HOLY SHIT: JK Rowling says "Dumbledore is gay" - GoFuckYourself.com

hateman · 10-20-2007, 03:43 AM

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

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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 · 10-20-2007, 05:05 AM

...lololol

nico-t · 10-20-2007, 06:08 AM

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

Fap · 10-20-2007, 09:28 AM

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

DEA - banned for life · 10-20-2007, 09:30 AM

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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 · 10-20-2007, 09:30 AM

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

Drake · 10-20-2007, 09:38 AM

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

yahoo-xxx-girls.com · 10-20-2007, 09:44 AM

The audio books are good.

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D · 10-20-2007, 09:46 AM

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.

Fap · 10-20-2007, 09:46 AM

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The audio books are good.

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

dissipate · 10-20-2007, 09:58 AM

Dumbledore takes in the poop schute with magic wands.

jpwhits · 10-20-2007, 10:09 AM

Pity the stupid bitch didn't have the guts to actually put it in the books. What a crock.

hateman · 10-20-2007, 10:09 AM

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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?

BannerAnt · 10-20-2007, 10:12 AM

you thought that was crazy...get this...he's not even real :O

BoyAlley · 10-20-2007, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by jpwhits

Pity the stupid bitch didn't have the guts to actually put it in the books. What a crock.

fatfoo · 10-20-2007, 10:28 AM

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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 !!!!!!!!!

D · 10-20-2007, 04:01 PM

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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.

NinjaSteve · 10-20-2007, 04:48 PM

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

NinjaSteve · 10-20-2007, 04:55 PM

***doublepost

JamesK · 10-20-2007, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by BannerAnt

you thought that was crazy...get this...he's not even real :O

trafik2 · 10-20-2007, 08:28 PM

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.

Drake · 10-20-2007, 09:32 PM

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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,.,

Angie77 · 10-21-2007, 09:04 AM

who cares? it's a FICTIONAL character.

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Drake Hello world! Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 12,508	lol more fodder for the moral majority. Mind you, like baddog said, the whole thing sounds gay.

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