[ SECRET POST #4511 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4511 ⌋

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

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Because you were looking for it, perhaps? Because we are fandom people and already know this was part of the character and so interpreted the scenes as (maybe) intended?

I'm a huge Potterhead. I watched this movie in theater. It was long and chaotic and chock full of storylines and characters careening from one end of the English Channel to the other. Scenes dipping into the past rifling through various characters' memories willy-nilly. Magical spells going boom and bang every couple of beats. I think Dumbledore appeared maybe three times in the movie, and when he talked about Grindelwald he said they were like "brothers". You get a flashback of their younger selves (played by different actors) doing some kind of blood ritual, which becomes a plot device.

None of those tropes are inherently or even specifically romantic. They've all been done before within the context of totally platonic relationships. An uninitiated viewer -- and these are the people we're trying to reach here -- will for sure miss the intent among all the flashing special effects and confusing new characters being shoved into the story. There's a time for a nuanced touch, and there's a time when you beat it over their heads, and considering the film this turned out to be, I know what would have been more effective.