A while back I made a video called ‘Why Didn't Voldemort Try to RECRUIT Grindelwald?’, and basically- the focus of that video was why Voldemort never made any attempts to recruit an imprisoned Grindelwald at Nurmengard. On both occasions that Voldemort rose to power, Grindelwald was sitting in a locked tower, so it always felt a bit peculiar to me that he wouldn’t have tried to recruit the most powerful resource at his disposal..Especially at times when things weren’t looking particularly good for him.

But in today’s video, I want to explore a different timeline that I FEEL has entirely different dynamics, one in which Grindelwald, at the height of his power, recruited a young Tom Riddle. I think this arrangement is far more likely, far more plausible and far more dangerous.

I’d also like to put forth a bold statement: the version of Voldemort that we got in the existing timeline Is NOT the most dangerous version.

Topics Covered In This Video:

What if Grindelwald recruited Voldemort?
Why didn’t Grindelwald recruit Tom Riddle?
Why didn’t Grindelwald and Voldemort team up?
Grindelwald and Voldemort alliance explained
Young Tom Riddle and Grindelwald timeline explained
Could Grindelwald have recruited Voldemort before 1945?
Tom Riddle at Hogwarts during Grindelwald’s rise to power
How old was Voldemort during Grindelwald’s war?
Why young Voldemort was more recruitable than old Voldemort
Grindelwald’s ideology vs Voldemort’s ideology
The Greater Good vs Voldemort’s quest for power
Why Grindelwald and Voldemort were different kinds of Dark Wizards
Would Voldemort ever truly serve Grindelwald?
Would Grindelwald see through Tom Riddle?
Tom Riddle’s Horcruxes in an alternate timeline
What if Voldemort never disappeared after Hogwarts?
Could the Death Eaters have formed under Grindelwald?
What if Grindelwald was never defeated in 1945?
Dumbledore vs Grindelwald alternate timeline explained
How Voldemort could have inherited Grindelwald’s movement
The First Wizarding War alternate timeline explained
Harry Potter alternate history and what if theories
Wizarding World lore analysis, theories, and explanations

Questions Answered:

What if Grindelwald recruited Voldemort?
Why didn’t Grindelwald recruit Voldemort?
Could Grindelwald and Voldemort have worked together?
Could Grindelwald have recruited Tom Riddle from Hogwarts?
Was Tom Riddle alive during Grindelwald’s war?
Did Voldemort and Grindelwald’s timelines overlap?
Would young Voldemort have followed Grindelwald?
Would Grindelwald have trusted Tom Riddle?
Would Tom Riddle have betrayed Grindelwald?
Did Grindelwald and Voldemort believe the same things?
What is the difference between Grindelwald and Voldemort?
Could Grindelwald have made Voldemort more dangerous?
Was the canon version of Voldemort the most dangerous version?
Would Voldemort still create Horcruxes if he joined Grindelwald?
Would the Death Eaters still exist if Voldemort joined Grindelwald?
Would Dumbledore still defeat Grindelwald in 1945?
Could Tom Riddle have stopped Dumbledore from defeating Grindelwald?
What if Grindelwald stayed in power after 1945?
Could Voldemort have taken over Grindelwald’s empire?
How would the First Wizarding War change?
Is this the darkest Harry Potter alternate timeline?

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