Voldemort's predecessor

[Marvin Long]

No: HPFGUIDX 10751

Ok, who wants to theorize on the events surrounding the founding of 
Hogwarts and the subsequent displacement of Mr. Slytherin himself?  
It seems fairly clear that pater Slytherin went over to the dark side 
and, somehow, was defeated by the combined effots of Gryffindor, 
Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw.

It seems to me that those events must be closely related to the 
status of dear Harry (uberHarry or just regular Harry).  I think we 
have reason to believe that even if Godric Gryffindor took a lead 
role in defeating the Slytherin of yore, he didn't do it alone.  So 
even if Harry is the heir of Gryffindor, that's no reason to believe 
that he's fated somehow to single-handedly defeat Voldemort.  Based 
on the structure of the houses at Hogwarts, it seems plausible to me 
that Voldemort will be defeated by the combined application of the 
three virtues exemplified by the houses--courage, wisdom, and loyalty-
-as was Slytherin, I'm guessing.

So here's my theory for now...Voldemort will not be defeated LOtR 
style; there's no one act that will bring him down.  Rather, 
defeating him will involve isolating him in some way.  I'm thinking 
of the idea that a cancerous tumor can be killed by cutting off its 
blood supply, starving it instead of trying to kill it directly with 
chemo or radiation.  Without his death eaters as allies, there's not 
much he can accomplish, so the first goal in fighting him should be 
to prevent him from gaining allies.  Dumbledore has already taken 
this step by sending emissaries to the giants.

Ok, bedtime now.

marvin