Fantastic beasts 3 dumbledore4/10/2023 ![]() ![]() Dumbledore deserves more.įor all the talk the film does about not taking the easy route, all the film series has done is take the easy option. ![]() ![]() That's an injustice, not only to the characters but to the fandom as well, however dwindling it might be. (Warner Bros said in a statement to Variety that "the spirit of the film remains intact", which only proves the point further.) This is evidenced by the fact that explicit references to Dumbledore and Grindelwald's queer relationship – six seconds of dialogue – have been cut from the film for release in China. Best friends can be closer than siblings, as can platonic soulmates siblings fight, they can become distant because only blood unites them, whereas friendship can run so much deeper.Īlthough we know from external factors that Dumbledore's love for Grindelwald was romantic, the film ensures that you can view their relationship in your own way queerness doesn't have to be a part of the story if you don't want it to be. The wording, the very way this scene unfolds, gives the bare minimum of an admission of queerness.Įven if we analyse this against the Fantastic Beasts 2 scene in which Dumbledore states that they were closer than brothers, it's an ambiguous line at best. ![]() Love isn't automatically romantic, and simply because two men discuss loving one another doesn't make them gay. ![]()
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