"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,"J.K. Rowling said of Dumbledore's feelings, adding that Dumbledore was "horribly, terribly let down."Dumbledore's love, she observed, was his "great tragedy.""
"Neither Dumbledore nor Grindelwald ever seems to have referred to this brief boyhood friendship in later life,"' Rowling writes. "However, there can be no doubt that Dumbledore delayed, for some five years of turmoil, fatalities, and disappearances, his attack upon Gellert Grindelwald. Was it lingering affection for the man or fear of exposure as his once best friend that caused Dumbledore to hesitate?"
It is absolutely ridiculous for her to say this!!! The series is complete. She isn't writing anymore books about Harry Potter or Dumbledore. Why would you say something like that now? I am furious. This is a big stretch for her to say this about Dumbledore. I don't know why she thinks she needs to make a" a big step for Jo Rowling and for gay rights." This is like her to say, well yes I wrote a wonderful series and you know I think now that I am done, I will top it off and make Dumbledore gay and I will stretch it as far as I can. Who does she think she is, William Shakespeare? Is she mimicking Romeo and Juliet by having Dumbledore kill his true love? Its just utter rubbish if you ask me.Before I admired her for how well she had written this child fantasy series. Notice I said this book is for children!!! I have all of her books and think that it really gets the imagination going in children/teenagers. Its a great fantasy book and doesn't ever encourage kids to join the wicken religion. The fact that the beloved Dumbledore, that you have grown to love and admire, is a homosexual is absolutely absurd!!! I guess the good thing is is that this is just a book. It doesn't really exist and you can use your own imagination. So in my mind, and when my kids read this book, they will not hear anything about Dumbledore being gay.
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Angie, it's time for an update!!!!
Dutch
Why does it matter so much that the author who created the character now explains that her character is gay (and she had created him to be so)? He is an imaginary person invented by the author, and his sexuality is a part of him that she invented.
Do you believe that real people are never gay or just that fictional characters should never be gay?
Do you believe that children should be taught that gay people don't exist? I'm guessing that most kids who read Harry Potter don't really think about or care about the sexuality of the characters. That would only become an issue if adults make it so. If it does become an issue, it would be a great opportunity to teach children to accept all human beings for what they are.
"I'm guessing that most kids who read Harry Potter don't really think about or care about the sexuality of the characters"
If most kids don't care about the sexuality of the characters, what's the point of bringing up his sexuality after the fact?
Harry Potter was marketed as a children's book right?
His sexuality never played a role in the books so what's the point of declaring him gay afterwards?
It either to garner more publicity, which she doesn't need. Or it could be to push her beliefs on homosexual relations, which shouldn't be done through children's books. I don't care if you agree with homosexuals or not, sexuality shouldn't be in children's books.
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