The latest from Hogwart's....

ozron · 10-19-2007, 08:04 PM

http://my.earthlink.net/article/ent?...10191585503927

Quick quote:

NEW YORK - Harry Potter fans, the rumors are true: Albus Dumbledore, master wizard and Headmaster of Hogwarts, is gay. J.K. Rowling, author of the mega-selling fantasy series that ended last summer, outed the beloved character Friday night while appearing before a full house at Carnegie Hall.

My daughter was once heavily into fan fiction. This is going to make her day!

ron

JWBear · 10-19-2007, 09:12 PM

Good for her!

Disneyphile · 10-19-2007, 09:17 PM

AWESOME!!

GusGus · 10-19-2007, 09:32 PM

Funny, he doesn't look gayish.

BarTopDancer · 10-19-2007, 09:39 PM

Hopefully it will open some minds.

And to those I don't like it - boofrellingwho. Your kid isn't going to become gay because Dumbledore is.

Disneyphile · 10-19-2007, 10:19 PM

Who wants to bet there will be some church book burnings over this?

figment1986 · 10-21-2007, 12:07 PM

So they put out a shock factor after the series ends.. i see no issue, not like its going to change the story for those who read it before... just give people another reason to re-read it with this implication.

JWBear · 10-19-2007, 10:19 PM

Please! Most of the parents who would have a meltdown over this already don't let their kids read it (Evil occult, and all that).

(ETA: I was responding to BTD. DP snuck in there!)

Tref · 10-20-2007, 08:41 AM

Hmm, I don't buy it. I have not read Harry Potter, but if its not in the book, then it doesn't count, even if she's the author. This is a fictional character that only exists within the confines of said book(s) and anything else is an after-thought.

Morrigoon · 10-20-2007, 09:02 AM

I just don't get the point of "outing" a character where it isn't relevant to the story. I suppose she's doing it to make a point, but it's still kinda strange.

I mean, she said she wasn't writing any more books, so it's not like we get to see Dumbledore getting it on with Snape or anything.

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Disneyphile SQUIRREL! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: On the curbside. Posts: 5,098	Who wants to bet there will be some church book burnings over this?
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figment1986 Join the Darkside Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Within 78 miles of WDW... Posts: 307	So they put out a shock factor after the series ends.. i see no issue, not like its going to change the story for those who read it before... just give people another reason to re-read it with this implication.
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Tref Not Tref Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,188	Hmm, I don't buy it. I have not read Harry Potter, but if its not in the book, then it doesn't count, even if she's the author. This is a fictional character that only exists within the confines of said book(s) and anything else is an after-thought. __________________ Tref3.0 Listen in aural 3-D to Pop's muzak! (New songs added semi-bi-daily) j & j Did you know that Emas eht yltcaxe is exactly the same spelled backwards?!
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Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	I just don't get the point of "outing" a character where it isn't relevant to the story. I suppose she's doing it to make a point, but it's still kinda strange. I mean, she said she wasn't writing any more books, so it's not like we get to see Dumbledore getting it on with Snape or anything. __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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