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Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
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Maybe you knew or maybe you didn't, but I found this surprising. Mostly on account of never reading the books or watching the movies:
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Harry Potter author JK Rowling has revealed that one of her characters, Hogwarts school headmaster Albus Dumbledore, is gay.
She made her revelation to a packed house in New York's Carnegie Hall on Friday, as part of her US book tour.
She took audience questions and was asked if Dumbledore found "true love".
"Dumbledore is gay," she said, adding he was smitten with rival Gellert Grindelwald, who he beat in a battle between good and bad wizards long ago.
The audience gasped, then applauded. "I would have told you earlier if I knew it would make you so happy," she said.
"Falling in love can blind us to an extent," she added, saying Dumbledore was "horribly, terribly let down" and his love for Grindelwald was his "great tragedy". |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7053982.stm
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Lady_Satine
Title: Head of Lexian R&D
Joined: Oct 15 2005
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Heard about this a couple days ago. Some fuckwit decided it'd be clever to reference that one "not gay" Senator's activities in the bathroom with Dumbledore in an editorial cartoon.
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"Life is a waste of time. Time is a waste of life. Get wasted all the time, and you'll have the time of your life!" |
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Cattivo
Joined: Apr 14 2006
Location: Lake Michigan
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Hey, if Larry Craig and Dumbledore can find happiness together, more power to them.
Just as long as Craig finally admits to loving the cock.
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Char Aznable
Title: Char Classic™
Joined: Jul 24 2006
Location: Robot Boombox HQ
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Why reveal this now? Is Rowling trying to milk more money from the series?
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Löba
Title: Who's scruffy looking?!
Joined: Oct 19 2007
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| Char Aznable wrote: |
| Why reveal this now? Is Rowling trying to milk more money from the series? |
Probably, because I can't see the relevance of the fact. I mean, Legolas and Luke Skywalker are gay and who cares? 
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Char Aznable
Title: Char Classic™
Joined: Jul 24 2006
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Skywalker wasn't gay. Now, did he like the incest? That's another story.
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MOGHARR
Title: The Original CandyWafer
Joined: Apr 05 2007
Location: Under Jolly Roger
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| who he beat in a battle between good and bad wizards long ago. |
Yeah, I bet he did. Sorry, that was terrible.
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ReeperTheSeeker
Joined: Aug 26 2007
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I have read the books, mostly because i wanted to find out what the fuss was about. The series is good but it has been overblown way too much and this revelation of Dumbledore's Sexuality is an example. But hearing this after reading the last book, it makes no sense really. It's not implied in the stories in anyway. I think Rowling was just jerking the fans around.
Oh Christ, the yaoi fan girls are going to have a field day with this X(
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Lady_Satine
Title: Head of Lexian R&D
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Rowling's not resting on her laurels with the Potter books; she's currently working on at least 2 more kid's books.
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