I tried to read the Methods of Rationality, but only a few chapters. He's basically just a Mary Sue who has deductive capabilities like Sherlock Holmes and the knowledge base of a particularly autistic university student. As interesting as a "rational" look at the Harry Potter universe might be, I'd rather have a realistically smart character, not the generic pop culture idea of what a genius is. Also having Draco just casually say he was going to eventually rape Luna Lovegood in his first meeting with Harry just threw me out of it.
I tried to read the Methods of Rationality, but only a few chapters. He's basically just a Mary Sue who has deductive capabilities like Sherlock Holmes and the knowledge base of a particularly autistic university student. As interesting as a "rational" look at the Harry Potter universe might be, I'd rather have a realistically smart character, not the generic pop culture idea of what a genius is. Also having Draco just casually say he was going to eventually rape Luna Lovegood in his first meeting with Harry just threw me out of it.