![]() ![]() Grindelwald went on to lead a reign of terror in continental Europe, but didn't touch the UK due to his old friend. Dumbledore became fully obsessed, but their friendship faced a huge roadblock when the two of them and Albus’ brother Aberforth engaged in a three-way duel, which killed Albus’ sister Ariana.Īfter this, Dumbledore and Grindelwald became estranged. Enter Grindelwald, an enigmatic European with big ideas about the future of wizarding kind. ![]() His mother died and Dumbledore was left head of the family and frustrated that his scholastic brilliance couldn’t really be harnessed because he now had to look after his siblings. We need to see more from Nagini in upcoming movies for any of this to make sense, but whatever way they go, it will require an awful lot of narrative back-bending just to make this square peg fit a round hole.Who else lived in Godric’s Hollow? Dumbledore! He was there with his mother, sister and brother, following his father’s arrest and imprisonment. ![]() Voldemort bewitching her certainly isn’t out of the question, but that kind of intense loyalty seems impossible to transfix, much like true love. From what we’ve seen, Nagini retains her memories and personality in snake form, at least enough to carry out her and Credence’s escape from the circus, so that narrative isn’t as strong. ![]() Perhaps the key word is willingly, and Nagini will either lose her human memories or come under Voldemort’s magic. If Nagini’s response to the catalyst of losing her only friend after a grifter life of exploitation and loneliness was empathy and a call to do the right thing, what more abuse will these movies need to throw at Nagini to transform her into someone who will willingly follow Voldemort to a life of fundamentalism and violence? Her final scene outside Hogwarts suggests that she joins Newt and Dumbledore in their fight against Grindelwald. Nagini was offered a chance to join the side of darkness and lash out against the world that has hurt her, yet she not only stayed strong, she tried to convince Credence to stay with her. At the end of Fantastic Beasts 2, we saw Nagini’s one and only friend choose to go with an evil man who believed in extremist ideals similar to Voldemort. It is not known what exactly it means to be born under a blood curse, but it certainly sounds traumatic. She’s in a race against time, facing down a lifetime as a snake after what appeared to be a human life of abuse at the hands of a circus leader. Nagini’s life in Fantastic Beasts 2 is only alluded to, but it’s not an easy one. Some fans even questioned whether she is the one responsible for her strategy and skills, positing that Voldemort making her a horcrux imbued her with his intelligence, further degrading her agency and intelligence.įurther reading: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Ending Explained Her fervent loyalty to Voldemort goes well beyond that of any Death-Eater, and she shows an eagerness to eat them when they step out of line. She kills many witches and wizards throughout the time that we’ve known her, often brutally. She is most of these in ardent service to one man, Voldemort, who even possess her, like when she attacks Arthur Weasley. Nagini is many things in the original book and movie series: a pet, a weapon, a horcrux, and a murderer. We know that one day she will become loyal to Voldemort, perhaps his most loyal and longstanding companion, the only creature he might be said to care about. That alone is tragic enough, but the fact that she’s named Nagini foretells a darker story. While they have some degree of control over their transformations that’s not always the case, and they are doomed to one day become permanently trapped in animal form. As the circus ringleader tells his audience in Fantastic Beasts 2, a maledictus is a witch born under a blood curse who can change between human and animal form. ![]()
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