New 'Fantastic Beasts: the Crimes of Grindelwald' Trailer Confirms Voldemort’s Snake Nagini Was a Actually a WITCH

Kelsey Stiegman
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Photo credit: Warner Bros.
Photo credit: Warner Bros.

From Seventeen

As Hagrid once said: "the trick with any beast is to know how to calm him," and thanks to Fantastic Beasts the movie, I AM NOT CALM.

The final trailer of Fantastic Beasts: the Crimes of Grindelwald just dropped and it's got some Harry Potter revelations that, as an OG fanatic, have me shaking (like the heart-wrenchingly romantic scene between Dumbledore and Grindelwald).

But the most shocking moment of all was the realization that Nagini (yes, Voldemort's pet snake/Horcrux, Nagini) is actually a witch.

The trailer shows a young witch trapped in a cage at a magical circus. Just before she transforms into a massive serpent, Credence, who is watching from the crowd, utters the name "Nagini."

I. AM. NOT. WELL.

If you've been trolling the depths of Fantastic Beasts fan theories, you might have seen this coming. Fans have been theorizing that actress Claudia Kim would play the part of Nagini, ever since the cast poster was revealed, showing her in a snakeskin dress.

Photo credit: Warner Bros.
Photo credit: Warner Bros.

Pottermore had also released information that Claudia's character "is known as a ‘Maledictus’: someone who suffers from a ‘blood curse’ that turns them into a beast." Potterheads put two and two together and Bombarda! – fan theory.

I, however, had no idea – and I have many questions. Number one: did Voldemort know that his pride and joy was actually a woman? Is that why he was always talking to her? Will the 5-movie series show a love story (yes, I know Voldy can't actually feel real love) between the two? How did they find each other anyway? Again, I AM NOT WELL.

*Deep breath.*

Now that the snake's out of the cage, J.K. is spilling the tea leaves on how Nagini got to be a serpent in the first place. Apparently, the curse is passed down from mother to daughter and is only found in witches.

And it goes without saying that she's been dying to reveal this secret for years.

Movie number two comes out November 16, so brace yourselves for what will undoubtedly change the magical world forever.

Kelsey is the style editor at Seventeen.com. Follow her on Instagram!

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