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Professor
10-21-2007, 12:26 AM
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/10/20/harry.potter.ap/index.html

Dumbledore is gay, 'Harry Potter' author

NEW YORK (AP) -- Harry Potter fans, the rumors are true: Albus Dumbledore, master wizard and Headmaster of Hogwarts, is gay.

Dumbledore, played by Michael Gambon, was in love with his male rival, the author of Harry Potter books says.

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

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I didn't see this comming. I actually thought Sirius and Lupin were secretly a couple.
Labrocca
10-21-2007, 12:55 AM
Well that's a handful of books about to be thrown into my trash.
Professor
10-21-2007, 12:58 AM
Well that's a handful of books about to be thrown into my trash.


Really? She doesn't talk about it in the books and only revealed it when asked by a fan. It's not a part of the plot.
moses2792796
10-21-2007, 01:47 AM
I knew it! He always felt like a homo, nowI'm even more pissed that Voldemort didn't win.
Alonzo
10-21-2007, 02:16 AM
I bet this will be brought up at the next "our country is going to hell" meeting held by conservatives.


Well that's a handful of books about to be thrown into my trash.


You're going to throw out your kids potter books over this?

Ok......:ponder:
micfranklin
10-21-2007, 04:48 AM
You know what I just noticed?

I don't care.
Labrocca
10-21-2007, 06:17 AM
I was hoping for a more outraged response to my post...I guess the flame baiting isn't working today as well as yesterday. :madlaugh:
micfranklin
10-21-2007, 01:54 PM
I was hoping for a more outraged response to my post...I guess the flame baiting isn't working today as well as yesterday. :madlaugh:


You? Flame Baiting???

Shame on YOU!!!!!
Scorpion
10-21-2007, 02:07 PM
You know what I just noticed?

I don't care.


I fervently second your opinion.[hr]
I was hoping for a more outraged response to my post...I guess the flame baiting isn't working today as well as yesterday. :madlaugh:


Don't toss them. Find some idiot who's willing to buy them and make a few bucks off the books.
ViolaLee
10-21-2007, 03:51 PM
Well that's a handful of books about to be thrown into my trash.
You're a homophobe? I thought your gave up your Republican status?
BoogyMan
10-21-2007, 05:19 PM
Egads guys, it is a story, fiction. Dumbledore never existed and the story isn't about the lifestyle choices that Dumbledore made anyway.

This is silly.
Labrocca
10-21-2007, 05:21 PM
Egads guys, it is a story, fiction. Dumbledore never existed and the story isn't about the lifestyle choices that Dumbledore made anyway.

This is silly.


Hey look someone making sense of it all....whoo...just in time too. I was so close to tossing them books out.
lily
10-21-2007, 09:04 PM
When I heard this, I thought of when every new book came out, how the Religious right insisted they were devil worship.......this should send them over the top!
Red Dragon
10-23-2007, 12:20 AM
You know what's strange I was able to figure out that Snape was going to kill dumbledore, but I did not see this coming. What else could I have missed?
preservanation
10-23-2007, 12:34 AM
Forget Dingledorf, what about the Teletubbies?
Or Captain Caveman, for that matter?
Hooo Boy, ya'll insane!
lily
10-23-2007, 01:01 AM
Forget Dingledorf, what about the Teletubbies?




Well..........the difference here is the author made him gay. In the case of the Teletubbies Falwell decided he was gay.:lmao:
AnnEsthesia
10-23-2007, 01:04 AM
The author said she always thought he was gay and why. The fact is, it was never in the books, never part of the story and has no basis beyond filling in the story we never see. If you are afraid of what may have happened in the characters life that you would disapprove of and yet which is never even hinted at in the book/movie, whatever.... then I suggest never reading another book or watching another movie. Chances are, every work of fiction has at least one character you would have moral objections to something they have done.
Elrathin
10-23-2007, 01:21 AM
I'd be more worried about the fact Dumbledore likes to get Harry Potter alone a lot hehe.
moses2792796
10-23-2007, 10:40 AM
I'm glad he didn't come out in the books.
exigent
10-23-2007, 02:02 PM
I'd be more worried about the fact Dumbledore likes to get Harry Potter alone a lot hehe.


Not only that, he had exclusive access to every boy at the school. Heh can you imagine Chris Hansen walking into the room and telling Dumbledore to have a seat? Ha!
Deadshot
10-23-2007, 02:22 PM
Egads guys, it is a story, fiction. Dumbledore never existed and the story isn't about the lifestyle choices that Dumbledore made anyway.

This is silly.


And let's also not forget that Rowling can make ANY character anything. There's nothing in the book that supports her claim and I got the feeling that she said it just to fuck with people...much like Labrocca over the last few days.

If she really wanted to make a statement she could have, but didn't. Sexuality play almost NO roles in her books, nor does sex in general. I don't know if it's a case of writer's remorse and she wishes she would have been a little more "adult" in certain situations or this was simply an attempt to stir the pot, AFTER the last book sold well and money was deposited.

It's much to do about nothing, either way.
moses2792796
10-25-2007, 05:36 AM
That's much ADO about nothing, get your Shakespeare quotes right!
HumanBeast
10-25-2007, 03:22 PM
Ms. Rowling wants to rile Christians? Yet the MAJORITY of her readers are probably some denomination of Christian? :ponder:
Deadshot
10-25-2007, 03:34 PM
Ms. Rowling wants to rile Christians? Yet the MAJORITY of her readers are probably some denomination of Christian? :ponder:


True, but many Christian groups denounced her books. She's just saying this to stir the shit pot. If she wanted this to be a real story and actually talk about it she could have put it in writing and in the book.

One has to wonder what else she'll pull out as time goes on..."Ron and Harry 'experimented' at Hogwarts" or "Ron knocked up Hermonie their senior year." It's just her way to throw some stones...
Buck Laser
10-25-2007, 04:49 PM
Ms. Rowling wants to rile Christians? Yet the MAJORITY of her readers are probably some denomination of Christian? :ponder:


As a Christian, I don't see why it should bother me that Dumbledore was gay, entirely aside from the fact that he's a fictional character. What does bother me is that some posters here seem to conflate homosexuality with pedophilia.
Saigio
10-25-2007, 06:16 PM
What does bother me is that some posters here seem to conflate homosexuality with pedophilia.


I've noticed that a lot of people do that. It's annoying.
moses2792796
10-26-2007, 09:55 AM
Well they're basically the same thing, both involve having sex with something you're not supposed to, the only difference is in one case the something is smaller and it cries more.
preservanation
10-26-2007, 01:29 PM
moses, you never cease to amaze me. Consenting adults and underage children are two distinct and very different things.
Please keep your political affiliation the way it is, I would not like people to think you represent my ideology.
Thank you.
moses2792796
10-26-2007, 01:42 PM
ha hahah HAHAHAHAHAHA! Now I shall start trolling the board with Clay-esque neocon essays!
preservanation
10-26-2007, 01:47 PM
Thanks for the warning!
Professor
10-28-2007, 07:25 PM
I'd be more worried about the fact Dumbledore likes to get Harry Potter alone a lot hehe.


Not only that, he had exclusive access to every boy at the school. Heh can you imagine Chris Hansen walking into the room and telling Dumbledore to have a seat? Ha!


Have you ever read the spoof of Harry Potter, Barry Trotter? There is a bit in there about Dumbledore being a bit of a playboy with the students.[hr]
You know what's strange I was able to figure out that Snape was going to kill dumbledore, but I did not see this coming. What else could I have missed?


I actually predicted that too. Everyone was amazed at me. [hr]
I was hoping for a more outraged response to my post...I guess the flame baiting isn't working today as well as yesterday. :madlaugh:


Ok, how is this...

What the f*ck? You're such a homophobe. That's gay. Seriously it's people like you who keep America back in the boonies and from progessing socially.

I'm sorry I can't. I had to backspace three different posts because they were too logical. Flaming is hard work. Time for a coffee break.