I've thought that since about Chamber Of Secrets and in The Deathly Hallows I thought his relasionship with Grindlewald just confirmed it. I was glad Jo Rowling said so though, I did wonder a bit if it was just my interpretation.
Soz about my spelling!
2007-11-04 08:25:30 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Wow I haven't seen anyone asking this question before!
Yes I was shocked. Very. But pleased! I thought it was an interesting twist.
2007-11-04 08:32:38 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was confounded. There is nothing anywhere in any of the books that even hints at it - boys can be good friends without being gay. And I read in WORLD magazine (see source link) that Ms. Rowling just wanted to give people who didn't like the books another reason not to. I am a Christian, firmly grounded in reality, and I enjoy the humor and action very much.
2007-11-04 08:35:52 · answer #2 · answered by Kiibigsis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It didn't really surprise or bother me one way or another. I am a bit bemused at some of the things that others have said about it, and JKR's alleged motivations.
I don't think that JKR has an agenda, or is seeking more publicity. I think it speaks to the popularity of the series and the amount of emotional energy that fans have put into the books, that it became a big story.
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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2007-11-05 06:02:25 · answer #3 · answered by WolverLini 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Personally I thought its brilliant that Dumbledore is Gay. I never suspected but looking back, the signs are there.
Miss Mollie, why would Dumbledore fancy Harry???? Just because he's gay, doesn't mean he's a Pervert! How Close minded!
2007-11-05 02:51:58 · answer #4 · answered by Kymikat 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I got the suspicion and idea that Dumbledore could be gay while I read Deathly Hallows, but I just dismissed the idea, because it was too ...unlikely.
2007-11-05 02:18:51 · answer #5 · answered by Morningdew 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, not one bit. He seemed more grandmotherly versus grandfatherly. Also, she needed at least one twist in her series. The books were becoming repetitive. OMG! Harry's being picked on by his family! Now he goes to school, is hated one day, loved the next, and then he miraculously stumbles onto some great mystery. "We can do it! We're only ten years old and have basically no magical training!" He meets Voldemort, saves the day, and everything is just absolutely peachy until the next book. I can't believe I actually made it through the fourth book.
2007-11-04 08:37:00 · answer #6 · answered by Amaya 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I cannot understand why everyone is soo interested in other people's/character's sexuality.
I have seen the films and enjoyed them without having to phsyco-analyise every scene.
So what if he's gay.
2007-11-04 08:34:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was totally surprised and horrified. What a let down! I really like A. D. and saw no evidence of him being gay. It's like she had me thinking one solid way and then pulled a rug out from under me mentally. What a rotten and unnecessary bit of information. It added nothing and detracted everything! Phooey!!!!
2007-11-05 05:48:03 · answer #8 · answered by LeslieAnn 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
he is so not gay. man what is the world coming to when 2 guys can't be good friends without being called gay
2007-11-04 08:53:12 · answer #9 · answered by hannahclem@sbcglobal.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually I had no idea except for the once when I caught him in the toilet and he was shaking all over uncontrollably and asked me to undo his flies and get his knob out so he could go.
It was only when he told me that he was waiting for his nail vanish to dry that i got suspicious.
2007-11-04 08:35:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋