We are told Voldemort feared Dumbledore, are we not?
Well, were we, though? What chapter was that in? Or are we discussing canon now? I admit I'm somewhat confused.
were we not explicitly told in canon that Dumbledore only encountered Grindelwald at their final clash and they never met between that and the death of his sister?
Yes, but that was due to Dumbledore's rather cowardly dithering. The situation with Voldemort is rather different.
If your idea is correct, I would expect there were a few well-publicized instances of Dumbledore interrupting a Death Eater raid in a flash of phoenix fire, sending Voldemort running with his tail between his legs. That... doesn't really sound like MoRdemort, does it?
Or are we discussing canon now?
Canon. MoR introduces extra difficulties like the implied Nazi blood-sacrifice empowering of Grindelwald.
I don't know what to make of MoRdemort. If I did, I think a fair number of obscurities or mysteries would snap into place.
(The HPMOR discussion thread after this one is here.)
This is a new thread to discuss Eliezer Yudkowsky's Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality and anything related to it. There haven't been any chapters recently, but it looks like there are a bunch in the pipeline and the old thread is nearing 700 comments. The latest chapter as of 7th March 2012 is Ch. 77.
There is now a site dedicated to the story at hpmor.com, which is now the place to go to find the authors notes and all sorts of other goodies. AdeleneDawner has kept an archive of Author's Notes.
The first 5 discussion threads are on the main page under the harry_potter tag. Threads 6 and on (including this one) are in the discussion section using its separate tag system. Also: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.
As a reminder, it's often useful to start your comment by indicating which chapter you are commenting on.
Spoiler Warning: this thread is full of spoilers. With few exceptions, spoilers for MOR and canon are fair game to post, without warning or rot13. More specifically: