Slytherin divided

[Sydney]

No: HPFGUIDX 70978

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Regina" <reginafaye at y...> wrote:
> I have a theory, but no answers. Perhaps the snake represents Salazar 
> Slytherin, and his qualities are "divided" between Harry and 
> Voldemort. Perhaps Slytherin was looking down, from wherever he is, 
> behind the veil of death, sees the last of his bloodline, Tom Riddle 
> and what a dreadful human being resulted from the Slytherin way of 
> thinking. He is overcome with remorse, has a change of heart and sees 
> that love, integrity and compassion are the highest ideals after all 
> and heals the rift between himself and his three buddies, Hufflepuff, 
> Ravenclaw and Gryffindor.
> 
> Now he wants to heal the rift that exists in the world of the living, 
> the Hogwarts and wizarding world. He saw that Harry Potter, someone 
> with the qualities he now treasures, was about to be born, so he 
> gives Sibyll Trelawny the prophecy, allowing Voldemort to hear only 
> enough to make him want to attack Harry. This would cause Voldemort 
> to inadvertently pass on the good qualities of Slytherin to Harry, 
> kind of like grafting the last good branch of a diseased tree onto a 
> new root system. 
> 
> Then he will have to find some way for Harry to vanquish Voldemort 
> for good, to erase the harm Slytherin has brought upon the world. But 
> Harry, not having it in him to murder, will have to find a way to 
> defeat him, using the stuff locked up in that room in the Department 
> of Mysteries. Poor old Tom Riddle is going to have to come to terms 
> with his delusions, and this will be the fate worse than death, that 
> Dumbledore has in mind for him. But Harry will not be able to 
> outright murder Voldemort to save his own skin, this is counter to 
> the whole love and compassion he possesses in such large quantities. 
> Perhaps Harry will find a way to enter his mind and do it that way...
> 

Best.  Theory.  Ever.  

I love the snake representing Slytherin house-- the hat's exhortation
for unity just HAS too pay off in a big way.  And I have wondered if
the founders themselves will ever make an appearance, in spirit in
some way.  Salazar Slytherin can't have been utterly despicable-- as
himself and Goderic were such great friends it seems-- and it just
seems kind of... off to me, that you can apparently write off a
quarter of the population as hopeless at age 11.

Why the 'grim satisfaction' from D-dore though?  And where did all the
other thousands and thousand of prophecies in the MoM come from?  Is
feeling bad going to be enough commupance for V-Mort?

Fabulous theory, Regina!