Seventh blog post about Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. Yes, the Fantastic Beasts film series is about World War II. It is significant that Queenie and Tina Goldstein are Jewish, and that will become more apparent in later films. The final showdown between Dumbledore and Grindelwald takes place in 1945. The series locations will continent-hop, with
Fifth blog post about Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. Grimmson, a “beast hunter for hire,” is the opposite of Newt Scamander. When the Ministry wants someone to kill Credence to prevent Grindelwald from using him as a weapon, Grimmson looks at an image of Credence’s face and says, “Is that it?” “It.” Not “him.” Newt
This post builds upon my previous blog post about Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald. Header image shows the prop used in the film to represent Credence Barebone’s adoption certificate. Who or what is Credence Barebone? Grindelwald has an answer. Whether it is completely true or not, he has a story that he is telling to
Spoiler alert! If you haven’t yet seen Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, be warned that the following blog post contains spoilers. When a hostile Ministry official accuses Dumbledore of once being “as close as brothers” with Grindelwald, Dumbledore corrects him: “We were closer than brothers.” What did that mean? Possibly over 99% of the theater
Note: This was how I introduced a discussion session about gay representation in Potterverse at MISTI-Con. These remarks were meant to provide general background only and to get the conversation started, not to be analytical or comprehensive. — LK Delivered Saturday, May 21, 2017 at MISTI-Con. Twenty years since Philosopher’s Stone was first published. Seven books in
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