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Dumbledore is WHAT?
That's right. It's been reported on the news that while autographing her last Harry Potter book, J.K. Rowling let out a big secret. When one of the fans asked about Dumbledore's love life, J.K. Rowling replied tht she always thought of Dumbledore as being gay. Now seriously, who would have ever seen that one coming? This controversial news has already sparked a few debates, and it's sure to bring a few more, but one things for sure: This can only help the Harry Potter series become even bigger.
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He is gay. I heard that from my radio, yesterday morning. J.K pupu~ told her audience that Dumbledore was gay. And then, there was a huge silence... :o Seriously, I'm not into the Harry Potter books/movies/games. So it doesn't affect me, really. :l
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Anything for publicity. XD
Despite Dumbeldore's sexual orientation, it doesn't really change the books. Though I think it's an interesting twist and adds to Dumbeldore's character. =D However...There have been some negative repercussions to this, I've heard. Since the news came out, lifeless idiots with nothing better to do began massive book burnings...How stupid is that?!? XD |
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I agree. Although truth be told that I never really liked the Harry Potter series, I think it's sheer genuis that J.K. designed that personality on Dumbledore. Some people just don't know how to take stuff like that... (Post # 400! Woot!) |
This is seriously gonna piss off some hardcore christains. A gay wizard? I imagine some book burnings happening in the near future <_<
xD This doesn't bother me, and I found this out a few days ago..I was never really a fan of the books, but dumbledore's sex-life wouldn't really contribute that much to the story. Either way, it's okay. I still think she might have just made that up on the spot for attention, though >.> But it's still her books, and ideas. She can do whatever the hell she wants with her characters, even if she decides to make them gay..after the series already ande anyways xD |
I'm simply amazed at how a character from a book's sexuality becomes this big a deal.
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Entertainment discussion goes in Other Entertainment. I'll move it. :P
Anyway, I was a little surprised to hear this, only because I thought I remembered hearing that Rowling doesn't like what fanfic authors do to her characters (I'm thinking like, the Snape/Harry here), yet then she turns right around and has canon gay? Well, I guess not really canon because it was never said in the books and she says she only "thought of him as" gay. :\ I just know a lot of people are happy about this. I actually know a few Dumbledore/Grindelwald shippers and, well, they're ecstatic now. XD; |
He can be whatever he wants (oh wait, he's dead).
Honestly, I don't think it's a big deal. |
This would be the greatest news ever if it had actually been apparent in the last book or something. I guess it's still kinda cool, though.
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This really came as a surprise to me. I have thought it over quite a few times and I really can't think of any mention that he was even remotely gay, or even slightly feminine. I guess in the long run it dosen't affect the story in any way but it does give me a slightly different view of Dumbledore. I would hate to be the actor that plays him in the movies, he's gotta be thinkin' "WTF, how did I not know this."
But for all we know Rowling could of come up with this even after she had written the books. |
Huh, she was just answering a question, she didn't just decide to make a random statement about it. So its not about publicity really. Actually, it makes the whole Dumbledore/Grindalwald thing make more sense
http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/269527 |
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When I told my friend about it, she said, "Dumbledore is too good to be gay." I flipped on her :| |
When you think about it it really does make sense. But it is way to complicated since Rowling places so many clues in her books.
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I know. This made my dad absolutely furious when we heard it on the news. He's like 'IT'S A CHILDRENS BOOK!! YOU DON'T MAKE PEOPLE GAY IN A CHILDRENS BOOK!!' and that was that. >_>
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Hehe I think it was a good move, adds a twist to his character I guess in a funny way.
I heard people applauded when she said it lol And yeah it does kinda bridge the Grindelwald situation |
lol, it's a dumb move kind of, but more a hilarious move, on her part.
The fundies are going to have a party with this one. All these years of "HARRY POTTER IS SATANIC HARRY IS SATAN", and now she's got a gay character, and the fundies are gonna try and make a big fuss about it and start boycotting books again. At least the last book is done with. If not, she'd be S.O.L. Maybe she just wanted to mess with some more fundies' heads on the way out. I'm really glad the gay character was a cool one, though. If one of Draco's cronies had been gay...blah, I might have had to join the fundies at the book burn. ;[ |
I haven't read the last book yet, but I don't really care if he's gay.. :\ It's an interesting twist for a character, and J.K. Rowling had a lot of guts to think that, considering there's many people out there who despise gay people.
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Dumbledore is homosexual. Now what's the big deal? HP book burn? We should be burning other books in my opinion. |
Burning books is stupid just for the character being gay. Ahem, anyway I thought it was hilarious. I mean did you SEE the wave of fanfiction coming in after that? I did. Everyone I know is laughing about it and we'll probably be laughing for an entire week. We pretty much thought that J.K was messing with her fans with that one, and right now I know she's laughing at the chaos brought by announcing a characters sexual orientation too.
(It makes me wonder what would happen if Masashi Kishmoto announced that Kakashi was gay or something. ) |
Nothing that really affected me, really. Somehow I had the feeling he was gay, you know, because he never talked about girls or anything and he seemed to be very close to Grindelwald. Anyway, that was just prejudicing so I couldn't really say it as a fact. Now that it's a fact, well, why should things change? Especially because he's dead and the books are finished, too. (I guess that's why we don't miss Fred either)
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I couldn't care less to be honest.
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Gay people ftw. Seriously, having a character as cool as Dumbledore to be gay is awesome. I've heard a few gross jokes involving wands by my roommates when they heard, but other than that, I've heard nothing but positive responses to it. This is also the first time I've heard of the book burnings. X.x; Pathetic. Oh well. Good for Rowling.
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Hmm...I would say Dumbledore was too old to be gay but really. After coming up with the idea that one of my tech professor's could be lesibin then I can't say that anymore. haha
Really this shouldn't/doesn't really matter. Dumbledore is a big character in the books but really this information shouldn't really matter since it does no splash to the plot directly. All this will do is just create some jokes about Dumbledore and (Insert male HP character here). Still this information just brings up another constant theme that the Harry Potter books bring up which was tolurance towards others. Thank you Dumbledore. Gay or not you are still great. |
It's a big shocker really, when I heard it in the news, I was shocked.
yeah I protest that Dumbledore is gay because uh, how to explain it...xD Anyways there's nothing we can do if He's gay DD: |
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