Quote Originally Posted by Keltest View Post
Based on what I have seen, this isn't particularly true. HPMoR seems to strawman a significant amount of canon HP to make its point.
I would say that it calls out where canon does not make sense, and shows what would happen if people took thinks more seriously.

Book 6, Harry uses a spell that all he knows is "For enemies". Never tested it. Would you expect a wizard-raised wizard to do this? Nope. Only muggle-raised Wizards. Do you ever have a "Here is how to survive safely with magic" for people that learned none of the background / safety / common sense stuff?

Nope.

Etc. There's a LOT of canon that makes no sense.
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Slytherin's monster is a big one -- making it make sense required inventing the Interdict of Merlin, which required inventing a reason for the Interdict. And that's basically the AU departure point.


There is very little "I'm going to completely depart from canon".

I don't like his treatment of the afterlife or dementors.
I will say that how he dealt with the after life is at least decent:
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Do you believe in the Afterlife, Mr. Quirrel?
If I did, would I still be here?