J.K Rowling Outs Character (No Spoilers)

[nyyki]

At a reading from her last book in the Harry Potter series, Author J.K Rowling also answered questions from fans. When asked if Dumbledore ever found love, she revealed that the character was gay, and cited plot points from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows that supported this revelation. (Omitted to preserve spoilage)

This should make all the people whining about no gay characters in the Harry potter Books STFU. I've always contended that the school environment was no place for coming out, and that if there were gay characters, (I suspected Neville, Professor Hooch, and possibly Trelawny) that it was too early in the students' lives for them to be comfortable coming out, and inappropriate for the faculty to reveal this to the students. It wasn't an appropriate environment for it.

This will probably inspire all kinds of slash. Fine with me as long as I don't have to read it. I find most slash annoying, and some of it, (like the Hermione/Snape slash) disgusting.

Comments

[richardx1.livejournal.com]

1. It'll probably also inspire a lot of "McKellan as Dumbledore" petitions.

2. I figure at Dumbledore's age he was beyond the point of desiring anything "slashy" out of his relationships.

3. However, wouldn't that make his relationship with Harry the kind of thing that 50s educational films used to warn us about?

I go off for a weekend...

[charlayne.livejournal.com]

And the wizard world blows up! Sheesh!

I missed the clues, guess that's is pretty dumb, huh?

BTW, missed seeing you this weekend. It was wonderful this time, no pressure, no drama, just relaxing.

Re: I go off for a weekend...

[nyyki.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you had a good time and managed to miss the drama. I had a very quiet time at home, listening to books.