In the latest edition of “Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling reveals something new about her novels’ ever-expanding universe,” her comments on Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) and Gellert Grindelwald’s (Johnny Depp) relationship have gone viral. In her commentary track for the Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Blu-ray, she admitted that “there is a sexual dimension to this relationship,” adding that she was “less interested in [it].” But that didn’t stop Twitter from trolling her for the revelation.
“Their relationship was incredibly intense. It was passionate, and it was a love relationship,” she said in the Blu-ray commentary, which was first picked up by the Radio Times. “But as happens in any relationship, gay or straight or whatever label we want to put on it, one never knows really what the other person is feeling. You can’t know, you can believe you know.”
As nice as Rowling’s sentiments about Dumbledore and Grindelwald’s past relationship are, however, her extolling them is the latest in a long line of post-book, play or movie revelations. These late-minute additions to the Harry Potter canon generally stir up Rowling’s fanbase, and it was no different this time. Hence social media’s adapting the “no one” meme for plenty of jokes about the author’s penchant for continuously augmenting her stories.
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No one:
J.K. Rowling: Dobby fucks the sun every day that’s what night is
— Carrie Wittmer 👻 (@carriesnotscary) March 17, 2019
No one:
J. K. Rowling: Dumbledore voted for Bernadette Peters for the Tony Award for Best Actress in '03.
— John Robert Allman (@Johnny_Allman) March 17, 2019
No-one:
J.K. Rowling: Neville got his last name because he likes getting a finger up the bum
— James Marriott (@JamesMarriottYT) March 17, 2019
https://twitter.com/roxiqt/status/1107163898870824960
No one:
J.K. Rowling: Dobby is so fucking hung
— John Phipps: Handsomeness Incarnate (@MagitekDad) March 17, 2019
No one:
J.K. Rowling: Wizards switched to owls because pigeons refused to carry any more moving dick pics.
— Dmitry Grozoubinski (@DmitryOpines) March 17, 2019
As with all things memes, however, the response to Rowling’s admission about Dumbledore and Grindelwald’s relationship quickly turned on itself.
J.K. Rowling: literally anything
Everyone:
No one:J.K. Rowling: fake quote that
heightens the absurdity of post-
Harry potter retcons— jarvis johnson (@jarvis) March 17, 2019