do you honestly think dumbledores gay?

Question

After all seven books and its all said and done a few months after she decideds to say "oh hey and dumbldore was gay the whole time"
i dont buy it i think its a publicity thing
in the movies they always made it seem like he liked Mcgongall
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after reading all seven books each accouple times i think i would have picked up if he was gay

Answer 1

to be honest i think it was a joke and also a publicity thing to get people to pick up the book and see what she means, also it might be an attempt to get the gay community who didn't like the series to get interested, take your pick I'm not really sure.

Answer 2

The funny thing about this situation is, is that no one is really worked up about the gay part - there are a few people who are attacking Rowling for wanting to be in the media.

But really, when a woman has more money than the Queen, I'm not sure if she really needs to worry about publicity. Also, I rather think Rowling was waiting for someone to ask about Dumbledore's love - but since books 1-6 never talked about his background, I don't think people would have thought about it. If, after book 5 was released, someone asked about his love - I think Rowling would have honestly answered, because she's probably known from the beginning.

But do I buy it? Sure, why not. It'll make the series more interesting.

Answer 3

well does it really matter
for me it doesnt
i know peopl out there might say
"its just a book" but they dont know what we feel for harry
and between mcgonagall and dumbledore trhere was nothing it was just the friendship that they had for many years
and once againg jk rowling does not need more publicuty.. i mean she was the most facinitating person of the year and her books are selling like no others..
she doesnt need it and if she wats it well then good for her
she is the one that created the character and hse is the one that has the right to sya whether if hes gay or not

dumbledore is gay and what?

Answer 4

Yes, I do believe it. For a fact, they writers of HP 6 movie wanted to give Dumbledore a love interest, but JK Rowling said no, because of what happened with Grindelwald.
If you understand that last point, yes, Dumbledore was in love with Grindelwald. It makes sense if you think about it. Dumbledore- even if he WAS yearning to leave and have power- wouldn't have gone along with the killing of people! He's a good person in essential! You know the saying "Love makes one blind?" That applies. Plus, he waited so long to finally defeat him, finally face him. It must have taken a lot of courage. I mean, how would you want to go destroy your crush?

Answer 5

I don't think he was necessarily gay..... But there is a definite degree to loneliness when you are mentally leaps and bounds ahead of everyone you know. I don't think Dumbledore fell for a man- he fell for an intellectual equal, something he had never had, but craved.

Maybe he could have fallen for a girl if she met the same standards, but Dumbledore was scarred by what happened with Grindelwald. If he could be that deluded by love, then he shouldn't take that risk again, not with a romantic love at least.

He protected himself and others by not allowing himself to fall for anyone else. In his mind at least. He never confided in anyone, and I think that was part of him protecting himself.

As for McGonagall, I think they were very close friends. She may have liked him at some point, but it was never returned. But she was Dumbledore's right hand, and she viewed him as an authority figure. She would have been affected/hurt more than anyone else when Dumbledore died, I think.

Answer 6

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

Answer 7

Okay, I believe it and as I told a friend there are a few reasons to that.

1: Book one, he acted as though him and McGonagall were mearly acquaitences when she was upset over the passing of James and Lily. Most men would comfort someone they were interested in.


2: Most of the people that Dumbledore interacted with in his stories were men. They may not have been the normal everyday 'gay' men but they were men he seemed to have close relationships with at least to me.

3: He never seemed to go out of his way to be with McGonagall in the books. Comforting her whenever she was worried or upset or taking (escorting her) to the yule ball. If a guy was interested in a girl, they usually go out of their way to offer them some comfort when they can.

Personally I always thought someone in there was gay but thought it might be Percy. LOL

Answer 8

Given that the author created the character, she has final say on who he is. Not to mention, his being gay makes complete sense in the context of the feud with Grindelwald. They never made it seem like he liked McGonagall. As for not picking it up, why should you? He did not have have romantic relationships in the book, so you would have no idea if he liked men or women.

Answer 9

i have were given not study each and each and every of the books yet i have were given been counseled by technique of employing someone who has that there's no fairly indication in any of them that he's gay, it is of route basically some component J ok Rowling has remembered now that she's finished writing the sequence. it is outstandingly obvious to me that Rowling not in any respect theory-about him as being gay at the same time as writing the books. If she had have finished so it does not be unreasonable to imagine her to reveal this quicker or later over the direction of seven books. fairly i imagine of she basically desirous to announce he became gay to wind up all those Christian fundamentalists in u . s . of u.s. who denounce Harry Potter as risky Occult propoganda. i pay interest to from previous interviews her very low opinion of such persons and that i do not imagine of it is without magnitude that she became in huge apple at the same time as this little revelation slipped out. If she became fairly fascinated in advancing gay rights, tolerance and so on why not have made Harry gay ?

Answer 10

I saw Dumbledore as one of those older people who are just beyond sex, the type that just doesn't bother with that kind of thing.
With that said I never got the feeling he was gay, but if he was who cares. I think it was said completely for the publicity.