On Wednesday, we reported everyone’s supposed to be upset because David Yates, director of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, said the film will “not explicitly” delve deeply into Dumbledore’s sexual orientation.
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This has apparently made a lot of pointy-hatted fans extremely upset, particularly since author J.K. Rowling alluded to the fact that Dumbledore was gay last year, saying:
“I can’t tell you everything I would like to say because this is obviously a five-part story so there’s lots to unpack in that relationship. … We’ll see him at that formative period of his life. As far as his sexuality is concerned … watch this space.”
After fans ventws on Twitter about all the DumbleDrama, J.K. Rowling herself stepped into the fray, tweeting an image of a man grabbing the TV remote to hit “mute”:
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“Being sent abuse about an interview that didn’t involve me, about a screenplay I wrote but which none of the angry people have read, which is part of a five-movie series that’s only one installment in, is obviously tons of fun, but you know what’s even *more* fun?”
Being sent abuse about an interview that didn't involve me, about a screenplay I wrote but which none of the angry people have read, which is part of a five-movie series that's only one instalment in, is obviously tons of fun, but you know what's even *more* fun? pic.twitter.com/Rj6Zr8aKUk
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) January 31, 2018
So. There.
Donston
Crazy Twitter People strike again. But JK’s response was rather insensitive and immature.
I’m just happy I’m not a HP fan.
dinard38
I found her response quite humorous. Enough with these “outraged” nuts on social media.
Ummmm Yeah
So in other words shut up and don’t mess with your money queens. She’s willing to talk the talk, unless of course that affects sells.
the_ashpan
I can’t wait…..but I don’t get why he needs to be overtly ‘Gay’ …he’s just gay, why do they want him to scream about it? Seems a bit stupid to get so wound up over a fictional character…..
DarkZephyr
They don’t mean “overtly” as in mannerisms, they mean that they don’t want his romance with Dumbledore to be ignored as the director suggested that it would be.
Kieran
Personally, the only thing worse than sitting through a Star Wars movie would be to have to sit through a Harry Potter movie. Why can’t they produce works of art like ‘Shane’ or ‘Streetcar Named Desire’ anymore?
cshields
While I agree that those are great films and I agree that it would be wonderful to see movies like that again—–WHAT an incredibly pretentious and stuck up comment! I’m so over people who look down their noses at big movie franchise and ‘mainstream’ media, thinking that it some how makes them look more ‘sophisticated’ and ‘tasteful’ in the eyes of the world. Kindly get over yourselves.
Creamsicle
Why not just go back and watch those works if you love them so much? Do you really want them to remake A Streetcar Name Desire with Liam Hemsworth and that blankfaced girl from the Twlight movies? Because that’s exactly what will happen if a producer gets it in his head to remake that movie. They’ll cast pretty people who can’t act their way out of a paper bag.
paul dorian lord fredine
and then there would be those bitching about him being ‘too gay’. if being gay is the most important thing about a fictional character it says a lot about how they feel a life should be lived, even if that life is an imaginary one.
chris33133
I absolutely adore J.K. Rowling. She has this way with words…..
Fakerobot12
it’s 5 parts? i thought it came to end after the first. yikes….
cdizz
I think one reason that many are so disappointed is that there are still so few positive representations of gay relationships. I would love to see how Dumbledore navigates his friendship with and love for Grindelwald while also seeking service to “the greater good.” It would be such a treat in the Harry Potter-verse. It’s an opportunity to deal with tougher issues in that world.
That being said, there’s no need to hound a writer or stoop to the fans’ level over a fictional world. Write fan fiction if you want it to go a certain way. Anyway, there’s such a dearth of common decency. I don’t understand why it’s such a hard concept.