In the Harry Potter movies, Xenophilius Lovegood (Rhys Ifans) introduces the history of the Deathly Hallows, telling the story of the Three Brothers, but also confirming that the Sign of the Deathly Hallows was adopted by Gellert Grindelwald as a symbol of his power. Why did Grindelwald say Credence was Albus' brother? How did Credence end up removed from the Lestrange family? Was the whole sinking cruise liner story a meaningless way of bringing Yusuf Kama in - only to ultimately sideline him too? Why couldn't Aberforth's lover have simply been killed off and Credence put up for adoption before finding his way to the US? That would have been a far more succinct way of avoiding all the unnecessary silliness. But the reveal that Aberforth had a summer fling with an unknown girl while Albus was falling in love with Grindelwald doesn't really answer several other questions. On the one hand, the Dumbledore family secret was retconned to Credence being Aberforth's son, rather than Albus' mysteriously forgotten brother, which fixed the plot-hole of Percival Dumbledore being in Azkaban when he was conceived. 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.
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