Originally Posted By ecdc Well color me shocked. Do a Google news search for Dumbledore and you'll find out JK Rowling announced that Albus was gay and in love with Grindelwald. Wow. Without making this too world eventish, discuss what this means for the Potter series.
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 Wow. I haven't read Word One of the Harry Potter novels. But I think that's pretty cool.
Originally Posted By ToonKirby >It means it's a little creepy that he had such a fondness for Harry. < So you're saying that a gay man cannot have fondness for a young boy without it being "creepy". I have several nephews and cousins and children of friends who are Harry Potter's age or younger and I am very fond of them, does that make me "creepy"? By your little smiley face, I know that you were trying to make a joke, but it was an insensitive and ignorant one.
Originally Posted By Mr X Oh, brother. Yes, it WAS a joke and hardly insensitive or ignorant...I'd say the same thing if he had an intimate, overly chummy relationship with Hermione (assuming he WASN'T gay).
Originally Posted By ToonKirby And that would be an insensitive and ignorant joke as well. Pedophilia, what a riot!
Originally Posted By friendofdd Being gay is portrayed enough as to not be a very important matter one way or the other. The big issue is why didn't he change his name to something with a bit of dignity?
Originally Posted By lasvegasgirl I wish people could take a joke. I am sooooo tired of POLITICAL CORRECTNESS..... lighten up ! GEEEEEZZZZ !!!!
Originally Posted By ToonKirby I can take a joke when its funny, but when its thinly veiled homophobia, then I'm going to call you on it. If you're so tired of what you refer to as "political correctness", then I am sick and tired of casual homophobia, intentional or not.
Originally Posted By jdub >>I am sick and tired of casual homophobia, intentional or not.<< Same here. It's hard NOT to be sensitive, when it is so pervasive.
Originally Posted By jdub So anyhow... I've read ALL of the Harry Potter books. Who the h*ck is Grindelwald?
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle I think the whole thing is weird. How can a fictional character "be gay" if they aren't gay in the book series? Is Dumbledore .... real?!
Originally Posted By RoadTrip What a crock. Frankly, what f'ing difference does it make if Dumbledore was gay? Someone is always trying to cause trouble.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "Wow. I haven't read Word One of the Harry Potter novels." I haven't either. Somehow I feel liberated.
