The reveal
It's a Fantastic Beasts film, so in keeping with my role last time... let the madcap theorising begin.
(Um, technically I guess some of this is 'spoilers'? Look, there's a couple of new characters who we know like one thing about each, if the idea of finding that out terrifies you then stop here.)
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H'okay. From left to right, we have:
-Young Dumbledore, played by Jude Law (wutuf). Looks a bit grumpy. He's wearing what's basically a dressing gown, so points for staying on form. His wand is probably the black one from this tweet, which is of course not the one he used in the books. ^_~
-The Fla... uh, Credence Barebone, from the first film. Looks a little less formal this time round. Also! Not dead.
-Claudia Kim's unnamed character, who is apparently a 'Maledictus' - a were-something. Looking at that outfit, I would guess something reptillian. Also! Being of Asian descent (Ms. Kim is Korean), she could be a point of entry for some of JKR's other Wizarding Schools.
-Leta Lestrange, with her fiance...
-The Eleventh Doctor Sherlock Theseus Scamander, who... look, these two are blatantly evil, right? The spread-legs is a huge red flag, and Leta (aside from being a Lestrange) is doing the 'yessssss, my seductive master' pose. I'm not the only one seeing this, am I?
Leta is also, I think, the first blood-Lestrange seen on screen, Bellatrix being there by marriage; okay, there was also a cameo by Flashback Lestrange in HBP, but that barely counts.
-Porpentina, played by Katherine Waterston, who actually has a fantastically distinctive face that nevertheless looks completely different under different hairstyles. Weird. Anyway, she's leaning on Newt's suitcase, so they're clearly hanging out together.
-Some bloke in a naff suit. Oh, Newt, where is your fashion sense? Interestingly, in the animated version of the image, he shifts his wand to point at Jacob, or rather tucks it behind Jacob's back. Hmm.
-Jacob the Muggle No-Maj Ethnic Slur. In the animation, he looks over at Grindelwald, along with...
-Queenie, who clearly gets on very well with Jacob. I'm gonna guess she's the reason he gets back into things. Hopefully his bakery doesn't get blown up. (He got a bakery, right? I didn't imagine that?)
-Gelert Grindelwald, who is frankly a mess. What did Albus see in him?! Interestingly, his wand flashes to start the animated image moving - time magic, a hint at the plot, or just graphic design? Speaking of his wand...
It's definitely the white(r) one here, and... yep, that's the Elder Wand. Bit shinier than in the last films. I wonder about those designs on the handle... the Elder Wand seems to be of English manufacture, but that designwork puts me more in mind of the Nazca Lines than anything over here. I dunno; the design was invented before they ever heard of the Elder Wand, but it's still a possible lead...
Okay, so there's honestly not much to go on in one image. But it wouldn't be a Fantastic Beasts movie if I didn't do this.
One last thought: the title. Is that a hint that Grindelwald's crimes involve Fantastic Beasts? Does he have an army of monsters at any point? One wonders...
hS
