And the vibe I got was that Grindlewald was specifically interested in finding an obscurus, so it would make sense if he heard about one in New York and replaced the real Graves to check it out. JKR did reveal that Grindelwald is a seer, so I’m assuming that he ended up in New York because he had a vision of the obscurus that told him where to look for him/her. Once there he looked for a suitable person to impersonate and chose Graves, because let’s be honest, who would not want to be Graves. ;)
I just wish they had explained it in the film either way. Tina asking what happened to the real Graves after Grindlewald was unmasked and getting an answer would've been like two lines of dialogue. Exactly, that’s all it would have taken to let everyone know that Grindelwald did indeed impersonate a real person. It also seems weird that nobody asked this particular question. I do realize that they had other things to worry about as well (no-majes learning about magic), but nobody questioning what happened to Graves makes it look like nobody cares.
There’s still hope for more Graves in the sequels though. I did read a comment recently that the fact that Grindelwald used transfiguration rather than polyjuice potion gives JKR a lot more options to include original Graves in the sequels. IMO that’s a good point. If he had been using polyjuice potion Graves would either have to be a prisoner or a follower of Grindelwald and he would have to be in New York so Grindelwald can make more of the potion. Now he could be anywhere and show up at any point in the sequels.
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Date: 2016-12-27 09:53 pm (UTC)JKR did reveal that Grindelwald is a seer, so I’m assuming that he ended up in New York because he had a vision of the obscurus that told him where to look for him/her. Once there he looked for a suitable person to impersonate and chose Graves, because let’s be honest, who would not want to be Graves. ;)
I just wish they had explained it in the film either way. Tina asking what happened to the real Graves after Grindlewald was unmasked and getting an answer would've been like two lines of dialogue.
Exactly, that’s all it would have taken to let everyone know that Grindelwald did indeed impersonate a real person. It also seems weird that nobody asked this particular question. I do realize that they had other things to worry about as well (no-majes learning about magic), but nobody questioning what happened to Graves makes it look like nobody cares.
There’s still hope for more Graves in the sequels though. I did read a comment recently that the fact that Grindelwald used transfiguration rather than polyjuice potion gives JKR a lot more options to include original Graves in the sequels. IMO that’s a good point. If he had been using polyjuice potion Graves would either have to be a prisoner or a follower of Grindelwald and he would have to be in New York so Grindelwald can make more of the potion. Now he could be anywhere and show up at any point in the sequels.