Dumbledore’s the Lance Bass of fictional magicians!
The wizard seems more famous now that’s gay than when people thought he liked old witches. You can be sure, then, that Mr. D came up in a recent chat between Harry Potter creator JK Rowling and a Scottish paper. The paper delves deep into gay Dumbledore, who Rowling says lost his moral compass after falling in love. Funny, we lost something else…
Rowling also addresses the outrage following Dumbledore’s outing:
It is a very interesting question because I think homophobia is a fear of people loving, more than it is of the sexual act. There seems to be an innate distaste for the love involved, which I find absolutely extraordinary. There were people who thought, well why haven’t we seen Dumbledore’s angst about being gay?
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People have to examine their own attitudes. It’s a shade of character. Is it the most important thing about him? No, it’s Dumbledore for God’s sake. There are 20 things that are relevant to the story before his sexuality.
It seems to us all those magical teenage hormones post more danger. What would parents say if Potter turned evil and date raped that girlfriend of his, huh?
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fredo777
That old girl looks good for a few hundred years old.
dw
Seriously, I haven’t thought about Dumbledore’s sexuality since she first outed him… and I read those boos obsessively (the last one is one of my fave books of all time).
She’s right: There’s so much more to his character – especially in the last book – than him being gay.
slacker chic
i find it so funny that these people have nothing better to do than get all worked up over a book about wizards. Don’t these people have jobs or hobbies? They really have nothing better to do than bitch and moan about a goddamn fictional book?
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madmax
DW hits the nail right on the head: there is so much more to each character in the series than some “afterthought” dropped by the author. I don’t know if Rowling meant to be provocative by “outing” Prof. Dumbledore, but she sure succeeded.
Alacer
it’s nice to see such a great understanding from a straight person. she understands the fundamental portrayal as a person and not the automatic identity as a GAY person. thanks, J.K.! you haven’t let me down yet…accept with Harry and his love life, that was just sad…
Chase
I wish she would explore Dumbledore’s youth next in literature.