(How can you not love it?)
Ariana Dumbledore was an obscurial
a young wizard or witch who developed a dark parasitical magical force, known as an Obscurus, as a result of their magic being suppressed through psychological or physical abuse.
This one is a popular theory, and it was first raised to me by a friend. Karli Raynor raises several good points about this theory, and provides some reference from the Harry Potter books for comparison between Ariana and Credence.
"When my sister was six years old, she was attacked, by three Muggle boys. They'd seen her practising magic, spying through the back garden hedge: She was a kid, she couldn't control it, no witch or wizard can at that age. What they saw, scared them, I expect. They forced their way through the hedge, and when she couldn't show them the trick, they got a bit carried away trying to stop the little freak doing it.
By reading this, we can see that both Ariana and Credence both live in a negative environment, and are scared of their own power inside of them. They are classed as 'freaks,' and are kept hidden away from the outside world. Keeping them locked up only seems to make things worse though, as we saw from Credence's final outburst. Cinema Blend relate this build up and ultimate deadly release of power to the death of Ariana Dumbeldores mother, who perished after an accident that occurred when only the two of them where at home, and Ariana was blamed.
Who was Credence related to?
This is the one that got me thinking- who is Credence and where does he fit in? My initial theories were that he was somehow linked to Voldemort and the deathly hallows. BUT HOW?
A theory proposed by Truffaut- Wong is interesting- it proposes that Credence is in fact Tom Riddle Senior, and that Voldemort was born in the very same year that the film is set in, 1926. As no one knows where Credence ends up just yet, it can be proposed that he did end up in London. Hughes discusses how Voldemort was conceived, which actually plays a bigger part than I thought. If Tom Riddle was conceived by love potion, was it a terrible side effect that resulted in him never being able to feel love? It is also known that Tom Riddle Senior was a muggle, which doesn't really fit with Credence being an obscurus.
Jon Negroni's argument is also quite compelling, and this definitely makes me want to re-read the books! It proposes that as Tom riddle senior was born 1905, which would make him approximately 21 years old at the time of the movie- the same age as Tom Riddle Senior when Voldemort was conceived. It is not stated how old Credence is in the movie, so it plausible that he could be 21 in Fantastic Beasts.
Was Jacob Wolski's memory really obliterated?
I was really excited when I read these theories- how great would it be if Jacob did remember everything?
Reddit user radioriots does not believe Jacob's memory was really obliterated, and makes an amazing point. When Newt Scamander was discussing the swooping evil with Jacob earlier on in the film, he makes mention that the venom (which was used in the rain at the end for obliterating purposes) was only effective in erasing bad memories. . I believe that most of his memory was erased, until Queenie used her umbrella to preserve some. Wolski's facial expression when he sees Queenie at the end of the film seems to support this.
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What do you think?
