Gay beasts

I don't want subtext! JK Rowling said he would be openly gay , and to trust the the latter films would delve deeper. This is a glimpse at Dumbledore's past. Ever since JK Rowling revealed Dumbledore's sexuality over a decade ago, it's been one of the most perplexing aspects of his character.

I don't doubt that we'll return to it in the next films, but there are easy tweaks that could have made his sexuality more explicit. "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald" has a foolproof chance to make history with the first gay lead of a studio movie, so why is Warner Bros.

When “ Harry Potter ” author J.K. References to Dumbledore and Grindelwald's gay relationship were cut from Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore in China, making the film six seconds shorter. Director David Yates said the movie would "not explicitly" address his sexuality.

But I'm tired of presumption. Maybe some pained eye-pining from Dumbledore, but that's really it. But we all know the obvious, that Rowling can't rewrite the series to be more overtly inclusive. To give us a gay Dumbledore, damnit! Warning: Major spoilers ahead for. He's right; we can presume, from these clues, that Dumbledore is gay.

The Harry Potter author first made headlines in Six seconds of "Fantastic Beasts 3" have been cut for its China release, removing any reference to Dumbledore's gay relationship. That's all we get! You guys, that's it! To fill in the colors a little bit. Following the publication of the final “Harry Potter” novel, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” in , Rowling revealed that Dumbledore was gay and that his prior relationship with famed.

I guess, on some level, Yates didn't really oversell it. balking? By the time the trailer dropped , speculation had already begun. For years, his sexuality was never depicted in any canon books or films in the franchise. Almost 15 years after J.K. Rowling first declared that Albus Dumbledore is gay, the new Fantastic Beasts movie has finally made it canon.

Sure, you can read between the lines and find what you might suppose are nods to his homosexual proclivities throughout the Harry Potter books. I want it right there on the page, plain and simple, black and white! That's why, when I found out a young, strapping Dumbledore would appear in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald , I saw it as a rare opportunity.

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. Warning: Very mild and ever-so-slightly homoerotic spoilers below! Here's the extent of it throughout the film:.

Well, dear reader, I have viewed the footage, and I've come to some conclusions. My parched, homosexual mind feebly scrubbed through the footage, wondering if Dumbledore would be obviously gay or just ambiguously so. J.K. Rowling first announced in that Albus Dumbledore was gay.

It didn't help that we were hearing all kinds of conflicting things from those behind the film. Then Yates spoke about it again, saying his sexuality would be obvious to viewers.