMOR has been submitted to HN a fair number of times over the years - https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=potter%20and%20the%20methods%20of%20rationality&sort=byDate&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... But it hasn't gotten much interest here since March 2015 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9203359 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9203359