2007-10-23 11:27:16 · 15 answers · asked by charliman2000 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I'm sorry folks! I was checking on my spelling for Dumbledore and didn't add the Albus Dumbledore from Harry Potter when I posted the question.
2007-10-23 12:33:16 · update #1
No, I was not shocked, just a bit bemused. I am surprised some by the reaction here. 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 scholars 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 17:39:57 · answer #1 · answered by WolverLini 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Harry Potter isn't gay. Dumbledore is.
2007-10-23 11:46:05 · answer #2 · answered by LexiSexi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It wasn't stated outright in the books (although I think the clues were pretty obvious) but JK Rowling said in an interview that Dumbledore was gay. Having a partner isn't what defines someone as gay. Gay people are allowed to be single, you know...
2016-05-25 06:17:35 · answer #3 · answered by flor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Erm...Harry isn't gay--it's dumbledore that is! I was very shocked to find out--I seriously was gaping at my screen when I found out--lol; but I guess it does make some sense--he never loved anyone, or married or anything...hmm...something to think about... XD Anyway, yeah, it was shocking!!
2007-10-23 11:55:44 · answer #4 · answered by Harry Potter Fan. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, you're mistaken. JK said that dumlador (the old wizard, thats a copy of gandalf) is gay . sorry about the spelling i dont really like harry, anyways HARRY isnt gay.
2007-10-23 11:34:26 · answer #5 · answered by Peachie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Harry Potter is NOT gay no matter what the Fan fic writers say.
2007-10-23 11:30:28 · answer #6 · answered by ichigo_li2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT'S DUMBLEDORE. I was scared and confused. He's like 100 yrs old
2007-10-27 06:58:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Harry isn't gay. It states clearly in the epilogue that he married Ginny and had kids. Who is making this stuff up? Did they not read the books?
2007-10-23 11:33:07 · answer #8 · answered by Squeegee Beckingheim :-) 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to be honest, yes. i never thought of dumbledore being gay. i never caught it. i think j.k. rowling should have made it a little bit more obvious.
2007-10-23 11:35:09 · answer #9 · answered by smileco2004 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
...Harry isn't gay... Dumbledore is.
and no im not surprised to hear DUMBLEDORE is gay now that i think about it...
2007-10-23 11:34:54 · answer #10 · answered by lhatetrees 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋