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[pippin_999]

> > Pippin:
> > If JKR had answered the question by saying that Dumbledore had
> > outlived two wives, would people be saying he hadn't been written
> > as a double widower?   
> 
> Mike:
> Yes, they would, but what's the point? 

Pippin:
The point is the one you touched on later in your reply:
 
Mike:
 Nor do  I think that finding out that Dumbledore outlived two wives 
would be  considered controversial.

Pippin:
The controversy, then,  does not concern the revelation that a seemingly
asexual character had a tragic love life in the past. 

And why take a  snappish reply to a rudely persistent reporter as a smack 
at the fandom in general? It's not like JKR is running for office and needs
to impress us with her diplomatic skills. <g>

Pippin