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10-21-2007, 02:20 AM
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Dumbledore is gay, says Rowling
I m not a huge Potter fan find the books mind numbinglys stupid, to be honest), but this is funny, so I had to put it in!
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Dumbledore is gay, says Rowling
20/10/2007 10:02 - (SA)
New York - Harry Potter fans, the rumours are true: Albus Dumbledore, master wizard and Headmaster of Hogwarts, is gay.
JK Rowling, author of the mega-selling fantasy series that ended last summer, outed the beloved character on Friday night while appearing before a full house at Carnegie Hall.
After reading briefly from the final book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, she took questions from audience members.
She was asked by one young fan whether Dumbledore finds "true love."
"Dumbledore is gay," the author responded to gasps and applause.
She then explained that Dumbledore was smitten with rival Gellert Grindelwald, whom he defeated long ago in a battle between good and bad wizards.
"Falling in love can blind us to an extent," Rowling said of Dumbledore's feelings, adding that Dumbledore was "horribly, terribly let down."
Dumbledore's love, she observed, was his "great tragedy."
"Oh, my god," Rowling concluded with a laugh, "the fan fiction."
Troubled past
Potter readers on fan sites and elsewhere on the internet have speculated on the sexuality of Dumbledore, noting that he has no close relationship with women and a mysterious, troubled past.
And explicit scenes with Dumbledore already have appeared in fan fiction.
Rowling told the audience that while working on the planned sixth Potter film, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, she spotted a reference in the script to a girl who once was of interest to Dumbledore. A note was duly passed to director David Yates, revealing the truth about her character.
Rowling, finishing a brief Open Book Tour of the United States, her first tour here since 2000, also said that she regarded her Potter books as a "prolonged argument for tolerance" and urged her fans to "question authority."
Not everyone likes her work, Rowling said, likely referring to Christian groups that have alleged the books promote witchcraft.
Her news about Dumbledore, she said, will give them one more reason.
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10-21-2007, 06:43 PM
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Heh. I think it's funny that Potter fanatics are so obsessed with fictional characters that they're interested in knowing their sexual orientations.
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10-21-2007, 06:52 PM
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It is amazing, he is whatever she wants him to be. She could say that he is a drag queen that loves the kinky things and so on. It doesn't matter... he's not real!
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10-21-2007, 11:27 PM
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No, don't say that, Harry Potter is real *sobs*... you can't take away the dream... 
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10-21-2007, 11:34 PM
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No, don't say that, Harry Potter is real *sobs*... you can't take away the dream... |
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10-21-2007, 11:37 PM
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Too many, my head hurts.... 
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I hear people saying how they are going to fight in the Revolution, how they're goin' to die for the Revolution. You know what, I never hear anybody say how they're gonna kill for the Revolution. You know what I say? I say 'Fuck the Revolution'.
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10-22-2007, 12:30 AM
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So what who cares. But on the other hand the far right now have another excuse to stop their children reading the books.
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10-22-2007, 12:46 PM
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Yeah, I'm not really sure what it matters now. I enjoyed the books, personally, but the romantic relationships between the characters were pretty unrealistic in general. Dumbledore's sexuality is fairly irrelevant (as was the sexuality of any of the characters except for Snape) in the series.
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10-22-2007, 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Izzibeth
Yeah, I'm not really sure what it matters now. I enjoyed the books, personally, but the romantic relationships between the characters were pretty unrealistic in general. Dumbledore's sexuality is fairly irrelevant (as was the sexuality of any of the characters except for Snape) in the series.
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I've only just started reading the last book, I thought Dumbledore was dead?? (I know I'm a slow reader) |
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10-22-2007, 01:33 PM
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I've only just started reading the last book, I thought Dumbledore was dead?? (I know I'm a slow reader) |
Oh, he is. And they did a bad job in sealing this to be the final book. It is very open to continue in other books. |
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