Tactics & Prescience

[KathyK]

No: HPFGUIDX 75984


> > Dan:
> > > Well, it would seem to me we need to know a little more about 
how 
> > > Dumbledore "defeated" Grindelwald. If that is what he is most 
> > famous 
> > > for (thanks to the Quibbler?), if that is why Voldemort fears 
> him, 
> > > then Harry's next question should be, and one of his previous 
> > > questions should have been, "what did you do?" 
> > 
> > Me:
> > How does the Grindlewald defeat fit in with the Quibbler? The 
> > reference I recall to this defeat was from the Chocolate Frog 
card 
> > which Harry had on the train in PS.
> > 
> > Geoff
> 
> That Dumbledore is famous for his defeat of the dark wizard 
> Grindelwald is not because he's on a chocolate frog card, rather, 
> he's on a chocolate frog card because he's famous, and he became 
> famous by his deeds vs Grindelwald becoming known to everyone. In 
the 
> books, this being known to everyone has involved wizard papers. My 
> point, however, was clearly that Dumbledore's defeat of Grindelwald 
> might mean something in regards to Voldemort and Tom Riddle. How 
did 
> he defeat Grindelwald? Was it connected in some way to Riddle, 
etc... 
> 
> I frankly don't understand what you are questioning. I said his 
fame 
> might have been spread through the quibbler, as a newspaper. It's 
not 
> a theory.
> 
> dan

KathyK (butting in):
I know I'm not involved at all in the above, but as I've nothing 
better to do, I thought I'd just give my take of this small  
misunderstanding above.  Dan was, as he states above, wondering if 
maybe Dumbledore's defeat of Grindelwald was spread through the 
Quibbler.  Geoff interpreted Dan's phrase "(thanks to the Quibbler?)" 
as getting information about the defeat of Grindelwald from the 
Quibbler.  Thus his reply that it appeared on the chocolate frog 
card.  I don't think he was saying that Dumbledore got famous because 
of his mention on the card.

In relation to this thread, I agree that Grindelwald (and his defeat 
at the hands of Dumbledore) have something to do with Voldemort.  I 
have no ideas on how they're related, though, so I'll stop there.