Going into the movie knowing she was the love interest actually helped my opinion of her . No she isn ' t the dashing heroine that Hermione or Wonder woman yes know I ' m crossing the streams would be . But I was okay with that . She was a 1920 ' s woman for me . New to the idea of being able to be independent and have a career but still unsure of herself . A bit of an outsideroddball which I think makes her such a good kindred spirit for Newt . But also she knows her shit . She held off Grindelwald in a duel which is not an easy feat even if he was repressing power . And she has a strong sense of morals which has gotten her into trouble but to be honest had she taken out Barebone maybe Credence could have been helped earlier .