J.K. Rowling Reveals 'Harry Potter' Character Dumbledore Is Gay.

[Foolish_Fool]

So basically, she just made him gay to stir up some controversy. Yawn.

The fact that it is controversial is what makes it so darn funny.

 

[Phylogeny]

So basically, she just made him gay to stir up some controversy. Yawn.

I doubt it. Rowling has shown in the past that she has written far more information on her characters than she puts in her book.

Also, in the last book, Dumbledore's relationship with 'his great love' is an important point. However, because it is a book aimed at younger readers, she never alludes to the fact they were lovers, merely 'very good friends'. Now that she's mentioned the point that Dumbledore was in love with this character, I think the storyline makes much more sense (from an adult POV).

This isn't the only time she treats adult subjects in such oblique way in her book (there was a rape scene which is never said out loud as one). I doubt she's just saying it now to stir up controversy since the last book came out months ago. If she wanted to stir up controversy, she would have done it a long time ago. Her books are a great deal of fun precisely because it can be enjoyed on different levels.

For me, I got a great kick out of the fact that she made a character gay in what is typically thought of as children's fiction.

I remember back in the days when people would speculate about which character is gay, but most people just assumed that Rowling would never do that because she was writing for 'little children'. I guess she showed us.

 

[Pogue]

Wow, that's brilliant!

 

[AmericanChristian91]

Mabey she hasn't given us all the secrets. Mabey she will say Harry Potter is a Transgender. If that is true it will explain alot.

 

[Glaz]

Kind of like Falwell.

Again, yawn, I am not a Falwell fan so thats not going to rile me up like you think.

 

[Glaz]

The fact that it is controversial is what makes it so darn funny.

This is true. I dunno, whatever an ancient powerful wizard does with his sexuality is his/her own business.

 

[JFox1]

Kind of like Falwell.

LOL! I remember hearing about Jerry Falwell outing the purple Teletubby, Tinkie Winkie.

 

[Avatar]

It really should have been obvoius that Dumbledore way gay. His name is an anagram for 'elder do bum'.

 

[Rion]

So that's how Snape proved his loyalty to Dumbeldore...

 

[Trogdor the Burninator]

This isn't the only time she treats adult subjects in such oblique way in her book (there was a rape scene which is never said out loud as one).

I'm trying to remember where this was?

 

[Lord_Marx]

These are children's books. Trust it to adults to defile them for their own purposes.

In my opinion, J.K. stopped writing the Harry Potter series after book four and started off on some... other series. Books 5 through 7 certainly do not belong with the first four, magical, works of literature.

Y.

They kind of go through book pubery at that point. The world changes a lot between ages 10-14 and 15+.

 

[revolutio]

Whatever consenting wizards want to do in the privacy of their own magical castle is up to them.

 

[Trogdor the Burninator]

Part of Hogwarts new "Don't ask - don't spell" policy ?

/sorry

 

[MadeInOz]

I couldn't care less. Was never a big fan.

 

[Billnew]

If they have to tell us, it doesn't matter.

He could have been or they could have changed it to be Pc.

Now if he was feminine or the annoying flaming style,
then it would be real problem.

Its just not politically correct to write a book or do a movie without the token homosexual in it.

 

[bunced]

Its just not politically correct to write a book or do a movie without the token homosexual in it.

Though maybe you could also argue that it is just being representative of the society at large, because in a book with the number of characters that Harry Potter has, statistically speaking, one of them will be gay anyways

 

[bill'swife]

It really should have been obvoius that Dumbledore way gay. His name is an anagram for 'elder do bum'.

ROTFL!!

 

[BlackAndy]

Now the ending of Half-Blood will be considered a hate crime...

 

[Rochir]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

Dumbledore and Snape?
Dumbledore and Hargrave?
Dumbledore and that teach Kenneth Brannagh played?

 

[Rochir]

You're saying I didn't have to burn the books?

Nono, you WILL have to nurn then books because they contain TZE GHEEYYYY!