Harry Potter character is gay

[CaptainP]

JK Rowling came out in an interview and announced that one of the MAIN characters was a homosexual.

That character is:

Albus Dumbledore. She said that his love interest was Gellert Grindewald.

(For those who don't know...highlight this box to read the spoiler) http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en- ... &GT1=10450

[12vmanRick]

why?

[drunkpirate66]

sh it like this is worthless.

especially for kid's books.

What next? Hermione aborted Ron's baby?

Malfoy on HGH when he played Quiddich (sp?).

Stupid and pointless.

[Dezdmona]

This isn't particularly surprising. Dumbledore appeared to have a sense of sadness over this relationship; and it seemed to give him some comfort in the end when Grindelwald resisted Lord Voldemort, which Dumbledore interpreted as his possibly feeling remorse for all of the evil he had wrought during his reign.

I don't think there is any reason to think Grindelwald reciprocated Dumbledore's feelings, or to make any assumptions about his sexual orientation. With Voldemort, we get the impression that the rush of power is greater than the rush of sex, and I've never seen any sign that the Dark Lord is interested in women (or men) even as disposable pleasures; this could conceivably be something common to dark wizards, as the Dark Arts do seem to give a particular thrill of pleasure (something, incidentally, that I wish we'd seen more of as Harry started to use Unforgivable Curses).

Have you never had a friend, whether of the opposite or of the same sex, with whom you had a lot in common, with whom you thought up and said and did exciting things, with whom you really clicked, and to whom you became devoted to the point where it grows into love? That's what I'm envisioning here. In fact, the more I think about it, this really doesn't much change what I already thought about the Dumbledore/Grindelwald relationship. It was plain that there was a deep connection and affinity and a devotion of a sort there; that it grew to be love really hardly changes things.

[12vmanRick]

sh it like this is worthless.

especially for kid's books.

What next? Hermione aborted Ron's baby?

Malfoy on HGH when he played Quiddich (sp?).

Stupid and pointless.

EXACTLY

that's why my simple WHY was my reply.

[CaptainP]

sh it like this is worthless.

especially for kid's books.

What next? Hermione aborted Ron's baby?

Malfoy on HGH when he played Quiddich (sp?).

Stupid and pointless.

The point, as the video points out, is that HP was always about tolerence of those who are not like you.
But she kept it out of the book...so that it wouldn't cause controversy.

[buffettbride]

sh it like this is worthless.

especially for kid's books.

What next? Hermione aborted Ron's baby?

Malfoy on HGH when he played Quiddich (sp?).

Stupid and pointless.

EXACTLY

that's why my simple WHY was my reply.

Why not?

[drunkpirate66]

sh it like this is worthless.

especially for kid's books.

What next? Hermione aborted Ron's baby?

Malfoy on HGH when he played Quiddich (sp?).

Stupid and pointless.

The point, as the video points out, is that HP was always about tolerence of those who are not like you.
But she kept it out of the book...so that it wouldn't cause controversy.

Voldemort was not like me. Now I am insulted.

[buffettbride]

sh it like this is worthless.

especially for kid's books.

What next? Hermione aborted Ron's baby?

Malfoy on HGH when he played Quiddich (sp?).

Stupid and pointless.

The point, as the video points out, is that HP was always about tolerence of those who are not like you.
But she kept it out of the book...so that it wouldn't cause controversy.

Voldemort was not like me. Now I am insulted.

Insulted because a fictional character is gay?

[AlbatrossFlyer]

just more ammo for the people who want to ban the book from school libraries etc. because it promotes witchcraft.

[Wino you know]

So he's gay?
No problem.

I have a cousin who's gay.
He recently returned from a trip to London, and was very sad.
While there, he discovered Big Ben was a CLOCK.

My mother insists he ISN'T gay, but he's 37 years old, lives with his parents, and listens to Zamphir.
YOU do the math.

[drunkpirate66]

sh it like this is worthless.

especially for kid's books.

What next? Hermione aborted Ron's baby?

Malfoy on HGH when he played Quiddich (sp?).

Stupid and pointless.

The point, as the video points out, is that HP was always about tolerence of those who are not like you.
But she kept it out of the book...so that it wouldn't cause controversy.

Voldemort was not like me. Now I am insulted.

Insulted because a fictional character is gay?

now Voldemort is gay? SH IT!!!!!!!

[buffettbride]

sh it like this is worthless.

especially for kid's books.

What next? Hermione aborted Ron's baby?

Malfoy on HGH when he played Quiddich (sp?).

Stupid and pointless.

The point, as the video points out, is that HP was always about tolerence of those who are not like you.
But she kept it out of the book...so that it wouldn't cause controversy.

Voldemort was not like me. Now I am insulted.

Insulted because a fictional character is gay?

now Voldemort is gay? SH IT!!!!!!!

Sorry, I read the spoiler wrong. I'm not an HP follower so I don't know my Dingleberries from a hole in the wall.

What if the girl in the series (I don't know her name--she has long hair, etc) was a l e s b i a n? Does that make it better? Or do you just hate the notion of gay people in general?

[drunkpirate66]

sh it like this is worthless.

especially for kid's books.

What next? Hermione aborted Ron's baby?

Malfoy on HGH when he played Quiddich (sp?).

Stupid and pointless.

The point, as the video points out, is that HP was always about tolerence of those who are not like you.
But she kept it out of the book...so that it wouldn't cause controversy.

Voldemort was not like me. Now I am insulted.

Insulted because a fictional character is gay?

now Voldemort is gay? SH IT!!!!!!!

Sorry, I read the spoiler wrong. I'm not an HP follower so I don't know my Dingleberries from a hole in the wall.

What if the girl in the series (I don't know her name--she has long hair, etc) was a l e s b i a n? Does that make it better? Or do you just hate the notion of gay people in general?

are you serious?

no. quite open to people and their preferences.

[buffettbride]

The point, as the video points out, is that HP was always about tolerence of those who are not like you.
But she kept it out of the book...so that it wouldn't cause controversy.

Voldemort was not like me. Now I am insulted.

Insulted because a fictional character is gay?

now Voldemort is gay? SH IT!!!!!!!

Sorry, I read the spoiler wrong. I'm not an HP follower so I don't know my Dingleberries from a hole in the wall.

What if the girl in the series (I don't know her name--she has long hair, etc) was a l e s b i a n? Does that make it better? Or do you just hate the notion of gay people in general?

are you serious?

no. quite open to people and their preferences.

so then why is it pointless for a HP character to be gay? he was probably gay all along, but Ms. Rowling never deliberately spelled it out for everyone.

[drunkpirate66]

Voldemort was not like me. Now I am insulted.

Insulted because a fictional character is gay?

now Voldemort is gay? SH IT!!!!!!!

Sorry, I read the spoiler wrong. I'm not an HP follower so I don't know my Dingleberries from a hole in the wall.

What if the girl in the series (I don't know her name--she has long hair, etc) was a l e s b i a n? Does that make it better? Or do you just hate the notion of gay people in general?

are you serious?

no. quite open to people and their preferences.

so then why is it pointless for a HP character to be gay? he was probably gay all along, but Ms. Rowling never deliberately spelled it out for everyone.

hate is a pretty strong word there . . . Rowling should have put it in the story as she wrote it. Would have been better that way. Coming out after takes away from it. My opinion.

now please stop accusing people you have never met of hating fictional characters . . . it makes you look silly.

you crack me up.

[flyboy55]

I sense a certain uneasiness in the herd tonight. Guess one of 'em came across somethin' that spooked 'em.

Maybe I'll pull out my guitar and settle 'em down with a little cowboy serenade.

[buffettbride]

Insulted because a fictional character is gay?

now Voldemort is gay? SH IT!!!!!!!

Sorry, I read the spoiler wrong. I'm not an HP follower so I don't know my Dingleberries from a hole in the wall.

What if the girl in the series (I don't know her name--she has long hair, etc) was a l e s b i a n? Does that make it better? Or do you just hate the notion of gay people in general?

are you serious?

no. quite open to people and their preferences.

so then why is it pointless for a HP character to be gay? he was probably gay all along, but Ms. Rowling never deliberately spelled it out for everyone.

hate is a pretty strong word there . . . Rowling should have put it in the story as she wrote it. Would have been better that way. Coming out after takes away from it. My opinion.

now please stop accusing people you have never met of hating fictional characters . . . it makes you look silly.

you crack me up.

so, sh it like this is pointless because it wasn't included in the book, not because you don't like gay people (you're right, hate was a bit strong)? i'm just trying to clarify.

your initial post read as though you had issues with gay people (fictional or otherwise), not the fact it was a bit silly to say so after the fact.

and i look silly all the time. it's not really a deterrent for me.

[drunkpirate66]

now Voldemort is gay? SH IT!!!!!!!

Sorry, I read the spoiler wrong. I'm not an HP follower so I don't know my Dingleberries from a hole in the wall.

What if the girl in the series (I don't know her name--she has long hair, etc) was a l e s b i a n? Does that make it better? Or do you just hate the notion of gay people in general?

are you serious?

no. quite open to people and their preferences.

so then why is it pointless for a HP character to be gay? he was probably gay all along, but Ms. Rowling never deliberately spelled it out for everyone.

hate is a pretty strong word there . . . Rowling should have put it in the story as she wrote it. Would have been better that way. Coming out after takes away from it. My opinion.

now please stop accusing people you have never met of hating fictional characters . . . it makes you look silly.

you crack me up.

so, sh it like this is pointless because it wasn't included in the book, not because you don't like gay people (you're right, hate was a bit strong)? i'm just trying to clarify.

your initial post read as though you had issues with gay people (fictional or otherwise), not the fact it was a bit silly to say so after the fact.

and i look silly all the time. it's not really a deterrent for me.

I've noticed.

I have issues with clowns and eskimos but that is about it. I quite laid back with most people and most things . . .

[CaptainP]

Malfoy on HGH when he played Quiddich (sp?).

Wouldn't it be WGH?