Secrets Of Dumbledore Is Riddled With Plot Holes, Mistakes & Headscratchers
Warning: This post contains spoilers for Secrets of Dumbledore.
More than 3 years after the release of the last Wizarding World movie, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore has rescued the divisive Harry Potter prequel series from a serious quality slump, but it is riddled with plot holes and problems. After the previous movie introduced the confusing Credence Dumbledore twist, Secrets of Dumbledore was faced with some serious narrative heavy lifting. And while the story works out and sets up a better Wizarding World future, the journey is deeply flawed.
Even before getting into Secrets of Dumbledore's story problems and plot holes, the question of how it would deal with Mads Mikkelsen replacing Johnny Depp as Grindelwald was simply side-stepped. While this may appear to be a plot hole, presenting the idea that Grindelwald still looks the same in-universe avoids the need to explain why Johnny Depp was replaced as Grindelwald. Mikkelsen is great as Grindelwald, so the change is an easy one to accept.
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Secrets of Dumbledore's other plot holes and mistakes are significantly less simple to accept, ranging from terrible character decisions to complications to established Harry Potter lore. Here's every plot hole, mistake, and confusing headscratcher moment in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.
Obviously, the Fantastic Beasts twist that Credence is a Dumbledore is still very important in Secrets of Dumbledore, even if Credence is pushed back as a character, but the narrative loops Crimes of Grindelwald jumped through for the twist now feel pointless. On the one hand, the Dumbledore family secret was retconned to Credence being Aberforth's son, rather
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