Haha yeah, I googled it to see whether me or Doomie had the right spelling (he does) and I found a bit about him on wikipedia, and was amused to find that my random bit of silliness was correct. And apparently (SPOILER)he might just feature in TDH!Originally Posted by Rocket Edge
There is actually evidence that it was about Hitler (or something). Aparently while the Muggle World were fighting a war, so were the Wizarding World. Also, I think that the name has a meaning behind that too.Grindelwald = Hitler.
The one thing I like most about Rowling's work is characters and the like being mentioned in passing in earlier books, and then that being expanded on later on, and whenever you re-read the earlier ones you're like "Ohhhhh!".
Now to balance it out, the thing I loathe most about her work is her maddening repetition of words and phrases. Christ, how many times has Neville been described as round-faced, or Snape having a hooked nose? Yes, Uncle Vernon turns puce, and yes, Sirius has a bark-like laugh. Ernie Macmillan is pompous (but Harry likes him anyway) and...well I could go on like this.
The worst culprit of all is her insane use of "beamed" or "beaming". It's like she's had a bet with someone to see how many times she can use it! In fact, let's have an EoFF pool on how many times those words will appear in TDH. I say ten!
EDIT: I am revising my beam guess. It appears 22 times in the HBP, so I will say 20 in TDH.
