#_Fantastic Beasts_

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Merry Christmas/Happy Christmas!

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It boggles my mind that they cast Johnny Depp for this entire franchise and Colin Farrell for just the first film, but here we are. In any event, continuing the comic con catch up, here’s the new **Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald** trailer:

I wasn’t the biggest fan of **Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them** if I’m honest. The 1920s world of magic is cool and I liked a lot of the supporting characters, but I didn’t so much like the story nor the main character. This film looks like the world will continue to be cool, but the protagonist will continue to be … fine and the supporting cast will be great. In particular I’m looking forward to Jude Law as young sexy Dumbledore, but the obvious other side of that coin is that they cast Johnny Depp, in full-blown ridiculous hair mode, to be the bad guy in this. I want to say I suppose it’s fitting that he’s a villain but honestly: Johnny Depp beat his wife, I don’t think he should be working at all.

It will be interesting to see how they play the relationship between Dumbledore and Grindelwald, also. J.K. Rowling has previously made it clear that they were in love, but I don’t really have much faith that Warner Brothers will let that make it to screen.

Also, I don’t really understand how the _Fantastic Beasts_ thing is the brand of this new franchise, but I suppose that will be made clear in the movie.

**Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald** will hit theatres on November 16th, Johnny Depp and all. Here are two posters for you as well: one for Comic Con and one for the IMAX release.

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’ trailer is here to remind you that Johnny Depp is in this movie It boggles my mind that they cast Johnny Depp for this entire franchise and Colin Farrell for just the first film, but here we are.

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First Steps—An Imagine

Imagine Baby Newt and Kid Theseus are in the living room, when Newt slowly gets up and stands for a few seconds. Newt takes a wobbly step towards Theseus, then another one. Theseus gets excited but tries to be subtle about it so as to not scare his little brother. He extends his arms out toward Newt, smiling encouragingly at Newt. Newt slowly toddles over and stops when he reaches Theseus’s outstretched hands.

“Yayyy!” Theseus cheers, picking Newt up and hugging him.

“You did it, Newt!” he says happily. “You walked!” Theseus pulls Newt out of the hug and holds him. “You walked! And not only that, I was the first person you walked to!”

The baby brother smiles shyly at Theseus and averts his gaze. Theseus kisses him on the forehead before setting him down. Newt crawls over to Theseus’s lap and lies against it. Theseus smiles down at Newt and lays a gentle hand on Newt’s side. He strokes Newt’s side with his thumb.

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Playtime

“Theseus, honey!” Mrs. Scamander called from the staircase. Theseus, who had been watching TV in the living room that led to the staircase, looked up at her.

“Newt’s awake,” she smiled knowingly.

“Newt’s awake?!” Theseus stood up. “Yaaaay!” He ran up the stairs and tripped.

“Careful, honey!” Mrs. Scamander laughed.

Theseus picked himself up and straightened his clothes. He speed walked the rest of the way to Newt’s room and opened the door.

Newt, who was standing in his crib, turned towards the door. His lips curled into a big smile when he saw who was there.

“Hi, Newt!” Theseus said happily as he came closer to his baby brother, who giggled.

Theseus got the step stool that was next to the crib and positioned it in front of Newt. Theseus climbed on it and then looked at Newt.

“Ready to play?”

Newt’s arms waved up and down.

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I think Theseus and Tina’s relationship (any kind of relationship, romantic or non-romantic) would be very fun to watch. 😊 I feel like their relationship would be quite playful and that they’d tease each other. 😄 They would challenge each other, too.

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I feel really bad for Dumbledore. Can you imagine being in love with someone who ended up being the darkest wizard of the time? A prejudiced fanatic? A mass murderer? Someone who hurt and killed people Albus cared about? That would all be so heartbreaking.

Albus demonstrated to Newt and Theseus what the blood troth would do if he went against it. He didn’t have to do that; he could have just told them what it would do. Unless he wanted to demonstrate so that they would understand the severity of the consequences he would face if he was to go against the blood troth.

He also let the blood troth hurt him for a while, even when Newt was trying to get him to stop. Now, it could be because he was distracted by the pain to be able to think to get the troth to stop, but there’s also the possibility he was doing it to self-harm. By self-harm, I don’t mean solely for demonstration purposes, but because he was hurting so badly and felt he needed to, or deserved to, engage in self-harm. I mean, he did demonstrate the consequences and let the consequences go on for a bit.

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Baby Newt Trying Ice Cream—An Imagine

Imagine eight-year-old Theseus feeds Baby Newt ice cream for the first time. Newt’s mouth curls into a big smile after taking the first bite, he looks at Theseus, and he yelps in delight.

��It’s delicious, right?” Theseus smiles back at him.

Newt waves his arms up and down happily.

“You want more?” Theseus laughs. “Okay, I’ll give you more.”

Theseus takes out another small spoon of ice cream and brings it to Newt. Newt focuses on it and opens his mouth. Theseus feeds him the bite. Newt eats it and smiles at his big brother.

“Mmmm,” Newt responds.

Theseus chuckles and kisses Newt on the cheek.

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Theseus and the Donkey Prank

*Newt stares at Tina.*

Newt: Theseus is a donkey?

Tina: *matter of factly* He has the ears of a donkey. And the voice. He's...braying.

*Newt tries to hide his amusement.*

Newt: He's...braying?

Tina: Yes.

*Newt tries to keep a straight face, but after a few seconds, he bursts out laughing.*

Tina: *trying to suppress a smile* It's not funny, Newt.

Newt: *attempting to compose himself* No. No, this is serious. Theseus has the ears of a donkey...and he's braying...

*Newt erupts in laughter.*

Tina: *amusedly* The poor man. He looked so pitiful.

*Newt chuckles for a bit.*

Newt: *composing himself* We should get him to McGonagall. She'll probably know how to fix this.

Tina: Who's McGonagall?

Newt: She's the Transfiguration professor at Hogwarts.

Tina: Ah. Then, yes. That sounds good.

Tina: Wait, if we take him to her, other people that will be around will see him like this. I don't think he's going to agree to that.

Newt: *thinking* I'll have him go into my case and take my case with me. When we're alone with her, then I'll open it and he can come out.

Tina: Great.

*They head to the ministry and walk to Theseus's office.*

Newt: *grinning* You know, Travers, Theseus's superior, is an even bigger donkey than Theseus is. Yet, he's the one who turned Theseus into an actual donkey.

Tina: *chuckling* Well, technically it wasn't actually Travers that did this. It was that poltergeist from your school that caused an explosion and took over Travers's body while everyone else was distracted.

Newt: Haha, yes. But, still!

Tina: *agreeing* Still.

*Newt shakes his head and sighs.*

Newt: Peeves always did love playing pranks. I've never known of him to possess people to play pranks though.

Tina: First time for everything!

Newt: Yeah.

*After a few moments, Newt speaks again.*

Newt: Albus is going to love this. Well, him and McGonagall. But, Albus especially, considering Peeves took over Travers after Travers placed Admonitors on Albus.

Tina: *laughing* Albus got his payback: Peeves is in Travers's body and causing mayhem.

*Newt laughs with her.*

*Just then, Newt and Tina arrive at Theseus's office. They come into the room and find Theseus in the same spot Tina had found him earlier: on the floor and hidden behind his desk.*

*Newt tries not to smile, but fails miserably. Theseus glares at him which makes him burst out laughing. An annoyed expression replaces the glare on Theseus's face, and he looks off to the side. Newt sighs and shakes his head at his brother, Newt's smile a mix of sympathy and amusement.*

*Newt then explains the plan to Theseus, who begrudgingly brays his agreement to it.*

*Newt opens his case and looks at Theseus, waiting.*

*Theseus stays where he is for a few moments. Then, he tries to stand, but his legs immediately give out. He lands on the floor. Everyone looks confused, including him. Then, Theseus begins to realize how he was going to have to move. He makes a whining sound. Then, he slowly gets on all fours and makes his way over, his head held low, his face turning red from embarrassment.*

*When the older brother gets to the case, he stops, raises his head to look at Newt, and then lowers it and looks back down at the opened case. Theseus begins to whimper.*

Newt: *soothingly* It's alright.

*Newt, knowing how much Theseus likes physical affection, begins to pet one of Theseus's donkey ears.*

Newt: It's alright.

*Theseus closes his eyes. He leans his head against Newt's hand, letting himself feel the physical affection. After a few moments, a hint of a smile begins to etch its way across Theseus's face as Newt pets Theseus's donkey ear. Cooing sounds come from Theseus's throat. Newt smiles at him.*

*When Theseus looks a little better, Newt helps Theseus get into the case, and then Newt closes the case.*

Newt: *to Tina* Alright, let's go.

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Imagine Kid Theseus is sitting on the couch in the living room and has Baby Newt lying in Theseus’s lap. A picture book lies next to the older boy. Theseus has one arm around the baby to hold the baby steady, and that arm rests against the couch’s inside arm. The older brother holds a bottle of warm milk against Newt’s mouth as Newt begins to drink from it.

Newt’s left arm slowly moves up and down as he drinks. Soon, his arm lowers and lays still. Newt looks up at Theseus with calm, trusting eyes. Theseus gives him a small smile. Newt lowers his gaze as he continues to drink.

Minutes later, the little brother finishes drinking, and the older brother burps him.

Then, Theseus adjusts Newt to an upright position and takes the picture book that was next to both of them. Theseus reads to Newt as Newt calmly listens to his big brother and looks at the pictures. Soon, the baby falls asleep against Theseus’s chest.

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Creature Mischief—An Imagine

*Theseus mingles at a fancy party taking place outdoors. Suddenly, everyone hears an explosion and turns around. A few seconds later, Newt emerges from an area that has a fountain. He's wet but has burn marks on his face and hands, and his hair is a fried mess. He's holding his briefcase and looks out of breath. Everyone silently stares. Newt walks over to Theseus, not saying a word. Theseus quietly shuffles closer to him. Both of them avoid eye contact.*

Theseus: Do I WANT to know?

Newt: I don't think so.

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Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Thank you to my followers, thank you to everyone who has read my posts, imagines, and stories, and thank you to those of you who have liked, commented, and/or reblogged my posts, imagines, and stories. I appreciate you all. 😊

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The Deathly Flare

Content Warning: Traumatic death of a major character and emotional distress.

Newt is losing his sanity. Theseus tries to hold Newt tightly to stop Newt from thrashing about and attacking Theseus. Theseus’s heart breaks as he holds Newt, but Theseus tries not to cry. He needs to focus on Newt.

Soon after that, Newt regains control of his mind long enough to tell Theseus to kill him. He pulls himself out of the hug and lowers himself to the ground, looking up at his older brother, waiting.

Theseus had been in denial, but now he understands that Newt’s mind will be completely lost to The Flare. That Newt is already almost gone, and only a thread of Newt’s sanity remains.

Theseus slowly pulls out a gun and points it at his little brother’s head. There are tears in Theseus’s eyes, and Theseus hesitates.

“Newt—” Theseus whispers.

Newt gets a wild look in his eyes, as he yells “KILL ME!!!”

Then, he regains enough sanity to plead, “Please, Theseus. Please.”

Theseus scrunches his eyes shut and pulls the trigger.

He hears a thud, and then there’s silence.

Theseus keeps his eyes shut a few moments longer. Then, he finally opens them. He sees Newt’s body lying on the ground. Theseus stands where he is for a few moments, his breathing unsteady, a tortured look in his eyes.

He walks over to Newt’s body and turns it around so that Newt is lying on Newt’s back. He sees that Newt’s eyes are closed and that blood is flowing out of Newt’s head. The younger brother isn’t breathing.

Theseus begins to cry. He lowers himself to the ground, and lays his head against Newt’s chest, as Theseus’s devastation consumes him.