Dumbledore is gay

shetlineshetline
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in AppleOutsider edited January 2014
So says Rowling herself:



http://www.time.com/time/arts/articl...,00.html?imw=Y



This should help light a new (and completely ineffectual) fire under the crazies who are so scared that Harry Potter is turning their children to witchcraft and Satan.
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  • Reply 1 of 43
    mydomydo Posts: 1,888member
    witchcraft, satan and cock
  • Reply 2 of 43
    shetlineshetline Posts: 4,695member
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    Originally Posted by mydo View Post


    witchcraft, satan and cock



    You forgot the "... Oh, my!"
  • Reply 3 of 43
    splinemodelsplinemodel Posts: 7,311member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by mydo View Post


    witchcraft, satan and cock



    ALL ONE AND THE SAME!
  • Reply 4 of 43
    ajayajay Posts: 117member
    damn! i feel sorry for the poor kids... the kinda stuff that they have to put up with nowadays!
  • Reply 5 of 43
    jaketherockjaketherock Posts: 286member
    I got to say, that kind of ruined the whole series when i read that, (I read it on CNN earlier today). Not that I'm against gay people, but i guess i would rather not have know that. this should get interesting with the fan fiction though...
  • Reply 6 of 43
    shetlineshetline Posts: 4,695member
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    Originally Posted by ajay View Post


    damn! i feel sorry for the poor kids... the kinda stuff that they have to put up with nowadays!



    What exactly does this news cause kids to "have to put up with"?
  • Reply 7 of 43
    aries 1baries 1b Posts: 1,009member
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    Originally Posted by shetline View Post


    What exactly does this news cause kids to "have to put up with"?



    The premature termination of childhood for starters.



    V/R,

    Aries 1B
  • Reply 8 of 43
    backtomacbacktomac Posts: 4,579member
    Yeah, why does sexuality need to be a dimension in the Harry Potter series?
  • Reply 9 of 43
    nvidia2008nvidia2008 Posts: 9,262member
    Personally in the past few movies I've fancied a bit of three-way between Ron Weasley, Herm' and Harry... Too much sexual tension going on, it would be good to let it all out.
  • Reply 10 of 43
    flounderflounder Posts: 2,674member
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    Originally Posted by nvidia2008 View Post


    Personally in the past few movies I've fancied a bit of three-way between Ron Weasley, Herm' and Harry... Too much sexual tension going on, it would be good to let it all out.



    You know, I think I watched that porno....



    But why not throw Ginnny in there and work the incest angle too?
  • Reply 11 of 43
    nvidia2008nvidia2008 Posts: 9,262member
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    Originally Posted by Aries 1B View Post


    The premature termination of childhood for starters.



    V/R,

    Aries 1B



    I would have to say in more seriousness, if you feel that homosexual/ bisexual issues "terminates" childhood, then I feel you do not have a grip on the challenges children face today, or have faced for many many years.
  • Reply 12 of 43
    ajayajay Posts: 117member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Aries 1B View Post


    The premature termination of childhood for starters.



    V/R,

    Aries 1B



    this had to come just when i was thinking that the concluding pages of the final installment was an overkill...
  • Reply 13 of 43
    nvidia2008nvidia2008 Posts: 9,262member
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    Originally Posted by Flounder View Post


    You know, I think I watched that porno....

    But why not throw Ginnny in there and work the incest angle too?



    No, Ginny is cute and cool... No incest, please.
  • Reply 14 of 43
    shetlineshetline Posts: 4,695member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Aries 1B View Post


    The premature termination of childhood for starters.



    First, this detail doesn't even appear in the stories, it's merely part of the author's background and understanding of the character's history.



    Second, even if a child did find out about the idea of a gay character, how would that "terminate childhood"? "Childhood" is somehow defined by ignorance of homosexuality, combined with perhaps a vague Disney-fied grasp of heterosexual attraction?



    I don't recall ignorance as being my favorite part of childhood. Having parents who weren't great when it came to talking about sex, I do recall embarrassment at not knowing things other kids found out about younger than I did an unpleasant part of childhood.
  • Reply 15 of 43
    nvidia2008nvidia2008 Posts: 9,262member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by shetline View Post


    First, this detail doesn't even appear in the stories, it's merely part of the author's background and understanding of the character's history.



    Second, even if a child did find out about the idea of a gay character, how would that "terminate childhood"? "Childhood" is somehow defined by ignorance of homosexuality, combined with perhaps a vague Disney-fied grasp of heterosexual attraction?



    I don't recall ignorance as being my favorite part of childhood. Having parents who weren't great when it came to talking about sex, I do recall embarrassment at not knowing things other kids found out about younger than I did an unpleasant part of childhood.



    Exactly! Especially the parents part. Though to be fair it was myself that sought to insulate myself from the real world with very high-falutin' notions of relationships and sexuality. In my early 20s as I "blossomed" it made me much happier and satisfied to learn more about the "truth".



    (I'm not gay, for the record, bi-curious perhaps, but I like women of legal age...)



    This whole JK Rowling thing will be big though, I wonder if it is a publicity stunt...



    Witchcraft, Devil Worship, and now it will turn our kids GAY!!! OMFG!!! Orgies at boarding school, drugs, sex, trancemusik...



    Even if this were true, it all was happening long before Harry Potter or Disney was ever conceived.
  • Reply 16 of 43
    shetlineshetline Posts: 4,695member
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    Originally Posted by backtomac View Post


    Yeah, why does sexuality need to be a dimension in the Harry Potter series?



    Ron/Hermione, Harry/Ginny, Hagrid/Maxime, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley... none of that constitutes "sexuality"?
  • Reply 17 of 43
    ajayajay Posts: 117member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by backtomac View Post


    Yeah, why does sexuality need to be a dimension in the Harry Potter series?



    read the last part of the last book...
  • Reply 18 of 43
    nvidia2008nvidia2008 Posts: 9,262member
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    Originally Posted by shetline View Post


    Ron/Hermione, Harry/Ginny, Hagrid/Maxime, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley... none of that constitutes "sexuality"?



    Harry is hot! He's got to push away all the chicks with a big stick! Ginny, Luna, Choi(spelling?) ... Hermione... (kinda?) ...He's got that brooding angry thing that draws in the girlsz.
  • Reply 19 of 43
    backtomacbacktomac Posts: 4,579member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by shetline View Post


    "Childhood" is somehow defined by ignorance of homosexuality,



    Um, yeah. I do think most of childhood is characterized by an ignorance of sexuality. That's kind of the growing up part of life, isn't it?
  • Reply 20 of 43
    nvidia2008nvidia2008 Posts: 9,262member
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    Originally Posted by backtomac View Post


    Um, yeah. I do think most of childhood is characterized by an ignorance of sexuality. That's kind of the growing up part of life, isn't it?



    Nope, childhood is viewing sexuality in a certain way. The growing up part is learning more about it (hopefully in good ways??) and experiencing it.
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