Dumbledore as a Failed Hero
Is Albus Dumbledore a hero? Perhaps, but he might not be a successful one.
by Mikaela Renshaw · Published March 6, 2020 · Last modified October 1, 2020
Is Albus Dumbledore a hero? Perhaps, but he might not be a successful one.
20th Anniversary / Features / The Daily Prophet
by Aurelia Lieb · Published October 27, 2019 · Last modified December 29, 2021
We want to take the Time-Turner one last time to revisit 2018, a year that brought us the wildly discussed sequel “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” and the mobile game “Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery”.
20th Anniversary / Features / The Daily Prophet
by Aurelia Lieb · Published October 20, 2019 · Last modified December 29, 2021
This week, the Time-Turner takes us back to 2017, a year that brought us Jude Law as the younger version of Albus Dumbledore, the “Harry Potter: A History of Magic” exhibition, and the Forbidden Forest extension of Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter.
The Quibbler / The Wizard's Voice
by Victor Chan · Published August 12, 2019 · Last modified September 17, 2021
Is Credence the love child of Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald, and is destroying him the key to destroying the blood pact?
by Amanda Myers · Published August 6, 2019 · Last modified February 15, 2020
Queenie Goldstein’s betrayal in “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” surprised everyone, but was it due to Grindelwald brainwashing her… or by choice?
Editorials / The Daily Prophet
by Mikaela Martin · Published July 5, 2019 · Last modified March 9, 2021
J.K. Rowling memes are starting to get out of hand. Will the next generation refuse to read “Potter” based on unreliable, preconceived notions?
by Richa Venkatraman · Published June 15, 2019 · Last modified December 31, 2022
Eradicating Grindelwald will mean defeating both the man and the ideology of wizarding supremacy that is the foundation of his movement.
by Mikaela Martin · Published April 30, 2019 · Last modified February 15, 2020
Leta Lestrange’s role in “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” seems short-lived. Could Leta’s actions lead to a much bigger plot point in the “Fantastic Beasts” story?
Editorials / The Daily Prophet
by Richa Venkatraman · Published February 26, 2019 · Last modified December 31, 2022
Stories about people like Dumbledore are often told exclusively through symbols and subtext, rendering their queerness invisible.