Fantastic Beasts: Explaining The Harry Potter Canon Plot Holes
Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.
Does Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore really have as many Harry Potter canon plot holes as is commonly claimed? Since Fantastic Beasts 3 came out, the plot holes are becoming clearer. J.K. Rowling is a master storyteller, with a reputation for weaving complex narratives across multiple mediums. When she created the original Harry Potter story, she'd crafted a long, complicated timeline to understand every character's part in her ongoing narrative. As a result, Harry Potter fans have grown unused to the idea of there being gaping plot holes in the Fantastic Beasts prequels.
That's a major reason why the release of Fantastic Beasts 3 has been controversial, though not as much as its predecessor. There are several departures from the accepted Harry Potter canon, and Fantastic Beasts 3's plot holes continue. Sometimes these are minor issues; McGonagall's age plot hole doesn't make sense, but there's also the question of apparating on Hogwarts grounds. But even the greatest twists of Fantastic Beasts 3 seem to defy Harry Potter canon, most notably Newt's inconsistencies and the broken Blood Pact between Dumbledore and Grindelwald.
Related: Harry Potter/Fantastic Beasts Official Timeline (Including Fantastic Beasts 3)
These issues are, however, being overstated. It's important to remember that this is Rowling's world, and she knows far more about it than any reader or viewer. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter operates according to ill-defined rules that are only partly understood by people. Meanwhile, it's also important to remember that The Secrets of Dumbledore is only the third installment in a five-part Fantastic Beasts
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