If dumbledore is gay does this mean we can expect a whole new series of books called Harry Botter?

Question

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Answer 1

The whole "Dumbledore is gay" thing was pretty freaky you know.
Not that I don't like gay people, it just kind of ruined my image of Dumbledore and I think a lot of other fans would of had their lost their image of a fatherly, wise and incredible wizard too.

The books were like a another world that we could escape to. Where we didn't have to face stupid arguments between men in suits, people backstabbing you at work, wars, people killing each other in the name of their god or anything.
We could just pretend for awhile, that we were at the character's side, sharing their sorrows and joys.

We could just escape without being reminded about stupid, boring and unfair real life. In the books, we stared wide eyed at a powerful figure who seemed to do the impossible. And yet, remained as human as us, making mistakes and dieing.

Now though, he has just been stripped of his mysterius aura and has turned into just another character.

I'm not saying being gay is bad, it might help people except that there are allsorts of people in this world of ours. But really, J.K Rowling should of left Albus Dumbledore well and truly, alone.

Answer 2

Now *that* series I'd read. Ha ha ;) Seriously, why make him gay AFTER the series ended? The only reason I can think of, and if it's true, shame on Jo, is that she was afraid that if she told everyone Dumbledore was gay before the series ended then HP wouldn't have sold as well.

Answer 3

Dumbledore being a homosexual opens up a whole new interpretation of Harry Potter.

Answer 4

I think you miss the point, JKR gave us some of his backstory, how she saw the character and how that informed the way she wrote Dumbledore.

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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http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/10...

Answer 5

Better question:
If Dumbledore is gay does this mean we can expect people asking stupid question like this in hopes of gaining attention?

I hope not.

Answer 6

j.k. rowlling should have never said naything like that this is a childrens book and that also has nothign 2 do with anything happening in the story

Answer 7

I don't think you should have wasted your time and points on posting a question this moronic.

Cheers? Cheers to maturity and tolerance.

Answer 8

That's good

Answer 9

No. No we won't. No. Just...accept it...breathe in...breathe out...

Answer 10

he won't have much interest in wizards sleeves then.......