One reporter reacts to JKR's revelations

[Tonks]

> 
> Del replies:
> The problem as I see it now, is that JKR did write all 
> the HP books, but she did NOT include any gay character. 
> In fact, she even described a WW in which only heterosexuality 
> seems to exist. That's what is in the books. And then 
> now, she turns around and says "oh, by the way, there's 
> a gay character in there". Well, I just don't see this 
> as fair to those who don't want to read books with 
> gay characters. Instead of being upfront and giving those 
> readers a choice, she made the choice for them. I mean, 
> this is what it all ends up looking like: "come, 
> come and read my books, there aren't any gay characters 
> in them... OK, you're finished reading? Well now let 
> me tell you: there IS a gay character. Aha, tricked you!"
> Of course, I'm not saying that this was her *intent*, 
> but I can understand why those readers are upset. 

Tonks:
"Aha, tricked you". Yes she has on many levels. I have been 
wondering now for some time what would happen when people discovered 
what she has done on another point.

She has written a story with hidden Christian themes and symbols 
imbedded in the story. I have been saying this since book 1. Some 
others see it too. But many have been as upset about this as others 
have about DD being gay. And I think is all boils down to the 
subversive ways in which the books have been written. People who 
read the books seeing only a world without religion are upset that 
in effect 'Christ is on every page' and while that doesn’t upset me, 
I can understand why it upsets others. I knew that she was going to 
kill Harry and bring him back in some sort of resurrection and I 
held my breath for the backlash that would come from that. And some 
on this list were upset when she said the books did have a Christian 
theme after all. Now others, like myself, are upset with her because 
we came to see DD one way and now are told that the man we thought 
we knew (or fell in love with) is not what we thought he was. So you 
see, she has been hidding a lot of things from us, which perhaps 
should have remained hidden and only speculated about.

If she wanted a gay person in the story, she should have written it 
in. I wouldn’t care. In fact I wouldn’t even care that the person 
was DD, if she had made it clear from the BEGINNING. It is the fact 
that it is being told NOW that I find it most upsetting from a 
personal POV. If I had known he was gay from the get go, I would not 
have fallen in love with him. 

I sometimes wonder just what type of a woman Rowlings is. She seems 
at times to get a pleasure in torturing her fans. Maybe she is 
really a death eater herself. She killed off all of those people in 
book 7; why? What pleasure did she get from it? I have a bumper 
sticker that says “Chaos, Panic and Disorder, my work here is done”. 
Maybe she has one of those too. 

Tonks_op