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Reminds me of the questions they'd use in Harry Potter to identify themselves "What creature sat in the corner the first time that Harry Potter visited my offi

Reminds me of the questions they'd use in Harry Potter to identify themselves "What creature sat in the corner the first time that Harry Potter visited my office at Hogwarts?"

Refusing23 2y ago
if thats the only question, it wont work for long
- johnnyanmac 2y ago
  I assume the actual questions will relate to conversations had in private in reality. Anywhere from "where did we go on [date]" to "I asked you X question back then, what was your reponse?"
sigmoid10 2y ago
For a universe where everyone can turn into everyone, it seems this is way underutilized. Like, every single secret gathering or non-public meeting would need to start with everyone verifying their identity. Especially when parties are persecuted.
- csunbird 2y ago
  To be fair, when you are meeting under a place that is protected by magic (Fidelius Charm?) to make sure that only people who know about the secret place can attend the meeting (and this information can only be shared by a single person, the secret keeper), it automatically validates that the people joining the meetings are authentic.
  - wizzwizz4 2y ago
    Except that time it didn't, which every character in those secret meetings should be aware of. (There's no point trying to defend the plot holes in Harry Potter: it's an entertaining story and important to many people, but well-written it is not.)
    - Izkata 2y ago
      This was explained: The secret-keeper died, so everyone who knew the secret became the new secret-keepers. They brought the outsider with them accidentally, which was enough for the magic to be satisfied that the secret-keeper showed them the secret.
      - wizzwizz4 2y ago
        The other time it didn't (revealed in the third book) should be enough for them to at least have their guards up. Though, given the events of the fourth book, every participant in the war must be incompetent at warcraft – which we do see in subsequent books. You could argue it's consistent with the characters being incredibly complex (traumatised veterans, ego-fuelled tunnel-vision, not actually caring about victory, etc)… but realistically they were written by a millionaire[1] with no experience of war, and are fairly one-dimensional characters. [1]: Sunday Mirror, Jul 9, 2000.
- Rinzler89 2y ago
  >For a universe where everyone can turn into everyone, it seems this is way underutilized. That's what you think the biggest issues is with the writing in Harry Potter, and not the underutilization of a time travelling deice they only hand out to a student so she can ... take extra classes? Don't get me wrong, I loved the books as a child, but as a grown-up now, they haven't aged well at all when you start to realized all the massive plot holes and sloppy writing.
  - willcipriano 2y ago
    They could wave a wand and feed the world, instead they come up with a pseudo racial slur for the people without magic that they laugh about behind closed doors.
    - Muromec 2y ago
      So do we, so do we
    - Tomte 2y ago
      Creating food has been explicitly excluded from the magic in the Harry Potter universe.
      - Rinzler89 2y ago
        That's how Dumbledore claps his hands and food suddenly appears in the great hall?
        Tomte 2y ago
        That's food that exist in the kitchen. Dumbledore merely transports the food from downstairs into the Great Hall. Read the books instead of assuming things. The books are very clear on the point that food cannot be magically created.
        Rinzler89 2y ago
jeffwask 2y ago
I work with a guy I know from college and asked him an obscure college related question to verify identity the other day.

Reminds me of the questions they'd use in Harry Potter to identify themselves "What creature sat in the corner the first time that Harry Potter visited my office at Hogwarts?"

Refusing23 2y ago

if thats the only question, it wont work for long

johnnyanmac 2y ago
I assume the actual questions will relate to conversations had in private in reality. Anywhere from "where did we go on [date]" to "I asked you X question back then, what was your reponse?"

sigmoid10 2y ago

For a universe where everyone can turn into everyone, it seems this is way underutilized. Like, every single secret gathering or non-public meeting would need to start with everyone verifying their identity. Especially when parties are persecuted.

csunbird 2y ago
To be fair, when you are meeting under a place that is protected by magic (Fidelius Charm?) to make sure that only people who know about the secret place can attend the meeting (and this information can only be shared by a single person, the secret keeper), it automatically validates that the people joining the meetings are authentic.
- wizzwizz4 2y ago
  Except that time it didn't, which every character in those secret meetings should be aware of. (There's no point trying to defend the plot holes in Harry Potter: it's an entertaining story and important to many people, but well-written it is not.)
  - Izkata 2y ago
    This was explained: The secret-keeper died, so everyone who knew the secret became the new secret-keepers. They brought the outsider with them accidentally, which was enough for the magic to be satisfied that the secret-keeper showed them the secret.
    - wizzwizz4 2y ago
      The other time it didn't (revealed in the third book) should be enough for them to at least have their guards up. Though, given the events of the fourth book, every participant in the war must be incompetent at warcraft – which we do see in subsequent books. You could argue it's consistent with the characters being incredibly complex (traumatised veterans, ego-fuelled tunnel-vision, not actually caring about victory, etc)… but realistically they were written by a millionaire[1] with no experience of war, and are fairly one-dimensional characters. [1]: Sunday Mirror, Jul 9, 2000.
Rinzler89 2y ago
>For a universe where everyone can turn into everyone, it seems this is way underutilized. That's what you think the biggest issues is with the writing in Harry Potter, and not the underutilization of a time travelling deice they only hand out to a student so she can ... take extra classes? Don't get me wrong, I loved the books as a child, but as a grown-up now, they haven't aged well at all when you start to realized all the massive plot holes and sloppy writing.
- willcipriano 2y ago
  They could wave a wand and feed the world, instead they come up with a pseudo racial slur for the people without magic that they laugh about behind closed doors.
  - Muromec 2y ago
    So do we, so do we
  - Tomte 2y ago
    Creating food has been explicitly excluded from the magic in the Harry Potter universe.
    - Rinzler89 2y ago
      That's how Dumbledore claps his hands and food suddenly appears in the great hall?
      - Tomte 2y ago
        That's food that exist in the kitchen. Dumbledore merely transports the food from downstairs into the Great Hall. Read the books instead of assuming things. The books are very clear on the point that food cannot be magically created.
        Rinzler89 2y ago

jeffwask 2y ago

I work with a guy I know from college and asked him an obscure college related question to verify identity the other day.