Thread by @scientificsushi, Newt Scamander is one of the most important male characters in the [...]

Newt Scamander is one of the most important male characters in the recent history of films and Eddie Redmayne does an amazing job of playing a truly awkward introvert and possibly a man on the autism spectrum, I just can't stop analyzing his beautiful uniqueness

Today I analyzed how often Newt makes eye contact with people during conversations and made some graphs for it as a true scientist lol #FantasticBeasts #NewtScamander #TinaGoldstein #JacobKowalski #Newtina #Pickett

i guess they just prove that he only became friends with Jacob after he showed interest in the creatures and that his feelings for Tina were basically love at first sight

i'll make an analysis of Newt's eye contact in the sequel as soon as it's available online in HQ, saw it in the cinema once and i know that there are low quality recordings of the movie online but i need high resolution to catch all the movements of his eyes, so stay tuned lol

i also want to analyze his posture in the movies (i noticed he is slightly bent to one side almost all the time - he basically hides from the world and his hair helps him with that, but he stands straight when he talks to Tina on the roof about Dougal, so i have to look at that

another topic, but what a great metaphor: an old Leta's picture deep in Newt's case, hidden in the shed (representing old pain which Newt tries to hide) vs. Tina's picture on the top of the suitcase, visible to almost anyone

can we appreciate how brilliant Newt is? and also confident in his weirdness. i know there are many autistic characters who are the "masterminds" and Newt is usually not perceived as one, but he has so many amazing qualities hidden inside https://twitter.com/ImagineNewtina/status/1074349378566086656

https://twitter.com/ImagineNewtina/status/1074349378566086656

Find the analysis of Newt Scamander's eye contact with Tina, Theseus, Leta, Dumbledore, Jacob and Bunty + interesting things I noticed in CoG below, watch out for spoilers if you haven't seen the movie yet #FantasticBeasts #CrimesOfGrindelwald #NewtScamander

Firstly Bunty - everyone sees how he ignores her interest in him, but these numbers show that he does not ignore her as a person and that they know each other well. The last bar shows the trend from the 1st movie that Newt's eye contact is stronger if he tries to convince someone

Now Dumbledore: I was actually surprised by how much eye contact there is between Newt and Dumbledore. They apparently trust and respect each other as old friends. The middle bar shows how shy and flattered Newt was when Dumbledore talked about why he admires him

btw notice how much respect Newt had to Dumbledore when asking why he couldn't move against Grindelwald - N actually looked down after asking as if he thought it was rude. However, when he talks with D about the blood pact, N is very confident and has a little less respect

Theseus: it'd be logical if Newt had the most eye contact with Theseus because they have known each other their whole lives - however, his average eye contact with T is around 30%, compare it with Tina in the 1st movie (a few days after they met) which was almost 45%

i also used only the 2 scenes at the ministry, there was a third scene and a hug after Leta died but i don't think we can consider that a conversation - Newt says one sentence and they both are shocked after the events so they both look down a lot

Leta: there's just one scene where Newt & Leta have a longer convo (black) - notice that Newt ends all eye contact after he sees Theseus and thinks of all the messy feelings around Leta. The other two scenes are from flashbacks where they don't know each other well yet

Tina: i think these numbers just say it all, Newt loves Tina so much damn

Notice the bar Eye Parasite - that was a situation when Newt should have been totally focused on the freaking parasite! and not look at Tina at all!!! and he still looks at Tina 10% of that scene!!!!!

another interesting thing is the Middle Head bar when he chased after Tina and was generally confused by her behaviour and later shy and awkward after using the Runespoor comparison

!!! there was only one scene where Newt talked with Jacob (when Jacob explained why he still remembers everything). Newt's eye contact with him was 44.83% and let me just point out how happy Newt is when he sees him and how cute it is when he returns his hug

there are not as many calm one-on-one conversations in CoG as in FBAWTFT because the movie is moving quite fast, tension is everywhere, there are many new characters and the most conversations Newt has are group conversations about non-personal stuff

thank you to @huffietina who pointed out to me that Newt stims right before hugging Theseus at the Ministry, I noticed he also does it in the background while telling Leta that she didn't kill her brother on purpose

stimming is a thing people with some disorders (autism or anxiety etc.) do when they feel stressed, anxious or uncomfortable, they basically use stimulation of one or more senses to calm down, what Newt does is run his fingers on his coat (touch stimulation)

now some small or bigger things i notice and found interesting

the scene where Newt creates wind to get rid of the stalker made me think: remember when Dumbledore fought Voldemort in HP5? V who belonged to Slytherin used fire which is Gryffindor's element and D who belonged to Gryffindor and used water which is Slytherin's element

was creating wind just Newt's way of using nature to fight peacefully? or do wizards generally use the element of their "opposite" Hogwarts house (in Newt's case Ravenclaw and their element air) to fight? or was the stalker from Ravenclaw? so many thoughts

btw the scene where Newt rides the Zouwu is so beautiful and powerful, go watch it again if you're reading this tweet lol

i strongly recommend noticing the colour of Queenie's coat/dress throughout the movie:
Newt's house - dark pink
French Ministry - light brown
meeting Grindelwald - dark brown
at the rally - dark pink again
in Nurmengard - black

i also think that the auror who killed the redhead follower of Grindelwald at the rally did it on Grindelwald's orders, he later also joined Grindelwald in the circle of the blue fire and it just makes sense to me that he was Grindelwald's agent at the Ministry

there was an opinion somewhere online about how random it was that Newt got the blood pact just because the Niffler took a chance, escaped and stole this shiny thing, but let me show you how Newt did it all on purpose

1) there is this close-up on the blood pact on Grindelwald's chest and then on Newt's face showing interest
2) i think he released Niffler on purpose although all that's shown is Niffler getting out by himself (but why would the Niffler do it when the original screenplay says

that it's now older and well trained?)
3) Newt is not surprised when he finds injured Niffler in front of the tomb, he just says "I've got you"
Conclusion: Newt planned to steal the blood pact pendant. Not random at all.

if anyone noticed something interesting generally in the Fantastic Beasts movies or about Newt Scamander, please let me know, i'll add your tweet to this thread to store everything in one place :) #FantasticBeasts #CrimesOfGrindelwald #NewtScamander

notice the little look Newt gives Tina right before Graves comes + Newt's posture during the mustard wiping part totally reminds me of how Newt reacted when Queenie told him that Tina was dating someone else in CoG, kind of slouched, looking down https://twitter.com/ann_wasserstein/status/1076149302290833413