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'Harry Potter' Author Reveals That Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts, Is Gay

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David In Indy:

--- Quote from: Snavel del Snork Snater Snuit on October 21, 2007, 03:56:15 pm ---Cross-posted this on fanfic board, because of this:

"Oh, my god," Rowling concluded with a laugh, "the fan fiction."

 ::) 8) ;D

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This shows that she's been reading some of the Harry Potter fanfic out there. I wonder if Annie is reading some of ya'lls BBM fanfic too!  :D

Jeff Wrangler:

--- Quote from: delalluvia on October 21, 2007, 12:55:40 pm ---I'm with you on this Mikaela.  While it's nice that writers of some epics like to add backstory to their characters, usually it's hinted at before in the books.  Rowlings seems to take the 'safe' way out - after the fact - after books are already bought and the chance of boycotts, possible backlash and negative press gone.  In a backhanded fashion, she is trying to show that she displayed diversity in her characters even though she wasn't overt about it - did anyone even suspect except for the character's tendency to dress well being pointed out?  And like Mikaela said, why did his story have to be a tragic one?  Why not a happy one?   >:(

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I am not now, nor have I ever been, a Harry Potter fan (never read the books, never saw any of the films), but when I heard this bit of news, I thought, "What's the point?"  :-\

As for his story being a tragic one, well, if we want to, we can even view Brokeback as falling into the traditional (stereotypical?) vein that gay men wind up either dead (Jack) or alone and miserable (Ennis).  :-\


--- Quote from: David on October 21, 2007, 04:00:54 pm ---This shows that she's been reading some of the Harry Potter fanfic out there.

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I was told by an acquaintance who writes Harry Potter fanfic that not only does she read it, she sometimes communicates with the authors (and not with a cease-and-desist order, either)--but I couldn't swear to that in a court of law.

dot-matrix:

--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on October 22, 2007, 11:15:22 am ---I am not now, nor have I ever been, a Harry Potter fan (never read the books, never saw any of the films), but when I heard this bit of news, I thought, "What's the point?"   :-\

*snip

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I think the point is just one more **snap-in your face jab back at the so called Christian Right who claim her stories are evil and satanic and should be banned from schools etc....

Meryl:

--- Quote from: Mikaela on October 21, 2007, 05:30:42 am ---Sheesh. I wish I could manage to be more positive about it. You're too good for me, Meryl.  :-*
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It's natural to be annoyed by an author who drops this kind of bomb after the books are safely wrapped up, and of course, it would be nice if Dumbledore's story were less tragic.  But, when all is said and done, I just like the direction she's goin'.  :)

ifyoucantfixit:



        I doubt it will happen, but she could actually write a book about Dumbledor and Grindlewal and the
battle they had.  It was a tragedy, not because he was gay, but because he ended up killing the man
he loved, on moral grounds...IMO

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