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  • hateman
    So Fucking Banned
    • Jul 2003
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    #1

    HOLY SHIT: JK Rowling says "Dumbledore is gay"

    http://www.newsweek.com/id/50787

    Oct 20, 12:37 AM EDT

    J.K. Rowling Outs Hogwarts Character




    NEW YORK (AP) -- Harry Potter fans, the rumors are true: Albus Dumbledore, master wizard and Headmaster of Hogwarts, is gay. J.K. Rowling, author of the mega-selling fantasy series that ended last summer, outed the beloved character 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."

    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.
    So Harry Potter is 100% witchcraft, pro-Antichrist and mark of the beast, and now homosexuals.
    Nice reading for the grade school set. What filth.
  • buzzy
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    • May 2007
    • 2606

    #2
    ...lololol

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    • nico-t
      emperor of my world
      • Aug 2004
      • 29903

      #3
      harry potter himself is gay... the whole harry potter series is gay... so im not surprised lol

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      • Fap
        Just Du It
        • Feb 2004
        • 12094

        #4
        hmm must admit i didnt see this coming..
        also wtf is your sig

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        • DEA - banned for life
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          • Nov 2004
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          #5
          Originally posted by hateman
          http://www.newsweek.com/id/50787


          So Harry Potter is 100% witchcraft, pro-Antichrist and mark of the beast, and now homosexuals.
          Nice reading for the grade school set. What filth.
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          • baddog
            So Fucking Banned
            • Apr 2001
            • 107089

            #6
            I thought Harry Potter and his fans were all gay. Kind of like Star Wars, LOTR and trekkies. This wasn't a given?

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            • Drake
              Hello world!
              • Mar 2003
              • 12508

              #7
              lol more fodder for the moral majority. Mind you, like baddog said, the whole thing sounds gay.

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              • yahoo-xxx-girls.com
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                • Jul 2006
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                #8
                The audio books are good.

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                • D
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                  • Jan 2006
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                  #9
                  meh. So what?

                  I don't think exposing children to the concept of a hero of theirs being homosexual is necessarily a bad thing at all.
                  -D.
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                  • Fap
                    Just Du It
                    • Feb 2004
                    • 12094

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Balalsubturfyooj
                    The audio books are good.

                    .
                    i agree with you on that one, nothing better on long car rides

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                    • dissipate
                      The Dirty Frenchman
                      • Nov 2005
                      • 8904

                      #11
                      Dumbledore takes in the poop schute with magic wands.

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                      • jpwhits
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                        • Mar 2004
                        • 1045

                        #12
                        Pity the stupid bitch didn't have the guts to actually put it in the books. What a crock.
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                        • hateman
                          So Fucking Banned
                          • Jul 2003
                          • 1623

                          #13
                          Originally posted by D
                          meh. So what?
                          I hate it when authors do that. A work (or set of works) should stand alone. If you need to explain that one of the characters is gay at a book reading then what the fuck? Sure, there were vague clues there but it was never integral to the plot and was never an issue in any of the books. It made no difference to the story if Dubledore was gay, straight or bi. I don't see how she can say it's about tolerance when it was never mentioned.

                          It would be like Conan Doyle's ghost visiting saying that watson was gay. Who cares other than for attention or to sell books?

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                          • BannerAnt
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                            • Oct 2007
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                            #14
                            you thought that was crazy...get this...he's not even real :O

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                            • BoyAlley
                              So Fucking Gay
                              • Nov 2004
                              • 19714

                              #15
                              Originally posted by jpwhits
                              Pity the stupid bitch didn't have the guts to actually put it in the books. What a crock.

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                              • fatfoo
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                                • Mar 2003
                                • 27763

                                #16
                                Originally posted by hateman
                                http://www.newsweek.com/id/50787


                                So Harry Potter is 100% witchcraft, pro-Antichrist and mark of the beast, and now homosexuals.
                                Nice reading for the grade school set. What filth.
                                filth filth filth !!!!!!!!!

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                                • D
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                                  • Jan 2006
                                  • 7412

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by hateman
                                  I hate it when authors do that. A work (or set of works) should stand alone. If you need to explain that one of the characters is gay at a book reading then what the fuck? Sure, there were vague clues there but it was never integral to the plot and was never an issue in any of the books. It made no difference to the story if Dubledore was gay, straight or bi. I don't see how she can say it's about tolerance when it was never mentioned.

                                  It would be like Conan Doyle's ghost visiting saying that watson was gay. Who cares other than for attention or to sell books?
                                  I disagree. I think that any good character has complexities of which are not explicitly stated in the text. If it wasn't for subtext, there's be no art to literature... everything would be a "How To" book. The author must have everything a lot more fleshed out than ever appears on paper for any work to really be considered "literature," imho.

                                  And it's not like the Harry Potter series was a set about sexual exploitations (apart from the likes of which a 10-year-old would grasp)... so I wouldn't expect something of that nature to have necessarily been brought up.

                                  Like you said... it made no real difference to the story (though it might have better explained a couple different relationships in the set)... so what's the point? It seems the only reason it was brought up here is because Ms. Rawling was asked if Albus had ever fallen in love... she gave her answer, and anyone who has read the set of books knows who's she's talking about, and can now better appreciate the dynamic of certain relationships because of it.

                                  As far as Watson goes... I'm sure you know there are still plenty of people debating the nature of his sexuality. Personally, I'd prefer having a straight answer from Doyle on the subject than putting up with the pointless debate every 5-or-so years when it comes up.

                                  But, meh... I guess it can be entertaining after tossing back a few.
                                  -D.
                                  ICQ: 202-96-31

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                                  • NinjaSteve
                                    Too lazy to set a custom title
                                    • Dec 2003
                                    • 11089

                                    #18
                                    After she said that it's no longer a children's book.
                                    ...

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                                    • NinjaSteve
                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                      • Dec 2003
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                                      #19
                                      ***doublepost
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                                      • JamesK
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                                        • Jun 2002
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                                        #20
                                        Originally posted by BannerAnt
                                        you thought that was crazy...get this...he's not even real :O
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                                        • trafik2
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                                          • Jun 2007
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                                          #21
                                          While reading the books I never found any sexual connotations or sexual undertones and I am sad she chose to defile the storyline with her statement.
                                          The books were a great read and in my opinion didn't need to fall back on sexual innuendo in order to succeed. They could stand on their own literary merit.
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                                          • Drake
                                            Hello world!
                                            • Mar 2003
                                            • 12508

                                            #22
                                            Originally posted by BannerAnt
                                            you thought that was crazy...get this...he's not even real :O


                                            Exactly, maybe ppl shouldn't take this so seriously,.,

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                                            • Angie77
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                                              • Aug 2007
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                                              #23
                                              who cares? it's a FICTIONAL character.
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