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fromthecellarsofoldnewgate · 6 months ago

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About the Fools and Their Lore

Pictured above: Oswald A. Wellington II, circa 1902 1899.

Professor Oswald Albert Wellington the Second, the Ragged Academic/Cartographer

A Professor of Surface Studies at Benthic, this laughingstock of a academic has made it his goal to uncover some mysteries and maybe, one day, return to the Surface. For now, he resorts to odd jobs and thievery to fund his experiments, inquires, and thread for repairing his jacket.

Ambition: Light-Fingers (Flondon)

Closest To- Criminals

Misc. Info: Always has a blue ribbon tying his hair back; a gift from his mother. Doesn't like his middle name. Cannot grow a beard (he tried, It sucked). His department is made up of him, a staggeringly large amount of maps, and anyone who bothers to wander in on a lecture (nobody save one or two students). Loves public speaking- which is strange for such a nervous looking guy.

Pictured above: F. G. Seidel, circa 1902 1899.

Lieutenant Frederick Gerhardt Seidel, the Prussian Swashbuckler

This newcomer to the Neath is loud, hotheaded, and fully willing to duel someone if need be. A proper army lieutenant, he is never seen without some kind of weapon on him, whether that be his saber, or the guns he wears (four of them! It's madness!). He's made a name for himself as a mercenary who will work for nearly any price, as long as the job seems 'fun'. One day, he will go to the High Wilderness, and captain a locomotive across the stars.

Ambition: Bag a Legend (When/if I ever make an account for him)/Wealth (SSkies).

Closest To- Varies- but almost never to Revolutionaries.

Misc. Info: Has a few dozen dueling scars upon his person; the flexibility of death down in the deep doesn't help his complexion much either. His locomotive is called the Freefall. He will work with the Revs, but he won't like it- and he won't tell why. Occasionally carries around four (4) Colt Single Action Army revolvers, one on his hip, and three in a belt across his chest- one he got from an American on the Surface, the rest he bought himself. He often doesn't get along well with Society either, so keep him away from any Important Society Business. He would, and might just, punch out the Jovial Contrarian’s lights. For enrichment.

Pictured above: Elise G______d, circa 1900 1899.

Elise G______d, the Last Mortician

Before the Fall, she was a charity worker, a poor Frenchman’s daughter with nothing to lose or gain. She grew up, and began running a mortuary for the less fortunate- funerals paid for, and help with anything else needed. After having everything upended in the Fall, she found a new calling- using her nascent criminal contacts to further her charity work. Now she dabbles in the Game, keeping her cards close to her chest, and her dealings (mostly) separate from her charitable activities.

Ambition: Already completed back in 1862.

Closest to- Great Game, Revolutionaries

Misc. Info: Originally she was my second Mask of the Rose player character (she did, in fact, go after the bat). Her tearoom is the same building (more or less, Treachery of Maps notwithstanding) as her mortuary practice. Her color on the chessboard is red, deep and dark as dried blood. Prefers Khaganian lightbulbs, for some ungodly French reason (it’s just a bit brighter).

Any further questions questions will be answered if they are asked. All images made using Bright's Picrew Hell. This post may be updated later on.

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fictionz · 1 year ago

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New Fiction 2023 - October

Another October in the can! And now I wish I could snooze through the real horror that is the holiday season. Maybe I'll stay in October forever... forever... forever...

Here's the long version (since Tumblr blocks too many links in one post).

The TL;DR:

Short Stories

"Snatched from the Brink" by Mary E. Penn (1878)

"The Canal" by Everil Worrell (1927)

"The Lost Performance of the High Priestess of the Temple of Horror" by Carmen Maria Machado (2020)

"The Time Remaining" by Attila Veres & trans. Luca Karafiáth (2019)

"CUE: Change" by Chesya Burke (2011)

"Last Call for the Sons of Shock" by David J. Schow (1994)

"The Real Right Thing" by Henry James (1899)

"The Haunted House" by M.A. Bird (1865)

"The Island of Regrets" by Elizabeth Walter (1965)

"The Stolen Body" by H.G. Wells (1903)

"The White Priest" by Hélène Gingold (1893)

"The Man Who Went Too Far" by E.F. Benson (1912)

"Mater Tenebrarum" by Pilar Pedraza & trans. James D. Jenkins (2000)

"Menopause" by Flore Hazoumé & trans. James D. Jenkins (1994)

"Señor Ligotti" by Bernardo Esquinca & trans. James D. Jenkins (2020)

"Shambleau" by C.L. Moore (1933)

"The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe (1850)

"The Village Spectre" by Gianna G. Maniego (2002)

"The Fog Horn" by Ray Bradbury (1951)

"The Lady of the House of Love" by Angela Carter (1979)

"The Woman's Ghost Story" by Algernon Blackwood (1907)

"Black Bargain" by Robert Bloch (1942)

"Vastarien" by Thomas Ligotti (1987)

"The Doll" by Daphne du Maurier (1937)

"The Transferred Ghost" by Frank Stockton (1882)

"The Shadowy Third" by Ellen Glasgow (1923)

"The Daemon Lover" by Shirley Jackson (1949)

"The Interval" by Vincent O'Sullivan (1918)

"The Phantom Cyclist" by Ruth Ainsworth (1971)

"Couching at the Door" by D.K. Broster (1942)

"Bloodchild" by Octavia Butler (1984)

Audio

Tales from the Crypt Presents: Dead Easy by A.L. Katz & Gil Adler, performed by Sean Astin, Jake Busey, Tia Carrere, Brett Cullen, John Kassir (1995, 2022)

Comics

"Birds of a Feather" by Stephanie Phillips, Maan House, Giorgio Spalleta, Justin Birch, Chris Sanchez (2021)

"The Origin of Vampirella" by Budd Lewis & Jose Gonzalez (1981)

"Do You Know... the Beast-Man?" by Richard Howell, Colleen Doran, Kevin Cunningham (1992)

"Good Ol' Fashioned Vanilla" by W. Maxwell Prince, Chris O’Halloran, Martín Morazzo, Good Old Neon (2018)

"For Better or Worse?" by Richard Corben (2016)

"Werewolf!" by Frank Frazetta (1964)

"Chickadee!" by Aya Rothwell (2016)

"The Evil Dead" (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) by Richard Floyd-Walker (1986-1987)

"Famine's Shadow" by Rachel Deering & Christine Larsen (2014)

"A Pretty Place" by Emily Carroll (2023)

"The Thing from the Sea" by Wally Wood & Joe Orlando (1951)

"The Living Ghost" by Frank Belknap Long & Fred Guardineer (1948)

"Essence of Life" by Gail Simone, Tula Lotay, Jared K. Fletcher (2013)

"Hag of the Blood Basket!" by Al Hewetson & Sean Todd (1971)

"The Fisherman" by Franco, Tressina Bowling, Wes Abbott, Sara Richard (2022)

"Dental Plan" by Joy San (2019)

"Frankenstein y el Hombre Lobo" by Unknown (1946)

"Man's World" by Keith Giffen, Mary Sangiovanni, Bilquis Evely, Mat Lopes, Taylor Esposito (2017)

"Shadow of Death" by William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein, Graham Ingels (1953)

"Smoke and Cedar" by Abby Howard & Alina Pete (2016)

"I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" by Harlan Ellison & John Byrne (1994-1995)

"A Dog and His Boy" by Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer, Jill Thompson, Jason Arthur (2006)

"The Horror Beneath" by Leah Moore, John Reppion, Timothy Green II, Michelle Madsen, Nate Piekos (2006)

"Shadows on the Tomb" by Joe Certa (1952)

"The Muck Monster" by Bernie Wrightson (1975)

"The Duel of the Monsters" by Archie Goodwin & Angelo Torres (1966)

"The Willowdale Handcar or The Return of the Black Doll" by Edward Gorey (1962)

"Inside You" by Valerie D'Orazio & David James Cole (2014)

"Soylent Teen" by Jordan Morris, Liana Kangas, Ellie Wright, Jack Morelli (2023)

"The Gris-Gris" by Jim Keegan & Ruth Keegan (2004)

"Fair Ground" by Jo Duffy, Mike Manley, Jackson Guice, James Fry, Kevin Cunningham (1992)

Video Games

Haunted House dev. Atari (1982)

Castlevania dev. Konami (1987)

Clock Tower dev. Human Entertainment (1995)

D dev. Warp (1995)

Friday the 13th dev. Atlus (1989)

Silent Hill 3 dev. Konami (2003)

Five Nights at Freddy’s dev. Scott Cawthon (2014)

Movies

It Lives Inside dir. Bishal Dutta (2023)

The Company of Wolves dir. Neil Jordan (1984)

Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare dir. Rachel Talalay (1991)

Honeymoon dir. Leigh Janiak (2014)

Organ dir. Kei Fujiwara (1996)

The Bride of Frankenstein dir. James Whale (1935)

The Royal Hotel dir. Kitty Green (2023)

House of 1000 Corpses dir. Rob Zombie (2003)

The Nun II dir. Michael Chaves (2023)

The Godsend dir. Gabrielle Beaumont (1980)

Hatching dir. Hanna Bergholm (2022)

The Velvet Vampire dir. Stephanie Rothman (1971)

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter dir. Joseph Zito (1984)

A Haunting in Venice dir. Kenneth Branagh (2023)

Piggy dir. Carlota Pereda (2022)

A Night to Dismember (The Lost Version) dir. Doris Wishman (1979)

The Blob dir. Irvin Yeaworth (1958)

Embrace of the Vampire dir. Anne Goursaud (1995)

Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls dir. Andrew Bowser (2023)

Exposed to Danger dir. Yang Chia-yun (Karen Yang) (1982)

Saw X dir. Kevin Greutert (2023)

The Birds dir. Alfred Hitchcock (1963)

Slumber Party Massacre II dir. Deborah Brock (1987)

Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island dir. Jim Stenstrum (1998)

The Being dir. Jackie Kong (1983)

Kuso dir. Steve (2017)

Visible Secret dir. Ann Hui (2001)

The Exorcist: Believer dir. David Gordon Green (2023)

The Love Witch dir. Anna Biller (2016)

Bones dir. Ernest R. Dickerson (2001)

Bedevil dir. Tracey Moffatt (1993)

Television

Regular Show - "Terror Tales of the Park" I-VI (2011-2016)

The Simpsons - "Treehouse of Horror Presents: Not It" (2022)

Tales from the Cryptkeeper - Seasons 2 & 3 (1994 & 1999)

#new fiction #2023 #october #short stories #comics #video games #movies #television

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calimera62 · 2 years ago

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J'ai publié 7 509 fois en 2022

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Reasons to renew Fantastic Beasts

The franchise’s future is uncertain, we can only hope for the making of a fourth and a fifth movie. While Fantastic Beasts 3 could end the franchise without the fans being frustrated over the ending, I feel like there’s still so much to see, so much to discover, so much of the story to tell. This post has no ambition of trying to convince WB to give Fantastic Beasts a chance, though I would very like them to do so, this is just something I wanted to do for a while.

You are free to add more to the list!

The summer of 1899

We need to see flashbacks of the summer of 1899. What the HP canon and Dumbledore told us in FB is so little to what actually happened. We need to see Albus and Gellert's first meeting. How they befriended each other because they're two solitary genius sharing the same ideology (more or less) and the same interest for the Hallows. We need to see them falling in love with each other, maybe sharing their first kiss (one can dream) and how it fell apart, how they drifted ways. I need to see Albus feeling trapped and frustrated in his own home until he finally met the one who completed him and understood him the most. I need to see how the Dumbledore siblings had to live on their own, the Dumbledore brothers having to take care of themselves and parent an unstable younger girl, without adults being around. We need to see Aberforth distrusting Gellert and how Albus neglected his family for Gellert. We need to see the three ways duel that resulted in Ariana's death and Gellert's departure

Gellert’s past

We also need to see flashbacks of Albus and Gellert before they met each other. We know next to nothing about Gellert's past. Who was he really? Where did he come from? Did he come from a pureblood family and raised with supremacist ideals? What did his parents think of him getting expelled from school? Mads Mikkelsen believe something happened to Gellert while he was young, or his family. Was it true? If so, were Muggles implied in this, thus explaining his hate for Muggles (it would also be a reason why Albus and he bonded, something tragic happened to them or their family because of Muggles). What were exactly Gellert's experiments so Durmstrang, a school reputed for its practice of dark magic, expelled him? How did he came to learn about the Hallows? Was Nurembarg a family castle or was it something he build for his quest?

Albus’s past

It would also be interesting to see the Dumbledore family before and after Ariana's attack, how it shaped Albus to be the young man he grew up to be when meeting Gellert, how he felt the status of secrecy prevented his family to have justice for what happened to Ariana. How he cared for his sister yet felt him having to take care of her after Kendra's death would mean having to sacrifice his brilliant future. How he came to have that ideology of controlling Muggles for the greater good and breaking the status of secrecy.

The 1945 duel

To see the 1945 in CGI (is that the right word?). The duel lasted three hours, what could possibly happened during that time? What led to that duel? Did Gellert surrender like Rita Skeeter suggested? Why? Was love the reason why Gellert lost the fight? We may get flashbacks during that duel, Albus and Gellert remembering their past together as they fight each other. Could you only imagine the moment where Albus won the Elder Wand? How Albus fought to have Gellert alive and imprisoned, rather than killed? Did they share a goodbye kiss? There are so many possibilities!

Newt and Tina

We know Newt and Tina end up getting married... how did they get there? Would we see the wedding? The long awaited kiss?

Jacob and Queenie

We need to see more of Jacob and Queenie's story. Their story isn't finished just because they got back together and got married. Will Jacob take part in WW2 or will he help during the war against Grindelwald? What about Queenie who betrayed Grindelwald and his followers and left them to join Jacob and Dumbledore's side? Won't Grindelwald and his followers try to get revenge? Not to mention, Queenie may have been able to read Grindelwald's thoughts. As skilled as he is, he must have slipped something from time to time without him noticing, so what could have Queenie possibly seen? Something that may help defeating Grindelwald.

Grindelwald's rise to power.

He may have lost during FB 3, but this isn't over yet. We have yet to see more of his rise to power and his reign of terror. He was the greatest dark wizard until Voldemort, and Voldemort only was active in England, unlike Grindelwald. Also, his defeat in 1945 isn't a coincidence... (I just hope they won't make him a wizard Hitler). The war against Grindelwald was most probably tied to WW2. If so, how?

Dumbledore's plan and tactics to try and stop him.

Now that the blood pact is broken, how will Dumbledore move against him? The blood pact broke in 1927, yet Dumbledore only really defeated Grindelwald much later, in 1945. Maybe there were a sort of chess between the two of them, trying to twart the other without facing each other in a duel.

The other characters

Secondary and tertary characters still have room for development, such as Lally, Yusuf, Theseus, as well as Grindelwald's acolytes. It would be interesting to see a couple of them being more than just acolytes, like Vinda. We might also get other characters introduced, either new characters or characters from the Harry Potter series, such as Bathilda Bagshot (she introduced Gellert and Albus to each other, she’s Gellert’s aunt… what does she think of her nephew now? Have her and Albus stayed in contact?), Hagrid, Slughorn, etc.

Nagini

We need to know what happened to Nagini. She went with Newt and co at the end of FB2. She would be most probably anguished about Credence joining Grindelwald and then dying, and would be angry against Grindelwald and pure-blood wizards whom she saw as the enemy. If so, how come she came to meet and stay with Voldemort as his most faithful companion. Did she pity him because he was an orphan? How come she stayed stuck as a snake?

Tom Riddle

It would be interesting to see Tom Riddle. Maybe in a cameo as he read with fascination the news on Grindelwald's reign of terror, or maybe even reading about the chamber of secrets. The chamber was first opened during Grindelwal's reign. Could you even imagine Dumbledore's state of mind? Him busy with the war against his former lover and Hogwarts, a safe haven for him and his students, being threatened by the opening of the chamber, him suspecting Tom but knowing he has no proof.

The fantastic beasts

To see Teddy the Niffler and Pickett and discover new fantastic beasts, maybe some of them will take an active part in the story, a bigger role, like the Qilin did.

Tina and Queenie

Seeing the sisters having their much needed reunion. Yes, it was important for Jacob and Queenie to find each other, but could you imagine what the sister had been through, away from each other? Tina, the head of the AUROR, knowing her sister joined the enemy, being afraid she lost her sister forever and having another, more personal reason to fight Grindelwald

Tina Golstein

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Stranger: Is this man annoying you?

Albus, glancing at Gellert: Yes, but he’s my husband. I signed up for this.

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What he said: Who will love you now, Dumbledore?

What I heard: You DIVORCE Gellert? You divorce him and walk away from him? oh! oh! jail for Albus! jail for Albus for one thousand years!!

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albusgellertalways · 3 years ago

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Order of Merlin, First Class - final chapter 3/3

https://archiveofourown.org/works/33124327/chapters/84980719

Summary: Albus Dumbledore receives the Order of Merlin, First Class for dueling and capturing his lover, Gellert Grindelwald. Everyone he comes into contact with praises him for his 'heroic act'. Albus' plan to rescue Gellert falls apart when Travers sentences him to Azkaban instead of Nurmengard. Most days, Albus hates living with the guilt and decides he doesn't want to live with the pain any longer. Will fate intervene and give him and Gellert one more chance?

Excerpt: Chapter 3 - Jailbreak

“I know part of you doesn’t believe I’m really here, but I am.” Albus gently placed a hand on Gellert’s arm, who stiffened but allowed the touch. It was the first time Albus had touched him, not counting the duel, in forty-six years.

“I’ll try to break you out (of Nurmengard) as soon as I can, but it will take a few days to plan your escape. Then, once you’re out, I’ll hide you and nurse you back to health.”

Gellert vehemently shook his head.

“I can’t stand by and do nothing!” Albus cried. “I can’t let you live like this. You’ve already served time, some of it in Azkaban. You deserve a second chance. You must come with me when the time comes. Promise me, Gellert. Let me help you.”

Gellert looked away, muttering something under his breath as he spoke to a wall. He finally turned back to Albus and nodded before pointing towards the door.

Not wanting to overstay his welcome, Albus exited the cell without looking back.

#grindeldore #fanfiction #post 1945 duel #angst and romance #AU #give them a happy ending #I can't believe it's not summer of 1899

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ciphersworld · 3 years ago

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Some of my thoughts about Grindeldore in The Secrets of Dumbledore

So, im REALLY obsessed with this movie and i wrote some of my thoughts and i decided put it here.

First of all, english is not my native language, so im so sorry for any mistake, and obviously, in this post there are spoilers. LETS GO

The Restaurant scene

Their smiles kill me btw

I love the restaurant scene for how Gellert insists over and over that it was both planning a revolution, that Albus not only followed him because they were in love, because HE helped make their plans and HE turned his back on them. Phrases like "It was you who said we can reshape the world" and "Committed to me, to US" it makes that clear

I think that Gellert was so angry with Albus because, in his perspective, he went on with his life as if nothing happened and that bothers him, he has so much anger and bitterness in his heart that he doesn't see beyond appearances

He doesn't want Albus to make excuses, he wants the Albus he MET in 1899 in his side , but he hasn't realized of THAT Albus died with Ariana and only at the end does he realize that Albus left his arms forever

And Albus, this is where I asked myself what was his point in being there, did he just want to try and convince Gellert to break the pact or did he want to see if there was a way to deal with this situation without breaking it? Albus doesn't want to let Gellert go either (even though he knows that isn't the Gellert he fell in love with anymore), he wants to save Gellert and try to save what they have.

Gellert was hurt after Albus said "We can free each other", which is why i think he acts so mean to Albus in the rest of the scene (and in the movie!). Gellert loves and cares about the pact, he carried the Troth with him everywhere for about 28 years, that he had it in a chest pocket, that he sacrificed and risked his escape in order to get it back at the start of COG, it's very obvious that. I think he uses the pact all the time because it's a palpable reminder of the one time he felt understood and loved by an equal. He uses it because it makes him feel close to Albus.

This scene was perfect, and I thanks so much to Jude and Mads performace <3

How they talked about the other in the movie

Someone doesnt feels weird the way they talked about the other with another people in the movie? Like, sometimes it feels like their relantionships was not a secret. Gellert explicity admits to his acolites and Kama he knew and was a Dumbledore´s close friend.

I personally think that Gellert doesnt hide their relationship to anyone, he is very pround and selfish about their conextion (another reason for he posibble cares so much about the troth!). But Albus is the contrarian.

He talks about his realantionship but with a few people, talks about it with Thesus but only for convinced him. And says THREE times he loved Gellert (and one of it was to Gellert himself).

ALSO, Gellert and Albus are so obsessed with each other in the movie, like Albus mentions their love every time he can and Gellert have visions about Albus and look at him with the most look of longing have ever see, THEY'RE OBSESSED WITH EACH OTHER AND I LOVE IT!!

For next, my favorite part of the movie

The almost duel

Frist of all, THE SOUNDTRACK OF THS SCENE IS PRECIOUS AND GORGEOUS, thank you James Newton Howard.

And then, can we talk about Gellert's face in this frame and how he trembles at the mere thought of touching Albus after 30 years and realizing he can't hurt him because he still loves him so deeply?

When they put their hands on each other's hearts, Albus keeps his hand outstretched, Gellert presses his hand to Albus's chest as if he wants to hold on to it, trembles at the thought of hurting him and clings to him in the face of it. His face of him is one of absolute despair, this is the moment where they realize that their destiny is inevitable and that they will repeat this duel one day.

Now something that I find interesting is how Gellert trembles at the idea and lets his guard down for a moment, and Albus holds his wand up, he doesn't like the idea, but he's more determined to do it, that's the moment where he chooses to do what is right and not what is easy.

And Albus, he doesn't even know how to feel about all of this. Should he feel angry with Gellert for left him? Should he be glad that he was stopped in that summer in the worst way possible? Would he be willing to give up the best two months of his life for his sister? He can hurt to the man he loves?

They both love each other, but that is the moment where they have lost each other and their reactions to it kill me. Gellert seeks to emotionally harm Albus and Albus just walks away, he does not seek to harm Gellert with his action from him, but the fact that he turns his back on him and shows a certain indifference after tremendous emotional shock hurts Gellert more and seeks to harm Albus more with his next action

"Who will love you now Dumbledore?, you're all alone" Those words seem more directed at himself than at Albus, he feels alone, and the only proof that someone really loved him lies broken on the ground.

It is also interesting how Gellert goes from calling him "Albus" at the beginning of the film to calling him "Dumbledore" at the end of it

I think Albus was more prepared for the idea of confronting him, from the beginning he raises the idea of getting rid of the troth and Gellert is resistant to the idea, he doesn't want to, it is the only physical proof he has of his and he clings to it. Item.

Gellert is an emotional wreck and unlike Albus, he doesn't have people who love and support him unconditionally, he's alone.

He is a man who does not know how to deal with strong emotions (and it has been shown since fbwtft) and that is his greatest weakness. Dumbledore always talks about how love is the most powerful magic because he thinks it is what we don't know. He doesn't even feel lovable, but he keeps thinking about it.

And every day I am more convinced that Gellert's feelings for Albus are the reason why he loses THE duel, that Gellert's love for him is enough for him to repent and let him win, and thats why Albus locks Gellert in Nurmergard, because he has faith that he will regret it because he already showed signs of it

The end of the movie

"I was never your enemy..." says Gellert to the public, and then proceed to search Albus, look at him to the eyes and says "...then or now"

I was speechless at first, THIS MAN hurts Albus firts and he feels betrayed and emotionally hurt by him, BUT HE STILL WANTS ALBUS ON HIS SIDE. I HAVE NO WORDS FOR THAT.

The end of the movie is so sad, Albus promeses to Thesues find and captured Gellert after have that moment is so hurtful. See the pact broken is a hurtful pain and he cant explain that.

(btw Newt is a great friend for Albus in this movie, all the time he helps and supports because he knows that this hurts him, he doesn't judge him and that's why i adore Newt so much)

At the very end see Albus seeing the wedding was so sad, i cant belived how that scene is so painful and so happy and the same time. I actually refuse to belive that they dont invite Albus to the wedding, but the fact that he stays alone in the street see something that nows it will never be able to live it's a very hurtful moment, and a very sad ending for him.

#grindeldore #albus dumbledore #jude law #secrets of dumbledore #gellert grindelwald #mads mikkelsen #sod spoiler #the secrets of dumbledore #fantastic beasts #i wrote this with my Grindeldore playlist and im get so much inspired #i actually so proud for this #ggad #they gonna ruin my life #if you read all the post #thank you

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dumbledore-and-grindelwald · 3 years ago

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How would you write the Grindeldore relationship in the next 2 movies? I would focus the next one of flashbacks (similar to HP6) and and the second one on the finale battle obviously. Question is just how will they show Dumbledore defeating Grindelwald? Because his is not a Harry/Voldemort situation. There needs to be something else here, maybe a significant post-defeat Dumbledore/Grindelwald where we can the hint of remorse Gellert was rumored to have or something like that

I think that movie 4 should share the attention more evenly between the two sides and build both Grindelwald and some of his followers a little more. Going into the Global Wizarding War I think it's important to show a little more of both sides.

I definitely believe that the information we got about the summer of 1899 is insufficient and that we have to get more of it, but we also have to get more of Dumbledore and Grindelwald as individuals before they met. If it were up to me, I'd share the flashbacks between the two movies:

In movie 4 I'd put some Grindeldore flashbacks about the more ideological stuff (for the greater good, introduction of the Deathly Hallows through their conversations etc.) and show a big of Grindelwald's history, his experiments at Durmstrang and his expulsion, probably a bit of his relationship with his family. This movie should end on a high for Grindelwald. The outcome of his attacks and terrorism at the end of the movie should be devastating to the point that he sems unbeatable.

In movie 5 we should get flashbacks of the Dumbledores before Grindelwald got in their lives. We should see Ariana's abuse by the muggles, Percival getting imprisoned, Kendra's death. With this being the movie where Dumbledore has to act decisively and achieve one of the greatest victories in magical history, it's important to incorporate the things that drove him to the ideology that Grindelwald is distortedly supporting now, and the moment he saw that Grindelwald's lack of compassion towards others was somthing he could never get past. It would be a great way for us to reach the point when the duel is decided upon. Then, as the two are ready to face each other, I think we should flash back to more loving and genuine moments of their relationship that went beyond politics and allegiances.

This would be my way of including enough flashbacks without overwhelming either movie and of distributing me in a way that seems (to me) to be surving the themes of the series in the best way while having the most heartbreaking impact.

I definitely think there should be a last scene between the two when Grindelwald gets imprisoned in Nurmengard, but I'd say his shift comes earlier. Dumbledore has said that he was a bit more skilled than Gellert. Nevertheless, it's still been implied that Grindelwald surrendered and I don't think it will be just a matter of skill. His first show of remorse has to be during the duel, even if it's initially just regret over the pain he cause Dumbledore's family.

#grindeldore #gellert grindleward #albus dumbledore #fantastic beasts #the secrets of dumbledore #asks

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apicelladonna · 7 months ago

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Godric's hollow, post-duel 1899 musings

No because we forget that these were just boys that summer of 1899.

Two of them don't have parents anymore. The closest relative they have was an aunt miles away.

So when their sister died, who tried to made sense of their anger? Who comforted them through their tears? Who hugged them? Who took Ariana's body to the morgue? Made the announcement to any of their relatives about the funeral?

Albus, an eldest brother who buried himself in books and magic lore away from his grief of the situation his family, had a chance too late to be the brother Abeforth and Ariana was looking for.

Might as well three Dumbledores died that day, put down in the family plot.

As for Gellert, oh Bathilda's heart must have broken to see the state of her great-nephew. Teary eyed and shaking as he entered her cottage. Would he have confessed everything to her? Or perhaps not to risk her safety should aurors come and investigate.

Poor Gellert, unable to cry any harder than he could chuck his clothes and books, and a certain silver trinket into a bag so he could immediately leave Godric's hollow.

Bathilda's only (perhaps) remaining relative alive to go into hiding for something she doesn't understand but have shook him to the core to leave the safe haven he has created with his friend, Albus. Poor unhappy soul-

Her only inkling came during the funeral when the two Dumbledore siblings fought.

What has he done?

She repeats that phrase when she sees his name once more years later, labeled as no. 1 most undesirable dark lord in europe.

#Bathilda Bagshot #Abeforth Dumbledore #Albus Dumbledore #Gellert Grindelwald #Ariana Dumbledore #Godric's hollow #summer of 1899 #today on ella's half baked tears and musings #kinda internalized on Albus too much from my own experience-#fbawtft #HP #hp fandom #post duel of 1899

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wardencommanderrodimiss · 3 years ago

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When you were liveblogging DGS2/GAA2 over on your sideblog (which I was sadly not following along with since I was gladly playing the game myself and didn't want spoilers) you made a post on this blog about imagining more shenanigans for the modern day/bullshit defense au. Since the game has now been out for a month I was wondering if you would be interested in sharing them? (Please tell me Someone regrets his new white suit when he gets a stain)

I figured there would be some people who dropped away for that liveblog because hey, they had the chance to easily play it themselves now, and I'm just happy that it is so easily available to play now. They're good games!

Anyway, blanket spoiler warning for both DGS/The Great Ace Attorney games below. So many spoilers.

So my initial scenario that I mentioned when playing the first game was Ryuu, Susato, and Kazuma shadowing van Zieks, and that's been made hilarious given the entire situation with van Zieks and his apprentice in the second game. I'm keeping that scenario and just expanding on it, because it works even better with the second game's context.

London Study Abroad, Day 1: a man burns to death in an uber that was simultaneously the crime scene and evidence and no we still don't know how they got it into the courthouse.

London Study Abroad, Day 2: Ryuu and Susato are studying over in the corner of Barok's office while Kazuma is on the phone and Barok is at his desk ignoring all three of the students, when suddenly Kazuma walks over to the desk and slaps one hand down on it, his other hand holding his phone back a little bit from his mouth.

"Hey, Prosecutor van Zieks," he says. "My dad says to stop being so rude to us."

"No, he doesn't," says Barok without looking up.

Kazuma hands him the phone. Ryuu and Susato are watching now, and are very surprised to see Barok actually take the phone and answer with a deadpan "Yes?"

"Barok," says Genshin Asogi, on the other end of the phone, on the other side of the world, "why does my son tell me that you are currently drinking wine, in the office?"

It is 11:17 am GMT and Barok is indeed drinking wine. "I don't know," he says. "Why did your son tell you that?"

This is the first time that Barok and Genshin have spoken in like three years.

Now this is less shenanigans and more me laying out some complex groundwork that I have overthought because what else do I do! I hope that's nonetheless acceptable.

Since this modern AU is adjacent to the Bullshit Defense AU, that means we are allowed to resurrect at least one dead parent. I have chosen Genshin Asogi for this honor and add him to the ranks of Gregory, Byrne, Misty, Metis, and Dhurke.

So for the incidents a decade prior, the same situation carries over from the game, initially. Genshin, Mikotoba, and Jigoku are all studying in London, and while Mikotoba is running around solving crimes, Genshin becomes very good friends with Klint van Zieks, and Barok. Klint still ends up a killer; Genshin still ends up discovering this, but instead of them handling this with a duel like idiots in 1899, Genshin ends up finding evidence and gets Klint arrested on suspicion of murder. Before his trial, though, Klint mysteriously dies in prison of "Mael Stronghart tying off a loose end who could reveal him to be a blackmailing piece of shit" disease.

Genshin and Barok's friendship is...understandably strained by this. Barok finding out his brother who he so loved and idolized was a murderer, but that matter wasn't even resolved in court with a verdict, it's just hanging open forever now, and this all about Klint having been brought to light by Klint's best friend, who Barok also admired... Barok does not take it very well. And while Genshin wants to look out for Klint's little brother, for Klint's sake, there's only so much he can do, and it's even harder once he returns to Japan. He still reaches out to Barok on occasion, and Barok would sometimes briefly respond, but that line of communication has slowly died over the years. Both of them think there was some sort of foul play involved in Klint's death, and both of them think that there are loose threads, but neither knows what to do with it.

Then one day, a memo goes around the Prosecutors Office asking for someone to mentor two Japanese exchange students by the names of Kazuma Asogi and Susato Mikotoba, and Barok reads the first of those names and remembers that his brother's good friend Genshin Asogi had a son named Kazuma and just thinks. huh. Knowing that he is going to immediately regret it, Barok volunteers to mentor the exchange students, wondering maybe if there's some way he can uncover more information about Klint's crimes and death.

Kazuma, for his part, knows that his father has an old friend who is a prosecutor in London, who went through some rough stuff, but maybe you can see how he's doing now, and Kazuma meets Barok and is like "wow my father didn't tell me that you were a complete jackass."

Susato and Ryuu, meanwhile, didn't even know about Genshin and Barok's old friendship, and so the phone situation just leaves them beyond confused as they watch the frightening and cold Prosecutor van Zieks grow progressively more animated in a phone conversation with Kazuma's father. This is still their second full day in London. Everything happens so much.

Anyway, eventually, with help from Sholmes and after a bunch of increasingly wild scenarios, they end up discovering the full truth of what happened with Klint, and revealing Stronghart's role in his crimes, which allows Barok and Genshin to return to good terms with each other.

Also yeah Kazuma manages to wear white for 2 hours before he gets wine spilled on him. What did he expect when this office is more a wine cellar than an office!

#ace attorney bullshit tag #bullshit defense au

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moonbowontheriver · 5 years ago

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I like the theories you bring up in this post!

Aberforth said, very specifically, that he drew his wand and then Gellert drew his after. Why phrase it like that, unless to make a point? He could have easily said, we drew our wands on each other. Think about it a different way, what if Aberforth said something like “Grindelwald drew his wand on me, so I took out mine”. It leaves you with a completely different take on the situation that Aberforth is describing. I also take this to mean that Aberforth instigated both the duel and the verbal fight prior to the duel. Granted, we can’t know this for sure. However, Aberforth has been known to be an abrasive man who tends towards dueling - we are told this throughout Deathly Hallows even before we meet him, and we do get some hints of the kind of man Aberforth is before Deathly Hallows. Not to mention, we’ve seen that when it comes to Gellert, he rarely draws his wand first.

I’ve brought up before how controlling Aberforth seems, especially towards Albus. It’s abusive. And likely towards Ariana, too, he just has a better attitude with Ariana. He adores her, while he deplores and despises Albus.

Aberforth told Harry that Grindelwald did not like being told that Ariana was too delicate to be moved and that they couldn’t go on their crusade (or whatever he said). That he (Gellert) did not like being told “You’d better give it up now” regarding their plans. Now Gellert, who is not a man to be controlled, especially not by a (slightly) younger boy who is abusively controlling. Especially to one who is abusively controlling of the boy he loves. OFC he got angry at Aberforth. Now Aberforth is not only attempting to control Albus and Ariana, but Gellert as well. And, not only that, but he is trying to prevent Albus and Gellert bring about positive change to their world. But Aberforth likely got angry first, when ... I assume Albus told Aberforth that he was to go back to school and Ariana would be going with Albus and Gellert. So, Aberforth started the verbal fight, saying that Ariana was in no fit state to go, and he likely was very caustic towards Albus and Gellert when he said it. Possibly even used very offensive slurs. And there would be no way in hell Gellert, particularly 16 year old Gellert, would let that fly without a fight.

Aberforth had already established that he didn’t want to go back to school, that he wanted to stay home and care for Ariana. He already told us that he didn’t understand why Albus came home after their mother died, when Aberforth said he could handle it. I have some doubts about this, but that’s a different argument for a different day. The point remains, Aberforth was fighting Albus about not going back and trying to control Albus’s actions.

I love how you bring up that Gellert is hurt by Albus not standing by Gellert, that he is siding with Aberforth instead. I think it is likely that this could also be said of the argument prior to the duel. That has to hurt like hell. Albus and Gellert spent all summer making plans to make the world a better place for the magical community all over the world. It has to hurt because Gellert was supportive of Albus, understood Albus, and (I would argue) tried to help Albus with the situation at home, and now when Gellert needs support, Albus is silent. He doesn’t intervene on Gellert’s behalf. He doesn’t tell Aberforth to go to hell, or that Aberforth does not control Albus, or that Albus is the head of the household and legal guardian of both Aberforth and Ariana and as such has the right to decide what is to happen with them (Aberforth going to school, Ariana going with Albus and Gellert). Or worse, Albus tells Gellert that Aberforth is right. Gellert would be feeling extremely betrayed and hurt. And all of this before wands are drawn.

We don’t know how the fight went down before Aberforth drew his wand. We don’t know exactly what was said that prompted him. Aberforth grew up with Kendra, too. It’s very likely that he also learned secrecy and lies at his mother’s knee, as did Albus. All Aberforth says is that there was an argument then he pulled his wand, Gellert pulled his and used the Crucio. That’s very vague until it gets to what Gellert did to him. Makes me wonder what he didn’t say. It is entirely possible, as you said, that Aberforth was taunting Gellert and casting spells prior and attacking either Albus or Gellert, or both, and Gellert would not take it well. It is also possible that Gellert, who was most likely proficient in silent spell casting, might have actually cast it silently and it was a different spell, but Aberforth didn’t know the spell. Or, it was the Cruciatus, and Gellert didn’t understand in that moment how the Cruciatus is perceived differently than how he was taught - his intent being what mattered, not the spell, itself. And, yeah, like you said, it wasn’t a great option for him to go with, but he wasn’t thinking with his right mind. After all, Gellert and Albus likely had many debates about the Unforgivable Curses, and Gellert knew exactly how Albus felt about them, even if he didn’t understand why.

Then suddenly, Albus is siding with Aberforth (again) when Gellert was just trying to defend himself. Aberforth tells us that Albus was trying to stop Gellert. Gellert wouldn’t understand why Albus sided with Aberforth. This is where Aberforth tells us that all three of them started dueling each other.

But, let’s back up for a moment to address a “contradiction”. Gellert and Albus have made a blood pact so they can’t fight each other, right? Well, no. I actually don’t think this is the case. Albus is very good at prevaricating and obfuscating. It was never Albus who said that he couldn’t fight Gellert because of the pact. No. That was Newt, and Albus didn’t deign to correct him. Even at the beginning of CoG, when Albus says that he cannot fight Grindelwald, he doesn’t say why, only that he can’t. So, it is easy, then, to draw the conclusion that they can’t fight because of the blood pact at the end, that the blood pact between Albus and Gellert was a promise to never fight each other because that’s what Newt said and Albus doesn’t refute him. But, that doesn’t make sense for Albus to agree to that. Even if Gellert did have a vision that showed them fighting each other and suggest such a venture as the blood pact, wouldn’t that set off some alarm bells in Albus’s head, no matter how besotted? Why would your boyfriend suggest such a measure? But, if Albus was trying to protect an even more precious and dangerous secret (like the fact that Albus can’t bring himself to fight Gellert is because he loves him still, no other reason), he would find any way to hide that fact. Albus never expected Newt to bring back the blood pact from Paris, and in so doing Newt found a very convenient excuse for Albus to use, to fool Newt AND the audience as well. The blood pact is also called the blood troth, which is a betrothal, so I think that is all it was. I see no contradiction between the blood pact and the fact that the three of them were dueling each other.

Back to the duel. We already have Aberforth telling us that Albus was trying to prevent Gellert from hurting/dueling his brother, it is easy to follow through on that to the conclusion that Albus was fighting Gellert more than Aberforth. Which, as you said, gives Gellert the message the Albus is perfectly okay with Aberforth attacking Gellert, trying to hurt him, but it’s not okay for Gellert to defend himself. And that is an absolutely awful message to receive from anyone, let alone your boyfriend, your only equal. I don’t know about you, but I would be furious, hurt, and devastated. And thus enters Ariana.

Ariana reacts to the volatile situation around her, according to Aberforth. But also, I have to wonder if she’s sensitive to magic displays in general? Like, do they trigger a trauma response in her? I wouldn’t be surprised. Especially if it were violent magic in combination with high emotions and shouting. It really wouldn’t be surprising if her Obscurus got released. Which brings us back to the question of who killed Ariana: Albus, Aberforth, Gellert, or Ariana’s Obscurus? Why does everyone always leave out the possibility of Ariana’s Obscurus killing Ariana? She’s already older than we understand children with Obscurus’ to survive to...

And I love your take on why Gellert upped the ante. It makes a lot of sense that he was fearing Albus’s life when he saw Ariana’s Obscurus join the fight. After all, we do have confirmation of this vision from Albus in CoG (I’m going to ignore the killing-the-man-Gellert-“feared”-most for now). And so, he tries to stop her from harming Albus. Aberforth doesn’t know what is going on, he only sees that Gellert is attacking his sister (when it’s really that he’s attacking her parasite). Albus, I think, also fearing the same thing, not processing in the heat of the duel the reason behind Gellert’s actions, not understanding that it’s not Ariana he’s attacking.

Now, suddenly, Ariana’s dead. And Gellert freaks out, and so do her brothers. I mean, how many dead bodies has a 16 year old seen? And it’s even more than that, a death that he thinks he might have caused. Of course he shut down and couldn’t take in anything. All he’s hearing is yelling, and so he internalizes and hears what he thinks they’re saying. Overloaded with so many emotions, he ran.

Aberforth and Albus see his running different to why Gellert actually ran. Aberforth took it as an admission of guilt. Albus? Well, he doesn’t know. He knows Gellert to be innocent but doesn’t understand. Gellert has always stood by him, has always supported him, was always there for him when he needed him, and now, suddenly Gellert is not there. Suddenly, to Albus, he ran ... which was out of character for Gellert. Albus can’t see what lead to Gellert’s departure. He was blind-sighted because Albus needed Gellert - his sister just died! - and Gellert was always there when he needed him. He was blind-sighted because his eyes were on Gellert in that moment and he knew Gellert to be innocent.

And poor Albus never got the chance to chase after him - his sister had just died and he was devastated. His sister just died and his brother was devastated and livid. He didn’t know Gellert to still be in Godric’s Hollow until the next day. He was so busy trying to arrange things for Ariana’s death, he never got the chance to visit Bathilda. And maybe Gellert was somehow holding out for hope that Albus would come back to him in that time, but he didn’t. And Gellert couldn’t bare to bring himself to Albus’ to see the hate on his face, and the curses to be flung his way. He wasn’t emotionally prepared to deal with the fallout. He left the next day, brokenhearted. Albus stayed and was brokenhearted.

The End through Gellert’s Eyes.

The question of why Albus was so blindsided by Gellert leaving has always been a source of mild confusion to me. Why was he so blindsided by Gellert leaving? Gellert’s been involved in a duel where he attacked his brother and possibly killed his sister. Surely, running the hell away would seem self-explanatory. It’s possible Albus was blindsided by his love for Gellert and reeling by how quickly everything went down, but I think there’s another possibility.

Think back to Aberforth’s account of the duel from DH. He says ‘I don’t know which of us did it, it could’ve been any one of us.’ But then, Albus says only ‘you see, I never knew which of us...cast the curse that killed my sister.’ There’s a subtle difference. Aberforth believes it could’ve been any one of the three. Albus seems to say the same thing. But, as we know, Albus often deals in half-truths. He could be saying the same as Aberforth. Or...he could be saying ‘I don’t know who did do it, but I do know who didn’t.’

So. Gellert leaves in a state, thinking he’s killed Ariana. Seems logical. What if the reason Albus is so shocked, though, isn’t just because he’s lost the love of his life, but because he knows Gellert didn’t do it. I can just see him calling out, trying to get Gellert to hear him. But it’s too late.

Now, let’s consider the threeway duel through Gellert’s eyes. He’s finally found someone who he can carry out his plans with, someone who understands where he’s coming from, someone who loves and accepts him as he is. They’re going to make things better for their community, so none of them will have to hide. Then, Aberforth steps in and starts an argument. Gellert is quite happy to tell him to get stuffed, but he’s also hurt that Albus (probably) isn’t backing him up. He might not be agreeing, but he’s not arguing either. Doing nothing can sometimes be as bad as doing evil.

Then, things get heated. Now, I’ve got an established headcanon that Gellert could have psychological and neurological trauma from his Sight. As a result, he’d be extremely sensitive to strong emotions. And there is a lot of anger and bitterness in that situation. I suspect Aberforth is taunting him, snapping at him, etc. They’re fighting, it gets out of hand - and then, Albus joins in. On Aberforth’s side.

Of course, Gellert shouldn’t have cast Crucio. But there can be debate of how aware of it he was. He’s agitated, upset, stressed, confused, probably disoriented and trying to defend himself and what he believes in. And now, it seems Albus has turned on him.

And then, Ariana intervenes, presumably along with the Obscurus. At once, Gellert’s vision floods back to him and now he’s frightened. He realised that this could well be what he saw. He has to stop it. On instinct, propelled by the fear of his vision coming true, he ups the ante. He’s not looking to hurt Ariana, just fight the Obscurus. But as he ups the ante, so do the other two.

And then, Ariana is lying dead on the floor, Gellert is still upset and scared and disoriented etc, Aberforth and Albus are crying and screaming. He can’t make out any words, but he can guess what they’re calling him. Evil. Dark. Murderer. Finally, pushed over the edge, thinking he’s lost the love of his life and everything else he cherished, he runs.

One other thing worth noting. It’s stated in the book that Aberforth drew his wand first. It’s possible that he cast the first spell. Gellert goes second, probably defending himself. They fight. But Albus - from what I’ve gathered - does NOT intervene until Crucio is cast. And then he sides with Aberforth. That’s going to give Gellert the message that Albus is perfectly okay with Aberforth attacking and trying to harm him, but it’s not okay for Gellert to retaliate, even in self-defence.It would be even more cutting if Gellert didn’t have much of a concept of how bad the Cruciatus Curse was. Because he’s been taught that intent matters and he’s using it to defend himself. Sure, it’s a nuclear option, but with his mental state at that point, I could see his baser instincts taking over.

Of course, this is just my interpretation of what might have happened. But, from that perspective, it makes a lot of sense that Gellert would have left and run without looking back.

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romavitae · 4 years ago

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Grindeldore fic recs, English edition

I decided to reorganize my grindeldore fic recs because I have a lot of new ones to add since my last post, and I thought that it would be better to sort them by categories/themes so that it’s clearer for everyone.

All my old fic recs will be included in this post as well, but you are interested here’s a link to the original post You can also have a look on a few fic recs in French here

So here we go

Summer 1899

To speak in tongues of glory (disarm, disarm) by captainkilly From the moment they met to the tragic end of summer 1899

You’re one of the few things that I’m sure of (and I want you to unravel me) by Some_Dead_Guy Albus knows Gellert uses a glamour to hide his mismatched eyes, and wants him to stop.

Certainties between strangers by xcrossheartedx Gellert's drunk and in denial of his own feelings and remorses, he gets as bitter as he could ever be. Albus' tears and pain leads them both towards giving themselves to their deepest shared desire.

Blowing Things Out Of Proportion by AlbusGellertAlways Albus is having a sexual 'crisis' and Gellert tries to make it better.

Tomorrow and Forever by verivala "Albus, what do you think of marriage?"

To dwell on dreams by verivala Albus has a nightmare, Gellert comforts him.

Albus' Folly by AlbusGellertAlways After Albus and Gellert come together for the first time, Albus refuses a healing spell. Gellert is not aware of Albus' discomfort and it comes back to haunt him the next day. Aberforth finds out and leaps to conclusions.

Don’t want to know the other side (of a world without you) by Some_Dead_Guy Albus braids Gellert’s hair.

Never more will the rain by kyrilu He promises them freedom. [Ariana & Credence]

Happy Birthday Gell by Henry085 (StonyRS)

Fantastic Beasts era

I love you (with a touch of tragedy and quite madly) by Some_Dead_Guy What if Albus had attended Gellert’s rally in Paris, and decided to join him?

Hearts Locked in Wrong Minds by PhantomWriter5 Albus shares the secrets of his past with Newt, by means of a Pensieve.

Silver Memories by Space_Samurai MACUSA managed to take some of Grindelwald’s memories during his captivity. When they return from Paris, Theseus and Newt get to look at them.

Loyalty by Immortal_With_A_Kiss A few weeks after the semi-disastrous Paris rally, Vinda meets with her master to discuss the lack of progress finding the pact.

The Academic Writings of Albus Dumbledore, as Annotated by Gellert Grindelwald by IhaveAbadfeelingAboutThis Vinda doesn't need for Albus and Gellert to get back together. She just needs Gellert to stop sending her on near daily errands to the bookstore.

Minerva by Henry085 (StonyRS) Gellert is jalous of Minerva.

What we see in the dark by verivala Gellert is drunk and insecure. Albus is there for him.

My Love and I by Beserk Gellert Grindelwald sneaks into Hogwarts to watch his lover sleep.

Happy Valentine’s Day, My Love by Grindeldore19 5 months after the events in Paris, Dumbledore and Grindelwald each reminisce about what Valentine’s Day means to them.

The Heat of The Flames by Astrallio Albus is suddenly asked to attend a ball reception, Albus finds himself caught in a vicious spiral and is forced to face his old demons.

Every breath I left behind (Every breath you take is mine) by Some_Dead_Guy Gellert rescues Albus from Aurors who aren’t too friendly

Breaking apart by verivala Albus lay still on the floor of his cell, trying to breathe through the pain radiating through him. Gellert comes to save him.

The Trial of Albus Dumbledore by Aurora_xx Albus Dumbledore has to attend a disciplinary hearing for withholding invaluable information about Gellert Grindelwald. Unknowingly, he takes Veritaserum before.

1945 Duel

Will you love me like you loved me (and I’ll never ask for more) by Some_Dead_Guy

They Say, Still, That No Duel Ever Matched It by AnorOmnis

The World Is Hollow (And I Have Touched the Sky) by verivala

The end of the World by navvy

Take my body by verivala

Nothing's Fair in Love and War by MavenMorozova [!major character death!]

Post Fantastic Beasts era & Harry Potter era

The Drowned Man by Tarpeia The aftermath of the 1945 duel on Albus, seen through the eyes of Horace Slughorn.

Regrets by J_Forever Curiosity gets the best of Minerva McGonagall.

What about love by J_Forever A young Severus Snape learns the most deepest secret of Albus Dumbledore.

Amortentia by Hufflepuff_Scamander On Valentine's Day, the smell of Amortentia brings back memories for Albus.

Forever yours by J_Forever Hermione finds a letter from Grindelwald to Dumbledore.

Dumbledore's Meeting by AlbusGellertAlways Hermione meets with Dumbledore about dropping Divination and ends up learning more about the professor's personal life about a certain Seer than she was expecting.

Others

Thirty-Five Owls by Letterblade A correspondence between Albus and Gellert of some decades in length.

White by Vandrerska The story Gellert Grindelwald would tell if somebody took the trouble to ask.

Flowers and Blood by yixuan Gellert Grindelwald tells the story of his past to Albus Dumbledore.

A shrike to your thorn by verivala “Do I have another half too?” “Yes, you do, little bird. And you know what? They will love you forever and ever and ever”

Fragments of the Future by HiddenObscurial It has been said that Sight is a gift, but is it really?

Silent devotion by xcrossheartedx A depiction of Gellert’s complex emotional range

I've got you deep in the heart of me by kittysorceress The story of two soulmates.

Bleeding Heart by dvmbledors 4 times Albus said I love you and one time Gellert did.

I bet it's a squirrel by Henry085 (StonyRS) Albus wants to know what Gellert’s patronus looks like.

Speech prompts with Grindeldore by yumbledore 50 speech prompts with Grindeldore.

Of Love and other Demons by padme83 A collection of short stories.

#grindeldore #ggad #grindeldore fic recs #grindeldore fic rec #albus dumbledore #gellert grindelwald #fantastic beasts #harry potter #fic rec

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egoschwank · 5 years ago

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al things considered — when i post my masterpiece #855

first posted in facebook june 26, 2020

ilya repin -- "duel between eugene onegin and vladimir lensky" (1899)

"the face and soul of man, the drama of life, the impressions of nature, its life and meaning, the spirit of history—these are our themes" ... ilya repin

"a duel, whether regarded as a ceremony in the cult of honour, or even when reduced in its moral essence to a form of manly sport, demands a perfect singleness of intention, a homicidal austerity of mood" ... joseph conrad

"i was not born for happiness, all such is alien to my mind; of your perfection too, no less am i unworthy, you would find. believe me (conscience is my guide) wed, the fire would soon have died; however i wished to prove true, habit would cool my love for you. then you would weep, yet your tears, your grief, would never move my heart, but madden me, spur me to depart. what thorns, not roses, through the years would hymen strew along our way, many a night, and many a day?" ... alexander pushkin (from "eugene onegin")

"i thoroughly disapprove of duels. i consider them unwise and i know they are dangerous. also, sinful. if a man should challenge me, i would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet retired spot and kill him" ... mark twain

"on guard!" ... al janik

#ilya repin #duel between eugene onegin and vladimir lensky #a duel #joseph conrad #alexander pushkin #eugene onegin #i was not born for happiness #mark twain #on guard #al things considered

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habitatforhufflepuffs · 6 years ago

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The Dumbledore Family - A Timeline

Spoilers ahead for Crimes of Grindelwald, if it isn’t obvious.

I’ve already made several posts about the movie and my opinions, they’re on my blog if anyone wants to go read them. But since then, I’ve seen a lot of posts floating around of people saying that it’s not possible for Credence to be a Dumbledore because the timeline doesn’t add up, and after a minimal amount of googling and math, technically speaking it is possible. I’ve also seen several different theories floating around regarding Credence and the Dumbledore family. So, I figured I would lay out the Dumbledore family timeline, and all of the theories I’ve seen using the information we know from canon.

1881 - Albus Dumbledore is born

1883 - Aberforth Dumbledore is born

1885 - Ariana Dumbledore is born

1891 - Ariana is attacked by a group of muggle boys (at the age of 6), Percival Dumbledore is then sent to Azkaban after attacking them in retaliation (it is unknown at what age he died after this occurrence).

1899 - Kendra Dumbledore is killed in an explosion of Ariana’s powers (at the age of fourteen)

1899 - Ariana is killed (at the age of fourteen) in a three-way duel between Albus, Aberforth and Gellert Grindelwald

1901 - Credence is born (as confirmed by the Crimes of Grindelwald Screenplay)

1901 - Credence is taken aboard a ship from Europe to America by his aunt (as confirmed by the Crimes of Grindelwald Screenplay) and is switched with Baby Corvus by Leta. He is then adopted by Mary-Lou Barebone.

Based on this timeline, it is not possible for Credence to be Kendra Dumbledore’s son. However, it is unknown at what age Percival Dumbledore died, just that it was sometime after 1891. Technically speaking, it is possible for Percival to have sired another child via another woman while he was in Azkaban (and I wouldn’t put it passed J.K. to write this into the storyline), making Credence the half-brother of the Dumbledore siblings.

I would also like to add that it’s known that the Dumbledore siblings had an aunt named Honoria. I believe she’s mentioned in Tales of Beedle the Bard. It’s unknown whether she was Kendra or Percival’s sister. But given that Kendra was a muggleborn witch, it’s most likely that Honoria was Percival’s sister. Therefore if Credence is Aurelius Dumbledore, it’s likely that it was Honoria that was the one with him on the ship that sunk (and the screenplay does say Credence’s aunt).

Now, I don’t necessarily believe that Credence is Aurelius Dumbledore. But at the same time, I don’t not believe it either. It’s obvious that Credence is a very powerful wizard, otherwise how would he have survived with an obscurus inside of him all this time. Other evidence is how powerful his blasting the side of the mountain at the end of Crimes of Grindelwald was. That being said, someone pointed out that Grindelwald doesn’t actually say in the movie that Credence is Albus Dumbledore’s brother, and I checked the screenplay, and he doesn’t.

Grindelwald: You have suffered the most heinous of betrayals, most purposely bestowed upon by your own blood. Your own flesh and blood. And just as he has celebrated your torment, your brother seeks to destroy you.

CREDENCE inhales sharply. His chick steps gingerly into GRINDELWALD’S palm. GRINDELWALD throws it in the air, where it catches alight.

Grindelwald: There is a legend in your family that a phoenix will come to any member who is in dire need.

Given room at last, the bird stretches its wings and becomes full size. The bird is aflame, the phoenix reborn.

Grindelwald: It is your birthright, my boy. As is the name I now restore to you. Aurelius. Aurelius Dumbledore.

Technically, Grindelwald never actually says he’s Dumbledore’s brother. He just says that his brother seeks to destroy him, and then later he says that Credence’s name is Aurelius Dumbledore. Now, as far as we’re aware, none of the Dumbledore’s had any children, and I’m not saying that I think Credence is the child of any of them. It’s just another theory I saw floating around that someone thought Credence might be Aberforth’s son.

Regardless, we know that Credence must be a powerful wizard, and if I’m being honest, it would be quite ridiculous for them to spend an entire movie making us think that Credence is Corvus Lestrange, only for them to reveal that he isn’t, and then reveal that he’s Aurelius Dumbledore, and then later reveal that he isn’t yet again. I’m not putting it past them, because anything is possible with J.K. Rowling, but it would be quite ridiculous to have Credence’s parentage revealed as a red herring not just once, but twice. But the evidence that he’s a Dumbledore in some way is kinda stacking up.

Also, the phoenix coming to Credence is kind of damning evidence that he’s a Dumbledore given what we know about phoenixes and the Dumbledore family. Though I have seen the theories floating around about how the phoenix wasn’t reborn as a fully grown phoenix until after Grindelwald touched it. But most of those theories hinge on Dumbledore’s blood from the blood pact being what causes the phoenix to be reborn, but at this point in the movie, Grindelwald no longer has the blood vial, Newt and Dumbledore do.

As for the people that are arguing that it wouldn’t be possible for him to be Albus Dumbledore’s brother otherwise we’d have heard of him during the Harry Potter series at some point, I have a counter argument. Most of the canon information we know about the Dumbledore family is known as a result of Aberforth, or Rita Skeeter’s tell all book. Dumbledore was never really an open character, and hardly discussed Ariana at all during the series. That being said, as much as it pains me to say this, if Credence dies at some point during the FB series, I do think it’s very possible for him to be a Dumbledore. Albus was never very open, and if Credence died, and Aberforth didn’t know of his existence, then it would make sense for him to have never been mentioned. As for Rita Skeeter, well she’s not the most reliable source, and if very few people were aware that Credence was a Dumbledore, how would Rita Skeeter ever have gotten that information if Credence dies before the end of FB?

There’s one other theory I’ve seen floating around regarding Credence being referred to as Aurelius Dumbledore. That theory is based around the idea that people think Ariana was an obscurial herself, and that the obscurus in Credence is actually the obscurus that was in Ariana when she died. If this is the case, then when Grindelwald says “your brother seeks to destroy you,” he’s speaking in reference to the obscurus which was once in Ariana. In addition, the name Aurelius is awfully similar to Ariana, and we know that it’s possible to separate an obscurus from it’s host, seeing as Newt managed to do it in FB1.

I don’t necessarily believe or not believe anything at this point. This post is simply to point out that it is possible for Credence to be Dumbledore’s brother, just as I’m pointing out that technically Grindelwald never said that in the first place. The fact that Credence is so obviously powerful, and the fact that the phoenix came to him makes me believe that he is a Dumbledore in one way or another whether that be by birth, or by Grindelwald referring to the obscurus inside of him. But I’m just gathering the evidence and the theories I’ve seen floating around into one place, and putting my two cents in.

To be honest, I would be fine with any of these circumstances. Do I wish they could’ve just made Credence his own character that had just developed an obscurus, with no attachment to a pre-existing wizarding family? Kind of. But I’m not mad either with what J.K. has decided to do with the character either. To be honest, I’m okay regardless because there are several possibilities, and I know that if anyone deserves to be a member of the Dumbledore family, it’s Ezra Miller (bless his Harry Potter fanboy heart).

Please feel free to message me or send me asks screaming at me or punching holes in any of these theories. I did not come up with them, I’ve just seen them floating around and decided to elaborate and add my own evidence. Even if you just want someone to scream at about the movie, then I’m all ears.

thank u for coming to my TED talk.

#fb #hp #crimes of grindelwald #the dumbledores #theories #discourse

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calimera62 · 3 years ago

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Reasons to renew Fantastic Beasts

You are free to add more to the list!

The summer of 1899

Gellert’s past

Albus’s past

The 1945 duel

Newt and Tina

We know Newt and Tina end up getting married... how did they get there? Would we see the wedding? The long awaited kiss?

Jacob and Queenie

Grindelwald's rise to power.

Dumbledore's plan and tactics to try and stop him.

The other characters

Nagini

Tom Riddle

The fantastic beasts

To see Teddy the Niffler and Pickett and discover new fantastic beasts, maybe some of them will take an active part in the story, a bigger role, like the Qilin did.

Tina and Queenie

Tina Golstein

Seeing Tina in action, her having a much active role after having a minor role in FB 3. I've heard she was meant to have a bigger role in FB 3 at first but that it wasn't made possible. Maybe it will be shown in the sequel, should we have one (please yes)

Credence / Aurelius

What happened to Credence? Did he survive? Did he die in Aberforth's arms? Were they able to talk about Credence's mother? To properly say goodbye? Was Credence feeling loved, at least, as he died? What would be the consequences of his death?

Aberforth Dumbledore

With Credence dying and Grindelwald's active role in corrupting his son, Aberforth may take a more active role in the war against Grindelwald. Poor man has lost too much because of Grindelwald. Ariana, Credence, his relationship with Albus never really recovered

The Hallows

We need to have the Hallows being introduced. It was also part of Albus and Gellert's quest. Grindelwald has the Elder Wand, does Dumbledore know it? Is Grindelwald seeking for the stone and the invisibility cloak?

Fawkes

We need to see Fawkes. Was it Credence's phoenix? A gift from Newt? How and when did Albus and Fawkes met and chose each other?

Grindelwald’s followers

What happens to Grindelwald's acolyte after his defeat? Would we have a final battle, much like the battle of Hogwarts? Would we see Newt, Tina, Theseus, Queenie, Minerva, Aberforth and co fighting Grindelwald's followers?

A possible link to the Harry Potter series?

I don't know if it will be told but imagine... FB 5 ending with Newt and co attending Dumbledore's funeral in HP6 and WB MAKING UP TO US BY MAKING GELLERT FACING VOLDEMORT AND REFUSING TO TELL HIM WHERE THE ELDER WAND IS, showing us that even if a new evil rose, there's still hope and that love is the greatest magic ever.

Albus and Gellert

We definitely need more Grindeldore moments, not just because people ship them and hope for a kiss, but because their story is a tragic and fascinating one and there's still so much to say about them. How did they meet, how did they fall apart, did they met each other again between FB 3 and their infamous duel? If so, how? when? what did happen?

The ending

Because Newt, Tina, Jacob, Queenie and co deserve a happy ever after.

#fantastic beasts and where to find them #grindeldore #fantastic beasts #fbawtft #fantastic beasts 3 #the secrets of dumbledore #fantastic beasts 4 #fantastic beasts 5 #save fantastic beasts #newtina #jaqueenie #albus dumbledore #gellert grindelwald #newt scamander #tina golstein #queenie golstein #jacob kowalski #credence barebone

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squidproquoclarice · 6 years ago

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Cuz you're hitting the jump ahead to 1904 and then I expect 1907 what are your thoughts on John's life between 1899 and 1907? Is that something you plan to change in Sunrise?

Yup, we’ll skip from 1904 to 1907.

I’m still trying to keep Sunrise as canon-adjacent as I can. Obviously Arthur’s survival definitely affected things for numerous people. Sadie’s story in particular has turned out to have diverted somewhat from the canon path without her being so closed off and hardened by losing two people she loved in such a short time. Those ripples are going to continue.

But I’m not changing stuff just for the sake of changing it, so John’s story will likely stay the same in that eight year span with the Marstons in western Canada and/or maybe Alaska. And that’s because while I could see that maybe it didn’t need to stretch out for a full eight years, I reasonably buy the notion that John keeps fucking things up and sending the Marstons on the run again.

Arthur in Sunrise had expressed to Sadie he’s scared shitless by recognizing how deeply unprepared he is for “ordinary” life. But he’s also a hard worker, broadly skilled, etc. He has advantages John doesn’t.

It’s noted resentfully by multiple people in camp that John’s spoiled and treated differently. It’s said that he ran off for a year and Dutch acted like nothing happened. And it also seems that aside from Abigail and Jack feeling the personal lack of him being involved, the gang itself didn’t seem to miss a step, which implies strongly that John wasn’t exactly an integral day-to-day cog. Arthur outright notes that he’s the “workhorse” and John the “prize pony”. Arthur seems genuinely surprised at John coming up with the train robbery plan, beyond ribbing John about his intelligence. In other words, the impression that comes across strongly is that John was something of a pampered prince among the gang and he certainly contributed sometimes, but he was never expected to get out and hustle on a regular basis the way others were.

That’s largely Dutch’s influence, I suspect. He favored John, and there was likely affection there, but that doesn’t mean there wasn’t also psychological abuse. His abuse of Arthur depended on guilt, exploitation of Arthur’s need to please and inability to set boundaries, and generally keeping him insecure and constantly anxious for approval to get everything he could from the man. I suspect his abuse of John was in encouraging laziness and a certain learned helplessness as his favorite. That prevents John from becoming nearly as skilled and central to the gang’s workings as Arthur, which, when coupled with John’s much greater natural confidence, would make him a threat to Dutch in a way Arthur isn’t until Chapter 5/6. The double standard would also tend to isolate John from the others, which helps tone down his potential threat level also.

John in 1899 is a 26-year-old man wholly unprepared to go out and live an independent, law abiding life. We see that eight years later, he needs to learn basic farm skills. He admits to not being able to herd to Arthur. He presumably can handle himself admirably with sidearms, but still has to learn quick-draw dueling in RDR1. He’s presumably not much of a hunter (I don’t recall seeing his name in the camp book all that often implying that he is, though I could be wrong?) and it seems like he turns readily to Arthur whenever something using a long gun is needed.

He also seemingly hasn’t had boundaries established, like Arthur did after Dutch and Hosea found him (there’s some remark in Arthur’s bio about how he was pretty much a total disaster as an ex-street kid, until he got some discipline and structure). John, in comparison, seems to have gotten away with a lot, and not been forced to learn most of Arthur’s skills. And so that lack of preparedness and skills, and the inability to curb his temper, means he’s been dumped out in the real world, told to go make his way, be a man, and he has zero resources with which to accomplish it. He keeps getting into trouble and dragging Abigail and John with him. And Abby’s lived a rough life herself. Neither of them really have anyone to rely upon to help them learn how to live a life different from the transitory violent vagabond one they supposedly left.

Arthur, in comparison, goes into post-1899 with a lot of advantage over John. He has Sadie as a friend, and then a spouse, who has some notion of an ordinary life. He has Calderon for encouragement and advice. He finds others too. He has the grace period of a year at Las Hermanas in which to try to decompress and just heal psychologically as well as physically. He also has a much bigger toolbox than John in terms of skills, a better sense of self-discipline (particularly now that he’s seen what his temper can do), a much steadier work ethic, and the resolve of knowing more of the man he wants to be.

It’s notable that John only gets his shit together when two things happen: he finds the Geddes family, who both believe in him and give him the support to start acquiring the skills and stability he needs, and he also gets a rude awakening when Abigail and Jack leave and he finally understands, like Arthur did after Thomas Downes and his TB diagnosis, that he can’t be the man he was. Arthur’s coming-of-age and truly becoming a man in his own right is in Chapters 5/6. John’s answering arc to that is in 1907.

So all in all, John’s long string of screw-ups between 1899 and 1907 do ring true, IMO. He doesn’t know how to cope with this massive charge Arthur put on him. Don’t look back, grow up and be a man, and look after your family. Go have the life I can’t. He’s not truly invested in changing yet, because that would mean accepting he’s not the golden child Dutch always treated him as, but instead an unimpressive man–no skills, no work history, no references. It also means failing Arthur’s standards, again, and on the most important thing Arthur ever demanded/asked of him. And that’s got to be terrifying for John. So he’s not ready to face all of that yet, and he doesn’t.

#john marston #arthur morgan #sadie adler #abigail roberts #rdr2 #thank you for coming to my red talk #may the sunrise #anonymous

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