Fantastic Beasts 3 Somehow Made Its Hated Credence/Aurelius Twist…Good?!
WARNING! Contains SPOILERS for Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore revealed Credence was really Aurelius Dumbledore, Aberforth'sestranged son, turning a hated plot twist into a good story. The third installment of the five-movie series saw Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen) rise to power and then fall once more as Dumbledore (Jude Law) and his team curb his ascension to Supreme Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards. The story is intertwined with several reveals about the Dumbledore family: Albus' relationship with Grindelwald, the story of Ariana, and of course, the reunion of Aberforth (Richard Coyle) and Aurelius/Credence (Ezra Miller).
When Johnny Depp's Grindelwald revealed Credence's identity as Aurelius Dumbledore in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, the plot twist generated a predominantly negative reaction. Grindelwald claimed Aurelius was Albus' brother, but a fourth Dumbledore sibling was never mentioned before in the Harry Potter series. Furthermore, considering Kendra Dumbledore was dead and Percival was in Azkaban at the time of Credence's birth in 1900/1901, it created a big plot hole. However, if Fantastic Beasts' creators had retconned it by revealing Grindelwald had been lying about Credence's identity, the plot twist would have appeared as a cheap Warner Bros. trick for Fantastic Beasts 3, designed to attract more Dumbledore fans to the next movie. It seemed like the writers had dug themselves into a hole.
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Instead,Fantastic Beasts 3 found a clean answer to the Credence/Aurelius twist, steering clear of huge plot holes or harmful
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