Neither the Harry Potter novel nor the film explicitly mentions the special relationship between Dumbledore and Grindelwald.
Even when the novel was adapted into a movie, screenwriter Steve Cloffs didn't know that J.K. Rowling had such a setting. While writing the script for his sixth film, he also wrote a line for Dumbledore about his young admiration for a girl.
Later, after being seen by Rowling, she explained to Steve Clofs the love relationship between the two characters.
So, how did J.K. Rowling later make GGAD public step by step?
In fact, long before the publication of the Deathly Hallows novel, clever Fans already had speculations in this regard, after all, how can an excellent person like Dumbledore have no emotional line?
So, a few weeks after the Release of The Deathly Hallows, in October 2007, while Rowling was attending a book promotion at Carnegie Hall in New York, a fan asked Rowling a question about Dumbledore's love life.
After hesitating, Rowling finally gave a positive answer, "Dumbledore did love Grindelwald... But don't forget that falling in love can blind people. He had a crush on the clever Grindelwald. And this became Dumbledore's tragedy. ”
There were two reactions to such an answer.
Some praised the setting, especially for having the character dumbledore in the most influential children's series of books of all time.
But there are also some people who think why Rowling did not explicitly mention Dumbledore's relationship with Grindelwald in the main text of the novel, but waited for the series of novels to be completely completed and published before making it public.
Whatever the reaction of fans to GGAD is understandable. But what is surprising is that more than a decade has passed, and everyone is still hot about GGAD. Rowling seems to have discovered this too, so she is constantly digging up more stories behind GGAD.
In 2011, after the Harry Potter series of films, although harry potter's story was over, Dumbledore and Grindelwald's story had just begun.
With the release of the Fantastic Beasts series, especially the second Grimmwald Crimes, we see the power-hungry Grindelwald and the idealistic Dumbledore colliding for the first time.
In a behind-the-scenes interview with Rowling on the Grindelwald DVD, she describes GGAD as "It was passionate, and it was a love relationship."
Moreover, Rowling's setting of GGAD is not "improvisational", she believes that Dumbledore is gay from the beginning, and their relationship arises before Grindelwald decides to seek the Dark Arts.
In fact, don't look at the protagonist of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" is Newt Scamander, the highlight of this series is actually Dumbledore and Grindelwald.
Because long before the release of "Fantastic Beasts 1", that is, in 2016, Rowling clearly mentioned in the promotion that this series of plans is 5 films, which will further explore the relationship between Dumbledore and Grindelwald.
Although by the second installment of the series, Dumbledore and Grindelwald had not yet met directly, director David Yates, including Dumbledore's actor Joe Delore, was well aware of Rowling's narrative style, which was, like peeling an onion, little by little.
The advantage of this is to make the character more full, and at the same time, let the fans have more expectations for the relationship of GGAD.
So, when the title of the third Fantastic Beasts, "The Mystery of Dumbledore," was made public, it became a hot topic again. In this one, can we wait until Dumbledore and Grindelwald are in the same frame?
This is probably what fans are most looking forward to.
In 6 months, "The Mystery of Dumbledore" will be released. What kind of story will GGAD be? Let's wait and see.