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I bet everyone who’s reading this article got the chance at least once in their life to hear this name “Minalima”. But who are they? And are their books worth the price you pay?

Eduardo Lima and Mina Miraphora are a Brasilian an a British Graphic Designers, who where charged to create and realize all the props of the Harry Potter films. Their incredible work allowed us to have incredible magic objects such as: the Marauders Map.

But their work does not start and end with Harry Potter, in fact they also realized incredible illustrated books of the Disney Classics, including: Peter Pan, Snow White and Other Grimms Stories, Beauty and the Beast, Pinocchio, and others.

Their books are best known for their illustrations and animations which are UNIQUE. So it shouldn’t be a surprise when I tell you that J. K. Rowling herself asked them to continue their work and cooperation with The Wizarding World by creating the Harry Potter books, exclusively illustrated by Minalima.

There are currently three books, and both Mira and Eduardo, recently hosted by The Lucca Comics & Games convention, stated that “Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban” is so far their favorite, but if they had to choose between the classics would be “The Incredible Wizard of Oz”, for the weirdness and colorfulness.

Their last book which was also presented at Lucca Comics, is a compedium of all the films so far, including Fantastic Beasts.

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How I met Minalima.

As I previously said they came as hosts at Lucca Comics and Games 2023, which I attended on purpouse to get the chance to meet them.

Meeting them wasn’t as simple as you might think, cause eventhough it was supposed to happen at a specific event, appositely created for an autograph session, when I got there I’ve been told that rules changed that morning, and it was no longer possible to access the session freely.

Since the previous day they had thousand and thousand people queuing for the autographs, the Lucca Comics organization decided to give out 150 tickets at 8:30am, to access the venue.

I was so angry, because of course I hadn’t had the chance to get my ticket since I drove 155km, and at 8:30am I was leaving home towards Lucca.

At 4:30pm I wanted to go home, I hadn’t met them but I didn’t care, I was completely and utterly disappointed. But they still had an interview going on at the Theatre, so I decided to go there.

It was a beautiful experience, I also got emotional in hearing their story. How Eduardo from Brazil came to UK and met Mira who was at the time one of the few graphic artists. They shared with us some curiosities, for example did you know that their favorite prop is the Marauder Map?

They explained where they get inspiration for their work, saying that Italy as well was an amazing inspiration.

They played Harry Potter Trivia with us, where Eduardo utterly crushed Mira (but in my opinion she wanted it that way), with funny toys which made funny noises (like a rubbery chicken) to book their answer.

They were asked about their future works, but sadly we didn’t get any spoilers. Eventhough they did tell us that many many times they were asked to write “their OWN stories”, and that’s what they’ve been focusing on. Does this mean we’re actually going to have a Minalima exclusive story??

And lastly they left the stage with cheers and applauses.

So I left the theatre and I still wasn’t going home, no way. Not without their autograph. I looked for the entrance to the stage, and I stood there for what it seemed like an eternity, sure that sooner or later they would have come out.

Nothing.

But instead police, and fire fighters kept coming and going from there. I took one big breath and approached one of them, I told him my story saying that I hadn’t had the chance to get the ticket, and that I’d driven 155km just to meet them.

You might think these kind of things happen only in the films, well.. they let me in.

I approached Mira, and you must know that she speaks Italian AMAZINGLY, but since I was so excited I kept talking in English ‘till she reminded me of that.

She asked my name and signed my paper, then she asked Eduardo to do the same. I told them I loved their work so much, and left. I didn’t took any picture with them because I didn’t want to test my luck anymore.

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Concluding, are their books worth it? Absolutely yes.

Whether you are a Disney or a Harry Potter fan, they have created amazing works, some of them literally by hand (like the Harry Potter’s letter).

They are super talentous artists, who managed to recreate, and sometimes to CREATE ex-novo, our favorite parts of the books.

In fact one of the thing I love the most about their books is that what we didn’t get the chance to see on the screen, we’re finally seeing it on the paper thanks to them.

It’s official!

We waited a very long long time, 12 years.. in Azkaban!! But we finally have a due date: 10th February!!

Hogwarts Legacy team dropped today the new on Twitter, revealing also the first platforms on which will be avaliable: PS4, PS5, X-Box 1, X-Box X Serie and Laptops.

It’s still unknown when it will be avaliable for Nintendo Switch, but as soon as we’ll hear the news we’ll break it to you!

What features will you need to play the game on laptop?

The features needed by laptops to play Hogwarts Legacy are as follow:

Hogwarts Legacy recommended requirements

• Memory: 8 GB
• Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 
• CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 
• File Size: 30 GB
• OS: Windows 10

Hogwarts Legacy minimum requirements

• Memory: 6 GB
• Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
• CPU: Intel Core i5-6600
• File Size: 30 GB
• OS: Windows 10

Anyway if you have any doubt you can go to this link, and follow instructions to see if your system would be able to run the game:

https://www.pcgamebenchmark.com/input/hogwarts-legacy

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For now we can only say that we’re super excited and we suggest you to pre-order the game because we expect a massive steal.

Verity Alson lives in a small muggle suburb in Little Hangleton with her grandparents, they told her when she was very little that they had adopted her, because her real parents weren’t so fond of her, and decided that they didn’t want to bring her up. Verity never asked further questions about her biological parents, it was enough for her knowing that they never wanted her, and that they never even tried to make up.

That day, August 21st, was the day of her eleventh birthday, and her grandparents Raymond and Lucinda were waiting for her in the kitchen with a cake baked just for her.

-Happy birthday Sweetheart! – Said Lucinda going to hug her niece.

-Happy birthday love. – Said Raymond in turn kissing Verity on the cheek.

-Thank you.. – Said Verity with a loving tune.

-Make a wish. – Said Lucy gesturing towards the eleven candles, which were towering the cake.

Verity blew the candle, and Lucy started cutting the cake.

-Darlene is waiting for me at the park, may I go please? – Darlene was Verity, one and only, best friend. Verity and her had known each other since first grade, and even if sometimes they fought with each other, Verity loved Darlene so much and always forgave her everything.

-Yes of course you can! – Said Lucy.

-Will you go and grab the mail please? – Ask Raymond.

Without even asking Verity went for the door, and on the floor stood several letters one above the others. She collected them and while she was going back to the kitchen started to browse them in her hands, bill, bill, the knitting journal her grandmother was subscribed to, a big red lacquer wax seal flashed under her eyes. She turner the letter in curiosity, and found her self in reading her own name.

Verity Alson

Little Hangleton

Sherbourne Road 77

She opened the letter with a perplexed look on her face, wondering who could possibly write to her, for a moment she almost though it was her real parents.

Dear Miss Alson,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy.

She stared at the elegant green calligraphy. ‘What a dumb joke’, she tore the letter into pieces, thinking it was just another joke of some silly girl at school, Verity thought it was really sick they actually used her real address. She trashed it under the sink with too much rage.

-What was that? – Asked smiling calmly Raymon, while opening the bills with his knife.

-Nothing, nothing.. so can I please go and meet Darlene?

-Yes sure dear! Just be careful and remember to be home for lunch!!

The Saint Helen’s park was right at the end of the street, and was the usual meeting point for Darlene and Verity. Darlene was waving at Verity from the park, she started to walk towards her, as the friend was waving back.

-Haaaappy Birthday! – She said showing something she had until then been hiding behind her back.

– Thanks Darl!! – Said Verity grabbing the package – “You shouldn’t had”

– Come on open it!!

Verity started to wreck the envelope, and it came out to be a box, inside was a silver bracelet, the one she had laid her eyes on, two weeks ago in a boutique.

-Oh Darlene…. come on…- She said stunned by the present. – It’s… It’s too m..

She couldn’t finish the sentence because a huge big brown owl was gliding towards them, Verity had to push down her friend since it was coming from her back and she did not see it coming. It landed on a wall behind them, and stayed there as if waiting for something with his leg out.

Verity got closer and saw it had a letter tied up at his leg, wondered for a minute then started to untie it. Darlene was looking at the whole scene behind the friend’s back, perhaps wondering if it was safe to get that closer to such a sharp beak. Verity managed to break free the envelope, but still the owl stayed there with his leg out, as waiting for something else.

-Mm.. What do you want? – The girl asked as expecting an answer from the animal. She took his leg between two fingers, it was so tiny, and push it back under his feathers. He clearly was not happy with that, because he snapped his beak very threateningly, and then flew off.

– What’s that? – Darlene asked above Verity’s shoulder.

– I don’t kn..- She was about to say she didn’t know what the letter was about, but as soon as she turned it around, she recognised it immediately. The green ink was the same one she had just thrown away in the kitchen’s trash, not too much earlier. Verity stood there for a while just watching at it, deciding whether to open it or not. Darlene pushed her shoulder with hers, shooking Verity up, bringing her trembling fingers to break the lacquer wax seal.
As soon as it was open she got the confirmation of what she already knew inside, the letter was the same.

– I’d better go – She said throwing the letter in her pocket

– What? No wait come on let me see!!

– I’m sorry Darlene I’d better go.. I’ll explain to you I promise.. I’m sorry – Verity had already started to move, without even realising it. – Thanks for the present tho! Sorry!!

Verity started at first to walk rapidly then to run towards home, as she was going back she thought this must be a very elaborated joke, who on earth would have rented an owl jus to make fool of her? She felt that something wasn’t coming around. When she was almost home she saw what it seemed to be a cat with glasses standind on her threshold. Panting, she got closer to the cat trying to caress it, but as soon as she approached the beast started to change, its back elongated, and its fur retreated to reaveal a woman in silk green dress.

Verity jumped back almost fainting, falling onto the ground, she kept herself from screaming only beacuse all the breath had been drawn from her lungs. The woman was wearing glasses that looked exactly the same of the cat’s marks, her eyes were gentle but her mouth was stiff.

-Are you Miss Verity Alson? – The woman asked with the same solemnity she gave off.

Verity incapable of pronuncing any words just nodded.

-I’m Professor Minerva Mc Gonagall, Deputy Headmistress at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, nevertheless your future Transfiguration class teacher. I’m here to give you, all your information about what you need to do..

Verity look at the woman for a whole minute, then found the strenght to get up, her legs shaking dangerously.

-I’m sorry instructions to do what exactly…?

-To go to school obviously – Replied Minerva McGonagall already exasperated, and Verity knew at once that wasn’t a woman who liked to repeat herself. -Now shall we? – said indicating the Alson’s front door.

They gathered all in the living room where they listened to McGonagall explanation, Hogwarts was a school for Witches and Wizards, she talked about Diagon Alley a place where you could buy all the supplies needed for the school, this place could be reached by the Leaky Cauldron in London, the students could reach Hogwarts through the Platform 9 and 3/4 at the King’s Cross station. At the end of the explanation Verity firmly hoped that someone else started talking before herself, she feared to start laughing and never stop, and she felt that Minerva McGonagall wouldn’t have liked that. Her grandmother talk first after a sadly sighed.

-We knew this day would have come…-

Verity googled at her mimaw.

-Pardon me?! You knew??-

-Well not knew… we expected you to be different…-

Verity gestured with her hands as to ask to go on.

-Wel.. when you were little.. – Raymond began. – You didn’t like to eat that much. So we tried to make you eat by simulating a plane with the spoon… and more than once it happened that you.. umh… changed..-

–Transfigurated – Corrected him Professor McGonagall.

–Transfigurated your food into chocolate.-

-Why didn’t you tell me?? – Verity bursted out half excited, half enraged.

-They didn’t know – Intervened once again Minerva McGonagall -You see you’re a Muggle Born, that means that all prior to you in your family are muggles, except for you.-

Professor McGonagall dilated in a further explanation about coins in the magic world, and objects such as wands and cauldrons, and before leaving she delivered Verity a bag of money, and explained to her that they were from the Hogwarts fund destined to Muggle Borns. She left as she came, as a cat, leaving the Alson family alone with their thoughts.

On November 28th was released the first episode of Hogwarts Tournament of Houses. Of course we take a look, and don’t worry, you find any “big” spoilers here, but if you just want the surprise watch the show before reading our review!

Let’s start with saying that the show is available on Sky and Now platforms, and yes the episodes are recorded so don’t worry! You won’t miss a thing.

The structure of the show is amazing, everything is about Harry Potter, from the questions to the game itself, not to talk about the theater.

Each episode sees two Houses fighting one another, and the show starts with the choosing of the contestants, and it is done in a very “Potterheadly” way, which I personally find amazing and a very genial thought.

The other amazing thing about the game is that your house plays along with the contestants, and it’s so cool because this really makes it the “House Tournament”.

The Teams

Team Gryffindor

I’m a Gryffindor myself so of course I had big expectations on their team, instead I sadly found them quite unprepared. I wished they all put more attention into that “we’re the competitive ones” feeling instead on the “we’re the sassy one”, I hope we’ll get better in the next competition. They didn’t use our gut-feeling, I don’t know something went wrong.

Team Slytherin

I found this team very special, and even if I’m not that fond of Slytherins (for obvious reasons), they played really well. Cunning and determinate as you expect from a Slytherin, they had a great harmony and put on an amazing strategy in my opinion. But Ryan, honestly… Professor Umbridge?

Team Ravenclaw

When you think of a Ravenclaw you think about these three. Sharp, wise and resolute. They didn’t loose the concentration for the entire game, unfortunately they slipped on the lines game, very unlucky! Anyway they gave all they had, and that would make Rowena proud of you guys!

Team Hufflepuff

Not for sure the best team in harmony, everyone was quite on a different wave. But for sure the team that had the harder work done! They patiently waited their occasion, and BOOM! Hit the target. They fought their way more than valiantly through the game.

The House Cup

One of the most amazing thing about the game is that your team, actually win the house cup! Along with other big surprises mind blowing for a Potterhead, this is insane.

Since the previous exit of Crimes of Grindelwald, the Fandom has split into two major groups, those who believe the film was well done and so that expected great things by the sequel, and those who thought the film was not well done, because of some tramn inconsistencies (which we abudantly discussed here).

The COVID-19 situation didn’t help, since we were expecting with our breath suspended the next film release, to discuss these plot holes, but what was initially scheduled for 2021, actually was moved to 2022.

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The actual scheduled release date is July 14th 2022.

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Watching Fantastic Beasts and The Crimes of Grindelwald this morning I thought of something, and so I made up a theory:

So: Leta believes her brother Corvus has drowned because exchanged the babies, and so that Credence is not Corvus Lestrange.

But Credence is a wizard, he has magical powers. So what are the odds that even the other family, Leta exchanged baby Corvus with, was also a Wizard family? Because in those years was still pursuing the thought that, Magical Blood was only to be shared through family, so it’s very peculiar to me, that that woman also was a Witch.

Secondly, and I believe most important, we know that magical powers expecially in children burst out in moment of needs, as protection. Just like happened to Neville, when he fell from the window due to his uncle.

If the other baby was Corvus Lestrange, he was a Wizard.. why didn’t he use magic to save himself? I know he may seem way too young, but I believe that if he had feared for his life magic would have burst out.

But most important, if the mother in fact was a Witch (since the exchanged baby also is a Wizard), why didn’t she use magic to save herself and the baby? Or maybe the boat?

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I believe that the woman with whom Leta exchanged Corvus was a Muggle, and that the baby also was a Muggle, so I don’t think it is Credence. And so that the Tychos Dodonus Profecy is correct:

“A son cruelly banished
Despair of the daughter
Return, great avenger
With wings from the water.“

So now I have two theories: rather Corvus was exchanged again, or he survived and Credence indeed is Corvus Lestrange.

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The other thoery that crossed my mind especially reading the prophecy, is that Tycho Dodonus was not referring to the Lestranges, but rather to the Dumbledores.

A son cruelly banished could it be Credence? Despair of the daughter could be Ariana?

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What do you think about these theories? Do you have some your own? Let me know! The more the better!

Everyone has heard about the Gobstones: a game from the Magic’s World that resemble the marbles game in the Muggle’s World. But how do you play it?

There are three types of Gobstones games: Traditional, Snake Pit, and Jack Stone.

Traditional Rules:

Game Purpose: Casting the more Gobstone you can outside the circle.

Needings: Circle 1mx1m, 13 common Gobstones, Your house’s Gobstones, your opponent house’s Gobstones.

Both of you will start from the circle line, in turn you kick your house’s Gobstone, trying to send the common ones outside of the circle.

For each common Gobstone sent outside the circle it’s worth one point.

But pay attention if attempting to do so you also send out your personal Gobstone, you’ll loose a point and your opponent will gain one.

When all the common Gobstones have been kicked out of the circle the game ends, the one with the more points obtained wins.

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Snake Pit

Game Purpose: Get the closest as possible to the pit, without falling it.

Needings: Circle 1mx1m with a pit at the center about 5cmx5cm, your house’s Gobstones, your opponent house’s Gobstones.

Both of you will start from the circle line, in turn you kick your house’s Gobstones towards the pit trying to get the closest as possible, without falling down.

You’ll have 4 Gobstones to kick each, at the end of these the games end and the closest to the pit wins.

You’re allowed to kick the opponent’s Gobstones away, or down the pit without penalty.

If you, or your opponent fall down the pit, nothing happens, you just loose a Gobstone, and you’ll have to try to win with the remainings.

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Jack Stone

Game Purpose: Get the closest you can to the Jack Stone.

Needings: Circle 1mx1m large, 1 common Jack Stone, your house’s Gobstones, your opponent house’s Gobstones.

Both of you will start from the circle line, you both have 4 Gobstones each, at the end of these the closest to the Jack Stone wins.

You’re allowed to kick opponent’s Gobstones away from the Jack Stone.

If you accidentally kick the Jack Stone you’ll have no penalty.

If you kick the Jack Stone outside the circle you loose.

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Slytherin, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff Gobstones.

To completely win a game you need to win 3 matches.

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You can play with your friends and set who’s the real Hogwarts Gobstone’s Winner!

We’ve just passed two hard weeks, full of petitions, and reclaims on Web in favour of Johnny Depp, contrasting with fierce him loosing his place as Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts 3. But what happened? How did we get here? Let’s take together two-three steps back together to understand what happened between him and his ex-wife Amber Heard.

It’s 2012 when Johnny Depp and actress Amber Heard start their relationship, they got to know each other on the set of The Rum Diary. On February 3rd 2015 they got married and after only 15 month of marriage, in 2016 Amber Heard asks the divorce, sustaining to have been beaten by Johnny Depp. On the other hand the event was not that simple, since Johnny Depp later accused Amber Heard of adultery and defamation. Here’s where we all are, the trial that has been sustained in London which finished on November 2nd 2020, was the process that started because Johny Depp denounced Amber Heard, and lost.

So here’s the first important information, Amber Heard DID NOT denounce Johnny Depp for beaten her up, but it was him who started the whole thing sustaining that she was lying. So first of all, Amber Heard was not right, but the justice decided that neither was Johnny.

Let’s admit for a moment she was right, and that he truly beat her, do you know that in psychology there is what is called the “Language of Abused”, which means that if you’re being abused, and you’re around you’re abuser even if you try to hide it, your body speaks for yourself. Some of these signs include:

• The person may have unexplained bruises on their arms, face or anywhere on their body.
• Abuse victims tend to makes themselves social outcasts by creating distance between them and their family or friends. This is because they are afraid that their abuser will get angry catching them socializing with someone else and they will get physically assaulted even more. That is why abuse victims tend to walk on eggshells to avoid a dispute with their partner.
• You can tell a lot by looking at someone’s facial expressions. Domestic abusers tend to look angry, frustrated or annoyed and the abuse victims tend to have facial expressions of fear, sadness and paranoia. Victims of abuse will often have great fear of their partner.
• Look at people’s body language in order to tell if someone has abusive tendencies. The abuser typically clenches their hand into a fist or clenches their teeth when they are about to physically assault someone.
• Sometimes just seeing a police car outside the abuser’s house can be a clue of domestic violence. Neighbors also often hear screaming and yelling coming from next door. Both of these could be seen as clear signs of domestic abuse.
• Domestic abusers tend to be controlling and they belittle their victim to make them feel lowly and helpless. Abusers also tell their victim that they can’t do anything right and that they deserve to be treated this way. Many times abusers threaten that they will commit suicide or come after you and hurt you or your children if you ever try to leave them.
• Abusers tend to have short tempers and unpredictable angry fits of rage and they destroy and break things.
• Signs of emotional abuse can be seen with yelling, name-calling, shame, and blame. Abusers use intimidation, isolation and controlling tactics in emotional abuse and it ends up causing psychological abuse in the victim. This goes to show that emotional abuse can be just as bad, if not worse than physical abuse.

Now let’s take a minute to observe these pictures, does Amber seem like an abused woman? Look how she clings to Johnny, and how she smiles, how she looks at him. Doens’t seem to me like she’s afraid to stay near him, an abused woman maybe would grabbed his hand, but for sure would not cling that much around him.

On the contrary we read that abusers use intimidation, isolation and controlling tactics in emotional abuse and it ends up causing psychological abuse in the victim. Given this, we know now that abuse is not only being beaten, but also psychological abuse.
If you search on the internet you can find several transcripts of several audios between Heard and Depp.

In these transcriptions you can read that Amber admit several times that she’s the abuser not Johnny, she beaten him, not the other way around.
If this isn’t enough for you there are the full versions of the audio on the internet, I link one to you here:

Even here in the audio you can see that she’s the one who beat him, she’s the abuser calling him in a thousand ways not cute.

Last but not least, the only photo proving the guilt of Depp, is Amber showing some bruises: Amber Heard stated that those bruises, where caused by Depp who launched her his phone and later beat her. Everything would be tremendous, mostly considering the entity of those, if it weren’t for some little details:

• This bruises could be consistent with the hitting of a phone straight in the middle of the face, but for sure are not consistent with a punch, or a slap. Mostly if we consider the tonnage of Depp and of Heard.
• The bruises placed one side the other, are in completely different positions.
• There’s one witness, a neighbour. Who clearly stated that “she was ready to swear this in front of a Judge, Amber Heard didn’t have anything on her face when I saw her, until at least a week later.” Really weird.
• This kind of bruises would have been noticed by someone, her bodyguard, her make-up artist, her manager, someone!! Nobody said anything? Nobody knows anything?
• And more, why does she have these bruises one day, and the day after they are gone?

You can cover up with make up the bruise, but you can’t fake a swelling, why is her eye and nose perfectly normal?

In the end.. another photo is making the world:

This photo taken by Depp’s Bodyguard, which let us see a bruise on Depp’s cheek which differently from Heard’s, is purple and “blueish”, and swollen. Why hers are not?

And more, in the audio you can hear her admitting more than once that she beat him so we are sure that his is true, why aren’t we sure of hers?

So in the end what I think is that Heard was always the abuser in this situation, she’s not a person capable of handling a relationship, maybe even Depp is not able but for sure he never tried to hurt her.
I think she faked the whole think, the bruises she’s showing are perfectly consistent with even keeping some ice on bare skin, and not even swollen.
It’s hard for me to believe she actually was beaten, but it seems on the contrary pretty clear that she was abusive with him, if not physically (even if in my opinion it was also that) at least physiologically.

As a result of this, Johnny Depp tried to get a revenge on her, he tried to have justice, and to clear his name, and he was asked to resign from Fantastic Beasts, and from Pirates of Caribbean. I mean, what’s Pirates of Caribbean without Johnny Depp?? It’s only f*****g Caribbean!!
Not only Women are victims, he’s a victim too, but lucky him, the day he signed up for Grindelwald he became part of the biggest fandom ever, and we do not leave our Witches and Wizards behind.

#JusticeforJohnnyDepp