Why does anyone think that Corvus is dead, since Leta and a baby that everyone should believe is her brother survived the boat sinking? And if everyone thinks Corvus is dead for some reason, why does anyone, including Yusuf, think Credence is Corvus? Why were Leta and Corvus on that boat to begin with? How could that other baby be a secret Dumbledore? What are the odds of those two babies being on the same boat? Why did Credence end up in foster care with some wizard-hating weirdo? The reasons for a lot of this are unclear. The boat sank, and Leta survived, but with the other child. However, while on a boat from England to New York, Leta switched Corvus with another baby because she got sick of his crying (solid big sis move). Yusuf sets out to kill Credence to get revenge against Leta's father, since he thinks Credence is Corvus Lestrange. Leta's father remarried, producing another baby-Corvus. According to Leta, her father put a spell on Yusuf's mother, who then died in childbirth having Leta. There's yet another new character who features prominently in this story: Yusuf Kama, who we know nothing about until this scene. But Leta reveals in the tomb scene that he can't be Corvus, because she knows Corvus is dead. Specifically, Credence is thought to be Corvus Lestrange, half brother to Leta Lestrange, Zoe Kravitz's character. The Baby Switcherooįirst, let's get into the "how:" How did Aurelius Dumbledore wind up where he is? The movie explains this in the second-to-last scene's interminable exposition dump, so bear with me while I do my best to untangle it.Ĭredence's identity is a huge focus of The Crimes of Grindelwald, and most characters seem to think he's a lost son of the Lestrange family. Here, she's merely repeating herself, and it's way less interesting the second time around.īut the Aurelius Dumbledore twist raises even more questions beyond simply "why," like "How can Credence possibly be Albus Dumbledore's brother?" That isn't easy to answer, since it doesn't seem to make sense. For another, Rowling already did the "secrets of Dumbledore's past" thing in the main Harry Potter series. For one thing, it was never set up at all throughout these movies, and it goes utterly unexplained-which, granted, makes it incredibly shocking. But it's a pretty cheap twist either way. Rowling is the sole credited screenwriter on The Crimes of Grindelwald, so you can take what's in this movie as canon if you like. And once again, the series treats the existence of a Dumbledore sibling as a massive twist. At least, the character (played here by Jude Law) gives no indication in this movie that he knows Credence's real identity. Now it turns out that Albus had yet another secret brother, and even he might not know about Aurelius. The existence of his siblings toward the end of the series was treated as a reveal. It's unclear whether the general wizarding community was aware of his siblings, Aberforth and the long dead Ariana, but certainly Harry Potter and the other students at Hogwarts-and by extension we readers and fans-knew nothing of Dumbledore's family. I say another because, as Harry Potter fans may recall, the former Hogwarts headmaster was a private, secretive man. Let's get this out of the way: Who is Credence, Ezra Miller's character? As Grindelwald reveals in the movie's final scene, Credence is actually Aurelius Dumbledore, a secret Dumbledore sibling. We're going to do our best to explain Crimes of Grindelwald's ending, so naturally, we're getting into spoilers for the Fantastic Beasts sequel. Now Playing: Who Is Gellert Grindelwald? | Fantastic Beasts By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's
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