What is wrong with this lady, she is completely and totally out of her mind, personally i have no idea how she could give a homosexual orientation to a childrens book character. I dont know if it was her attempt to bolster acceptance of homosexuality in mainstream culture, but i absolutely believe it has no place in a childrens book. Who would like their seven year old child reading about a homosexual headmaster of a school? I am all for peoples rights, and am generally moderate to liberal in my views.... but i have a hard time agreeing with J.K. Rowling in her idea to say that a childrens book character is homosexual. please reply with thoughts or comments on the recent controversy.
2007-10-19 18:35:15 · 16 answers · asked by Alex D 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
I agree with you 100%
She has overstepped the boundaries of acceptable responsible authorship.
She is abusing her influence to instill and spread her own views on sexuality to the whole world.
She has abused the trust of millions of parents who have made her who she is.
We should Brace ourselves for copycat kids who would want to be a gay Dumbledore.
2007-10-20 08:03:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 11⤋
Here is the link to the story that was on Yahoo's front page Friday:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071020/ap_on_en_ot/books_harry_potter
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."...
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.
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Does it really make any difference? I'm rather confused because, if it wasn't overtly shown in the novels, there isn't a reason to fuss about it is there? Besides, how many fans out there are rereading the novels, looking for "signs"?
I've only seen the films and haven't read the novels yet. I don't even feel particularly inclined to read them although friends have given me hardback copies of some of them. Perhaps I'll try reading one someday. All the frenzy has kept me away from the novels, and the movies certainly don't convince me to read them~unless they tell me more about Snape and the Malfoys.
2007-10-19 23:24:33 · answer #2 · answered by MystMoonstruck 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Harry Potter is written amazingly!! i like Hermione and Luna and as a exchange of having a weigh down on Edward or Jacob, who has a weigh down on Harry Potter? to blame! The plots are amazingzingzing and there isn't a lifeless 2nd, PLUS there is a few romance thrown in alongside the way.
2016-10-04 05:08:50 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's nothing in the books where Dumbledore's got the pride flag hanging in his office. I do think that most people of a reasonable age put one and one together when they read the series...
I do think it's funny that Jo Rowling's online bio shows the Smiths as a fave band, and they wrote "The Headmaster Ritual".
A lot of children's books have veiled political references.
2007-10-19 20:53:57 · answer #4 · answered by nightdogg 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Admit it: you had NO IDEA Dumbledore was gay until she said so. Neither did anyone else. The subtext is virtually nonexistent (especially when compared to characters like Sirius and Remus, where there's a significant chunk of fans who believe them to be gay). So why are you taking offense?
There's no way a seven-year-old, to use your example, is going to get the impression that Dumbledore is gay. Or that he is straight. Hell, the man HAS NO ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS during the book.
And as for the idea that a children's book character being homosexual is controversial... So, what, that's not okay, but it's okay for a children's book character to be straight, just because that's the "default" orientation?
Get off your high horse and face facts: if you make a fuss over something as stupid as this, you're only going to make yourself look prejudiced.
2007-10-19 18:57:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 1⤋
She didn't put it in the books. She told everyone after so you dint have to worry about a child reading that. And usually Harry Potter is labeled as a younger teen book so unless your child is sheltered, and usually sheltered children don't read supernatural things, that kids gonna most likely already know what gay is.
2007-10-20 02:27:00 · answer #6 · answered by Zane Snape 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
1. The books never explicitly said that the "character" was gay.
2. The books are not just for children anymore. They have a HUGE adult fanbase.
3. One of the themes of the books is about ACCEPTANCE. Take a look at what occurs to Harry in books 2 and 4 (not that I support homosexuals).
2007-10-19 19:13:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
WOW! And we yet wonder why kids grow up closed minded, bigots, homophobic, and racist...they get it from their parents. It is art imitating life, for the same reasons I feel you shouldn't have a problem with A CHARACTER in a FICTIONAL book, and MOVIE being gay...you shouldn't have a problem with your child's Headmaster being gay. How is knowing that someone is Gay or Lesbian wrong?
2007-10-19 19:32:53 · answer #8 · answered by ©Diva© 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
It does make a couple of pieces of the story fit together better, if Grindelwald was the object of Dumbledore's affection (source: Yahoo News link below). It explains why they struck up a friendship so fast, and why Dumbledore took it so personally when Grindelwald went to the dark side.
2007-10-19 18:48:49 · answer #9 · answered by Navigator 7 · 7⤊ 1⤋
I have read all the books and NOWHERE is it stated overtly or covertly that anyone is gay.
And really this is not as big a deal as you seem to think. The books are aimed at a wide audience and being gay is not as bad as you narrow-minded person might think!
2007-10-19 18:45:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 2⤋
Where did you get the idea that Albus Dumbledore is gay?
EDIT: Thanks irebun_kun, if this article is ligit, then good for her, I hope it make is easier for kids/teens/adults to "come out of the closet"!!!
EDIT: Very sad to see two thumbs down. One day this won't be an issue.
2007-10-19 18:41:46 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 3⤋