#yusuf kama

[sunflowersunite]

Fantastic Beasts rewrite

I recently finished rewatching the third movie and I really really want to rant, but I don't like to be that person. So I'll do you one better, I'll just throw suggestions as to how this series could have been better. feel free to disagree or add your own.

Plot!

Magical animals still have many uses within the magical world, but no rights because we're in the 1920's. Show us how they're trafficked and exploited. Therefore, Newt could keep the spotlight as someone who wants to protect them as the series continues, and not have Dumbledore be protagonist, because he doesn't make for a compelling one all that much.

We already saw how the Quilin detects those who are pure of heart and determines the leader of the magical world. How about the Quilins are disposed of afterwards, for, I don't know, reasons. Superstition or custom. Maybe they make a new pelt for the leader. So Newt has to fight against that, and therefore he becomes more proactive.

Also the blood troth needs to be broken. That should have taken longer. How about only a specific very rare dragon's fire could burn it?? and therefore we use more of Newt's knowledge here??

2. Personal stakes. Unfortunately, there was no conflict between the heroes and the villains. Meaning, if Grindelwald did succeed in conquering the muggle world, none of the MCs would be personally affected. (not even Jacob, he could hide somewhere and he'd be fine, it's not like Grindelwald would look for him specifically). So, here's the deal:

because this is a fantastic beasts series, Newt remains the protagonist. So how about Grindelwald targets a specific magical creature, eg the aforementioned dragon, who is believed to not even be real? But Grindelwald has info that it is in fact real. Therefore he targets Newt, the only magizoologist, and the only one capable and determined enough to find it. He plans on striking Newt with all means necessary, have him running for his life from all governments. Framing him and targeting his animals just to get what he wants.

Also. Grindelwald wants Credence by his side, because of his Obscurial powers (which were hyped up in the first movie but then kinda deflated, unfortunately). It's easy to manipulate Credence, who's never had anyone care for him ever.

except Tina. Tina is canonically the one who Credence felt trust for. They could've become found family and I'll forever be angry about their wasted potential.

How about Grindelwald is aware that Tina is the one who could foil his plans and keep Credence on the good side due to their relationship, so he targets her specifically? He wants her out of the picture in order to manipulate Credence as much as he wants. He wants to kill her.

Tina fights him to save Credence and Newt fights him to save Credence and the animals.

Here! Grindelwald now has personal conflict with the main characters.

More conflict? Sure!

At the end of the third installment, instead of picking Dumbledore the Quilin picks Jacob, who is said throughout the whole movie to be pure of heart. (Let's say its powers work a little differently and it doesn't care whether it's a muggle it's picking because who ever tested it on muggles in the first place anyway?) How about it picks him, and as Grindelwald hates muggles, he now hates Jacob with a searing passion because the Quilin picked him as a ruler of the wizards? (exactly what he's against, mixing wizards and muggles). How about Grindelwald harbours animosity towards Jacob, not because he's a threat but because he symbolises what could beat Grindelwald? (a kind heart, one that both a wizard and a muggle could possess. and due to that common potential for goodness, which highlights that they aren't so different than the muggles, he gets even more passionate in his goal to eradicate them? just saying)

and let's have Queenie move to Grindelwald's side, that's interesting. Maybe they strike a deal when Tina is in grave danger (because as we said, Tina must die for Grindelwald to win). If Queenie joins him, Tina is safe, Grindelwald tells her (he's lying, but Queenie is desperate).

So Queenie has to choose between being with the man she loves and joining the wrong side of history (and possibly dying a monster), but saving her sister in the process.

She chooses the second.

the angst?? Queenie knowing she's doing the wrong thing but it's for the right reasons so now no one can convince her to return to the good side?? Not Tina, not Jacob, not anyone

Maybe she even becomes a spy, leaking Grindelwald's plans and putting herself in danger in the process.

And she tries to convince Credence to go back to the good side even if it's too late for her.

3. For the secondary characters:

Theseus still has power within the British Auror Office. He wants to use that power and counterattack, but for entirely selfish reasons. He hates Grindelwald for Leta's death and puts his own emotions before sensibility and the greater good.

Yusuf was never close with Leta and now he regrets it. He and Theseus both learn to heal together eventually, and Kama gets character development in the process because he felt rather flat.

I want Lally to be there too because I liked her. Maybe Theseus starts to catch feelings for her (am I delusional or did I sense some connection between them? idk) and he feels guilty, because he doesn't want to heal and move on from Leta. He wants to fuel his hatred for Grindelwald because he believes that that is what gives him the will and strength to fight. But eventually he realises that he won't beat him with hate, because Grindelwald is already perfect at hating others. He will beat him with love. (Cheesy but true). Any love. Between the brothers Scamander or the sisters Goldstein or the found family Tina - Credence or Newtina because I love them.

But Lally can do whatever she wants.

Honestly, that sounds pretty rad. I'd watch that movie.

[fbconfessions]

I was so excited when Yusuf appeared in FB's promo material (it was a photo where he's near Newt). He looked so mysterious, handsome, and elegant. I was looking forward to seeing him in the movies. And I got... just nothing. William Nadylam is a great actor, and he tries to do his best with this role, but there's not much for him to work with. Yusuf is just an empty character. He does a lot of things, but you can't describe him as a person. He's brave, polite, loyal to his family, and that's all, I think. It's just not enough, honestly. Yusuf doesn't have any unique traits that make him, you know, Yusuf. I had to think a lot about his behavior and character traits. It's like he's a very background character, similar to Henrietta Fischer or Melusine, but he's not supposed to be. And the 3rd movie still does nothing with him. I see a disturbing pattern with non-white characters in FB who aren't written as well as the white characters, except for Leta. Leta is good, and they killed her immediately. It's a shame.

[harbinger-0f-spring]

Children of Corvus IV

Zoë Kravitz as Leta Lestrange

Regé-Jean Page as Corvus Lestrange V

Georgina Campbell as Eglantine Lestrange II

In which Laurena lives...

[magicalhideoutengineer]

Crimes of Grindelwald Character Posters - Deviantart (Mintmovi3)

[keepmeinmind-01]

thinking of a younger yusuf watching leta from afar believing he might have to kill her to satisfy the life quest for revenge he was given. thinking about him realising the half-sister he’s grown fond of despite it all isn’t actually loved by her father and so he doesn’t have to kill her, she can live, but she’s so alone and he can’t even talk to her because she doesn’t know who is he yet

[mistressaugury]

I'm thinking about Leta Lestrange mother again. Like when she was being kidnapped, had the Kama's gone to the Minister for help? Sought out Aurors? Like I know this is a lot to ask from like authority in this world. But there had to have been more people then just Yusuf and his father to miss her.

Did Corvus have it all planned out? Did he pay off the Ministry to look the other way. Did he send thugs to bully the Kama's and their friends? Had he made up this whole backstory why Laurena choose him over her husband?

Is there a whole subgenre of sponse kidnapping as a wizardry culture? Which Merope thinks 'oh hey I am using love potion which is far more fun for the target then the Imperious curse' Or why Queenie thought it was fine to do what she did?

Damn, this is a lot to take in. Hang on a moment.

[slytherinwhydontyou]

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind. Nor hath love's mind of any judgment taste; Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste: And therefore is love said to be a child, Because in choice he is so oft beguil'd.

•Blaise Zabini (b. April 18, 1980; Aries)

Issa Kama & Celestina Zabini

Pureblood

Slytherin 🐍 (1991-1998)

Chaser (formerly)

Philosopher/Tutor (perhaps some work in the entertainment industry)

ISTP (Virtuoso) - Observant, Direct, Spontaneous, Unapologetic

[creative-girl]

I hated Leta's backstory so much because of what happened to Laureena, because that wasn't really necessary at all. I am changing her backstory, especially Laureena's story. I have a rough idea of what it will be. Yusuf will be a part of Leta's childhood and they have a semi-normal sibling relationship. Newt meets him one time while at (Yusuf is surprised to see him because he assumed Newt was some imaginary friend 💀).

Anyone interested in finding out more about it please send me an ask ☺.

[apicelladonna]

"Your honor, in my defense: who cares like omfggggg who???? Like. come On."

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore subtext exhibit 9

exhibit 1 | exhibit 2 | exhibit 3 | exhibit 4 | exhibit 5 | exhibit 6 | exhibit 7 | exhibit 8

[freedomforthewin]

My casting of the Fantastic Beasts characters in Snow White:

Snow White: Newt

Snow White’s Father: Albus

Huntswoman: Tina

Evil Queen: Grindelwald

Magic Mirror: Vinda

The Princess: Leta

Happy: Queenie

Doc: Theseus

Grumpy: Aberforth

Bashful: Jacob

Sneezy: Nagini

Dopey: Credence

Sleepy: Yusuf

Doc is the dwarf that is closest to Snow White and is most affected by his “death”.

[fblover]

please vote for Yusuf somebody, poor guy deserves to be a person in this story, not a token black character.

[fbconfessions]

I see no point in Kama going over to Grindelwald. They said Dumbledore sent him to spy, but we literally saw no rewards for these actions. Lally and Theseus would have been fine if he hadn't shown up when he did. It felt like something they forgot about and had no bearing in the story. Or just a way for his memories of Leta to be erased and diminish the importance of her character even further in any later installments, unless a big plot twist with her was coming.

[city-of-ladies]

Söyembikä, regent of Kazan

"Söyembikä (c. 1516-after 1554), ruler of the khanate of Kazan, one of the successor states to the Turko-Mongol state of the Golden Horde, located in the middle Volga basin around the confluence of the Volga and Kama rivers.

From 1549 until 1551, Söyembikä ruled in the name of her minor son Utamesh-Garay, before Muscovite Russia took Kazan in 1552. In Tatar national history Söyembikä symbolizes her people’s helpless resistance to Russian invaders. She has been the subject of popular stories, tales, epics, and paintings.

Söyembikä was the daughter of Yusuf (d. 1554), the ruler of the Noghay horde, one of the kingdoms that arose from the breakup of the Golden Horde in modern-day southern Russia. Söyembikä lived in a period of great uncertainty: Noghay, Crimean, and Kazan princes competed to revive the Golden Horde, and Muscovite rulers sought to protect and expand their territory beyond the Volga to the southeast. The grand princes of Moscow paid tribute to the successors of their former suzerains, the Golden Horde, but they also involved themselves in their dynastic disputes. 

The Noghay princess Söyembikä became the wife of three successive khans in the middle Volga basin: Jan Ali (or Cangali, r. 1533-1535), Safa-Garay (r. 1536-1549), and Shah Ali (or Şahgali, r.1553). Her marriage to the pro-Muscovite Jan Ali was politically motivated and received the blessing of the Russian grand prince Vasili III (r. 1505-1533), who wished to secure his southern frontier from future Noghay incursions. The anti-Muscovite party in Kazan assassinated Jan Ali, and Söyembikä married the pro-Noghay Crimean Tatar Safa-Garay, a descendant of Genghis Khan. Her new husband ended up alienating non-Tatar indigenous peoples of the middle Volga. 

Following the death of Safa-Garay in 1549, Söyembikä became regent for their two-year-old son, Utamesh-Garay. Russian chroniclers described Soyembika as a “lioness” who was energetic, beautiful, and wise. As regent she sought military help from neighboring Muslim states to resist Russian encroachment. Despite all her efforts she was caught between pro-Muscovite and pro-Crimean parties inside her government and proved unable to stop Ivan the Terrible of Moscow (r. 1533-1584) from gaining the support of the non-Tatar peoples of the Volga basin and Tatars who resented the presence of Crimeans on their soil.

In August 1551 a new pro-Muscovite government arrested both mother and son and sent them to Moscow. A year later Ivan the Terrible took Kazan. Exiled in Kasimov, Söyembikä was forced to marry Shah Ali, the pro-Russian khan of Kasimov, and separate herself from her son, who was baptized under the name of Alexander. Her son died in 1566; Söyembikä’s date of death is still unknown, as is the site of her grave.

Numerous Tatar traditions kept her memory alive, praising her for her strong opposition to Moscow. Some stories affirm that she warned Safa-Garay of the imminent fall of the kingdom and brought poisoned food and a poisoned shirt to the pro-Muscovite Shah Ali. Others say that in 1550 she appeared in arms to defend the city of Kazan. Others claim that Ivan the Terrible had heard of Söyembikä’s beauty and wanted to marry her, but the proud queen refused and the tsar took Kazan, imprisoned her, and asked for her hand again. Söyembikä promised to marry him only if he built her a high tower in the kremlin in seven days. With the help of the finest artisans, Ivan fulfilled her demand, but when the tower was finished, Söyembikä climbed to the top and jumped to her death. The Tower of Söyembikä, a former watchtower or minaret, still stands in the Kazan kremlin, but it was probably built in the seventeenth or eighteenth century, long after the queen’s death. The monument may bear Söyembikä’s name because she prayed at her husband’s nearby tomb before she left the city. 

The Tatar historian Hadi Atlasi (1876-1938), who presented Söyembikä as a model of courage and piety for all girls, indicated that women liked to read the Qur an at this sacred place and make wishes. Finally, the well-known “Lament of Söyembikä,” written in the first person, has long symbolized the historical fate of the Tatars, who became the subjects of a non-Muslim state after the conquest of Kazan in 1552."

Kefeli Agnes, Smith Bonnie G. (eds.). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History

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Though not a gift from Dumbledore, Yusuf Kama secretly carries a brooch containing a picture of his half-sister, Leta Lestrange, which actor William Nadylam used as an inspiration throughout filming. The brooch was inspire by a Victorian piece found by Colleen Atwood. 'You don't see it that much,' sys Atwood. 'but for him it's a memento from his life.'

Fantastic Beasts －The Secrets of Dumbledore: Movie Magic

William Nadylam: He's going to help defend the world from Grindelwald's action, and eventually, obviously, he doesn't forget. That's another subject there. He doesn't forget.

－ Secrets of Dumbledore Interview: Brief Take

[keepmeinmind-01]

i need to cook up an epic plotline for Theseus and Kama based on Grindelwald having taken Kama’s memories of Leta and getting them back