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Given that the early parts of the story are written in such a way that the narrative treats Harry's behavior as completely right and justified, it seems far mor
by zyxley 12y ago
Given that the early parts of the story are written in such a way that the narrative treats Harry's behavior as completely right and justified, it seems far more likely to be a retcon done years after the fact than some secret master plan Yudkowsky had in mind from the beginning.
- db48x 12y agoIt's possible. He did however make an offer to reveal the entire plot to anyone who could puzzle out a fairly minor part of it pretty early on.
- Eliezer 12y agoThe ending was explicitly foreshadowed in Ch. 1, including advance quotes. And, like, all the other early chapters. Nobody familiar with HPMOR could possibly take seriously the notion that this was a retcon.