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11/10 http://www.newsweek.com/id/50787 http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1674069,00.html Rowling Says Dumbledore Is Gay. \_ Yes, about two weeks ago. |
| www.newsweek.com/id/50787 expand BOOKS Rowling Says Dumbledore Is Gay The Harry Potter author breaks big news in New York. Gabriel Buoys/AFP/Getty Images / AFP-Getty Images British writer J K Rowling signs copies of 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' for 1,600 public schools children at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood on Monday. Rowling is in the US to promote the seventh and last Harry Potter book. Harry Potter series, met some of her American fans Friday night and provided some surprising revelations about the fictional characters who a generation of children have come to regard as close friends. In front of a full house of hardcore Potter fans at Carnegie Hall in New York, Rowling, sitting on the stage on a red velvet and carved wood throne, read from her seventh and final book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," then took questions. One fan asked whether Albus Dumbledore, the head of the famed Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft, had ever loved anyone. "Dumbledore is gay, actually," replied Rowling as the audience erupted in surprise. She added that, in her mind, Dumbledore had an unrequited love affair with Gellert Grindelwald, Voldemort's predecessor who appears in the seventh book. After several minutes of prolonged shouting and clapping from astonished fans, Rowling added. "I would have told you earlier if I knew it would make you so happy." The half-giant had a flirtation with a giantess but she found him "a tad unsophisticated" and the relationship never went forward. In response to the audience's groans of dismay, Rowling said, jokingly, "OK, I'll write another book." And when the audience continued to express disapproval added, "at least I didn't kill him." Other minor characters, according to Rowling, came to happier ends. Neville Longbottom, Harry's meek and hapless classmate, married Hannah Abbott, another classmate. Original story follows: It's been seven years and five insanely popular books since author J K Rowling last wowed American disciples with a live reading. That explains the Beatlemania-esque shrieks from 1,600 lucky Los Angeles teens and preteens who listened on Monday morning to Rowling read a bit of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," her seventh and final book in this best-selling series. Afterward she met with and signed copies of her book for each of the children, all of whom had competed in a Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) essay competition to win a coveted seat at today's event at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. Albus Dumbledore E-mail This Article From: To: Add a personal message (optional): Submit Cancel Discuss Comments: Submit Member Comments * Posted By: Getthrowed @ 11/08/2007 9:11:19 PM Comment: no it really isnt * Posted By: roonalwazlib @ 11/08/2007 7:58:02 PM Comment: You really should keep that hateful bullshit to yourself getthrowed. Yes their actions are disgusting but advocating hatred towards and murder of gays is even more disgusting. Clearly you are unable to decipher the difference between hatred or digust of someone's actions and hatred of their very existence. Please try your best using the limited brain power God gave you to understand the difference between these two points of view.. |
| www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1674069,00.html RSS (New York) -- Harry Potter fans, the rumors are true: Albus Dumbledore, master wizard and Headmaster of Hogwarts, is gay. JK 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. Related Articles After reading briefly from the final book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," she took questions from audience members. She was asked by one young fan whether Dumbledore finds "true love." "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." "Oh, my god," Rowling concluded with a laugh, "the fan fiction." Potter readers on fan sites and elsewhere on the Internet have speculated on the sexuality of Dumbledore, noting that he has no close relationship with women and a mysterious, troubled past. And explicit scenes with Dumbledore already have appeared in fan fiction. Rowling told the audience that while working on the planned sixth Potter film, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," she spotted a reference in the script to a girl who once was of interest to Dumbledore. A note was duly passed to director David Yates, revealing the truth about her character. Rowling, finishing a brief "Open Book Tour" of the United States, her first tour here since 2000, also said that she regarded her Potter books as a "prolonged argument for tolerance" and urged her fans to "question authority." Not everyone likes her work, Rowling said, likely referring to Christian groups that have alleged the books promote witchcraft. Her news about Dumbledore, she said, will give them one more reason. |