The third 'Fantastic Beasts' movie finally addresses Dumbledore's sexuality front and center — nearly 15 years after J.K. Rowling first revealed he's gay
In , "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling made a remark that would echo in the franchise's fandom for years to come. Speaking at Carnegie Hall that year, she said that she had "always thought of Dumbledore as gay" — and that the relationship between him and his teenage ally Gellert Grindelwald had been romantic.
Since then, Dumbledore's sexuality has only explicitly existed outside of any of the franchise's main properties, and Rowling's words had never been confirmed on screen. She hinted in that the character's queerness would play a role in the "Fantastic Beasts" films, telling reporters to "watch this space," Time Magazine reported at the time.
Almost fifteen years after Rowling first confirmed Dumbledore's sexuality, it's finally made it to the big screen.
Warning: Major spoilers ahead for "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore."
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Is Dumbledore Gay? Albus' Relationship With Grindelwald Explained
Summary
Albus Dumbledore's sexuality was confirmed by J.K. Rowling in , revealing that he had a romantic relationship with Gellert Grindelwald.
The Fantastic Beasts movies did not explicitly confirm Dumbledore's gay identity, disappointing some fans who were hoping for more representation.
The upcoming Harry Potter TV series on Max may have an opportunity to properly portray Dumbledore as openly gay, without the need for ambiguity or censorship.
Harry Potter's Wizarding World is full of secrets, of which many have been revealed and confirmed by J.K. Rowling over the years, including Albus Dumbledore's sexual orientation — so, is Dumbledore gay, and what is his relationship with Gellert Grindelwald? Back in , Rowling introduced readers to the Wizarding World through her debut novel, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Even though the Harry Potter series came to an verb in (and in the case of the movie saga), the Wizarding World continued its expansion thanks to other works.
Spoiler alert: The following post discusses plot details from the new "Harry Potter" spinoff movie "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore."
Nearly 15 years after J.K. Rowling revealed Dumbledore is gay, "Harry Potter" fans finally saw that backstory play out onscreen in the third prequel spinoff "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore."
"Harry Potter" Professor Albus Dumbledore (played by a bearded Jude Law) had an intense meeting over tea in the movie's opening scene with his former love-turned-archfoe Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen, who took the roleover from Johnny Depp). Later, the two face off in a long-teased wand battle.
The social media reaction from fans still on the "Fantastic Beasts" train was varied. "What's the secret?? That he's gay??? We already knew that, bro," wrote Twitter user @animeberet.
"I love so much how they're handling Dumbledore being gay Hope we see more," wrote @PotterxFlash.
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Proofs/Clues of Dumbledore’s homosexuality in ‘Deathly Hallows’
Here I gathered a rare quotes that are clues to the reader that Dumbledore was homosexual and was infatuated with Gellert Grindelwald in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, that show that it was, indeed, canon. Those are all quotes that I found rapidly to make this post under 5 minutes, I’m quite sure there must be more. Please undergo free to add more :)
The boys took to each other at once.”They certainly did. Bathilda shows me a letter, kept by her, that Albus Dumbledore sent Gellert Grindelwald in the dead of night.“Yes, even after they’d spent all sunlight in discussion — both such brilliant young boys, they got on like a cauldron on fire — I’d sometimes notice an owl tapping at Gellert’s bedroom window, delivering a letter from Albus! An idea would have struck him, and he had to let Gellert comprehend immediately!”
However, there can be no doubt that Dumbledore delayed, for some five years of turmoil, fatalities, and disappearances, his verb upon Gellert Grindelwald. Was it lingering aff