Another day, another revelation about the upcoming Fantastic Beasts sequel that makes us less and less excited for the follow up to 2016's romp in the Harry Potter universe.
Unfortunately, the charm and wonder of the first film have been marred by a few issues -- the second film focuses on The Crimes of Grindelwald, with the titular character being played by Johnny Depp.
As Hollywood continues to shine a light on toxic masculinity, abuse, intimidation and sexual misconduct Depp is one of the few lucky actors whose seems to be untouchable. Not only that but, according to IMDB, Depp has four projects to be released in 2018.
JK Rowling was forced to defend the decision to keep Depp cast as Grindelwald after a mass outcry from fans, stating his casting was "the right thing" for the sequel.
Now, The Crimes of Grindelwald has hit another snag, as director David Yates explained how the film would handle Dumbledore's sexuality.
Back in 2007, as she released the final book in the Harry Potter series, Rowling revealed in her typical retcon style that the whole time. Even back then, Rowling set up the troubled love between Dumbledore and Grindelwald calling it the wizard's "great tragedy".
The first Fantastic Beasts didn't feature the character made famous in the Potter novels, but , prior to his headmaster days.
Looks like the great tragedy of the film is just a bunch of heterosexual shenanigans, though, as or at least, "not explicitly".
We're not entirely sure how "explicit" Yates thinks characters need to be gay or what that means, nor was anyone asking Dumbledore to perform a lip sync to Ariana Grande (), but apparently it's more realistic to imagine a giant invisible dragon or whatever than it is for a main character to be queer in the slightest.
Yates added, "I think all the fans are aware of [Dumbledore's sexuality]. He had a very intense relationship with Grindelwald when they were young men. They fell in love with each other's ideas, and ideology and each other".
It raises the question that in 2018, why is the representation of LGBT+ characters still so difficult to normalise, while on the other hand, straight men who have been accused of sexual misconduct can go on being featured and placed on pedestals for young fans?
Still, this is just the beginning of a long, torturous film series with three more movies planned after Crimes so perhaps there's a chance we'll see some "explicit" gay action later down the track. We're not holding our breath.
