So I’ve had some time to really think over the whole Dumbledore debacle and I’ve collected my thoughts.
I’ve spoken with people who aren’t at all homophobic, but are still upset that Rowling made the announcement. They feel like it was a mistake and she should’ve kept that to herself. To that I say, “Huh?” Rowling has endured plenty of backlash since book one on claims of witchcraft, and devilry in general. Why would she be worried about the impact of Dumbledore being gay?
When it comes down to it, this is her work. Who are we to tell her she should change it? These are purely her characters.
As for the rest of the bit who are appalled and now refuse to have anything to do with Harry Potter–is there any absolute mention in the books? Was he not gay before you started reading? You loved the series and he was gay all along; what’s changed? Not a damn thing. Get over it.
And for those out there jumping to ideas of pedophilia–excuse me, but you should probably pull your head out of your ass. ‘Gay’ and ‘pedophile’ are NOT synonymous. Buy a dictionary. While you’re at it, buy a new brain–perhaps one capable of being open. You’re really pushing it to suddenly decide that Dumbledore being gay means his relationship with Harry or any of the other students was inappropriate. Did anything in the stories give you that idea beforehand? Then what the hell has changed?!
On a lighter note, it’s good to see there are people out there capable of having fun with this! Kristi sent me this link earlier this week, but I wanted to keep it all together.
BWE PRESENTS: Exclusive First Look At This Week’s Shocking New Issue Of People
By now we all know that JK Rowling shocked the wizarding world last weekend by outing beloved grandfatherly wizard Albus Dumbledore as being gay. BWE.tv has leared exclusively, through our shadowy network of wizard tabloid operatives, that Rowling made the announcement only to pre-empt the shocking expose in this week’s People Magazine based on magical gossipmongering blogger Rita Skeeter’s sordid allegations about the wizard’s sexuality. Here’s an exclusive preview of the magazine.
I can only imagine all the fic-writers are having a total field day with this story!
October 26th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
I think it’s great
Maybe people will realize that they loved Dumbledore all along and it didn’t matter that he was gay - that doesn’t reflect WHO HE IS. It’s apart of him and I think that’s what she was trying to express by revealing this (I don’t really know, I don’t read the books or know anything about Rowling).
BTW: I fully ship Gandalf / Dumbledore - Dumbledalf?