Damn man...me really pissed of.Now anytime I see or read da book will be really uncomfortable.
2007-10-21 05:53:05 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
It doesn't change anything. I still like the books and the movie.
2007-10-21 06:00:20 · answer #1 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't think that JKR has an agenda,or is seeking more publicity. According to the story I read, she had told the writer of the screenplay for HBP that Dumbledore was gay because there was mention of a female love interest in the screenplay and she had to set them right. Having done that, she might as well have made it public, since it would have eventually come out anyway--she could control when and how it was done.
Throughout the series, we know Dumbledore as a tireless and seemingly single-minded fighter against Dark Wizards (at least from Harry's perspective; we do have to remember that Albus is also a great teacher, an alchemist, and important theoretical Wizard--remember the tools and instruments he made himself). But how did Albus become that way?
We learn much about this in DH, with Arianna's story, Aberforth's story and the story of the friendship between Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald. In reading DH, it was clear that Grndelwald seduced Dumbledore on a number of levels; intellectually, ideologically, and, by JKR's new revelation, emotionally. We don't know if that seduction was sexual as well, and I'm not sure it is important for us to know.
The revelation completes the picture for us of a man who felt betrayed, injured by one he loved, ashamed at how far he went from rational thought and behavior, how far he really was from what he thought he was.
The up shot is that we now know more completely Dumbledore's motivations for fighting Dark Wizards--his shame at his own tangential contribution to Grindelwald's career, his reluctance to fight him, and, when Voldemort rose, his determination to not to repeat his prior mistake of inaction and to fight Voldemort from the start.
So in summery, It was part of the way JKR viewed Dumbledore and understood him. I don't think it was something that would have come out voluntarily--more likely something that would have made a scholarly article 50 or 60 years from now after she was gone and literary scholar had access to her full notes (assuming she left them to be investigated).
BTW, there is some inkling of this in DH, where Rita Skeeter talks about devoting a chapter in her book about Dumbledore to the Dumbledore/Harry relationship. This is not to say that there was anything improper--but that JKR did put out a hint.
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2007-10-22 17:09:48 · answer #2 · answered by WolverLini 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, Dumbeldore's being in love with Grindelwald in his youth explains a few things ...
- How Dumbledore got sucked into going along with Grindelwald's anti-Muggle teachings
- How the two of them became such fast friends in the first place (even if Grindelwald didn't return the affection)
- Why Dumbledore seemed to take it so personally when Grindelwald went to the dark side
- And possibly why Dumbledore didn't kill Grindelwald outright, but went to the extra trouble of defeating him yet leaving him alive
2007-10-21 13:16:53 · answer #3 · answered by Navigator 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think she revealed that because the movie producers wanted Dumbledore to have a crush on this woman in the sixth movie but J.K Rowlings said No.. he's gay. So she wasn't trying to mess everyone up but to clarify the story more.
I was not aware that the Grindelwald rape Dumbledore's sister.
2007-10-21 13:24:57 · answer #4 · answered by dumblilbunny 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would it make you uncomfortable?? Him being gay has nothing to do with the books! It's not mentioned a single time in the books! You just need to learn not to take everything in a sick and perverted way.
2007-10-21 14:22:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love it! I always hoped at least one of the characters would be gay. I'm so glad she told us that - it just makes me love Dumbledore all the more.
If it makes you uncomfortable, maybe you need to get out and meet more gay people.
2007-10-21 13:28:12 · answer #6 · answered by eri 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree wholeheartedly with you.
J. K. Rowling, with that one irrelevant and insensitive statement, has destroyed the HP series.
There was no point in outing Dumbledore. She's miserable and she wants everyone miserable right along with her. And what better way to have company in all your misery? By announcing a devastating bit of news.
And until the book-buying community says enough is enough, she will continue to come up with shocking tidbits about her characters.
2007-10-21 13:20:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
i heard of that, yeah it was unexpected, afterall the series is over, and there were no clues, only assumptions and there even werent enough clues to assume anything. it wouldn't change that much for me but the movies may be kinda awkward.
2007-10-21 14:18:12 · answer #8 · answered by altair 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't matter at all.
I think it justifies Dumbledore joining in with Grindlewald's anti-muggle institution.
He was in love with Grindlewald! When your true love tells you muggles are awful and should be destroyed AND muggles abused your sister (raped her!) you're going to side with them. Love blinds you.
I think it was another brilliant decision on JKR's part.
2007-10-21 13:05:03 · answer #9 · answered by Matilda Midiltom 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
So? That's the way he swings? Its not our right to judge. Besides, it doesn't even matter to the story. Sorry, just saying.
Oh, and to cypressw, I think the person means that the actor qho plays Dumbledore is gay. If not, then, how did the asker find this out?
2007-10-21 13:05:31 · answer #10 · answered by Vyxxen 3 · 0⤊ 5⤋