Grindelwald Dumbledore Forests and Curse Scars (long)

[fanofminerva]

No: HPFGUIDX 96519

<major snippage>
 Where do Dumbledore and 
> Grindelwald fit in to all this? Or the Knights of Walpurgis 
(probably 
> attached to Slytherin and/or Grindlewald) and the Death Eaters? 
Might 
> the barricaded forest have somthing to do with the forbiddin 
forest? 
> Why is it so over-run with Dark creatures?
> 
> In any event, I apoligize for the length, and hope someone will be 
> patient enough to read through and reply.
> 
> Bonny

Since I joined this list after reading OoTP, I have posted questions 
about Grindlewald that have failed to generate many responses.  I 
think there is something very important about Grindlewald and the 
possible connection between him, Slytherin, and Tom Riddle.  You hit 
exactly upon one of the reasons I am intrigued by him.  DD's 
chocolate frog card mentions Grindelwald and Flammel.  We learned 
about Flamel in PS/SS.  However, we have no more mention of 
Grindelwald (referring to your original post).  Not from Hermione or 
anyone.  

My hypothesis is that some kind of dark "force," for lack of a 
better word, makes Slytherin, Grindelwald, and LV stand out even 
among the dark wizards.  I am not saying possession (as some stated 
when they responded to one of my Grindelwald posts) but I am talking 
about chosen.  Much like the ring in LOTR.  The ones in possession 
of the ring were not possessed by it but strongly influenced.  They 
wanted the ring...needed the ring.  The hold on them was 
tremendous.  

Now we have Harry (our "Frodotype").  The prophecy may not be about 
the persons of Harry and Tom but the personas of "the boy who lived" 
and LV.  DD may have had the power to defeat the wizard Grindelwald 
but not the power behind the wizard.  Hence the prophecy and Harry's 
importance to the WW, and perhaps the reason we do not know much 
about Grindelwald.  This is why there would be no canon evidence to 
support this hypothesis. What I do use to support this is the 
importance JKR places on *choice* and *redemption* (e.g., Snape).  
Haryy may be the one who, for whatever reasons (love?), can defeat 
this force by CHOOSING not to use it, throwing it into the 
proverbial fires to be unmade (not destroyed).

How this fits in with the Forbidden Forest or scars, I haven't a 
clue.  However, I for one think as you do, that Grindlewald has more 
importance than has yet been revealed.

Julie -- who chooses to use "hypothesis" rather than "theory" 
because I KNOW my thoughts can be disproved, but probably will hold 
onto my pet hypothesis until the books are finished and JKR 
disproves it