Dumbledore was gay??

[Vonkhan]

didn't snape kill dumblebore?

... sorry, that's all I know of Harry Pooper

 

[torpid]

Just more fuel for my "rowling is overrated because she uses way too much random crap to tell stories" fire.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: LoKe

Originally posted by: Squisher
This sounds like something fabricated as an afterthought to promote an agenda. It might be a worthy agenda, but it seems a little forced and disingenuous. I wonder if she would have revealed this at the outset of the series, before she made her money.

It's not just something she came out and said; it was required in order to stop the director from making a mistake with the 6th movie.

Although from what I understand, it isn't exactly as though there hasn't been a large number of inaccuracies in the films.

I haven't picked up anything in particular which would change the premise of a character or anything. Whether it matters to us or not, Rowling wanted one of her characters to be portrayed properly. Is that such a bad thing?

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Originally posted by: ProfJohn
Does this mean McGonagall is a lesbian? How about Sprout, Trelawney or Flitwick?

I don't know about Trelawney, but Sprout and Flitwick pretty much speak for themselves.

 

[FoBoT]

are we talking about a fictional story ?

or something else?

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
are we talking about a fictional story ?

or something else?

Technically, we're talking about non-fiction attention whoring.

We can expect one or more of these gems per year from Rowling....it's free advertisement. At least until the theme park opens and the final collectors edition of the seventh movie is released. :thumbsup:

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Late at night he liked to show the boys of the school his "other magic wand"

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor

Originally posted by: FoBoT
are we talking about a fictional story ?

or something else?

Technically, we're talking about non-fiction attention whoring.

We can expect one or more of these gems per year from Rowling....it's free advertisement. At least until the theme park opens and the final collectors edition of the seventh movie is released. :thumbsup:

Why would she need more attention? The final book wasn't released that long ago, there are still movies to be made, deals to be made, toys to be sold, etc.

If she was going to pull out random shit for attention she'd save it for when it's needed.

 

[CPA]

Originally posted by: Marlin1975

Originally posted by: ProfJohn
What's the point of calling him gay?
How does it add to the story?

Yea them gays nêed to kêep quiet and stay in the closet. :roll:


Why not read how and why she said it and you know. A fan asked if he ever found love and she explained who he loved and what happened. Its not like she came out and said "tonight I will talk about the gay people in my bok..."

So take your trolling bs back to P&n non-profjohn

Nice cheapshot. Take two legitimate questions and turn them into P&N-type rant. Good job.

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Originally posted by: LoKe

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor

Originally posted by: FoBoT
are we talking about a fictional story ?

or something else?

Technically, we're talking about non-fiction attention whoring.

We can expect one or more of these gems per year from Rowling....it's free advertisement. At least until the theme park opens and the final collectors edition of the seventh movie is released. :thumbsup:

Why would she need more attention? The final book wasn't released that long ago, there are still movies to be made, deals to be made, toys to be sold, etc.

If she was going to pull out random shit for attention she'd save it for when it's needed.

It's called stoking the fire.

She doesn't have that bucket of gasoline to dump on the license with her book releases any more.

 

[Bryophyte]

I kind of figured he must be based on the passages in the last book about him and Grindelwald when they were younger.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Turin39789

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: alkemyst
I think she is going to lose alot of readership with that.

I can already see the parent's burning copies of the books and destroying dvds.

It will also open up banning the books from many schools that do not alot texts that promote alternative lifestyles.

um...the people who would do that are probably the same people who don't let their kids read those books in the first place...

only now they have ammo to get schools to pull the book and create a frenzy about it.

I don't agree with it, but it doesn't take much.

why the hell would the book having a gay man in it make it unsuitable to be in a library?

SCHOOL <> LIBRARY.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: Bryophyte
I kind of figured he must be based on the passages in the last book about him and Grindelwald when they were younger.

Yup. Based on that chapter of the book, I'd say the new information was planned.

 

[Turin39789]

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: Turin39789

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: alkemyst
I think she is going to lose alot of readership with that.

I can already see the parent's burning copies of the books and destroying dvds.

It will also open up banning the books from many schools that do not alot texts that promote alternative lifestyles.

um...the people who would do that are probably the same people who don't let their kids read those books in the first place...

only now they have ammo to get schools to pull the book and create a frenzy about it.

I don't agree with it, but it doesn't take much.

why the hell would the book having a gay man in it make it unsuitable to be in a library?

SCHOOL <> LIBRARY.

why the hell would the book having a gay man in it make it unsuitable to be in a school?

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Turin39789
why the hell would the book having a gay man in it make it unsuitable to be in a school?

Look at this list

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: Turin39789

why the hell would the book having a gay man in it make it unsuitable to be in a school?

Probably same reason why the first book was called Sorceror's Stone in the states instead of Philosopher's Stone.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: StevenYoo

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage

Originally posted by: Pocatello
So he's a happy guy. Nothing wrong with that.

Actually he's more like a bundle of twigs.

or a British cigarette

or worked to exhaustion.

 

[Queasy]

So is Snape going to be charged with a hate-crime now?

 

[0roo0roo]

what next? is she going to reveal hermione likes harry balls?

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: legoman666
he forgot the /sarcasm tags

lol...completely unnessesary with his post.

 

[TheFamilyMan]

Originally posted by: ProfJohn
What's the point of calling him gay?

Because you can't have a story or storyline these days without making sure you got the 'gay angle' covered. Gay is the new black in terms of discrimination and making sure you don't piss anyone off in terms of political-correctness. She couldn't have just said he chose not to pursue love and focused on running the school and left it at that. She purposefully expounds upon the fact his unrequitted love was for a man. Pathetic.

Originally posted by: ProfJohn
How does it add to the story?

It doesn't. She knows that her books aren't the talk of the literary circles any longer (in my opinion they never deserved to be there anyways) so she injects them back into the spotlight to generate more talk. Authors like Terry Brooks and Robert Jordan never stooped to something like this...they relied on great writing and compulsive story-telling and let the stories carry the books.

There should have never a need to identify the sexual preferences of the characters. It's a fantasy book and the only fairies in it should have been the ones flitting around with sparkles trailing about them. She also knew if she ever came out BEFORE the series was over that he was gay that her sales would have suffered. I'll give it to her...she's pretty shrewd.

 

[torpid]

Harry Potter used to be the talk of literary circles? Wow, how far we've fallen...

 

[lupi]

Good thing he is outed now. Can't wait to see how it effects the next book. oh wait.....

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: TheFamilyMan

Originally posted by: ProfJohn
What's the point of calling him gay?

Because you can't have a story or storyline these days without making sure you got the 'gay angle' covered. Gay is the new black in terms of discrimination and making sure you don't piss anyone off in terms of political-correctness. She couldn't have just said he chose not to pursue love and focused on running the school and left it at that. She purposefully expounds upon the fact his unrequitted love was for a man. Pathetic.

Originally posted by: ProfJohn
How does it add to the story?

It doesn't. She knows that her books aren't the talk of the literary circles any longer (in my opinion they never deserved to be there anyways) so she injects them back into the spotlight to generate more talk. Authors like Terry Brooks and Robert Jordan never stooped to something like this...they relied on great writing and compulsive story-telling and let the stories carry the books.

There should have never a need to identify the sexual preferences of the characters. It's a fantasy book and the only fairies in it should have been the ones flitting around with sparkles trailing about them. She also knew if she ever came out BEFORE the series was over that he was gay that her sales would have suffered. I'll give it to her...she's pretty shrewd.

Pssst, your anti-gay agenda is showing again.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: TheFamilyMan
There should have never a need to identify the sexual preferences of the characters. It's a fantasy book and the only fairies in it should have been the ones flitting around with sparkles trailing about them. She also knew if she ever came out BEFORE the series was over that he was gay that her sales would have suffered. I'll give it to her...she's pretty shrewd.

Do you have a problem with gay people? Should we also not clarify that a character is straight?

This thread is full of ignorance. Let me clarify something that has been mentioned several times in this thread.

A CHILD ASKED HER A QUESTION, AND SHE FUCKING ANSWERED IT.

Should she have lied because you're too immature to accept this small -- and according to you, insignificant -- detail?

Oh noes, not a gay character in a book!!! MY WORLD IS SHATTERED!!!!!

Grow the fuck up and get over it.