History NightmareFuel / FantasticBeastsTheCrimesOfGrindelwald

---> '''Jacob:''' Not another war!

* Nagini's origins: Voldemort's pet snake was not born a beast, [[WasOnceAMan she was once a witch]], who became a [[BalefulPolymorph Maledictus]] due to a family curse. She [[AndIMustScream permanently transformed into a snake]]. Which makes her later actions with Voldemort even more disturbing considering she often [[IAmAHumanitarian eats the corpses of Voldemort's victims.]]

* It's only shown briefly, but Queenie ''enchanted her partner'' into marrying her despite his having refused - even if not because he didn't want to - and when he comes out of it, he isn't even aware of where he is or what he's been doing for the duration of the enchantment. He doesn't refrain from [[WhatTheHellHero calling her out]] on the FridgeHorror of the situation.

** And the worst part? This is the kind of situation that resulted in Merope Gaunt giving birth to ''Lord Voldemort''.

* [[AdultFear This movie also contains the type of nightmare fuel that has parallels in the real world:]] what if someone you loved joined a cult or a terrorist organization, especially because [[MoreThanMindControl they had been manipulated into thinking it was for a good cause,]] and there was nothing you could do to save them from themselves? The look on Jacob's face when Queenie joins Grindelwald says it all.

* Grindelwald summons snakes that jump at his prison transport's coachman's face, with an EatTheCamera effect. Cue a scream.
** From the same scene: The first time the magical law enforcement officer escorting the (apparently) restrained Grindelwald to Europe [[OhCrap knows something is seriously wrong]] is when Grindelwald’s grinning face appears outside the window of the coach while it's flying hundreds of feet in the air.
** The entire carriage scene is creepy: There's a storm outside creating an eerie lighting and Grindelwald is just sitting in the carrige staring unnervingly at his captors. Then he smiles...

* During Grindelwald's speech at the rally, he shows his audience a terrifying vision of what's to come if wizards don't put Muggles in their rightful place: UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, which concludes with a ''nuclear explosion.'' Made even worse in that there is a blink-and-you'll-miss-it shot of hundreds of people [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust being loaded onto trains.]]
** Grindelwald in general. A very charismatic man, promising a group of people a better future. He just sounds so convincing, it's far too easy to momentarily forget how evil he is. There's probably a reason he's been called "Wizard Hitler" at times.
** And the worst part? [[VillainHasAPoint He's not lying.]] (At least about the coming war.) Looking at it that way, it's tough to argue against his position.
** And who's most affected by this? Jacob Kowalski, veteran of what was supposed to be "[[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI The War To End All Wars]]", seeing that even greater destruction is yet to come.
---> '''Jacob:''' Not another war!
* Shortly after the rally ends and his audience is gone, Grindelwald unleashes a firey Protego Diabolica spell so powerful, it would have ''destroyed all of Paris'' if not contained. He basically unleashed a magical version of a nuclear bomb by himself. This gets even worse when one remembers that Grindelwald casts that curse with the ''Elder Wand''. Voldemort would later get a hold of that wand later in the Harry Potter series and proceeds to unleash powerful spells with it, but even then the wand was ''not'' displaying its full power there, as it will be later revealed that Harry is actually its owner, not Voldemort. Here, Grindelwald is the legitimate owner of the Elder Wand, and there's no limit to what it can do. That Protego Diabolica spell that could possibly doom Paris? Probably just a ''fraction'' of what Grindelwald is actually capable of with him being the Elder Wand's owner.
** Even more impressive in that Grindelwald ''just left the spell to run its course after he disapparated away!'' Nonetheless, it took ''five wizards'' employing their full power to negate the spell despite the fact Grindelwald was no longer doing anything to fuel it!

** This, if unintentionally, might indicate that the relationship between Rodolphus Lestrange and Bellatrix (who is typically the first person thought of in the HP series when the name 'Lestrange' comes to mind, but is actually a Black by birth) is rather a subversion of what probably happened more typically in a Lestrange union. It appears that the Lestrange wives were at best submissive and at worst completely unaware of what was happening, and in that way, the men held all the power. Rodolphus, even to some degree in-universe, is known more as Bellatrix's husband despite Bellatrix taking his name, and doesn't seem to be that terribly bothered by playing second fiddle to Bella — or by the fact that Bellatrix is very obviously in a longstanding one-sided emotional affair with Voldemort (an affair that even turns physical and results in a daughter in the end). [[FanficFuel Opens up a world of possibilities about the nature of their marriage, which was heavily implied to be arranged.]] Rodolphus himself may not have wanted the marriage to Bellatrix. [[IncompatibleOrientation He might even be gay or asexual]], and his marriage to Bellatrix a 'respectable' front to a society (or more likely a family) that wouldn't have approved of that.

** This, if unintentionally, might indicate that the relationship between Rodolphus Lestrange and Bellatrix (who is typically the first person thought of in the HP series when the name 'Lestrange' comes to mind, but is actually a Black by birth) is rather a subversion of what probably happened more typically in a Lestrange union. It appears that the Lestrange wives were at best submissive and at worst completely unaware of what was happening, and in that way, the men held all the power. Rodolphus, even to some degree in-universe, is known more as Bellatrix's husband despite Bellatrix taking his name, and doesn't seem to be that terribly bothered by playing second fiddle to Bella - or by the fact that Bellatrix is very obviously in a longstanding one-sided emotional affair with Voldemort (an affair that even turns physical and results in a daughter in the end). [[FanficFuel Opens up a world of possibilities about the nature of their marriage, which was heavily implied to be arranged.]] Rodolphus himself may not have wanted the marriage to Bellatrix. [[IncompatibleOrientation He might even be gay or asexual]], and his marriage to Bellatrix a 'respectable' front to a society (or more likely a family) thaht wouldn't have approved of that.

* The Black family are notoriously bigoted, but even ''they'' accept the women of the family (pictures on the tapestry and all!) and, as far as we know, have never actually resorted to ''rape''. Leta's father Corvus Lestrange, however, does resort to rape, by kidnapping a woman away from her family and putting her under the ''Imperius Curse,'' and the Lestranges are ''incredibly'' sexist, only depicting the females of the family tree with beautiful flowers and reducing them to pretty set dressing. It's official; there's a family out there that (like the Gaunts) is ''worse'' than the Blacks.

* The Black family are notoriously bigoted, but even ''they'' accept the women of the family (pictures on the tapestry and all!) and, as far as we know, have never actually resorted to ''rape''. Leta's father Corvus Lestrange, however, does resort to rape, by kidnapping a woman away from her family and putting her under the ''Imperius Curse,'' and the Lestranges are ''incredibly'' sexist, only depicting the females of the family tree with beautiful flowers and reducing them to pretty set dressing. It's official; there's a family out there that is ''worse'' than the Blacks.

* The Black family are notoriously bigoted, but even ''they'' accept the women of the family (pictures on the tapestry and all!) and, as far as we know, have never actually resorted to ''rape''. Leta's father Corvus Lestrange, however, does resort to rape and the Lestranges are ''incredibly'' sexist. It's official; there's a family out there that is ''worse'' than the Blacks.

* Nagini's origins: Voldemort's pet snake was not born a beast, [[WasOnceAMan she was once a witch]], who became a [[BalefulPolymorph Maledictus]] due to a family curse. She [[AndIMustScream permanently transformed into a snake]].

* It's only shown briefly, and Jacob is strangely unbothered by it, but Queenie ''enchanted her partner'' into marrying her despite his having refused - even if not because he didn't want to - and when he comes out of it, he isn't even aware of where he is or what he's been doing for the duration of the enchantment. They could have turned into the next Tom Riddle and Merope Gaunt if Jacob hadn't actually loved her.

* Shortly after the rally ends and his audience is gone, Grindelwald unleashes a Fiendfyre spell so powerful, it would have ''destroyed all of Paris'' if not contained. He basically unleashed a magical version of a nuclear bomb by himself. This gets even worse when one remembers that Grindelwald casts that Fiendfyre spell with the ''Elder Wand''. Voldemort would later get a hold of that wand later in the Harry Potter series and proceeds to unleash powerful spells with it, but even then the wand was ''not'' displaying its full power there, as it will be later revealed that Harry is actually its owner, not Voldemort. Here, Grindelwald is the legitimate owner of the Elder Wand, and there's no limit to what it can do. That Fiendfyre spell that could possibly doom Paris? Probably just a ''fraction'' of what Grindelwald is actually capable of with him being the Elder Wand's owner.

* The Black family are notoriously bloodist and bigoted, but even ''they'' accept the women of the family (pictures on the tapestry and all!) and, as far as we know, have never actually resorted to ''rape.'' Leta's father, however, does resort to rape and her family are ''incredibly'' sexist. Its official - there's officially a family out there that is ''worse'' than Sirius's.

** The entire carriage scene is creepy: There's a storm outside creating an eerie lighting and Grindelwald is just sitting in the carrige staring unnervingly at his captors. Then he smiles..

** And the worst part? [[VillainHasAPoint He's not lying.]] (At least about the coming war.)

*** Even worse? Grindelwald is basically portrayed as the wizarding world's equivalent of Hitler. [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Guess what the Nazis regularly did to their "enemies" who happened to own a nice bit of property...]]