Could Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald just be a lie?

What if the “what in the world” parts of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald were just lies to get Credence Barebone on Grindelwald’s side?

We know that in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Credence Barebone gets some shocking news at the end of the movie. Grindelwald tells the story of the Dumbledores and their connection to the phoenix and then suddenly, he admits that Credence is a long-lost Dumbledore brother.

Here’s the thing: That makes no sense. So Dumbledore just up and forgot to tell Harry that he has another brother? Or, more importantly, Aberforth, who was very willing to tell the truth to Harry, Hermione, and Ron? He wouldn’t sit there and talk about all the siblings and just leave out Credence unless there was something untrue about what Grindelwald is saying.

So now that we have time to stop and think about it, Grindelwald had to be trolling Credence, right? He had to lie to Credence and make him believe he was a Dumbledore so he’d aim to kill Albus, right? If not, then it doesn’t make sense because clearly that is something that Harry should probably have found out.

If J.K Rowling explains it as a dark part of the Dumbledore’s history, well…so was Ariana. And Aberforth still told Harry and his friends about her so that didn’t stop him from talking about his siblings. He was willing to tell everyone his business but this secret sibling was too much? Sure.

Until we know for sure, let’s pretend that Credence isn’t a real Dumbledore and that was just a ploy for Grindelwald so that he could gain the trust of Credence because that makes more sense.

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is in theaters now.