Warning: Spoilers for Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.
At the end of Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, Queenie Goldstein finally turned against the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald and reunited with her love, Jacob Kowalski, but her motivations were not always clear. Although both of them had other relationships, Queenie and Jacob’s love story was key to their character arcs throughout the Fantastic Beasts film series. However, their relationship faced difficulties since their meeting in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them due to Queenie being a witch and Jacob being a muggle.
Queenie and Jacob’s love faced its greatest test in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. While Queenie wanted to marry Jacob, he was worried that she would be arrested for their illegal relationship. Seeming to want Queenie on his side, Grindelwald used this conflict to his advantage. At his Paris rally, Grindelwald announced that witches and wizards could love whomever they wanted once Wizardkind ruled the world. Despite Jacob’s protests, Queenie believed and joined Grindelwald, leaving Jacob behind.
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For the majority of Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, Queenie worked for Grindelwald. However, she turned against him and reunited with Jacob just before The Walk of the Qilin Ceremony to determine the next leader of the Wizarding World. With so many characters in The Secrets of Dumbledore, though, there was little time to fully explore what motivated Queenie to change sides again. Based on Grindelwald’s statements at the Paris rally and Queenie’s behavior throughout The Secrets of Dumbledore, Queenie turned against
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