Glargh. Methods of Rationality started off as a fascinating enough concept, and it certainly had its moments (I haven't gotten an update notice in AGES, though), but it felt like ... TOO MUCH. The protagonist isn't merely "rational." He's an uber-kind at -- what, 10 years old or so? -- if all of this is going on in the VERY FIRST YEAR OF HIS TIME AT HOGWARTS. And some of the tone of the topics that come up feel more teen-aged than pre-adolescent. (But then, maybe I just had a very strange childhood, and I am Behind The Times.)
I think I would have respected it more if the author would have let time flow a bit more, especially where mastery of magic was concerned (even if the character was bound to use said magic in clever ways). Why should rationalist!harry also be accelerated in his mastery of all things magical -- many degrees faster than the Harry Potter of the original books?
As such, it just struck me as a bit too power-trippy and in need of a bit of polish.
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Date: 2014-08-11 03:11 pm (UTC)I think I would have respected it more if the author would have let time flow a bit more, especially where mastery of magic was concerned (even if the character was bound to use said magic in clever ways). Why should rationalist!harry also be accelerated in his mastery of all things magical -- many degrees faster than the Harry Potter of the original books?
As such, it just struck me as a bit too power-trippy and in need of a bit of polish.