Did Gellert love Albus?

Photo: Warner Bros. In the words of Monique, “I would like to see it.” According to author J. K. Rowling, beloved Harry Potter character Albus Dumbledore and Fantastic Beasts villain Gellert Grindelwald did have a passionate love affair of an explicitly sexual nature.

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Did Grindelwald ever love Albus?

His exploits took him to Godric's Hollow, where he hoped to find a lead on the Cloak of Invisibility. Instead, he met a bitter, frustrated Albus Dumbledore. Grindelwald was infatuated with Dumbledore.

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Are Albus and Gellert in love?

Author JK Rowling announced Albus Dumbledore was gay in 2007. It's known that he and Grindelwald were in a romantic relationship but it had never been explored in the previous Harry Potter films.

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Did Dumbledore love anyone else?

One of the most famous revelations about Dumbledore after the books were published was that he was actually in love with Gellert Grindelwald. J.K. Rowling said: 'Dumbledore fell in love with Grindelwald, and that added to his horror when Grindelwald showed himself to be what he was…

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Did Albus love Harry?

Dumbledore reveals how thoroughly he loves Harry. Harry is brave, and Dumbledore is proud as any father would be. More than that, Dumbledore succumbs to a parent's weakness; he cares more about Harry's happiness and wellbeing than the wizarding world he is trying to protect.

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Dumbledore And Grindelwald's Forbidden Love Affair

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Why did Albus Potter kiss Hermione?

At one point in the play, Harry's son Albus uses Polyjuice Potion to disguise himself as Ron. When he encounters Hermione, this means he has to kiss her to keep up the charade. Nothing wrong with that.

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Who was Dumbledore favorite student?

Dumbledore takes Harry in as his favorite student, protects him, and shows faith in him and his abilities. He then sends Harry out to kill a dangerous wizard with very little preparation, all the while planning and expecting for Harry to meet his death.

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Did Dumbledore like McGonagall?

Even though Dumbledore and McGonagall were said to be very close friends, they rarely seemed to spend much time together. The only times we saw many scenes with the two in the same room were when there was a major event going on or mortal peril.

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Who did Dumbledore trust with his life?

That was why, when professor McGonagall was in doubt, Dumbledore had told her quite firmly that he would trust Hagrid with his life.

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Why didn t Johnny Depp play Grindelwald?

Speaking of his most recent release, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, in which he played Gellert Grindelwald, Mikkelsen admitted he'd had concerns about replacing Johnny Depp, who withdrew from the franchise due to his much-publicized court case with ex-wife Amber Heard.

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Who is Albus Potter in love with?

Adelena Potter (Wife) Albus and Adelena first meet during the Hogwarts Sorting Ceremony and got married during the pairs sixth year at Hogwarts.

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Who is Albus Dumbledore's wife?

Kendra Dumbledore (c.

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How old was Albus when he met Gellert?

Albus and Gellert's first meeting

Albus Dumbledore first met Gellert Grindelwald at a rather difficult time in his life, when he was seventeen years old.

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Why can t Albus fight Grindelwald?

Unbenknowst to most, Dumbledore was actually unable to confront Grindelwald directly: in their youth, the two wizards had sworn a blood pact, sealed in magic, not to fight each other. The vial that had sealed the pact was kept by Grindelwald for years until it was stolen in 1927 by Newton Scamander.

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Did Voldemort respect Grindelwald?

He thought nothing of him whatsoever. When Lord Voldemort encountered Gellert Grindelwald on his hunt for the elder wand, the former didn't revere or acknowledge the latter, lesser dark wizard at all, he simply treated him as another victim to interrogate on his quest for power.

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Does Dumbledore hate Grindelwald?

Longtime fans of the series have been aware of Albus Dumbledore's friendship with Gellert Grindelwald since Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows was published in 2007, the same year author J.K. Rowling told a Carnegie Hall audience that Dumbledore's feelings for Grindelwald were more than platonic.

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Who was most loyal to Dumbledore?

Summary: Throughout the entire “Harry Potter” series, it is said that Severus Snape is loyal to Dumbledore, but is Severus truly loyal to him?

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Did Dumbledore know he had a son?

While Albus was unaware of the child, he said that the boy would have been a part of their lives had he known. Furthermore, he confirms a long-held theory that his sister Ariana, who died during a three-way duel between Albus, Aberforth, and Grindelwald, was an Obscurial like Credence.

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Who was Snape really loyal to?

Snape's fierce devotion to and love of his childhood friend Lily, Harry's mother, is the foundation of that loyalty. After Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Snape's loyalty was a matter of intense debate among the fans.

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Who kissed Professor McGonagall?

Harry watched Hagrid getting redder and redder in the face as he called for more wine, finally kissing Professor McGonagall on the cheek, who, to Harry's amazement, giggled and blushed, her top hat lop-sided.

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Why did Dumbledore trust Snape more than McGonagall?

Dumbledore kept Snape loyal through a keen understanding of human nature — and some deft manipulation. Dumbledore recognized what he had in Snape: a potentially peerless asset, if only he could be properly motivated.

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How old is Dumbledore when he dies?

Rowling said in an interview that Dumbledore was about 150 years old. However, on her website, she states that Dumbledore was born in 1881, making him either 115 or 116 at the time of his death.

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Who is Snape's least favorite student?

Professor Severus Snape was Harry's least favorite teacher. Harry also happened to be Snape's least favorite student.

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Who was Dumbledore's closest friend?

Gellert Grindelwald, you Potter experts will remember, was young Albus Dumbledore's best friend, until he turned into the future Hogwarts headmaster's greatest enemy.

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Who is the most loved teacher in Harry Potter?

Harry's favourite professor, Dumbledore is the reason that Harry is alive. Right from the beginning, when Dumbledore ordered Hagrid to take infant Harry to the Dursleys where he would be the safest, to the end, when he told Harry everything about Voldemort so that Harry could finish him, he was a stellar character.

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