Saturday, October 20, 2007

JK Rowling outs Dumbledore

So Rowling outted Dumbledore, declaring that he was in love with Gellert Grindelwald and blinded to Grindelwald's true nature by his affections.

Rowling then went on to describe her series as a "prolonged argument for tolerance" and urged her fans to "question authority."

OKAY ROWLING. You tell us that Dumbledore is gay when he died in the 6th book, the series is over, and there was nothing anywhere to suggest his orientation--and then you call it an argument for tolerance?

It doesn't even matter who Dumbledore is attracted to--but I think this whole thing is pointless, and if, as an author and creator of Dumbledore, his sexuality was something important to her, she could have included it in the book to actually have a message.

1 comment:

Ren said...

Now I first had thought I heard that she said something like "I had always seen him as gay," which I liked because it meant a character (or person) could be gay without it being the defining characteristic of their life.

But when she rambles off... Sweetie. The series is over. He's not gay BEACUSE HES NOT A REAL PERSON.