Gay wizard Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore will not be "explicitly" gay in the upcoming sequel to 2016's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, according to director David Yates. Hmmmmm!!!!!!!
When EW asked Yates if Dumbledore's sexuality will be addressed in this year's Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, he didn't have quite the answer we were all expecting:
Not explicitly. But I think all the fans are aware of that. He had a very intense relationship with Grindelwald when they were young men. They fell in love with each other’s ideas and ideology and each other.
So you're explicitly telling me Dumbledore will not be "explicitly" gay in the movie explicitly covering the time period where he explicitly falls in love WITH ANOTHER MAN???? THAT'S EXPLICITLY GAY AS FUCK BUT OKKKKKKKKKK!!!!
As you can imagine, Potterheads made it explicitly clear that they were NOT here for the news:
"not explicitly" which seems like a weird choice in a movie literally titled "the crimes of Grindlewald," focused o… https://t.co/0QSfjoTfvZ
If you're not going to make Young Dumbledore's sexuality explicitly clear in Fantastic Beasts then why even bother… https://t.co/WGSTDa9FMg
Me hearing that #FantasticBeasts2 is gonna be indulging in Dumbledore/Grindelwald gay erasure because they for sure… https://t.co/9Zwz3pEt53
Like, it just doesn't make sense???
I don’t see how you can do a story about Grindelwald, include Dumbledore and have him ‘not explicitly’ gay for god’… https://t.co/OPCtDsoeAK
David Yates: well, dumbledore won't *explicitly* be ... me:
People were quick to question the decision, given the progress of queer representation in film over the past year:
How is it that we can have MOONLIGHT win Best Picture last year, have a bunch of films representing the LGBTQ+ comm… https://t.co/yBkUmUrCSP
“Not explicitly,” Yates replied when asked if the film makes it clear that Dumbledore is gay. “But I think all the… https://t.co/x6SLISibu0
And some fans even called out Harry Potter author and Crimes of Grindelwald screenwriter J.K. Rowling for her treatment of Dumbledore's sexuality:
jkr: dumbledore is gay lol fans: okay but u didn't put it in the source material jkr: i know lol *ten years later*… https://t.co/jSXlcOq0ZJ
They didn’t need to tell me they were gonna ignore Dumbledore’s sexuality, I knew. JKR wrote 7 books then announced he was gay, FUN FACT!
Choose your fighter but bullshit edition: David Yates saying Dumbledore is not explicitly gay in Fantastic Beasts… https://t.co/mVZOr5UaoI
Friendly reminder that Dumbledore still technically isn’t canonically gay because JKR and everyone involved in the… https://t.co/qQwWqFw8kO
Now, will you please excuse me while I explicitly scream in gay.
