Dumbledore is .... . What?
J.K. Rowling broke the news Friday night at an appearance before a full house at Carnegie Hall.
One young fan asked whether Dumbledore finds "true love."
AP News
"Dumbledore is gay," the author responded to gasps and applause. She then explained that Dumbledore was smitten with rival Gellert Grindelwald, whom he defeated long ago in a battle between good and bad wizards. "Falling in love can blind us to an extent," Rowling said of Dumbledore's feelings, adding that Dumbledore was "horribly, terribly let down."
Dumbledore's love, she observed, was his "great tragedy."
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My take? No big deal. He's still Dumbledore. Rowling says she wants her books to be a "prolonged argument for tolerance." This announcement proves it in a big way.
Now I suspect we will barraged by those who represent the prolonged argument for intolerance.
(At least they aren't burning witches at the stake in Salem anymore....)
2 comments:
What's next? Paul is dead! What a world.
(For the record, my previous comment was meant to be tongue-in-cheek. I'm an advocate for gays both here in the real world and in the fictional one.)
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