Albus Dumbledore IS GAY! GASP!

Mr. DS · October 20, 2007, 06:25:51 AM

Why do these things make news and why do I read them?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071020/ap_on_en_ot/books_harry_potter

Snivelly · October 20, 2007, 07:32:05 AM

Here's a scary thought voiced by the author herself:

Quote"Oh, my god," Rowling concluded with a laugh, "the fan fiction."

I wish she'd never even said that, because now the Internet will have even more weirdos writing sex scenes between Dumbledore and god knows who along the lines of the Spock/Kirk crap.

Jordan · October 20, 2007, 11:46:54 AM

This is kinda old news isn't it? For future reference, Sir Ian McKellan (Mangeto, Gandalf, evil old crippled dude from Da Vinci Code) is gay too.

Shadow · October 20, 2007, 12:11:30 PM

That's it! I refuse to buy another Harry Potter book! Oh, wait...

Mr. DS · October 20, 2007, 05:09:58 PM

Quote from: Jordan on October 20, 2007, 11:46:54 AM
This is kinda old news isn't it? For future reference, Sir Ian McKellan (Mangeto, Gandalf, evil old crippled dude from Da Vinci Code) is gay too.

Jordy, I'm sensing a theme here for fantasy adventures when it comes to old wizards.

Shadow · October 20, 2007, 05:13:27 PM

Ha! Now we know why they are so fond of their wands!

Mr. DS · October 20, 2007, 05:18:14 PM

Hey Shadow, I bet he had a seperate pensive for all those 80s dance club adventures, Wa-hey!

Shadow · October 20, 2007, 05:28:57 PM

Plus having a flaming bird for a pet makes more sense.

Snivelly · October 20, 2007, 06:02:26 PM

Don't forget the wardrobe full of fabrics even Liberace would have raised an eyebrow at.

AndyC · October 20, 2007, 07:50:17 PM

It does make me ponder the way he took young Harry under his wing from the very beginning.

Seriously though, why does the character need a sexual orientation if it never comes up in the story? He's an archetypal old wizard, like Merlin, Gandalf, Ben Kenobi or the token scientist on a space mission for that matter. (I'd have included Doctor Who, but he went and got a love life). Anyway, there's no reason to ask why the old wizard doesn't have a girlfriend. He just doesn't. He's old, he's busy, his mind is on bigger things. Romance is not his function in the story.

There is, however, a very good reason to announce publicly that Dumbledore is gay - to keep the evangelical Christians from losing interest. They give her a lot of free publicity. Or it could be a dig at them, just for fun.

Ash · October 21, 2007, 09:29:35 AM

Remember how Dumbledore could use his wand to withdraw tendrils of memories from his mind and place them in the pensieve?

And remember how Harry was left alone that one time in Dumbledore's office in The Goblet of Fire?

Now that Dumbledore is gay, I wonder if Harry saw this when he looked into the pensieve...

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hksil-KkebQ

Mr. DS · October 21, 2007, 09:39:47 AM

lol Ash, that was funny stuff...also part of the pensieve...

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWwyjmSbJPs

Ash · October 21, 2007, 09:50:28 AM

I don't know...
I have a hard time believing that Dumbledore would have this song on his Ipod...
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffVdKswD0Ec

"I like to meet my men in random public Muggle bathroom stalls"

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Or maybe not...

Mr. DS · October 21, 2007, 10:09:40 AM

I actually heard of a cut scene from The Sorceror's Stone during Xmas where he dances to this song...

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUJeUAmfr6w

BTM · October 21, 2007, 07:29:35 PM

Quote from: The DarkSider on October 20, 2007, 06:25:51 AM
Why do these things make news and why do I read them?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071020/ap_on_en_ot/books_harry_potter

Well, that totally blows to hell the shocking cliff-hanger ending I had for the first part of this fan fic idea I'd been kicking around.

Ah, well...