This Just In: Dumbledore's On Our Team, Baby!
So, it seems that the Religious Right now has one more reason to hate Harry Potter, because not only does it promote witchcraft and sorcery, but it also portrays homosexuals in a positive manner. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it turns out that one of the major characters throughout the Harry Potter series was actually hanging out in the Pink Castle during his time off (I think he might've been spending time with Lectric Lich down in the dungeons... he never really came around my observatory due to all the technology). At a recent book reading at Carnegie Hall, Potter author J.K. Rowling dropped the secret of beloved wizard Dumbledore's in answer to a fan question:
Question: Did Dumbledore, who believed in the prevailing power of love, ever fall in love himself?JKR: My truthful answer to you... I always thought of Dumbledore as gay.
Rowling's answer was met with tumultuous applause and cheers as she continued.
Dumbledore fell in love with Grindelwald, and that that added to his horror when Grindelwald showed himself to be what he was. To an extent, do we say it excused Dumbledore a little more because falling in love can blind us to an extend, but he met someone as brilliant as he was, and rather like Bellatrix he was very drawn to this brilliant person, and horribly, terribly let down by him. Yeah, that's how I always saw Dumbledore.
The audience went wild and in the end Rowling added her final statement on the matter, instantly endearing her even more to her already rapturous audience.
If I'd known it would make you so happy, I would have announced it years ago!
Ms. Rowling, we love you for unveiling this secret and are building you an honorary wing at our castle and erecting a statue of you in the gardens. You rock!
J. K. Rowling at Carnegie Hall Reveals Dumbledore is Gay; Neville Marries Hannah Abbott, and Much More [The Leaky Cauldron]
J.K. Rowling Outs Hogwarts Character [San Francisco Chronicle]
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Posted to Hot Stuff, Miscellany on 20 October 2007
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And why wasn't she imagining Hagrid as the gay? Sigh. I guess Dumbledore is kind of woofy :P
I just read this! I think it's pretty awesome, especially given that he fell in love with his friend and rival. It's very believable and realistic, and not some loopy over-the-top deal where homosexuality is a spoof of heterosexuality.
I have one more reason to love J.K. Rowling. Awesome.
I'm stoked at the mostly positive reaction fans have shown over this!
I kind of wish she had written a scene where say, Prof. Flitwick beckoned Albus back to bed after Harry and his friends woke the headmaster in the middle of the night. But I guess it's nice that she had the guts to say this at all - that's the kind of confidence $100 kabillion dollars will buy you. Somewhere Warner Bros. execs, who have to market two more movies, are slamming their heads into walls.
Jo also said after revelation: "I had to give you something to talk about for the next 10 years...Just imagine the fan fiction now."
Now that is so true. This will quickly overshadow the Kirk & Spock homo fan fiction.
They should have used the spoiler "Dumbledore is gay!" instead of "Snape kills Dumbledore!" XD
How awesome is it that the hottest character in Harry Potter turns out to be light in the magical loafers? (Hagrid is obviously the woofiest but Dumbledore's scary smart and that gets him the edge in my little black book.)
Fan fiction is great, but I can't help but wonder what Rowling's descendants will do with the inevitable "official" Dune- and LOTR-esque prequels one day. You know at least one of them will go there.
I probably won't see it because Rowling is only a bit older than me and kinda looks healthier, and at the moment she's so done with the world of Potter, but I think Dumbledore's love interests will someday come into play more than they did (or didn't) in Book 7.
Was there ever any question?
All those guys in frames, peering from above his chamber like office. Reminds me of the old porn/strip clubs.
I wonder if they worked on some kind of coins? Let's see, what could an old wizard give in exchange for another old wizard doing a hot strip?
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David B.
Awesome!
Initial response: WOW! That's quite impressive.
Fanboy response: Of ALL THE PEOPLE that could have been she chose Albus!! Quite frankly I honestly thought Remus Lupin would be even after the Tonks and Teddy story. (Especially after that I might add)
But overall it's a good thing, of course.
Can't wait till FOX NEWS and all the Christian Fanatics start announcing that Dumbledore is not only gay, he is also a pedophile cuz he is always surrounded by kids (and both parties "knows" gays are also pedos).
LOL~!!!
Frankly, I'm glad he is gay (kinda had an incling). More positive fictional not-so-blatantly-obvious gay role models please!
Gay is the new straight!
I honestly didn't see this coming.
Did anyone?
I always picked Sirius for the gay one. Still, this is good. I just wish she'd hinted at it or something, somewhere in the books. It would have made it seem less like an afterthought, although I'm sure it wasn't.
I think this is a lie. It's something that Rowling invented because, today, nobody talks about Harry Potter anymore.
Beside, nobody saw that coming. It looks more like publicitary trick of Rowling.
first response "i knew it!"
aw come, i though dumbledore was gay for a long time. And i love it.
first response "i knew it!"
aw come, i thought dumbledore was gay for a long time. And i love it.
I have to agree with Memo - I love seeing gay protagonists in popular media as much as the next gaymer, but why would Rowling reveal this tidbit so unsubtly after already completing the series? Why would a good writer simply announce a critical fact about one of her characters rather than actually writing it into her books? This whole thing kind of hurts my (generally great) respect for Rowling...
There were enough hints to make me pick up on it but I just chalked it down to an overactive imagination. Nice to see that I'm not crazy.
She should have actually put it in the book. Now it just seems as if she was a coward and wanted to dodge the intense media storm this would have caused at the books launch.
LOL at some of your responses!
I ask you why *would* she had revealed this in a book? If she had, it would've been taken as a shocking device and would have probably caused quite an uproar. It's not cowardly to want to avoid a big media circus, in my opinion. I think Rowling has had quite enough of fundies burning her books, I'd spare her from the agony of experiencing more of that.
Besides, when told this way it's more natural, she didn't make a big deal out of it, and it made at least me go "DUH, of course! Why didn't I see it before?". Having read the Deahtly Hallows, it's painfully obvious, but it seems my gaydar failed me on this one (maybe because I don't enjoy thinking about the love life of old long-bearded men). XP
Also, you should read the related news about what sparked Rowling to reveal the detail now instead of earlier. It seems that the screenwriters of the HP-movies wanted to add something about Dumbledore's adventures with women to the latest script, and Rowling had to correct that.
Snape is a homophobe now.
I think this is great and all, I mean I was overjoyed when I heard, but...
Another gay character whose one relationship ended tragically and then lived out the rest of his life alone; obsessed with his work and never revealing anything personal to anyone and always keeping everyone at a distance. Additionally, fixated on love but only in a cerebral way that he could never fulfill.
I had an inkling that Dumbeldore was gay, but isn't it sad that these were the things that clued me in?
I knew it! Now if only she'd admit the truth about Remus and Sirius...
Dude... is this, like, news? I knew this, like, years ago.
Or was that Gandalf...? Shit, yeah, that was Gandalf.
OH, WAIT! I get it... JKR wrote the character as a potential homosexual... wow, I don't hate her as much for choosing Universal's Islands of Adventure over Disneyworld for her theme park extension! :)
In related (yet unexpected) news, I'll take me a sweet piece of Robbie Coltrane anytime... Heck, I might even jump on the macro band-wagon, and take him "Hagrid" sized! :)
/kinky
Check out what's under Dumbledore's robe:
http://doodlewhore.blogspot.com/2007/10/yep-dumbledores-gay.html