The Dark Twin
We have known about Credence as an Obscurial since the first “Fantastic Beasts” movie, but how does “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” alter what we know?
by Lindsay Docken · Published November 29, 2018 · Last modified April 7, 2020
We have known about Credence as an Obscurial since the first “Fantastic Beasts” movie, but how does “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” alter what we know?
by Amy Hogan · Published November 19, 2018 · Last modified April 1, 2022
About that ending… Here’s a theory on what it really means.
by Laurie Beckoff · Published October 6, 2018 · Last modified June 25, 2023
Nagini seems doomed to become nothing more than a monster in “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald,” but Magizoologist Newt Scamander is all about helping magical creatures in need.
by Emily Hedrick · Published August 26, 2018 · Last modified June 25, 2023
Was Merope Gaunt an Obscurial, or was her oppression a product of an even more malevolent and pervasive prejudice?
by Mikaela Renshaw · Published September 30, 2017 · Last modified June 25, 2023
Obscurials may make for interesting world-building, but they also make terrible metaphors.
by Amy Hogan · Published December 20, 2016 · Last modified December 19, 2016
In 1899, a young Gellert Grindelwald spent a summer with his aunt in Godric’s Hollow, befriending Albus Dumbledore. Grindelwald knew of Ariana’s “condition.” When recounting the night of Ariana’s death, Aberforth says Grindelwald told him the mission of the “greater good” would lead to liberation for children like Ariana.
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