[ SECRET POST #4053 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4053 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Out of interest: how would you do it? I'm guessing male pinup pictures on his wall are out of the question.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm curious, too. Other than him saying "I'm gay," pretty much everything I can think of involves him showing interest for a guy, which could easily make the other guy seem like a potential love interest...

[(Anonymous)]

You could have him mention a past boyfriend, or have him flirt with someone then leave, or have someone try to set him up with a woman only for him to say "no thanks, not into the ladies". It can be very casual and quick, but still more than subtext.

[(Anonymous)]

So ways of saying "I'm gay" using other words, and (past and present-that-never-happened) love interests?

[cbrachyrhynchos]

Well, in this case there IS a prior love interest between two of the three main characters. That could be addressed as such.

[(Anonymous)]

It's hard to say because a lot of it depends on tone and genre. But I don't think it's ludicrous to have a reference to it or mention of it in conversation, or to talk about the prior relationship with Grindelwald in a way that addresses it, or something like that. Just for instance.

[(Anonymous)]

What you’re describing is implicit, and you don’t know there WON’T be some of that, if not in the next movie, then in the following 3.

All this jumping to the worst possible conclusion is what’s ludicrous.

[(Anonymous)]

What you’re describing is implicit,

how is him talking about being gay, or talking about his past gay love affair in a way that makes it clear that it's a gay love affair, "implicit"

[(Anonymous)]

Do you honestly think that would be in character for Dumbledore? Honestly?

[(Anonymous)]

I don't agree. Just because he didn't do it in the books doesn't mean he'd never do it.

[(Anonymous)]

YMMV but I can’t imagine it. Keeping secrets, especially about his past, was a cornerstone of his character.

[(Anonymous)]

Several options I just came up with at the top of my head:

1) Dumbledore interacts with a side character, like a barman or colleague, who makes a casual reference to his love life. He sidesteps the question in a way that reveals his preference to the audience but not to his companion.

2) Dumbledore has one of his mentor-ly discussions with Newt, who is established in film canon to have been in love with a woman named Leta Lestrange, who caused him to be expelled from Hogwarts and is now engaged to his brother. Dumbledore commiserates with Newt over the pain of loving those who betray us in a way that, again, isn't obvious to Newt but reveals to the audience that he is referring to Grindelwald.

And finally, the scene I'd have EXPECTED them to write the moment it was decided these two would be in a movie together:

2) Dumbledore confronts Grindelwald in a tense one-on-one. Grindy makes references to their former relationship and taunts Dumbledore about his past feelings. You can make this as obvious or as subtle as you like.