So what ya'll think about gay dumbledore? haha I knew it and even said it before, he was to feminine, but I dunno I figured something out the first second of finding out! I dont know if I am the first to conclude this, I am admitting that I dont know but.. What do ya'll think he 'really' saw in the mirror of erised?
My opinion he saw things working differantly and he was with grindelwald, makes since, why would he lie about seeing himself holding a pair of socks?
anyways whats yall opinion?
2007-10-23 03:32:39 · 7 answers · asked by Stephanie 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
ok yes i recall the family in the mirror now, but anyways YES DUMBLEDORE IS GAY AND YES HE WAS IN LOVE WITH GRINDELWALD straight from rowlings mouth, so check it out for yourself!
2007-10-23 03:50:26 · update #1
i'm a bit upset by it, i think it changes dumbledores whole image.
2007-10-23 03:40:06 · answer #1 · answered by Brunette19 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
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. and in any case, this story came out because she was directly asked if Dumbledore loved anyone.
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 Grindelwald 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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2007-10-23 10:59:55 · answer #2 · answered by WolverLini 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's great, Rowling handled it well.
Maybe Dumbledore doesn't see himslef with Grindelwald, maybe he sees himself with all the horcruxes in his possesion. It's something he would sooner lie about because he didn't want harry to know yet. After all, he keeps it a secret until the very end.
2007-10-23 03:58:01 · answer #3 · answered by saskia r 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think gay dumbledore suprised me but then after awhile it made sence and i had the same idea you had with the whole mirror thing so ya i think when he looked into the mirror he seen himself with grindelwald : )
2007-10-23 03:50:48 · answer #4 · answered by ** i wanna help u ** 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
um I wish she hadn't said that, now everyone (those crazy moms) have a better chance of banning those books, plus it just doesn't fit
but he does'nt see Grindelwald in the Mirror he saw Arianna and his whole family happily, he said so himself
2007-10-23 03:43:34 · answer #5 · answered by JakesRosenblum 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey!!!! Dumbledore is not gay... Grindelwald was his enemy. Did you read the book by any chance?
2007-10-23 03:41:28 · answer #6 · answered by Puerto Rican-Chick 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
NO WAY! How about Dumbledore and McGonagall instead.
2007-10-23 03:42:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋