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Orranis
My Bar Mitzvah is in four hours...
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Deepthought
Heh, Dumbledore was gay. I would have never guessed it.
Welcome to 2007!
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Orranis
From one controversy to the next, it seemed inevitable that the topic of Dumbledore’s sexuality would croup up. How did Rowling deal with the fallout? “It was funny, mostly!” she exclaims. “I had always seen Dumbledore as gay, but in a sense that’s not a big deal. The book wasn’t about Dumbledore being gay. It was just that from the outset obviously I knew that he had this big, hidden secret and that he flirted with the idea of exactly what Voldemort goes on to do, he flirted with the idea of racial domination, that he was going to subjugate Muggles. So that was Dumbledore’s big secret.
“So why did he flirt with that?” she asks. “He’s an innately good man, what would make him do that? I didn’t even think it through that way, it just seemed to come to me, I thought, ‘I know why he did it. He fell in love.’ And whether they physically consummated this infatuation or not is not the issue. The issue is love. It’s not about sex. So that’s what I knew about Dumbledore. And it’s relevant only in so much as he fell in love and was made an utter fool of by love. He lost his moral compass completely when he fell in love and I think subsequently became very mistrusting of his own judgement in those matters so became quite asexual. He led a celibate and a bookish life.”
Clearly some people didn’t see it that way. How does she react to those who disagree with a homosexual character in a children’s novel? “So what?” she retorts immediately. “It is a very interesting question, because I think homophobia is a fear of people loving, more than it is of the sexual act. There seems to be an innate distaste for the love involved, which I find absolutely extraordinary. There were people who thought, well why haven’t we seen Dumbledore’s angst about being gay?” Rowling is clearly amused by this, and rightly so. “Where was that going to come in? And then the other thing was – and I had letters saying this – that, as a gay man, he would never be safe to teach in a school.”
An air of incredulity descends on the room, as if Rowling herself still cannot believe this statement. She continues: “He’s a very old single man. You have to ask: why is it so interesting? People have to examine their own attitudes. It’s a shade in a character. Is it the most important thing about him? No. It’s Dumbledore, for God’s sake. There are 20 things that are relevant to the story before his sexuality.” Bottom line, then: he isn’t a gay character; he’s a character that just happens to be gay. Rowling concurs wholeheartedly.
An interview with J. K. Rowling
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Heh, Dumbledore was gay. I would have never guessed it.
I like that it's a story with a gay character that isn't about him being gay, I think we need more of those.
Only thing is...
You're a little...
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Adamsm
You've obviously never read any of the Valdemar books have you Face?
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cheezedood21
YEAH. GG GUYS. GG.
What are we talking about
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Adamsm
And I feel fine?
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Post by
Kristopher
Why does Elaus' thread on "If your 12 year old son had a chance to become an international singing sensation, would you let him?" keep saying that the thread doesn't exist? It did it earlier on today to me, and it's doing it again.
Maybe it's a sign.
Click the latest poster button, it takes you into
a secret wonderful world
the thread.
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Adamsm
Why does Elaus' thread on "If your 12 year old son had a chance to become an international singing sensation, would you let him?" keep saying that the thread doesn't exist? It did it earlier on today to me, and it's doing it again.
Maybe it's a sign.
Click the latest poster button, it takes you into
a secret wonderful world
the thread.
Not all the time heh, still get the error every once in a while.
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Orranis
It's an astral thread, fading in and out of the astral and material planes.
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Orranis
You've obviously never read any of the Valdemar books have you Face?
No.
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Adamsm
You've obviously never read any of the Valdemar books have you Face?
No.
Lot's of gay characters in there that aren't the focus of the story.
Post by
Patty
You've obviously never read any of the Valdemar books have you Face?
No.
Lot's of gay characters in there that aren't the focus of the story.
I think that it's great when sexuality is just a part of their character, and not their main characteristic. It helps to break down social boundaries, in a way. If people admired Dumbledore before he was revealed to be gay, they can't just change their mind when there are so many other key characteristics of him.
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EpicDragon
I wish I had the guts to do that... Seriously, my english teacher barely knows english. I bet you could find a chimp in the zoo that spoke better english. She misspells even more than my old
dyslectic
swedish teacher... But what can you do... You can't really insult someone that will set you final grades in two weeks.
Yes, you can. If you disagree with your marks, you discuss it with your teacher and if you still disagree with it, you go above them and head down to the principle's office. I've done it in the past. Never accept a mark unless you believe that you truly deserve it.
That's not the thing. I'm happy with my grades, it's just that I think my teacher is retarded (and I'm not alone with that thought) but I can't say anything before my grades become unchangable.
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Adamsm
You've obviously never read any of the Valdemar books have you Face?
No.
Lot's of gay characters in there that aren't the focus of the story.
I think that it's great when sexuality is just a part of their character, and not their main characteristic. It helps to break down social boundaries, in a way. If people admired Dumbledore before he was revealed to be gay, they can't just change their mind when there are so many other key characteristics of him.
Heh, well....
Firesong
and
Vanyel
, the fact that they are gay are is a big thing, but for some of the others; it's known, but doesn't take away from who they are.
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