--- title: Fantastic Beasts 2 Plot Hole Sparks Internet Uproar description: The first trailer for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald has sparked a heated debate amongst fans of the Harry Potter universe. canonical: https://time.com/5199110/fantastic-beasts-2-plot-hole-reactions/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-14T15:28:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:23.117Z og:title: Harry Potter Fans in Uproar Over a Fantastic Beasts Plot Hole og:description: Wizarding world aficionados are not happy with this potential issue og:url: https://time.com/5199110/fantastic-beasts-2-plot-hole-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc1543c91d6d73a1e/6988f6d17cdbac486bd5b735/fb2-03215r.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: FANTASTIC BEASTS 2 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Harry Potter Fans in Uproar Over a Fantastic Beasts Plot Hole twitter:description: Wizarding world aficionados are not happy with this potential issue twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc1543c91d6d73a1e/6988f6d17cdbac486bd5b735/fb2-03215r.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Harry Potter_ Fans Are in an Uproar Over This Possible _Fantastic Beasts 2_ Plot Hole  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 14, 2018 3:28 PM UTC  Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of GrindelwaldWarner Bros.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 14, 2018 3:28 PM UTC The [first trailer](http://time.com/5196001/fantastic-beasts-the-crimes-of-grindelwald-first-trailer/) for [_Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald_](http://time.com/5127885/jk-rowling-dumbledore-gay-fantastic-beasts/)has sparked a heated debate amongst fans of the [_Harry Potter_ universe](http://time.com/5092120/golden-globes-2018-emma-watson-robert-pattinson/). Following the Tuesday debut of the preview, some wizarding world aficionados took to Twitter to express their dismay over the fact that the very first scene appears to show a group of witches and wizards apparating inside the grounds of Hogwarts. Considering J.K. Rowling made it extremely clear throughout the seven-book _Harry Potter_ series that Hogwarts was blocked from apparition, it’s understandable why fans are taking issue with the seemingly glaring error. However, _The Crimes of Grindelwald_ takes place in 1927 when Dumbledore—who is played by Jude Law in the movie—was still Hogwarts’ transfiguration professor and not yet its headmaster, meaning the school may have been bound by different magical laws. Nonetheless, viewers had a lot to say about the possible mistake. See some of the reactions below. > [](https://twitter.com/leaky/status/973621473234604034) > [](https://twitter.com/acuthberto/status/973595556923760641) > [](https://twitter.com/MalloryAHayes/status/973627911105335296) > [](https://twitter.com/%5Famaljiliow/status/973649980765425669) > [](https://twitter.com/kbreslin624/status/973675962431877127) > [](https://twitter.com/benjamin%5Flight/status/973650241973977089) > [](https://twitter.com/promawhatup/status/973598227361681408) > [](https://twitter.com/youngcbrad/status/973720570155159552) > [](https://twitter.com/weblore1/status/973697253138341888) Fantastic Beasts 2 Plot Hole Sparks Internet Uproar ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5199110/fantastic-beasts-2-plot-hole-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5199110/fantastic-beasts-2-plot-hole-reactions/"},"headline":"Harry Potter Fans Are in an Uproar Over This Possible Fantastic Beasts 2 Plot Hole","datePublished":"2018-03-14T15:28:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:51:23.117Z","description":"Wizarding world aficionados are not happy","url":"https://time.com/5199110/fantastic-beasts-2-plot-hole-reactions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","viral","Fantastic Beasts"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc1543c91d6d73a1e/6988f6d17cdbac486bd5b735/fb2-03215r.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc1543c91d6d73a1e/6988f6d17cdbac486bd5b735/fb2-03215r.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"FANTASTIC BEASTS 2","caption":"FANTASTIC BEASTS 2","creditText":"Warner Bros.","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5199110/fantastic-beasts-2-plot-hole-reactions/","name":"Harry Potter Fans Are in an Uproar Over This Possible Fantastic Beasts 2 Plot Hole"}}]}] ```